Patent ID: 8267385

Claim:
A holding device ( 1 ), in particular for fixing a glass substrate during a cutting process, said holding device ( 1 ) comprising a housing ( 2 ); a plunger ( 3 ) supported in the housing ( 2 ) in a gas-buffered manner so as to be displaceable in an axial direction thereof relative to the housing ( 2 ), said plunger ( 3 ) including a first end section ( 4 ) and a second end section ( 5 ); and a pressure chamber ( 7 ) having interior surfaces, said plunger ( 3 ) being located with said second end section ( 5 ) at a distance from a wall of the pressure chamber ( 7 ) so that all of said interior surfaces of said pressure chamber are not contact with said second end section and a pressure existing in the pressure chamber ( 7 ) acts on all sides of said second end section ( 5 ) the plunger ( 3 ); wherein the first end section ( 4 ) of the plunger ( 3 ) extends out of the housing ( 2 ) and includes a suction element ( 6 ).