Modular interchangeable laser system
First Claim
1. A modular interchangeable laser system, comprising a modular housing means provided therein with an interchangeable radiation source energized by an electric current supply means having a current-control means and a radiation-generator control means independently operable by a double-throw switch means disposed in said housing said modular housing means having a radiation outlet means and a current outlet means being positioned side by side in one wall thereof and respectively connected to a radiation-conduit means and to a current-carrying conduit means, with said current outlet means being in electrical contact with said electric current supply means;
- said current-carrying conduit means provided with coupling means adapted to be connected to one end of a handheld modular stylus having therein a laser beam-generating and amplifying means energized by the current from said current-carrying conduit means, and a laser-beam spectrum modifying means disposed therein in the path of the laser beam emitted by the laser beam-generating means to modify and project said laser beam to the exterior of said modular stylus;
said radiation conduit means being in optical connection at one end thereof with said interchangeable radiation source, through said radiation outlet means and at the other end being adapted with means to be connected to a modular section of a modular stylus to form a unitary laser system theretogether;
a peripheral spacing within each of said conduits and in said modular stylus adapted to receive a gaseous element from an external source connected to said conduits for transmittal of said gaseous element through either of said conduits into said modular stylus for conduction therethrough to the exterior thereof during laser-processing a workpiece.
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Abstract
A modular interchangeable laser instrumentation system for applications in industrial processing, medical surgery and treatment, dental treatment, metrology, military applications, forensic investigation, micromachining, optical storage, spectroscopy, research and many other related applications. The system principally comprises a handheld stylus with interchangeable modules to produce various selected laser-radiation beams for any particular work as needed. Each module and the combined modular stylus is adapted to produce a particular type of laser beam for the intended project in hand, and as the modular section of one stylus is replaced by the modular section of another stylus, the generated laser beam assumes a different optical and spectral character, so as to be compatible with the work under process and characterized by the type of material and thickness thereof, texture, or human anatomical tissue of one kind or another, requiring different focus intensities and modal formats. In short, the laser system is a universal, operational device for use in numerous applications now requiring various specific laser systems to accomplish them.
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30 Claims
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1. A modular interchangeable laser system, comprising a modular housing means provided therein with an interchangeable radiation source energized by an electric current supply means having a current-control means and a radiation-generator control means independently operable by a double-throw switch means disposed in said housing said modular housing means having a radiation outlet means and a current outlet means being positioned side by side in one wall thereof and respectively connected to a radiation-conduit means and to a current-carrying conduit means, with said current outlet means being in electrical contact with said electric current supply means;
- said current-carrying conduit means provided with coupling means adapted to be connected to one end of a handheld modular stylus having therein a laser beam-generating and amplifying means energized by the current from said current-carrying conduit means, and a laser-beam spectrum modifying means disposed therein in the path of the laser beam emitted by the laser beam-generating means to modify and project said laser beam to the exterior of said modular stylus;
said radiation conduit means being in optical connection at one end thereof with said interchangeable radiation source, through said radiation outlet means and at the other end being adapted with means to be connected to a modular section of a modular stylus to form a unitary laser system theretogether;
a peripheral spacing within each of said conduits and in said modular stylus adapted to receive a gaseous element from an external source connected to said conduits for transmittal of said gaseous element through either of said conduits into said modular stylus for conduction therethrough to the exterior thereof during laser-processing a workpiece. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- said current-carrying conduit means provided with coupling means adapted to be connected to one end of a handheld modular stylus having therein a laser beam-generating and amplifying means energized by the current from said current-carrying conduit means, and a laser-beam spectrum modifying means disposed therein in the path of the laser beam emitted by the laser beam-generating means to modify and project said laser beam to the exterior of said modular stylus;
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30. A high-intensity modular laser system comprising a stylus having a plurality of optical modules having tubular housings interlinked together for form a unitary laser system;
- one end of said stylus being adapted to receive an electric current from an external source and its opposite end being coniform with opening therethrough;
a semiconductor diode array disposed in said stylus at its end opposite to the coniform section and receiving an energizing current from said source of electric current for emission therefrom of a laser radiation to optically pump a lasing means disposed adjacent thereto and in the path of said laser radiation to stimulate said lasing means to produce a coherent radiation therein, and a laser-beam modifying element positioned axially to said stylus in the path of said coherent radiation to modify said radiation and to project it on an optical element to convergently direct the modified beam of said coherent radiation through said coniform section to the exterior thereof.
- one end of said stylus being adapted to receive an electric current from an external source and its opposite end being coniform with opening therethrough;
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