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Coupling device for a solid-state laser instrument

US7239780B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TRUMPF Laser GmbH + Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Notheis · Schramberg, DE
Lutz Schuler · Bad Dürrheim, DE
Jürgen Döttling · Ditzingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 6, 2006
Grant date	Jul 3, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2006/4297
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device couples a laser beam into a laser light cable having a cable connection for the laser light cable. The device includes a safety element that is operable to move to a safety position only when the laser light cable is properly connected to the cable connection. The coupling device includes an optical arrangement that is controlled by the safety element, and is disposed in the beam path of the laser beam upstream of the cable connection and only directs the laser beam towards the cable connection when the safety element is in the safety position.

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