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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1992
John P Robinson, Clifton, NJ (US);
William R Stadick, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Thomas L Clawges, Spotswood, NJ (US);
John A Zuvich, Newark, NJ (US);
Daniel Trigger, Parsippany, NJ (US);
LPS Industries, Inc., Newark, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for forming a weld between first and second thermoplastic materials in which the softening temperature of the second thermoplastic material is lower than that of the first thermoplastic material. The apparatus includes a supplier for supplying the first thermoplastic material and the second thermoplastic material to the same weld position with the second thermoplastic material at a first side of the first thermoplastic material, and a projector for projecting a laser beam to the weld position from a second side of the first thermoplastic material.