Method and system for performing automatic gas refills for a gas laser
US9356414B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/225
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus to automatically refill a gas laser is disclosed. The apparatus includes a computing device coupled to a memory. The memory storing instructions that when executed by the computing device cause the computing device to monitor a time elapsed since a last recorded gas refill and when a predetermined time interval is reached since the last recorded gas refill, effectuate a gas refill process to refill the gas laser with gas from a gas supply coupled to the gas laser by automatically controlling the gas laser and the gas supply; and upon completing the gas refill process, record a time stamp of the completed gas refill process. A method and system to automatically refill a gas laser also are disclosed.
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