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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:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2011
Applicant:
Asher Katz, Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventor:
Asher Katz, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Orbotech Ltd., Yavne, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 11/00 (2006.01); B23Q 3/00 (2006.01); B23P 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 11/00 (2013.01); B25B 11/005 (2013.01); B23Q 3/00 (2013.01); B23P 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vacuum hold-down system for use with workpieces of various shapes and/or sizes is disclosed. The system comprising a vacuum hold-down table defining a mask support plane and an apertured vacuum table mask which is selectably positionable on said mask support plane, wherein said vacuum hold-down table and said vacuum table mask is configured to define a plurality of selectable different contiguous arrays of vacuum apertures, by suitable relative positioning of said vacuum table mask and said vacuum hold-down table in said mask support plane.