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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:
Oct. 17, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; B65G / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
406 88 ; 406 89 ; 406 19 ; 406 86 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for holding or conveying an article to be held or conveyed by a fluid film having, in a holding surface or a delivery surface, fluid injection portions for supplying fluid at a low flow velocity to form the fluid film between the holding or conveying surface and the article to be held or conveyed.
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