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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2003
Applicants:

Joe Haggerty, Shanghai, CN;

Steffen Capello, Arvada, CO (US);

Anton Hafner, Gisingen, AT;

Claus Heine-kempkens, Chur, CH;

Reinhard Sperger, Feldkirch, AT;

Jorge Darr, Arvada, CO (US);

Inventors:

Joe Haggerty, Shanghai, CN;

Steffen Capello, Arvada, CO (US);

Anton Hafner, Gisingen, AT;

Claus Heine-Kempkens, Chur, CH;

Reinhard Sperger, Feldkirch, AT;

Jorge Darr, Arvada, CO (US);

Assignee:

Unaxis Balzers Ltd., Balzers, LI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/14 (2006.01); G03B 21/56 (2006.01); F21V 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A light beam preparation arrangement includes a light tunnel, a rotatable unit, and a drive unit. In one aspect, a fixation rigidly attaches the light tunnel directly to the drive unit. In another aspect, temperature of the light tunnel in controlled. In another aspect, the rotatable unit is spaced a distance from the light tunnel, and the distance is controlled. In another aspect, alignment between the light tunnel and the rotatable unit is controlled. In another apsect, the light tunnel is hollow and a gas flows though the tunnel.


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