| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention addresses the problem of further stabilizing the floating status of an object to be transported when passing over a gap between transport faces of two transport rails that are adjacent with a space therebetween in the transport direction. A floating transport device emits a jet of compressed air from a transport face (110) of a transport rail (1) arranged in the transport direction, and transports the object to be transported (3), such as a glass substrate, in the transport direction while causing same to float above the transport face (110) of the transport rails (1). A gap (4) is formed between two transport faces (110A, 110B), which are adjacent in the transport direction and are from among the transport faces (110) of the transport rails (1) arranged in the transport direction, in a direction that is inclined at a prescribed angle (θ) with respect to the transport direction. For the transport face (110B), of the two transport faces (110A, 110B), that is located on the downstream side in the transport direction, the distal end of a corner section (118) on the rear end face (123) side corresponding to the angle (θ) is positioned to be further upstream in the transport direction than the distal end of a corner section (116) on the front end face (121) side corresponding to the angle (θ) of the transport face (110A) that is positioned on the upstream side in the transport direction.</p> |
