To provide a supporting device of a ring-shaped body which can suppress deformation of the ring-shaped body under its own weight and which is suitable for supporting raw tires of different sizes and facilitates automation of loading and unloading operations.
A supporting device 1 of a ring-shaped body is equipped with a plurality of supporting structures 10 and each supporting structure 10 is composed of a pair of supporting structure units 11 disposed opposite, while each supporting structure unit 11 is composed of a rotating shaft 12 supported horizontally in a cantilever fashion and a plurality of supporting shafts 13 and 14 which are disposed above and below in parallel to the rotating shaft 12 with the rotating shaft 12 between and framed in a chevron shape integrally with the rotating shaft 12. At the time when the ring-shaped body is loaded on the supporting structure 10, the supporting shaft 13 of each supporting structure unit 11 above the rotating shaft 12 rotates inward around the rotating shaft 12 and supports an upper support part of the ring-shaped body, while the supporting shaft 14 below the rotating shaft 12 rotates outward around the rotating shaft 12 and supports a left or right support part of the ring-shaped body.
YOSHINO TOSHIKATSU
KUWABARA ISAO
