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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alain Vignes, Paris, FR;
Jacques Griffaton, Chalon S/Saone, FR;
Assignee:
Framatome, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21912163 ; 21912174 ; 21912177 ;
Abstract
The tubular casing (3) of the working head (1) exhibits two windows, upstream (4) and downstream (5), opposite each one of which there is mounted a deflecting mirror, a partially reflecting mirror (12) and a totally reflecting mirror (14) respectively. A first optical focusing device (8) is mounted in front of the upstream mirror, and a second optical focusing device (13) is mounted between the downstream mirror and the image focus (11) of the upstream optical device. Application to the simultaneous performance of a plurality of circular welds in tubes of small diameter.