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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David P Banks, Seattle, WA (US);
James N Buttrick, Jr, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles H Glaisyer, Seattle, WA (US);
Darrell D Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Russell C McCrum, Seattle, WA (US);
Philip M Wright, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
238 / ; 238310 ; 238338 ; 105 291 ; 105 25 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to vacuum fastened guide that supports and facilitates movements of a machining device along at least one component to be operated upon. The guide includes a primary rail that is vacuum coupled to the component. The primary rail includes a primary tube portion for slideable engagement with the machining device, and a primary contact platform coupled to the primary tube portion for forming a vacuum between the primary rail and the component.