Patent ID: 8225924

Claim:
A non-contact conveyance system for conveying a conveyance object in a conveying direction, comprising: a levitating section for levitating the conveyance object upward; a moving section that moves in the conveying direction; a conveying section having a vibrating plate disposed so as to face to the conveyance object in non-contact and an actuator for applying vibrations to said vibrating plate to excite deflection standing waves; said conveying section being supported by said moving section; said conveying section applying a retaining force that attracts to and retains the conveyance object at position facing to said vibrating plate to at least one edge portion among front and rear edge portions of the conveyance object facing to said vibrating plate by exciting deflection standing waves in said vibrating plate by said actuator; and said moving section moving said conveying section in the conveying direction to convey said conveyance object in the conveying direction following the move of said conveying section while applying the retaining force to the edge portion of the conveyance object.