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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Otto Bernecker, Neufahrn, DE;
Joseph Lass, Munich, DE;
Friedrich Winner, Munich, DE;
Armin Pollak, Penzberg, DE;
Assignee:
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21912168 ; 21912182 ; 21912186 ;
Abstract
The apparatus has a processing chamber in which a workpiece is processed with a processing tool. Additionally an introducing device is provided as part of the processing chamber wall, being disposed such that a closed space is formed at least during processing of the workpiece in the processing chamber. Additionally one disposes on the introducing device at least one workpiece holder that is rotatable by a drive about a rotation axis in the workpiece plane and is moved in or out of the processing chamber by the introducing device.