| 摘要 |
A holding apparatus for a container and a method of holding a container of any size or shape, and formed of any material by supporting a container on a holding plate and employing a gripping mechanism to apply a frictional clamping force to the container. A displacement mechanism including a slider is magnetically coupled to the holding plate. The slider is operable to move the holding plate, to release the holding plate at a predetermined location, and by further movement of the slider after the holding plate has been released at the predetermined location, to displace the gripping mechanism to a clamping state in which frictional clamping forces are applied to the container. The method involves the steps of positioning a container on the holding plate while the holding plate is at an initial position, displacing the holding plate carrying the container thereon from the initial position to a clamping position by the movement of a displacement mechanism that is detachably coupled to the holding plate, detaching the holding plate from the displacement mechanism at the clamping position; and thereafter, operating the gripping mechanism to apply frictional clamping forces to secure the container in place on the holding plate.
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