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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugene A Swain, Webster, NY (US);
Peter J Schmitt, Ontario, NY (US);
Alfred O Klein, Rochester, NY (US);
John J Wilbert, Macedon, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
216 65 ; 216 75 ; 216 58 ; 21912169 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a substrate reclaim method comprising directing laser energy at a coating covering a part of an outer surface of a substrate, wherein the outer surface has a shiny finish, thereby removing with the laser energy all of the coating on the outer surface and etching with the laser energy a portion of the outer surface to change the etched outer surface portion from a shiny finish to a matte finish.