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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Kevin Lynch, Chicago, IL (US);
Paul Umbanhowar, Evanston, IL (US);
Kevin Lynch, Chicago, IL (US);
Paul Umbanhowar, Evanston, IL (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for imparting movement to one or more articles includes placing the one or more articles on a surface of a support member and imparting vibratory motion to the support member by vibrating actutators connected to the support member wherein the vibratory motion includes at least a rotational vibratory component about one or more axes out-of-alignment with the gravity vector to produce effective force fields on the surface.
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