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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 1986
Filed:
May. 21, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luigi Gilli, Turin, IT;
Domenico Peiretti, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
Prima Industrie S.p.A., , IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191 / ; 2191 / ; 2191 / ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a focusing head 1 for a laser-beam cutting machine on which the head is designed to turn, in relation to the machine structure 4, around two axes combining to form an angle, the head consisting of two portions 15, 24 one of which 24 is provided with an output nozzle 43 and a focusing lens 42 and moves axially in relation to the other by means of a servomechanism 49 controlled by a position sensor 46 in sliding contact with the sheet material 3 being cut, the sensor 46 being tubular, being assembled in sliding manner on to the end of the nozzle 43 and constituting a guide for a cover gas.