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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4756765 | Laser removal of poor thermally-conductive materials A method of removing material of poor thermal conductivity such as paint, grease, ceramics, and the like from a substrate by ablation without damage to the substrate by delivering to the material to be removed pulses or their equivalent of a laser beam ha... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4757295 | Transmission line pulsed transformer A pulsed transformer capable of providing up to 500 kilovolt or higher, 10 nanosecond rise time, and 1000 joule or higher pulses comprising non-conducting or insulated transformer cores each separated by conductive grading rings wherein n coaxial cables i... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4755719 | Spark gap switch with jet pump driven gas flow A spark gap switch is disclosed with a pumping system which utilizes flowing gas to replenish the interelectrode region between conductive pulses. The spark gap switch typically consists of a housing enclosing a gas filled chamber in which there are two e... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4714902 | Gaseous non linear dispersion laser beam control A method of providing laser controlled real-time optics and optic systems for a laser beam or beams utilizing near resonance nonlinear dispersion in a collision dominated gaseous medium. Refractive optical elements may be provided that function as spheric... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4712372 | Overspeed system redundancy monitor A redundancy monitor is presented which makes operational checks on the electronic overspeed control system used on aircraft turbine engines. The monitor is a small and lightweight device that can be permanently installed on the engine. Its function is to... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4658110 | Method and apparatus for welding A laser beam is used to weld two or more overlapping layers of metal together. The beam is applied through tubular clamping elements which engage and squeeze the metal layers to be welded. By inserting an inert gas within the tubular elements, an oxygen-f... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4633057 | Laser welder fault detector A laser welder fault detector system, including a microphone and an associated electronic circuit operatively connected to a solenoid actuated ink jet, is provided to detect the formation of defective welds by an intermittently energized laser and to spra... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4631080 | Method and apparatus for the heat processing of glass and glass forming material A method of an apparatus for heat processing of glass and/or glass forming material wherein cullet and/or the raw materials needed to form glass are heated while suspended in a high temperature gas stream which may comprise products of combustion. The par... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4622050 | Air inlet filter for gas turbine engine An annular air filter is rotationally mounted within a plenum box, which in turn is securely mounted to the inlet end of a gas turbine engine. At least a portion of the annular air filter surrounds the inlet end of the engine. A motor is provided to rotat... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4565012 | Marking and measuring instrument A flexible marking and measuring instrument which can be folded or rolled as may be desired or convenient comprising a plurality of preferably elongated, rectangular, flat, thin members parallel one with another and sequentially flexibly connected one to ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4518232 | Method and apparatus for optical beam shaping A method and apparatus for transforming an obscured beam into a uniform intensity pattern at the image plane of the apparatus are described. Apparatus for carrying out the invention comprises two on-axis optical elements which are designed for stigmatic i... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4477332 | Solubilization of carbonaceous material Pulverized carbonaceous material such as coal while flowing through a reactor dispersed in a carrier gas substantially transparent to radiant energy and at atmospheric pressure is heated, typically for a few milliseconds to about 1500° K., by thermal rad... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4468279 | Method for laser melting of silicon A method for laser melting of silicon for the production of boules pulled from a pool of liquid ultraclean or ultrapure silicon wherein the boules are used for producing silicon wafers suitable for use in the electronics field. A laser beam, preferably P ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4456811 | Method of and apparatus for heat treating axisymmetric surfaces with an annular laser beam This invention is directed to a method of and apparatus for heat treating axisymmetric surfaces such as inner and outer surfaces on pipes, shafts, gears, valve seats and the like with a laser beam. An annular laser beam is provided and caused to impinge o... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4396580 | Fluid-dynamic means for efficaceous use of ionizing beams in treating process flows In an apparatus for treatment of a process flow by beams of ionizing radiant energy, drag elements are provided for slowing flow velocity to achieve equal treatment of all portions of the process flow.... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4328443 | Apparatus for providing improved characteristics of a broad area electron beam An electron beam device having a vacuum chamber in which an electron beam generator generates a directed stream of electrons. An electron beam window comprising a foil which seals the vacuum chamber is in the path of the stream of electrons and permits pa... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4289397 | Laser ceilometer signal processing means For use in a pulsed-laser lidar such as a laser ceilometer, there are shown several examples of signal processing means for separating desired pulses due to targets such as clouds from strong background signals due to suspended particles causing poor visi... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4278445 | Subsonic-velocity entrained-bed gasification of coal A process and apparatus for gasification of carbonaceous matter, preferably coal, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a stream of previously produced char, preferably produced from coal or other fuel, together with an oxidizer and steam is introduced into a ... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4278446 | Very-high-velocity entrained-bed gasification of coal A process and apparatus for gasification of carbonaceous matter, preferably coal, is disclosed. A stream of previously produced char, preferably produced from coal, or other fuel together with an oxidizer and steam is introduced into a first or combustion... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4258753 | Fluidic switch A fluidic amplifier or switch for supplying pulses of a power gas to be controlled which is insensitive to load impedance or back pressure. One arm of the fluidic switch comprising part of the gas injection path is coupled to a working outlet and the othe... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4237404 | Spark gap control A high repetition rate high power spark gap switch of the type useful in pulsed lasers, radar systems and pulse-forming networks is enabled to operate with higher switching speed at high power levels by rapid chemical composition change cyclically made in... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4211983 | High energy electron beam driven laser Improved electron beam driven gas laser method and apparatus with the achievement of high single pulse energies therefore enabled by establishment of a magnetic field in a direction substantially parallel to the desired direction of electron beam propagat... | 07/08/1980 |
| 3965328 | Laser deep cutting process A process of cutting thick metal workpieces wherein a cutting laser beam is inclined back from a cutting direction and oscillated in a direction parallel with the cutting direction while a gas jet is directed from above the workpiece at an angle approxima... | 06/22/1976 |
