Patent · US Expired

Perforated vacuum hold down surface

USRE43736E1 · kind E1 · reissue

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Filing dateMar 31, 2006
Grant dateOct 16, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC —)General

Abstract

A vacuum hold down table includes a surface sheet having perforations arranged so as to reduce surface cracking when the surface sheet is subject to forces during use of the table; the perforations may also be arranged to that a greater hold down force is produced in that portion of the table where the workpiece will be located, this may be accompanied by varying the hole diameter and/or hole spacing.

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