Patent ID: 8863939

Claim:
A vacuum transport system comprising: a vacuum plenum; one or more transport members configured to rotate around the vacuum plenum and wherein at least one of the one or more transport members comprises: a substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of holes having a size ranging from 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm extending from a first side proximate to the vacuum plenum to a second side proximate to an object placed on the second side of the substrate, wherein the second side comprises a resin layer comprising a plurality of dispersed particles to provide a textured surface having an average roughness Ra of from 2 μm to 100 μm; the vacuum plenum is configured to apply a vacuum through the plurality of holes to the second side proximate to the object; and the textured surface is configured to elevate the object above the plurality of holes and to spread the vacuum across the second surface between the plurality of holes to provide a substantially uniform suction force distributed across a surface of the object.