Portable vacuum object handling device

Patent · Tue Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:864648

Anderson, Gordon H ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos, NM

The disclosure relates to a portable device adapted to handle objects which are not to be touched by hand. A piston and bore wall form a vacuum chamber communicating with an adaptor sealably engageable with an object to be lifted. The piston is manually moved and set to establish vacuum. A valve is manually actuatable to apply the vacuum to lift the object.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Anderson, Gordon H. (Los Alamos, NM)
• Patent Number(s): US 4397491
• Application Number: 06/288,561
• OSTI ID: 864648
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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