Apparatus for positioning a hot glass sheet travelling on a conveyor

摘要

There is provided a plate-shaped member positioning apparatus (50) comprising a conveyor (22,24) for conveying a plate-shaped member (12), a positioner for contact with a front end of a conveyed plate-shaped member (12), a moving unit (54,56) for moving the positioner (50) along a conveyance direction of the plate-shaped member (12), and a controller for controlling operations of the conveyor (22,24) and the moving unit (54,56); wherein the controller moves the plate-shaped member (12) in the conveyance direction (A) with the positioner kept in contact with the front end of the plate-shaped member (12), decelerates an advancing speed of the plate-shaped member (12) and positions the plate-shaped member (12) at a certain standby position. <IMAGE>