Material or article handling – Vertically swinging load support – Grab
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-27
2009-08-04
Underwood, Donald (Department: 3652)
Material or article handling
Vertically swinging load support
Grab
C901S015000, C414S729000, C414S917000, C294S086400, C074S490010
Reexamination Certificate
active
07568880
ABSTRACT:
A compact micro-manipulator with low energy consumption accurately and quickly positions a micro-material in a visual field of a microscope. A micro-manipulator operable to grip micro-material by bringing leading ends of the gripping fingers in close proximity includes an XY drive unit that drives a handling unit in X and Y directions, a drive unit that changes a positional direction of the handling unit in order to swing the gripping fingers around leading ends of the gripping fingers, and a Z drive unit that drives the handling unit in the Z direction.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4687400 (1987-08-01), Lichti
Horie Mikio
Kamiya Daiki
Kouno Masahiro
Mochizuki Naoto
Yoda Yoshimichi
Kanesaka Manabu
Nisca Corporation
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Underwood Donald
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