Plate-shaped member transfer facility

摘要

A stocker facility includes a rack configured to store glass plates in a standing state such that the glass plates are arranged in a front-rear direction and a stocker configured to cause the glass plate to move in a left-right direction to transfer the glass plate to and from the rack. Thus, the present invention provides a plate-shaped member transfer facility capable of carrying the plate-shaped member in between two spaced-apart plate-shaped members between which a storage pitch is short and carrying any one of a plurality of plate-shaped members out from the rack without inserting an end effect in a substrate storage portion of the rack.

主权项

1. A plate-shaped member transfer facility comprising:
a rack configured to store a plurality of plate-shaped members such that the plurality of plate-shaped members are arranged in an arrangement direction intersecting with a conveying direction, the plurality of plate-shaped members being supported by supporting portions and standing to extend in the conveying direction, the rack further configured such that the plurality of plate-shaped members are able to be carried therein in the conveying direction and carried out therefrom in the conveying direction; and a plate-shaped member transfer mechanism configured to carry the plate-shaped members in the rack in the conveying direction and carry the plate-shaped members out from the rack in the conveying direction, wherein: the plate-shaped member transfer mechanism includes
a flip rotating mechanism including a flip and configured to cause the flip to rotate to stand or lay the plate-shaped member, the flip being configured to support the plate-shaped member and be rotatable about a rotation axis line parallel to the conveying direction,a conveying mechanism including a conveyance body in which a feed portion is formed, the feed portion extending in the conveying direction and being configured to transfer the plate-shaped member in a standing state in the conveying direction, anda transporting mechanism configured to cause the flip rotating mechanism and the conveying mechanism to move in the arrangement direction; and the conveying mechanism is configured to be able to cause the conveyance body to move in the conveying direction from the flip to extend into the rack and is also configured such that the plate-shaped member in the standing state is transferred between the rack and the flip by the feed portion.