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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Nidec Copal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohisa Ugajin, Tokyo, JP;
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The laser marking apparatus includes: a laser device; a first conveying portion that conveys an illuminated object to at least a region illuminated by a laser beam through the laser device; a second conveying portion, provided on an upstream side of the first conveying portion, able to convey the illuminated object in a direction that is essentially perpendicular to that of the first conveying portion; a switching mechanism, provided between the first conveying portion and the second conveying portion, which switches a conveyance destination of the illuminated object to the first conveying portion or the second conveying portion; and an imaging portion, provided in a vicinity of the second conveying portion, that captures an image of the illuminated object that is conveyed by the second conveying portion.