To obtain a rotary roller device for conveying a glass body which hardly damages the surface of the conveyed glass body and has wear resistance to prolong the life.
The rotary roller device 21 is provided with a shaft 35 having a gas jetting hole 37 jetting a gas and formed on the side surface to form a gas bearing and a rotary roller 21a fitted to the shaft 35, having an annular groove 31 for guiding the glass body G1 and rotating around the shaft 35, wherein the rotary roller 21a comprises a roller body 30 having the annular groove 31 formed on the outer surface, having a shaft hole 32 in the rotary shaft side and formed from a heat resistant resin and a bush 33 of a metallic pipe body which is fitted so that the outer surface is brought into close contact with the inner surface of the shaft hole 32 of the roller body 30 and the inner surface forms an air layer between the inner surface and the side surface of the shaft 35 to form a bearing.
Norio Ohu
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