Patent ID: 8794877

Claim:
Device for transporting and holding of flat objects and materials ( 1 ), wherein the device comprises the following features: at least an oscillatory plate-like take-up ( 2 ) for receiving the object to be transported or held, at which at least a oscillation generator ( 3 ) is mechanically fixed, and at least two supporting members ( 4 ) which are mechanically fixedly connected with the plate-like take-up ( 2 ), wherein the oscillation generator ( 3 ) is arranged at a predetermined position of the plate-like take-up ( 2 ) in order to set the plate-like take-up ( 2 ) into flexural vibrations, and the supporting members ( 4 ) are arranged at positions where the amplitude of the flexural vibration is lower than the maximum amplitude by at least 50%, and the oscillation generator ( 3 ) is operated at a frequency which sets the plate-like take-up ( 2 ) into vibrations so that objects or materials ( 1 ) transferred onto are levitating on a film of gas or air.