Positioning device and positioning method
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorToshiki Kita
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Abstract
A positioning device for determining the position of an object includes an anchoring surface, a first movable carriage on which the object is loaded and which has a means for suctioning onto the anchoring surface, a second movable carriage which has a drive assembly and which is connected with the first movable carriage as needed, and a connecting means which controls the connection of the first and second movable carriages. The first and second movable carriages are connected by the drive assembly and the first movable carriage is conveyed to a predetermined position on the anchoring surface and is suctioned and anchored on the anchoring surface at this position by a means for breaking the connection between the first and second movable carriages and for performing the suctioning to position the object.
Claims17
A positioning device for determining the position of an object, comprising:
- an anchoring surface,
- a first movable carriage on which said object is loaded and which has a means for suctioning onto said anchoring surface,
- a second movable carriage which has a drive assembly, and
- a connecting means which controls said connection of said first and second movable carriages, wherein said first and second carriages are connected and disconnected as needed and wherein said first and second movable carriages are connected by said drive assembly and said first movable carriage is conveyed to a predetermined position on said anchoring surface and said first movable carriage is suctioned and anchored on said anchoring surface at this predetermined position by a means for breaking the connection between said first and second movable carriages and performing said suctioning so that said object is positioned.
A method for positioning and holding an object at a predetermined position on an anchoring surface at a predetermined height from the anchoring surface, the method comprising:
- making ready a first movable carriage with a means for suctioning onto said anchoring surface,
- loading the object onto said first movable carriage,
- making ready a second movable carriage with a drive assembly and which can be freely connected with the first movable carriage,
- making ready the connecting means for said first and second movable carriages,
- connecting the first and second movable carriages by said drive assembly,
- conveying said first movable carriage to a predetermined position on said anchoring surface, and
- suctioning and anchoring said first movable carriage onto said anchoring surface at said predetermined position by a means that breaks the connection between said first and second movable carriages and performs said suctioning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.