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US 2022/0143991 A1Published application
Gripping for print substrates
AssigneeKateeva, Inc.
InventorDigby Pun
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Abstract
A holder assembly includes a base, a drive assembly coupled to the base, a motive source connected to the drive assembly, a vertical force applicator connected to the drive assembly along a connection edge thereof, and a gripping member coupled to the base, the gripping member having a contact surface coupled to a vacuum source, wherein the drive assembly has a first position with the flattening member engaged with the contact surface and a second position with the flattening member positioned away from the contact surface.
Claims25
A device, comprising:
- a base;
- a drive assembly coupled to the base;
- a motive source connected to the drive assembly;
- a flattening member connected to the drive assembly along a connection edge thereof;
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- a gripping member coupled to the base, the gripping member having a contact surface coupled to a vacuum source, wherein the drive assembly has a first position with the flattening member adjacent to the contact surface and a second position with the flattening member positioned away from the contact surface.
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A substrate holder assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of gripping members removably coupled to a receiving surface of a base at a mounting surface of each gripping member, wherein each gripping member includes a homogeneous material extending from a substrate contact surface of the gripping member, opposite from the mounting surface, to the mounting surface, and each gripping member has at least one passage extending through the gripping member.
A substrate holder assembly, comprising:
- a base member;
- a substrate gripping assembly coupled to the base member and to a vacuum source, the substrate gripping assembly comprising a stage member and one or more pads;
- a contact force member movably coupled to the base member with a first position of the contact force member having a portion of the contact force member positioned adjacent to the one or more pads and a second position of the contact force member having the portion of the contact force member positioned away from the pads;
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- a motive source coupled to the contact force member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.