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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Applicant:
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/02 (2014.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/36 (2014.01); B29C 33/72 (2006.01); B29D 30/06 (2006.01); G05D 3/12 (2006.01); B29K 21/00 (2006.01); B29L 30/00 (2006.01); B29C 33/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/72 (2013.01); B08B 7/0042 (2013.01); B23K 26/02 (2013.01); B29D 30/0662 (2013.01); G05D 3/12 (2013.01); B29C 2033/705 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0663 (2013.01); B29K 2021/00 (2013.01); B29L 2030/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
When cleaning a mold using a mold cleaning system, three-dimensional image data of a molding surface of the mold is acquired by a camera, movement of arms is controlled by a control device based on the acquired image data, and a laser head is moved along the molding surface while a laser beam provided from a laser oscillator is irradiated to remove contamination adhered to the molding surface. Cleaning is performed on a specific site, using a relatively small laser head, or also using a relatively large laser head, or cleaning is performed using a laser head having a variable laser irradiation width and setting an appropriate laser irradiation width for each site to be cleaned.