Patent ID: 7329299
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A transporting apparatus for a plate-shaped work piece, comprising: air-supplying support means for supplying purified air toward a lower surface of a transported plate-shaped work piece to contactlessly support the plate-shaped work piece; wherein the air-supplying support means comprises: a dust-removal filter for removing dust; air-supplying means for supplying purified air toward the lower surface of the plate-shaped work piece through the dust-removal filter; and a screening member for allowing passage of purified air that has passed through the dust-removal filter and for serving as a shield that prevents foreign bodies from falling toward the dust-removal filter wherein the screening member has a porous member that allows purified air that has passed through the dust-removal filter to pass, and one or more sub-filters that substantially cover holes in the porous member, wherein a chamber in which the purified air accumulates is formed between the screening member and the dust-removal filter.