Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for laser perforation of transported articles

US4349719A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 16, 1980
Grant dateSep 14, 1982
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K26/0823
  • 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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