Patent ID: 7806251

Claim:
A panel-carrying-out apparatus for conveying panels, the panels being ejected from a press machine via a transfer robot, said apparatus comprising: a movable sorting conveyor located at a position downstream of the transfer robot; and a pair of movable, straight conveyors respectively disposed at ends of the sorting conveyor, wherein the sorting conveyor comprises: a first conveyor opposed to the transfer robot and receiving each of the panels transferred by the transfer robot; and a pair of arced conveyors respectively disposed between the first conveyor and the pair of straight conveyors, wherein at least the first conveyor is driven switchably in a normal direction or a reverse direction, and wherein the sorting conveyor is configured and operable to be movable from a conveying path of the panels in which it is in a position interposed between the transfer robot and the pair of straight conveyors, wherein the pair of straight conveyors are configured and operable to be movable closer to and away from the transfer robot when the sorting conveyor is moved from the conveying path such that panels are conveyed directly from the transfer robot to the pair of straight conveyors, and wherein the pair of straight conveyors are configured and operable to be also movable closer to and away from each other in a direction perpendicular to the conveying path of the panels on the straight conveyors.