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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:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maarten H Zonneveld, Eindhoven, NL;
Jacobus N Dekker, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerrit C Verkade, Eindhoven, NL;
Ireneus H Fierkens, Eindhoven, NL;
Theodorus J Van Gennip, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2191216 ; 65105 ; 65112 ; 21912185 ;
Abstract
A method and a device for cleaving a plate of a brittle material, such as, for example, glass, by means of a radiation beam repeatedly moving over the plate. The radiation beam is repeatedly passed over a desired track until the plate has been cleaved along a desired line of rupture of the plate.