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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Eitan Lahat, Rishon le Zion, IL;
Nissim Zafrani, Yavne, IL;
Orbot Instruments Ltd., Yavne, IL;
Abstract
This invention discloses an universal chuck for holding plates, including a base having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, a lower carriage movable on the base along said longitudinal axis, an upper carriage movable on the lower carriage along the longitudinal axis, a plate mounting carried by the lower carriage at one side thereof for mounting one edge of a plate to be held by the universal chuck, and a plate mounting carried by the upper carriage at the side thereof opposite to the one side of the lower carriage, for mounting the opposite edge of the plate to be held by the universal chuck, such that moving the lower carriage and the upper carriage with respect to each other and with respect to the base along said longitudinal axis, changes the distance between the lower carriage and upper carriage plate mountings to thereby enable the chuck to hold plates of different longitudinal dimensions.