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Device for non-contact conveying, handling and storage of structural elements and materials

US7870946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Josef Zimmermann · Regensburg, DE
Adolf Zitzmann · Regensburg, DE
Michael Schilp · Garching bei München, DE
Tobias Bolig · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2004
Grant date	Jan 18, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G54/00
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for generating a floating state of an object by sound waves includes a rigid support structure having a top surface for absorbing forces generated by the gravitation or acceleration of the levitating object and perpendicularly acting on the top surface. A thin oscillatory element is arranged in parallel to the top surface. Further provided is a vibration generator for making the thin oscillatory element vibrating and levitating above the top surface so that the object is levitating above the thin oscillatory element without contacting it.

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