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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
May. 14, 2007
Fabien Blondeau, Chézard-St-Martin, CH;
Mauro Lorenzini, Zuchwil, CH;
Fabien Blondeau, Chézard-St-Martin, CH;
Mauro Lorenzini, Zuchwil, CH;
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse, Grenchen, CH;
Abstract
The invention proposes tweezers () and a grasping system () for grasping and assembling at least one component () in a timepiece, comprising first and second branches (), which are joined at a first end () of the tweezers () and which form a grasping pincer () at the second end of the tweezers () in order to allow the component () to be grasped by the pincer (), via a manual manipulation of the tweezers (), characterized in that the first branch () includes at least one electrostatic grasping surface () provided for grasping, via electrostatic attraction, a component () made of conductive or semiconductor material.