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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331583 | Workpiece holder with a multi-piece bladder A workpiece holding apparatus comprises a body, a bladder carried by the body, and a sleeve that is carried by the bladder. A fluid chamber is at least partially defined by the body and the bladder for containing a fluid therein. The bladder comprises at least one f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316403 | Hydrostatic workpiece holder with a removable cartridge assembly A workpiece holding apparatus comprises a body, a cartridge assembly carried by the body and a sleeve. The cartridge assembly comprises at least one sealing member and a bladder supported by a retainer and at least partially defining a fluid chamber that houses a pr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7169360 | Rotary drive in an instrument for processing microscale liquid sample volumes The invention relates to a rotary drive adapted for creating liquid flow in rotatable microfluidic discs. A rotary drive for spinning a disc shaped substrate having microfluidic structures formed therein for the flow control of microliter and/or nanoliter volumes of... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7147232 | Workpiece holder A workholding apparatus including a body and a drive member carried by the body, so that the drive member and body partially define a fluid chamber therebetween for containing a fluid. A driven member is also carried by the body and includes multiple displacement re... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6964419 | Chuck rollers and pins for substrate cleaning and drying system A design for chuck rollers and a design for chuck pins for a wafer cleaning and drying system is disclosed. Each of the chuck rollers includes a roller head which ensures proper engagement of a wafer with the chuck rollers for rotation of the wafer during a wafer sc... | 11/15/2005 |
| 5984319 | Holding device The invention relates to a holding device for balancing disk-like inertial bodies, which comprises at least two clamping elements (8) centered on a center axis (A), such elements (8) having a respective radial abutment face (34), wherein the clamping elem... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5967528 | Workpiece chucking device A workpiece chucking device is strengthened in its workpiece chucking force. The workpiece chucking device comprises a diaphragm 14 having chucking claws 35 in the front of a base 12 which will rotate along with a spindle 11 of a machine tool, a piston wh... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5326114 | Quickly interchangeable chuck with mechanical power assist clamping capabilities A quick-change chuck includes a power-assist clamp feature for use in a machine tool having a powered draw bar. The chuck body includes inner and outer faces with a bore formed therethrough. A tapered polygon alignment pin extends inwardly from the inner ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5259630 | Device for clamping workpiece A device for clamping a workpiece has a base body rotatable together with a spindle of a machine tool. The base body has a hollow portion defining a space. A piston is mounted in the space so as to be movable back and forth by fluid supplied through passa... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4953877 | Fluid actuated chuck A chuck for holding an easily distortable hollow workpiece has a rigid body with axially extending co-extensive, circumferentially spaced, flexible chuck fingers carried on a mounting surface. Each of the fingers has one end axially fixed to the mounting ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4647051 | Support for a chuck A system for holding workpieces during machining utilizes a support chuck which may be mounted on a machine tool such as a lathe or it may be mounted on a support adjacent the machine tool such as a turnaround or carrousel. The invention utilized an adapt... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4281842 | Inner diameter chuck An inner diameter chuck which has a cup shaped holder with a concave face joined by the interior side of the face to a base portion. The holder will flex upon movement of an actuator against the lip of the cup to change the outer diameter along the forwar... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4172399 | Method and apparatus for slitting rolled material Method and apparatus for slitting rolled material. The material is mounted adjacent to a slitting means which is oscillated substantially tangential to the surface of the rolled material being slit to improve the slitting action. Radially adjustable clamp... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4139207 | Double grip air chuck A fluid actuated chuck has two pairs of surfaces adaptable to engage a work piece with each of said pairs of surfaces being independently operable by the fluid. Such a chuck body includes means forming two pairs of surfaces carried and rotatably driven by... | 02/13/1979 |
