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Apparatus for perforating articles by laser

US4224498A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 22, 1978
Grant dateSep 23, 1980
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Expiry dateMay 22, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K26/08
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Perforations are made at locations spaced about the periphery of a cigarette by conducting separate parts of a laser beam through respective separate light paths which intersect such spaced peripheral locations.

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