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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. 15, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350269 ; 2504981 ;
Abstract
The radiation emitted by a radiation source, such as a laser, is substantially prevented from exiting from the radiation source by a shutter in the radiation path. To make the shutter substantially fail-safe, two filter and/or diaphragm systems are switchable into the radiation path in series fashion in that one system is located behind the other system as viewed in the radiation direction. Sensors sense the effective or ineffective position of the respective system. Each system has an actuator for bringing the respective radiation stopping system into or out of the radiation stopping position in response to a control signal provided by the sensor of the respective other system.