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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
May. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akio Sato, Soka, JP;
Akira Chiyoda, Soka, JP;
Assignee:
SMC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/44 ;
Abstract
An air is fed from an air supply source to a detecting nozzle via a first fixed throttle section. The air is jetted from the detecting nozzle to the workpiece W to obtain a nozzle back pressure for detecting a position of a workpiece W. A first diffuser section is disposed downstream of the first fixed throttle section.