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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1993

Filed:

Oct. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Peter Albers, Lausanne, CH;

Eckhard Langenbach, St. Gallen, CH;

Hans-Jorg Heimbeck, Heerbrugg, CH;

Assignees:

Fisba Optik AG., St. Gallen, CH;

Bystronic Laser AG., Niederonz, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 97 ; 359495 ; 359625 ; 359626 ; 359639 ;
Abstract

In the process and by means of the apparatus, several radiation sources (1) arranged in a row, whose emitted radiation intensity distribution is not rotationally symmetrical, are imaged by means of a first, noncentrically imaging functional element (5), then each beam bundle (9) is rotated by means of a beam-rotating element (7), and the beam components of the rotated beam bundles (9) not imaged by the first functional element (5) are imaged by means of a second, noncentrically imaging functional element (11). The functional elements (5, 11) and their locations are chosen so that parallel beam bundles (9) are produced which are focused with a spherical lens (15) into a spatial zone (3). The apparatus according to this invention provides in a simple way a good focusing ability for several individual beams.


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