Transport device

A transport device having a plurality of pads that each hold a workpiece constituting a part of a wearing article and transport the workpiece while a peripheral speed is changed, the transport device comprising:

• a rotation shaft having an axial line serving as a rotation center;
• the plurality of pads that each hold and transport the workpiece while the peripheral speed is changed with respect to the rotation shaft;
• transmission mechanisms that respectively change speeds of the pads;
• and
• motors each provided for the respective pads and each including an output shaft for driving the respective transmission mechanisms, the transport device being provided with a rotation body that rotates around the axial line and is arranged in between each of the transmission mechanisms and each of the motors in a direction in which the axial line extends,
• wherein:
• each of the motors is attached to the rotation body, and each of the motors is arranged around the axial line of the rotation shaft such that the output shaft is parallel to the direction in which the axial line of the rotation shaft extends,
• the transmission mechanisms each including a crank arm that swings by an input from the output shaft of the respective motors, and a link lever that connects a distal end of the crank arm and the respective pads,
• the rotation body being fixed to the rotation shaft so as to rotate around the axial line integrally with the rotation shaft,
• the output shaft of the respective motors being connected to a swing center of the crank arm and configured to cause the crank arm to swing around the swing center,
• the motors being each attached to an outside surface opposite to a side in which the pads are arranged in the rotation body,
• the rotation body being arranged between the motors and the transmission mechanisms,
• and the crank arm being arranged along an inside surface opposite to the outside surface of the rotation body.