摘要 |
THIS INVENTION PROVIDES AN APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AND SUPPLYING PLATES FROM A STACKED PLATE ASSEMBLY CAPABLE OF HIGHLY EFFICIENTLY SEPARATING AND CONVEYING ONE PLATE BY ONE FROM A STACKED PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR A STORAGE CELL WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AND CONVEYING AND SUPPLEMENTING, ONE BY ONE, THE SEPARATED PLATE TO A NEXT STEP, AND HAVING IMPROVED RELIABILITY. IN THIS APPARATUS , SEPARATION SUCTION DISKS 6 FOR SUCKING, SEPARATING AND HOLDING THE UPPERMOST PLATE P ARE ARRANGED ON A SUPPORT TABLE 2 AT AN UPPER END PORTION OF AN ELEVATION ROD 1A OF AN ELEVATION MECHANISM 1 ABOVE A STACKED PLATE ASSEMBLY A1 FOR SEPARATION HAVING A LARGE NUMBER OF PLATES STACKED IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION IN A HORIZONTAL STATE IN SUCH A FASHION AS TO BE CAPABLE OF MOVING UP AND DOWN, ROTARY BODIES 13 EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF ROTARY SUCTION DISKS 12 ARRANGED ON A CIRCUMFERENCE WITH PREDETERMINED GAPS ARE DISPOSED ADJACENT TO THE SUCTION DISK 6, A SUCTION RELEASING MECHANISM 25 FOR IMPARTING A SUCKING OPERATION FOR SUCKING AND REMOVING A SEPARATED PLATE P' SUCKED AND HELD BY THE SEOARATION SUCTION DISK 6 AND A SUCTION RELEASING MECHANISM 25 FOR CUTTING OFF THE SUCKING OPERATION AND RELEASING THE SEPARATED PLATE P' IS PROVIDED TO EACH ROTARY SUCTION DISK 12, AND A CONVEYING-SUPPLYING MECHANISM 19 CONVEYS AND SUPPLIES THE SEPARATED PLATE P' RELEASED FROM THE ROTARY DISK 12 TO A NEXT STEP |