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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:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Jochen Hutt, Schramberg, DE;
Rainer Flaig, Eschbronn, DE;
Inventors:
Jochen Hutt, Schramberg, DE;
Rainer Flaig, Eschbronn, DE;
Assignee:
TRUMPF Laser GmbH & Co. KG, Schramberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring an optical element of a processing head of a machine for thermal processing of a workpiece includes a light source for coupling a light beam into an optical surface of an optical element and a detector for detecting a portion of the light beam scattered in the region of the optical surface facing the workpiece.