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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinsuke Suhara, Kariya, JP;
Hiroshi Katsumi, Chiryu, JP;
Jiro Kodama, Nagoya, JP;
Noriaki Iwaki, Hekinan, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., LTD, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 5/02 ;
Abstract
A holding head including a support portion, a suction nozzle which applies a negative pressure to a back surface of an object and thereby holds the object, the suction nozzle being detachably attached to the support portion, and a back-surface lighting device which lights the back surface of the object held by the suction nozzle and which includes a main portion which is separate from the suction nozzle and is supported by the support portion such that when the suction nozzle is detached from the support portion, the main portion remains supported by the support portion.