Patent ID: 8037998

Claim:
A panel-carrying-out apparatus for conveying panels which are ejected from a press machine via a transfer robot, the panel-carrying-out apparatus comprising: a sorting conveyor located at a position downstream of the transfer robot; and a pair of straight conveyors respectively disposed at ends of the sorting conveyor, wherein the sorting conveyor comprises: a linearly-shaped first conveyor opposed to the transfer robot which receives each of the panels transferred by the transfer robot; a pair of arced conveyors respectively disposed between the first conveyor and a respective one of the pair of straight conveyors; and a pair of linearly-shaped second conveyors respectively disposed between the first conveyor and a respective one of the pair of arced conveyors, wherein at least the first conveyor is switchably driveable in a normal direction and a reverse direction, and wherein the pair of linearly-shaped second conveyors are switchably driveable between at least a high speed and a low speed.