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Title:
CONTACTLESS CONVEYANCE DEVICE, CONTACTLESS CONVEYANCE METHOD, AND CONTACTLESS CONVEYANCE SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/131509
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A flexurally vibrating plate (10) which is formed in a long flat plate-like shape is ultrasonically vibrated at two positions in the longitudinal direction thereof by exciting a pair of ultrasonic vibrators (30A, 30B) by means of an electric signal. A micro-object (50) to be conveyed is made to be caught at a node of an ultrasonic standing wave which is generated in the space sandwiched between the flexurally vibrating plate (10) and a reflection plate (20). The phase of the electric signal for exciting the pair of ultrasonic vibrators (30A, 30B) is controlled to vibrate the flexurally vibrating plate (10) so that a traveling wave is produced in the flexurally vibrating plate, and the micro-object (50) to be conveyed which is caught at the node of the ultrasonic standing wave is conveyed in the longitudinal direction of the flexurally vibrating plate (10).

Inventors:
KOYAMA, Daisuke (4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-sh, Kanagawa 03, 〒2268503, JP)
小山 大介 (〒03 神奈川県横浜市緑区長津田町4259 国立大学法人 東京工業大学内 Kanagawa, 〒2268503, JP)
Application Number:
JP2010/052853
Publication Date:
November 18, 2010
Filing Date:
February 24, 2010
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Assignee:
TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (2-12-1, Ookayama Meguro-k, Tokyo 50, 〒1528550, JP)
国立大学法人 東京工業大学 (〒50 東京都目黒区大岡山2-12-1 Tokyo, 〒1528550, JP)
KOYAMA, Daisuke (4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-sh, Kanagawa 03, 〒2268503, JP)
International Classes:
B65G27/22; B65G54/00; H02N2/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KOIKE, Akira et al. (32F St. Luke's Tower, 8-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-k, Tokyo 44, 〒1040044, JP)
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