Patent ID: 7161266

Claim:
A tri-axial handling apparatus comprising at least three axle bodies, each exhibiting a guide component and a carrier component which by means of a drive is translationally movable on the guide component in the direction of an axis of movement, wherein at least three axes of movement respectively form a space angle to each other and are each positioned vertically to each other, wherein a guide component of a first axle body is secured to the carrier component of a second axle body, whose guide component is secured to the carrier component- of a third axle body, wherein the carrier component of the first axle body forms a handling carrier designed to enable a handling operation within a manipulation area determined by the axes of movement, wherein each said drive for the respective carrier component is a linear motor secured to the respective axle body, wherein said linear motor is embodied as an electro-magnetic direct linear motor having a magnetic rod and a coil component, and wherein at least one of the at least three axle bodies comprises a mechanism to compensate for gravitational force acting on the respective linear motor.