Invention Application
- Patent Title: SCORING OF NON-FLAT MATERIALS
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Application No.: PCT/US2009/002988Application Date: 2009-05-14
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Publication No.: WO2009151527A3Publication Date: 2009-12-17
- Inventor: ABRAMOV, Anatoli A , UKRAINCZYK, Ljerka , WU, Qi , ZHOU, Naiyue
- Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED , ABRAMOV, Anatoli A , UKRAINCZYK, Ljerka , WU, Qi , ZHOU, Naiyue
- Applicant Address: 1 Riverfront Plaza Corning, New York 14831 US
- Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED,ABRAMOV, Anatoli A,UKRAINCZYK, Ljerka,WU, Qi,ZHOU, Naiyue
- Current Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED,ABRAMOV, Anatoli A,UKRAINCZYK, Ljerka,WU, Qi,ZHOU, Naiyue
- Current Assignee Address: 1 Riverfront Plaza Corning, New York 14831 US
- Agency: SCHMIDT, Jeffrey A
- Priority: US61/128,949 20080527; US12/220,948 20080730
- Main IPC: C03B33/09
- IPC: C03B33/09 ; C03B33/033 ; B23K26/06
Abstract:
Disclosed are systems for scoring non-flat materials including non-flat glass sheets (1000). In one embodiment, a laser scoring system is described. The laser scoring system includes a laser (102) and an optical head (106). The optical head is configured to receive output from the laser and focus the output into an elongated laser beam having a beam waist and an extended focal depth (116) of greater than +/- 5 mm relative to the center of the beam waist with a power density sufficient for scoring a material having at least a portion within the extended focal depth. In one aspect the system can include a beam expander (104). The beam expander receives the output from the laser, expands the output from the laser to an expanded laser beam, and transmits the expanded laser beam to the optical head.
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