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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1989
John F Asmus, LaJolla, CA (US);
Ralph H Lovberg, San Diego, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Alameda, CA (US);
Abstract
The inventive system treating the surface of a material by utilizing high intensity ultraviolet light for glazing, cleaning and other such purposes. The system includes a high intensity ultraviolet light is generated by a liquid jet plasma pinch unit, and is repetitively pulsed to raise the surface temperature of the material rapidly to a predetermined high temperature. In one form of the invention, the system is mounted either on a vehicle, or on an overhead structure for facilitating the movement of the pinch unit to the surface to be treated. In another form of the invention, the pinch unit includes a light emitting assembly which can be lowered into an opening in a workpiece to be treated.