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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:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas C Prentice, Westford, MA (US);
Brian P Prescott, Fremont, NH (US);
Assignee:
Speedline Technologies, Inc., Haverhill, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ; G05D / ; B23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
318625 ; 395 86 ; 33 / ; 7447 / ; 4147444 ;
Abstract
A positioning system for moving a device over an xy-plane has a drive mechanism with pivotable arms for moving a carriage over the xy-plane by driving it from one side. This drive mechanism allows the system to be made narrow along the other side.