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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Kranik, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Wolfgang F Mueller, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118 52 ; 118503 ; 233 26 ; 279 / ; 279 / ;
Abstract
A chuck for a workpiece, rotatable in spaced relation to and about an axis of rotation, and having a clamp jaw radially movable under centrifugal force to engage the workpiece against fixed mating clamp members. The structure can also have optional means enabling the chuck to tilt, with the workpiece, from a home position to a preselected angle under the rotation thereof about a pivot axis perpendicular to and spaced from the axis of rotation with return of the chuck to the home position under gravitational force when rotation thereof is stopped.