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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Timothy F Spencer, Rochester, NY (US);
Gerald N Walter, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for grasping, aligning and orienting an object uses first and second rotatable arm members each having object holders, respectively. An object holder each comprises a vacuum recess and alignment features to align the object in a fixed position in its respective vacuum recess. Rotation of first rotatable arm member into abutting contact with second rotatable arm member forms a formable vacuum chamber. Partially closed vacuum chamber has a closed end for positioning the object, a first wall defined by the first vacuum recess, an opposing spaced apart second wall defined by the second vacuum recess and an open end between the first and second walls for receiving the object in the partially closed vacuum chamber.