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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:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2005
Applicant:
Robert Ranner, Vienna, AT;
Inventor:
Robert Ranner, Vienna, AT;
Assignee:
Leica Mikrosysteme GmbH, Vienna, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D 5/00 (2006.01); B23Q 1/25 (2006.01); B26D 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A deviceand a method for trimming samplesare disclosed. The deviceencompasses a knife holderand a sample holder, the knife holdercarrying at least one trimming knife. A first motorand a second motorare provided, which move the knife holderin an X-Y plane. Also provided is a control unitthat controls the motion of the knife holder. The first and the second motorare each equipped with a measurement meansthat measures the position of the knife holderin the X direction (X) and Y direction (Y).