Stored image control system for beam machining

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR WORKING AN ARTICLE WITH AN ENERGIZED BEAM COMPRISING: MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ENERGIZED BEAM MEANS FOR MODULATING SAID BEAM, MEANS FOR DEFLECTING THE MODULATED BEAM, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AN ARTICLE TO BE WORKED BY SAID BEAM, MEANS FOR PROJECTING AN IMAGE OF THE ARTICLE TO BE WORKED WHEN SAID SUPPORTING MEANS IS LOCATED AT A FIRST POSITION SPATIALLY DISPLACED FROM SAID BEAM GENERATING MEANS, MEANS FOR SCANNING SAID PROJECTED IMAGE AND GENERATING SIGNALS COMMENSURATE THEREWITH, AN IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, MEANS APPLYING SAID SIGNALS COMMENSURATE WITH THE PROJECTED IMAGE TO SAID STORAGE DEVICE WHEREBY AN IMAGE OF THE ARTICLE TO BE WORKED IS STORED, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE REPOSITIONING OF SAID SUPPORTING MEANS GENERALLY IN LINE WITH SAID BEAM GENERATING MEANS FOR SCANNING SAID STORED IMAGE AND GENERATING SIGNALS COMMENSURATE THEREWITH, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID SIGNALS COMMENSURATE WITH THE STORES IMAGE FOR GENERATING BEAM CONTROL SIGNALS, AND MEANS FOR APPLING SAID BEAM CONTROL SIGNALS TO SAID BEAM MODULATING MEANS WHEREBY AN IMAGE OF THE ARTICLE TO BE WORKED MAY BE STORED AND THE ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEANS THEREAFTER POSITIONED GENERALLY IN THE PATH OF THE BEAM WHERE WORK IS PERFORMED THEREON BY THE BEAM IN RESPONSE TO THE SCANNING OF THE STORED IMAGE.