Multiple segment vacuum release handling device
AssigneeDelphon Industries, LLC
InventorsClaudia Leigh Allison, Darby Allen Davis, Philip John Haseltine
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Abstract
A vacuum release device is provided for temporarily immobilizing objects, the device comprising: a substrate; a plurality of vacuum release subunits which can be operated independent of each other, each vacuum release subunit comprising an adhesive layer over a surface of the substrate; and a spacing material positioned between the substrate and the adhesive layer so as to form a chamber within which a vacuum may be formed, application of the vacuum causing the adhesive layer to recess toward the chamber.
Claims54
A vacuum release device for temporarily immobilizing objects, the device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of vacuum release subunits which can be operated independent of each other, each vacuum release subunit comprising
- an adhesive layer over a surface of the substrate;
- and
- a spacing material positioned between the substrate and the adhesive layer so as to form a chamber within which a vacuum may be formed, application of the vacuum causing the adhesive layer to recess toward the chamber.
A vacuum release device comprising:
- an array of separate adhesive layers for immobilizing objects, each adhesive layer being attached to and/or forming a wall of a chamber within which a vacuum may be drawn where the vacuum deforms the adhesive layer by causing it to withdraw inward toward the chamber, wherein separate vacuums can be applied to deform each separate adhesive layer.
A vacuum release device for temporarily immobilizing objects, the device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a first vacuum release subunit built on a surface of the substrate comprising an adhesive layer over a surface of the substrate, and a spacing material positioned between the substrate and the adhesive layer so as to form a chamber within which a vacuum may be formed, application of the vacuum causing the adhesive layer to recess toward the chamber;
- and
- a second vacuum release subunit built on the surface of the substrate comprising an adhesive layer over a surface of the substrate, and a spacing material positioned between the substrate and the adhesive layer so as to form a chamber within which a vacuum may be formed, application of the vacuum causing the adhesive layer to recess toward the chamber;
- wherein the first and second vacuum release subunits are in a spaced apart relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.