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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:
Jun. 22, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward V Locke, Rockport, MA (US);
Assignee:
Avco Corporation, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191 / ;
Abstract
A process of cutting thick metal workpieces wherein a cutting laser beam is inclined back from a cutting direction and oscillated in a direction parallel with the cutting direction while a gas jet is directed from above the workpiece at an angle approximately normal to the direction of the laser beam incident on the workpiece to blow away the laser melted material as it is produced.