Cutting assembly

Patent · Tue Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:7036477

Racki, D J; Bencloski, W A; Swenson, C E; Wineman, A L

A cutting apparatus includes a support table mounted for movement toward and away from a workpiece and carrying a mirror which directs a cutting laser beam onto the workpiece. A carrier is rotatably and pivotally mounted on the support table between the mirror and workpiece and supports a conduit discharging gas toward the point of impingement of the laser beam on the workpiece. Means are provided for rotating the carrier relative to the support table to place the gas discharging conduit in the proper positions for cuts made in different directions on the workpiece.

• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4431899
• OSTI ID: 7036477
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 28 Jan 1982; Other Information: PAT-APPL-343615
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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