Transportation apparatus and tension adjustment method of belt in the same

A transportation apparatus operable to linearly transport an object, comprising:

• a first linkage, in which base ends of a pair of first links which have the same length with each other are pivotably coupled to a fixed table through a pair of first coupling shafts, and tip ends of the first links are pivotably coupled to a pair of first intermediate shafts which are fixed to a first intermediate table;
• a second linkage, in which base ends of a pair of second links which have the same length with the first links are pivotably coupled to the first intermediate shafts, and tip ends of the second links are pivotably coupled to a first installation table of the object through a pair of second coupling shafts;
• a first driving unit operable to apply torque to one of the first coupling shafts to rotate one of the first links;
• and
• a first transmission unit provided in the first intermediate table and operable to transmit the torque from the one of the first links to one of the second links,
• wherein the transmission unit includes:
• a pair of pulleys pivotably supported by the first intermediate shafts and fixed to the one of the first links and the one of the second links;
• and
• an upper belt and lower belt are partially wound around the pulleys in opposite directions with each other and fixed to the pulleys so as to transmit the torque;
• wherein one of the pulleys is divided into an upper part fixed with the upper belt and a lower part fixed with the lower belt in an axial direction of the first intermediate shafts,
• wherein another of the pulleys is formed in a single body, and
• wherein the divided pulley permits a tension of the upper belt and a tension of the lower belt to be adjusted by movement of the upper part and the lower part, respectively, of the divided pulley in a circumferential direction.