Patent ID: 8887544

Claim:
A conveyor apparatus that conveys work that has been electrically heated through current conduction at an energizing position to a processing position that is separated in a horizontal direction from said energizing position in order to perform hot press-forming; wherein said apparatus comprises: a holding member(s) that freely clamps both end sections in the lengthwise direction of said work that has been electrically heated through current conduction; a drive mechanism that moves said holding member(s) from said energizing position to said processing position; and a guide member that extends between said energizing position and said processing position and is capable of contacting and supporting a thermal deformation or drooping middle section in a lengthwise direction of said work sliding relative to the guide member in a conveyance direction that has been electrically heated through current conduction and is under conveyance toward said processing position, and wherein an angle of inclination of the guide member is fixed during conveyance of said work from said energizing position to said processing position, and is inclined such that a processing position side is higher than an energizing position side such as to guide the thermal drooped middle section of the heated work up to a height of the processing position.