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US 8,833,746 B2Granted
Multi-purpose vacuum clamp table
AssigneeVibration Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Cone, Darien Brookfield Crane, James Wagner
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus for constraining an object includes a first clamping surface configured to apply a first holding force to a first surface of the object; a second clamping surface configured to apply a second holding force to a second surface of the object; and an actuator configured to selectively move the second clamping surface relative to the first clamping surface.
Claims13
An apparatus for constraining an object, the apparatus comprising:
- a first clamping surface configured to apply a first holding force to a first surface of the object;
- a second clamping surface configured to apply a second holding force to a second surface of the object, wherein the second clamping surface is disposed within a cutout of the first clamping surface, and wherein the first holding force and the second holding force comprise vacuum suction;
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- an actuator configured to selectively move the second clamping surface relative to the first clamping surface from a coplanar position to a non-planar position.
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An apparatus for constraining an object, the apparatus comprising:
- a first clamping surface configured to apply a first holding force to a first surface of the object, wherein the first holding force comprises vacuum suction;
- a second clamping surface configured to apply a second holding force to a second surface of the object, wherein the second clamping surface is disposed within a cutout of the first clamping surface, and wherein the second holding force comprises vacuum suction;
- an actuator configured to selectively move the second clamping surface relative to the first clamping surface;
- a support member coupled to the first clamping surface and configured to support the second clamping surface;
- wherein the support member is actuated by the actuator;
- and a biasing member configured to bias the support member against the actuator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.