Title:
NON-CONTACT FLOATING TRANSPORT DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/137319
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a non-contact floating transport device for utilizing the swirling force of swirl flows to smoothly transport an object while causing the transported object to float using a simple device configuration without adding a contact-type driving mechanism. A pair of swirl-flow-forming units (130A, 130B) for generating gaseous swirl flows are provided at a distance from each other on the left and right of a flat transportation path surface (111) for transporting the transported object. The swirl flows generated by the swirl-flow-forming units (130A, 130B) are configured so as to swirl in mutually opposite directions. A gas reception recess (140) for receiving gas merging from the swirl-flow-forming units (130A, 130B) is provided in a gas-merging region (A) extending in the transport direction (T) between the left and right swirl-flow-forming units (130A, 130B). The swirl flows spilling out from the swirl-flow-forming units (130A, 130B) are thereby brought into the gap between the bottom surface of the transported object and the transport path surface (111) so that the transported object is caused to float and be smoothly transported using the transporting force produced by the swirling force from the swirl flows.
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Inventors:
SATO HIKARU (JP)
ITO AKIHIKO (JP)
YASUDA TAKAHIRO (JP)
ITO AKIHIKO (JP)
YASUDA TAKAHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/056955
Publication Date:
September 17, 2015
Filing Date:
March 10, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OILES INDUSTRY CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B65G51/03; B65G49/06; H01L21/677
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2003086917A1 | 2003-10-23 |
Foreign References:
| JP2010533970A | 2010-10-28 | |||
| JP2011235999A | 2011-11-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TSUNO, TAKASHI (JP)
Takashi Tsuno (JP)
Takashi Tsuno (JP)
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