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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:
Dec. 01, 1987
Filed:
May. 28, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel P Soroka, Imperial, PA (US);
Roger L Swensrud, Plum Borough, PA (US);
Joseph J Zelezniak, Upper St. Clair Twp., Allegheny County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191 / ; 2191 / ;
Abstract
A two-axis optical wrist which can be used in combination with an industrial manipulator having associated therewith a laser beam delivery system. The two-axis optical wrist for laser application provides two additional degrees of freedom which in combination with a three-axis industrial manipulator provides the five degrees of freedom necessary for industrial material processing laser systems to position a laser beam anywhere within the work envelope of an industrial manipulator.