Patent ID: 7044008

Claim:
Collecting apparatus for collecting objects which are released, in particular by means of laser irradiation, from a mass which is located on a mount ( 3 ), having a holding unit ( 19 ) for holding at least one collecting means ( 21 ) for collecting an object which is released from the mass, and having adjustment means ( 13 ) for adjusting the holding unit ( 19 ) in order in this way to position the holding unit ( 19 ), characterized in that control means ( 7 , 50 ) are provided for automatic production of adjustment signals for the adjustment means ( 13 ), in that the adjustment means ( 13 ) are designed such that they automatically adjust the holding unit ( 19 ) in accordance with the adjustment signals from the control means ( 7 , 50 ), in that the adjustment means ( 13 ) are designed such that when appropriate adjustment signals from the control means ( 7 ) are present they move, in particular pivot, the holding unit ( 19 ) from a placement position which is intended for fitting the holding unit ( 19 ) to the collecting apparatus ( 2 ) or for fitting the collecting means ( 21 ) to the holding unit ( 19 ), to a working position which is used for collecting an object which is released from the mass, or vice versa, and in that the adjustment means have a first adjustment device ( 14 ) for pivoting the holding unit ( 19 ) from the placement position to the working position, or vice versa, and in that the adjustment means ( 13 ) have a second adjustment device ( 15 , 17 , 25 , 26 ), in order to adjust the holding unit ( 19 ) in the working position essentially parallel to the plane of the mount ( 3 ).