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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2005
Shigeru Hosoe, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Matsuda, Sagamihara, JP;
Shigeru Hosoe, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Matsuda, Sagamihara, JP;
Konica Minolta Opto, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A spindle device to mount and rotate an object, including: a housing; a main shaft supported by the housing rotatably to the housing wherein the main shaft includes a through hole which goes through from an end to the other end thereof, and an opening of the through hole forms a mounting section to mount the object at the end, and an opening of the through hole forms a suction section at the other end; a connecter member disposed to cover-the outside of the other end and connected with the external negative-pressure source; and a bearing disposed between the circumference of the main shaft at other end and the connecter member covering the outside; wherein the object is suctioned onto the mounting section at the end with the external negative-pressure source through the through hole.