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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2003
Applicants:

Vincent Charles Beyer, Vancouver, CA;

David Bruce Burgess, Vancouver, CA;

Marc Aaron Trudeau, Abingdon, GB;

Andrew Leroy Dobric, North Vancouver, CA;

Inventors:

Vincent Charles Beyer, Vancouver, CA;

David Bruce Burgess, Vancouver, CA;

Marc Aaron Trudeau, Abingdon, GB;

Andrew Leroy Dobric, North Vancouver, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/435 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The imaging debris produced by imaging a media with a higher power laser is prevented from accumulating on an optical imaging element by establishing a substantially non-turbulent fluid flow across the optical element. The non-turbulent flow forms a barrier between the optical element and the imaging environment such that debris is not able to reach a surface of the optical element during an imaging operation.


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