DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING THIN PLATEGLASS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conveying device for improving the conveying efficiency of a thin plate glass in a means to convey the thin plate glass from one predetermined position to another predetermined position. SOLUTION: In the conveying device 1 of a thin plate glass 2, the conveying device 1 comprises a holding pad 3 which holds the glass 2 and consists of an elastic member having the area larger than that of the glass, and a member 4 to separate the glass 2 from the holding pad 3 while sucking the glass 2, and further comprises a mechanism to start separation of the held glass by blowing compressed gas from the diagonal direction with respect to the holding pad 3 on a corner part of the held glass 2 on the holding pad side, and a mechanism 9 to blow liquid 10 in a space between the glass 2 and the holding pad 3 formed after starting separation. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI