A projection amount of rod can be adjusted, and workpiece with various
shapes or easily deformable workpiece can be stably supported. When an
opening/closing valve is switched to an opening position and a working
medium flows and is injected from one medium chamber to another medium
chamber, a support rod moves upward until an upper face of a first piston
abuts on a cover member. Next, when the workpiece is placed on the
support rod, the support rod is pushed down. When the workpiece moves
downward to a predetermined height, the working medium is prevented from
flowing between one medium chamber and another medium chamber if the
opening/closing valve is switched to the closing position. Therefore,
movement of the support rod is stopped. Since the working medium is
sealed in the workpiece support device, it does not leak to the outside.