Abstract:
In the resonator of a laser generator, variable mode selective structure is provided to permit electrically actuated adaptation of beam parameters to required operating conditions. Such structure can be implemented with one or more pivotal plates, each having a different aperture, that are selectively pivoted into the beam path to effectively provide a variable mode diaphragm. In another embodiment, a spatial light modulator comprising a reversing prism with a variable position concave plate positioned adjacent its reflection surface and operating according to the optical tunnel effect can be used to selectively vary the effective diameter of the laser beam.
Abstract:
Methods for engraving carpet with beams of radiant energy. A beam of radiant energy, such as a laser beam, is intermittently directed at the surface of carpet to engrave the surface, and, if desired, to cause certain color changes. During the intermittent operation of the beam, the carpet is indexed to allow the beam to engrave designs. Alternatively, the beam may be indexed in relation to stationary carpet by means of lenses or mirrors to engrave designs. The method allows inexpensive and accurate engraving of carpet surfaces by which intricate designs may be formed on those surfaces in a minimum amount of time.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for simultaneously labeling or inscribing two parts by using a laser beam, characterized by a beam from a laser being subdivided into two sub-beams which are guided to a deflection optic system with different angles of incidence so that the deflected sub-beams when focused on a work surface are laterally displaced to enable inscribing or labeling two parts.
Abstract:
A machine for marking articles of manufacture such as electronic components is disclosed. The machine has a plate like frame disclosed generally in a vertical plane. The articles to be marked are supported on a backing strip and a cover strip is attached to the backing strip. The strip assembly is wound on a feed roll supported on the machine and as the strip assembly unwinds from the feed roll the backing strip and components are separated from the cover strip by two spaced rolls. The cover strip then passes around another idler roll to the take-up roll. The backing strip and components pass under a dancer roll and then under a laser where they are marked, then under another dancer roll back to the cover strip where the backing strip and cover strip are joined and re-rolled on a take-up roll. The feed reel and take-up reel are both driven by individual motors and a potentiometer is supported on the back of the machine and the dancer rolls are connected to the potentiometer so that as the motors increase tension on the strip the dancer rolls are lifted moving the movable contact of the potentiometer on it and connecting more resistance into the motor circuit whereby the motors are slowed down and thereby even tension is maintained on the strip as the strip assembly is fed off of the feed reel and wound onto the take-up reel thereby increasing the diameter of the strips rolled on the take-up reel. A micrometer adjustment is provided for adjusting the position of the strip and articles under the laser.
Abstract:
A thermo-optic data writing process and record in which focussed radiation is directed onto a data medium made up of a substrate, an organic layer directly deposited thereon with the interface therebetween being non-reflective and, on the organic layer, a metal layer of an alloy of metals selected to provide desired adhesion, range of deformation and shock resistance to rupture, for example, incorporating gold, silver or copper. Gas evolution by local degradation of the organic layer produces a bubble in the metal.
Abstract:
A telescopic crane boom is provided in which tubular boom sections include a thicker, flat bottom plate and a thinner channel having the free edges of its walls welded to the bottom plate at the lateral edges of the bottom plate. Wear pads for supporting an outer boom section, e.g., the fly section, are placed on the bottom plate of the adjacent inner section, e.g., the mid-section, closely adjacent to the vertical walls of the inner section, and underlying the walls of the outer section, to provide substantially columnar support for the walls of the outer section, reduced bottom plate bending forces, and reduced boom width and weight.
Abstract:
In pattern generating apparatus of the type employing a reciprocating laser beam for scanning a substrate surface, three scan lines are formed simultaneously. During reciprocation in one direction, the beam is deflected upwardly at an angle of arccot (1/3) with respect to the reciprocating direction, and during reciprocation in the opposite direction, the beam is deflected downwardly at an angle of arccot (1/3).
Abstract:
26. APPARATUS FOR FORMING IN A RADIATION ABSORBING FILM ON A TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE A PICOTRIAL IMAGE FRAME COMPRISING A MULTITUDE OF SMALL DISCRETE HOLES, AND DISPLAYING THE IMAGE FRAME, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: A SOURCE OF MODULATED COHERENT RADIATION FOR FORMING PULSES OF COHERENT RADIATION; MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID PULSES TO SCAN THE FILM IN RASTERLIKE FASHION TO FORM AN AGGREGATE OF HOLES IN THE FILM, THE AGGREGATE OF HOLES FORMING AN IMAGE FRAME, THE HOLES BEING SEPARATED BY APPROXIMATELY THE DIAMESTER OF THE LARGEST HOLE FORMED IN SAID FILM AS MEASURED FORM THE CENTERS OF ADJACENT HOLES; MEANS FOR VARYING THE ENERGY OF EACH PULSE IN THAT RANGE FOR WHICH THE AREA OF THE HOLE FORMED BY THE PULSE INCREASES WITH INCREASING ENERGY WHEREBY A GRAY SCALE IS PROVIDED; AND MEANS FOR PROJECTING LIGHT THROUGH THE ENTIRE FRAME TO VIEW THE IMAGE.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR LASER BEAM RECORDING BY IRRADIATING A LAYER OF A THERMOCHROMIC MATERIAL CHOSEN SO THAT UNDER IRRADIATION WITH A LASER OF A PARTICULAR COLOR THE MATERIAL IS CONVERTED BY ABSORPTION OF INCIDENT LASER RADIATION TO A COLOR WHICH TRANSMITS THE INCIDENT LASER BEAM SO THAT NO FURTHER CHANGE TAKES PLACE.
Abstract:
A laser system for processing surfaces of a variety of materials. The amount of laser treatment received by a surface and the geometry are controlled by an impact frequency matrix that is programmed into a control computer. The control computer can control a scanning laser beam to simulate the statistically random property of the particle distribution in a sandblasting process to generate a feathered worn look.