Patent ID: 9187256
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B65G,H01L

Abstract:
1. Non-contacting conveyance equipment for conveying a plate-like member in a non-contacting manner, comprising: a plate-like base body; and a plurality of swirl flow-forming bodies provided at the base body, wherein each of the plurality of swirl flow-forming bodies includes: a column-shaped main body; a cylindrical chamber formed inside the main body, that has an opening at one end; a flat end face formed at a surface of the main body, on which the cylindrical chamber is opened; a jetting port provided at an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical chamber; a fluid introduction port provided at an outer circumferential surface of the main body; and a fluid passage that connects the fluid introduction port to the jetting port, wherein the fluid passage is arranged so that a direction in which a fluid flows out of the cylindrical chamber along the end face is substantially parallel to a line that extends from a center of gravity of the plate-like member being conveyed, toward an outer circumference of the plate-like member.