Patent ID: 6836960

Claim:
A board transferring apparatus for transferring boards between the board transferring apparatus and a first component-mounting board production apparatus, comprising: an unprocessed board transfer unit including (i) an unprocessed board transfer path along which an unprocessed board, as a board not yet processed by the first component-mounted board production apparatus, is to be transferred in a transfer direction, and (ii) an unprocessed board carry-in device operable to move between said unprocessed board transfer path and the first component-mounted board production apparatus so as to carry the unprocessed board into the first component-mounted board production apparatus; a process-finished board transfer unit including (i) a process-finished board transfer path along which a process-finished board, as a board processed by the first component-mounted board production apparatus, is to be transferred in the transfer direction, and (ii) a process-finished board send-out device that is different from said unprocessed board carry-in device and is operable to move between said process-finished board transfer path and the first component-mounted board production apparatus so as to carry the process-finished board out from the first component-mounted board production apparatus; and a shift device operable to move between said unprocessed board transfer path and said process-finished board transfer path so as to shift a board between said unprocessed board transfer path and said process-finished board transfer path.