A conveying apparatus is provided with a rotary disc portion with a suction means
which forms a slit on an outer peripheral surface and sucks through the slit so
as to convey a conveyed article in a state of holding the conveyed article by suction
to both sides of the slit, and a linear conveying portion with a suction means
which sucks the conveyed article riding over a pair of parallel conveying belts
through a gap between the conveying belts so as to convey the conveyed article
in a state of holding the conveyed article by suction to the conveying belt, and
has one end opposing to the outer peripheral surface of the rotary disc portion
so as to be capable of transfer the conveyed article. The conveying apparatus of
the invention, the inspecting apparatus and an aligning and supplying apparatus
allow for execution of a side surface inspection of a small article stably without
requiring a lot of space.
