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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinsuke Suhara, Kariya, JP;
Yukio Ueno, Nagoya, JP;
Takeyoshi Isogai, Hekinan, JP;
Noriaki Iwaki, Hekinan, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/186 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/186 ;
Abstract
A suction nozzle for applying a suction to an object and thereby holding the object, the suction nozzle including a nozzle portion having an end surface, and a suction passage formed in the nozzle portion and opening in the end surface thereof, the end surface providing a suction surface that applies the suction to the object and thereby holds the object. At least a free end portion of the nozzle portion has a shape whose diameter gradually increases in a direction from the end surface thereof toward a base end thereof opposite to the end surface.