WORKPIECE REVERSING DEVICE

• Main Authors: SAITO TAKAFUMI, TAKAGI MASAMICHI, FUDA YOSHIAKI, SUZUKI ATSUSHI, IGATA SUETA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.09.2013
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a workpiece reversing device capable of facilitating maintenance work such as grinding work of a surface to be attracted by safely and easily changing an attitude of a workpiece.SOLUTION: A workpiece reversing device 1 includes: a rotating support body 3 having a first support part 31, a second support part 32 and a rotating face part 35; and a rotating drive portion 4 rotating the rotating support body 3 by driving the rotating face part 35 so that a bottom face 5a of a workpiece 5 changes its attitude from a downward attitude to a sideward attitude. The second support part 32 includes: hinge parts 37 mounted to both ends in a width direction of one end part 31a of the first support part 31; and a pair of arm parts 38 mounted to the hinge parts 37, respectively. The arm part 38 is turnable from a position enabling supporting of the bottom face 5a of the workpiece 5 to a position separated from the bottom face 5a of the workpiece 5 by the hinge part 37 when the bottom face 5a of the workpiece 5 has the sideward attitude by the rotating drive portion 4.