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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. 10, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles A Coots, Endicott, NY (US);
John E Danek, Vestal, NY (US);
Assignee:
Universal Instruments Corporation, Binghamton, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 641 ; 901 40 ;
Abstract
An apparatus including a vacuum nozzle including an elongated inner bore that defines an elongated vacuum conduit that is coaxial with the inner bore; a nozzle tip connected to the end of the vacuum nozzle and adjacent the vacuum conduit; a reciprocally movable sleeve located within the vacuum conduit and retained by the vacuum nozzle and extendable beyond the nozzle tip; and structure for applying a restorative force to the movable sleeve, the structure for applying a restorative force to the movable sleeve being located within the vacuum conduit and in contact with the movable sleeve.