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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. 06, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald Joseph Becker, Endicott, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for retaining a product, preferably such as a flexible product in a flat and secure position on a generally planar surface. More specifically, the apparatus consists of a self-contained multi-zone vacuum chuck fixture which is adapted to enable the selectively controlled securing and holding of flexible products possessing various sizes and configurations on a flat work surface. The apparatus may be transparent so as to be also utilized as a light table.