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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Coreflow Ltd, Yokneam Elite, IL;

Inventors:

Hilel Richman, Haifa, IL;

Oded Yehoshua Licht, Haifa, IL;

Oded Hamburger, Haifa, IL;

Yuval Yassour, Kibbutz Hasolelim, IL;

Boaz Nishri, Kibbutz Maagan Michael, IL;

Arie Harnik, Haifa, IL;

Alla Soudakovitch, Haifa, IL;

Shay Levavy, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:

Coreflow Ltd, Daliat el Carmel, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 53/00 (2006.01); B65G 51/03 (2006.01); B65H 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 51/03 (2013.01); B65H 5/22 (2013.01); B65H 2406/112 (2013.01); B65H 2406/1132 (2013.01); B65H 2406/364 (2013.01);
Abstract

A non-contact support platform system is provided for supporting a substantially flat object. The system includes a platform with a first plurality of pressure ports and a first plurality of vacuum ports for inducing a fluid cushion to support the object at a distance from the platform. The system further includes a second plurality of pressure ports located at a predetermined zone of the platform for increasing the distance of the object from the platform at the predetermined zone.


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