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Vacuum table with individual vacuum chambers

US10046471B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 2017
Grant dateAug 14, 2018
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23Q2240/002
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vacuum table for securing a sheet of material. The vacuum table includes a top plate that is porous, a perimeter vacuum chamber disposed beneath a perimeter of the top plate, and interior vacuum chambers bound by the perimeter vacuum chamber and disposed beneath a target area of the top plate that is inside the perimeter of the top plate.

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