Patent attributes
A conveyance device and a planar conveyance apparatus capable of carrying out an article in any direction. The conveyance device includes an energizing mechanism unit configured to energize and move an article and a rotation mechanism unit configured to rotate the energizing mechanism unit itself, and is capable of changing a moving direction of the article by rotating the energizing mechanism unit with the rotation mechanism unit. The energizing mechanism unit includes an energizing mechanism side motor, and the energizing mechanism side motor includes a coil on a center side and an outer body surrounding the coil, and is an outer rotor type motor in which the outer body rotates. The energizing mechanism side motor is disposed such that a central shaft of the outer body is in a substantially horizontal posture, and the outer body energizes the article by coming into contact with the article directly or through a freely-rotating rotor interposed therebetween.
