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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Yoshiteru Ikehata, Shiga-ken, JP;
Takayoshi Ono, Shiga-ken, JP;
Yuichi Morimoto, Shiga-ken, JP;
Daifuku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The invention discloses a transporting apparatus provided with a air-supplying-type support device for supplying purified air toward a lower surface of a transported object to contactlessly support the transported object in a horizontal orientation or a substantially horizontal orientation, a drive force application device for applying a drive force in the transporting direction to the transported object, a first transport member, a second transport member, and a relay transport member that links the first transport member and the second transport member. The drive force application device applies a drive force by contacting a lower surface of the transported object that is supported by the air-supplying-type support device. The relay transport member changes at least one of the transporting direction and the transporting orientation of the transported object.