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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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glen Roeters, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Boris Moldavsky, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/02 ;
Abstract
An automated tool that can handle a sheet. The tool may include a flexible membrane that is attached to a frame. The flexible membrane may include a vacuum opening that is adapted to pull the sheet into the membrane. The vacuum opening may pull the outer edges of the sheet out of a tray when the membrane is deflected to a flat position. The tool may then move away from the tray wherein the outer edges of the membrane and sheet are pulled from an adjacent sheet. This effectively “peels” the sheet out of the tray.