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Laser marking of molded hand grips

  • US 5,239,158 A
  • Filed: 04/15/1992
  • Issued: 08/24/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for marking selected information on a molded hand grip, said method including the steps of;

  • providing a hand grip molded from a selected laser vaporizable material and having a region thereon to be marked,providing a laser marking device operative to provide an optical beam having power and optical wave length characteristics effective to vaporize the selected material in a marking form having the breadth and depth desired and having means for receiving the information to be marked and for causing the optical beam to mark said region in the marking form desired upon activation of the optical beam in response to a command signal,exposing the hand grip region to the optical beam,initiating the command signal and marking the information on the hand grip region exposed thereto,removing the laser marked hand grip from the laser marking device,depositing a selected colorant into the laser marking, andremoving any excess of said colorant from the surface of the hand grip region having the laser marking thereon.

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