Object levitating apparatus object transporting apparatus and object levitating bearing along with an object levitating process and object transporting process
AssigneeKaijo Corporation
InventorsYoshiki Hashimoto, Ryoji Tsuchiko, Satoshi Arai
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Abstract
An object levitating apparatus, an object transporting apparatus equipped with the object levitating apparatus, and an object levitating bearing as well as an object levitating process and object transporting process are described which, simultaneous to not placing restrictions on the material and so forth of the objects handled, are able to handle objects having relatively large weights and dimensions, while also being compact in size, inexpensive, preferable in terms of safety and so forth, and easy to control.
Claims4
An object transporting apparatus that levitates an object and causes the object to travel above a surface of a vibrator by radiation pressure of sound waves of the vibrator, said apparatus comprising:
- a vibrator;
- an ultrasonic excitation device which excites said vibrator, said ultrasonic excitation device comprising at least two ultrasonic excitation units arranged in a row in a direction in which an object is to be made to travel;
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- a traveling device which causes the object to travel,
- wherein said traveling device comprises an energy conversion device which converts sound waves into progressive waves by converting ultrasonic energy, generated by said ultrasonic vibration generation units of said ultrasonic excitation device, into electrical energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.