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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Kenta Fukatsu, Fujisawa, JP;
Tsubasa Kusaka, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An processing apparatus comprises a laser oscillator, an overall control device which controls an operation of the laser oscillator, and a plurality of processing units. The processing unit comprises a holding part which movably holds a processed object, an optical system which guides the laser beam, oscillated from the laser oscillator, toward the processed object, a shutter which selectively prevents the laser beam from reaching the processed object, and an individual control device which controls an operation of the holding part, and transmits a laser request signal to the overall control device. When at least one of the plurality of individual control devices transmits the request signal, the overall control device controls the shutter of the processing unit, which has transmitted the laser request signal, to enable the laser beam to reach the processed object, and drives the laser oscillator to allow the laser oscillator to oscillate the laser beam.