| CPC B65G 51/02 (2013.01) [B65H 5/228 (2013.01); B65H 2301/44332 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |
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1. A transport device comprising:
an air blowing tube that forms a gas flow path;
a moving body that travels inside the air blowing tube while receiving an air flow flowing within the air blowing tube in a predetermined direction;
a transport body route that has at least a portion arranged along the air blowing tube to be adjacent to the air blowing tube; and
a transport body that is configured to be able to retain a transport target in a predetermined attitude and that travels inside the transport body route,
where the moving body includes a moving body magnetic material, while the transport body includes a transport body magnetic material, and
where the transport device has a configuration to move the transport body in conjunction with movement of the moving body by using a repelling force generated based on a magnetic force applied between the moving body magnetic material and the transport body magnetic material when there is a proximal positional relation between the moving body magnetic material and the transport body magnetic material, wherein
the transport body route includes a first curved transport body route having a first curved shape in which a bottom surface located beside the air blowing tube bulges into a convex shape toward the air blowing tube, and
the first curved transport body route is configured to increase a distance between the bottom surface and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface from each end portion toward an intermediate portion in a transport direction to prevent the transport target retained by the transport body from coming into contact with the top surface.
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