Patent ID: 8074693

Claim:
A processing apparatus that performs processing on a workpiece continuous in a transport direction while transporting the workpiece in the transport direction, and performs processing on the workpiece at a predetermined processing pitch in a rotational direction of a rotating body that rotates about an axis, during movement of the workpiece in the rotational direction by the rotation of the rotating body while the workpiece is wrapped around an outer circumferential face of the rotating body, comprising: a first processing section that is disposed at a predetermined position in the rotational direction so as to oppose the outer circumferential face of the rotating body, second processing sections that are provided at each predetermined angle in the rotational direction on the outer circumferential face of the rotating body, and that perform the processing on the workpiece in cooperation with the first processing section when a second processing section opposes the first processing section, and a support section that supports the workpiece between the second processing sections, and in which it is possible to change, depending on the processing pitch, a position at which the support section supports the workpiece.