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Surface heat treating apparatus

Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1986-08-12
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Granted: 1987-09-08
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Expires: 2006-08-12
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Abstract

Abstract A surface heat-treating apparatus which focuses laser beam onto a surface of a workpiece for heat-treating the same comprises a composite cylindrical segment mirror and a cylindrical mirror provided in a subsequent stage thereof. The composite mirror is made of two cylindrical segment mirrors joined together with a predetermined angle in a V-shaped manner so that the laser beam reflected by the two component cylindrical segment mirrors of the composite mirror is transmitted to the cylindrical mirror in a manner reversed with respect to the lengthwise and widthwise directions of the composite cylindrical segment mirror and a heat-treating area of a rectangular configuration is thereby provided on the workpiece.

Inventors

  • 👤 Seiichiro Kimura
  • 👤 Hidekazu Aoki

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 04:37
CPC Classifications
C; C21; C21D; C21D1/00; C21D1/06; C21D1/09; B; B23; B23K; B23K26/00; B23K26/02; B23K26/06; B23K26/073; B23K26/0732

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 77 words
A surface heat-treating apparatus in which an emitted laser beam is reflected and focused into a heat-treating area formed on a surface of a workpiece, comprising: a composite cylindrical segment mirror made of two convex-cylindrical segment mirrors joined together so as to have a V-shaped configuration; and a concave cylindrical mirror located on a path of a laser beam reflected by said composite cylindrical segment mirror fopr focusing the laser beam on the surface of the workpiece.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 77 words
A surface heat-treating apparatus in which an emitted laser beam is reflected and focused into a heat-treating area formed on a surface of a workpiece, comprising: a composite cylindrical segment mirror made of two convex-cylindrical segment mirrors joined together so as to have a V-shaped configuration; and a concave cylindrical mirror located on a path of a laser beam reflected by said composite cylindrical segment mirror fopr focusing the laser beam on the surface of the workpiece.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 62 words
The surface heat-treating apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the convex surface of said composite cylindrical mirror faces the concave surface of said convex cylindrical mirror which faces to the surface of the workpiece to be heat-treated so that the heat-treating area formed on the surface of the workpiece is made into an elongated rectangular configuration permitting heat-treatment of a constant depth.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 79 words
The surface heat-treating apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said two convex-cylindrical segment mirrors are joined together with a predetermined angle in a V-shaped manner so that the laser beam reflected by the two convex-cylindrical segment mirrors is transmitted to the cylindrical mirror in a manner reversed with respect to the lengthwise and widthwise directions of said composite cylindrical segment mirror and said heat-treating area is thereby formed into an elongated rectangular configuration permitting heat-treatment of a constant depth.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

JPS54838A Cited
US4195913A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1990-09-07 1991-03-09 1991-09-08 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1994-09-07 1995-03-09 1995-09-08 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1998-09-07 1999-03-09 1999-09-08 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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