GB2022987B - Method and apparatus for perforating articles by laser - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for perforating articles by laser

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Publication number
GB2022987B
GB2022987B GB7916620A GB7916620A GB2022987B GB 2022987 B GB2022987 B GB 2022987B GB 7916620 A GB7916620 A GB 7916620A GB 7916620 A GB7916620 A GB 7916620A GB 2022987 B GB2022987 B GB 2022987B
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Prior art keywords
laser
perforating
articles
perforating articles
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Expired
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GB7916620A
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GB2022987A (en
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Philip Morris USA Inc
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Philip Morris USA Inc
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Priority claimed from US05/908,520 external-priority patent/US4224497A/en
Priority claimed from US05/908,522 external-priority patent/US4224498A/en
Application filed by Philip Morris USA Inc filed Critical Philip Morris USA Inc
Publication of GB2022987A publication Critical patent/GB2022987A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2022987B publication Critical patent/GB2022987B/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece
    • B23K26/0823—Devices involving rotation of the workpiece
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/60—Final treatment of cigarettes, e.g. marking, printing, branding, decorating
    • A24C5/606—Perforating cigarettes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/064—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/064—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms
    • B23K26/0643—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms comprising mirrors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/0665—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by beam condensation on the workpiece, e.g. for focusing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/067—Dividing the beam into multiple beams, e.g. multifocusing
    • B23K26/0676—Dividing the beam into multiple beams, e.g. multifocusing into dependently operating sub-beams, e.g. an array of spots with fixed spatial relationship or for performing simultaneously identical operations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/08—Devices involving relative movement between laser beam and workpiece

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Cigar And Cigarette Tobacco (AREA)
  • Laser Beam Processing (AREA)
GB7916620A 1978-05-22 1979-05-14 Method and apparatus for perforating articles by laser Expired GB2022987B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US90852378A 1978-05-22 1978-05-22
US05/908,520 US4224497A (en) 1978-05-22 1978-05-22 Method for making filter cigarettes using light energy to make perforations in the filter tipping wrap
US05/908,522 US4224498A (en) 1978-05-22 1978-05-22 Apparatus for perforating articles by laser

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB2022987A GB2022987A (en) 1979-12-28
GB2022987B true GB2022987B (en) 1982-11-24

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GB7916620A Expired GB2022987B (en) 1978-05-22 1979-05-14 Method and apparatus for perforating articles by laser

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AU (1) AU526552B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1119912A (en)
CH (1) CH640114A5 (en)
DE (1) DE2920264C2 (en)
GB (1) GB2022987B (en)

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AU532065B2 (en) * 1979-06-08 1983-09-15 Philip Morris Products Inc. Optical perforating apparatus
SE434480B (en) * 1982-02-18 1984-07-30 Optik Innovation Ab Oiab DEVICE FOR PROCESSING OF AN OUTDOOR FIELD OF AN ARTICLE MEDICAL RADIATION ENERGY, SPECIAL FOR OUTDOOR SEALING OF A RODFORM THERMOPLASTIC FILM BY A LASER RADIATION
IT1189258B (en) * 1982-04-13 1988-02-04 Gd Spa METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRILLING PERFORATIONS IN BAR-SHAPED ITEMS
GB8306951D0 (en) * 1983-03-14 1983-04-20 Ici Plc Energy beam focusing apparatus
IT1168682B (en) * 1983-09-12 1987-05-20 Gd Spa PERFORATOR DEVICE FOR THE CREATION OF VENTILATION HOLES IN CIGARETTES OR SIMILAR SMOKING ITEMS
IT1168683B (en) * 1983-09-12 1987-05-20 Gd Spa PERFORATOR DEVICE FOR THE CREATION OF VENTILATION HOLES IN CIGARETTES OR SIMILAR SMOKING ITEMS
GB8330178D0 (en) * 1983-11-11 1983-12-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
US4649943A (en) * 1985-02-11 1987-03-17 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Cigarette filter and method of making the same
GB8607689D0 (en) * 1986-03-27 1986-04-30 Wiggins Teape Group Ltd Imaged microcapsule-coated paper
GB8700765D0 (en) * 1987-01-14 1987-02-18 Wiggins Teape Group Ltd Laser apparatus
GB8803560D0 (en) * 1988-02-16 1988-03-16 Wiggins Teape Group Ltd Laser apparatus for repetitively marking moving sheet
US5352495A (en) * 1989-02-16 1994-10-04 The Wiggins Teape Group Limited Treatment of a surface by laser energy
GB2260255B (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-07-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
GB2260254B (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-07-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
BR9001957A (en) * 1989-04-27 1991-07-30 Molins Plc PROCESS OF AND APPLIANCE TO PERFORM DRILLS IN CIGARETTES
GB2260256B (en) * 1989-04-27 1993-07-21 Molins Plc Cigarette manufacture
DE102013211424A1 (en) * 2013-06-18 2014-12-18 Hauni Maschinenbau Ag Machine of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter attachment machine

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US3524046A (en) * 1968-04-26 1970-08-11 Aluminum Co Of America Apparatus and method for piercing holes in elastomeric articles
CH522464A (en) * 1969-04-01 1972-06-30 Omega Brandt & Freres Sa Louis Laser machining device
US3943324A (en) * 1970-12-14 1976-03-09 Arthur D. Little, Inc. Apparatus for forming refractory tubing
GB1549005A (en) * 1976-07-10 1979-08-01 Imp Group Ltd Perforating device
US4090826A (en) * 1976-10-26 1978-05-23 Hauni-Werke Korber & Co. Kg Method and apparatus for perforating the wrappers of rod-shaped smokers products
DE2754104C2 (en) * 1977-12-05 1987-01-15 Hauni-Werke Körber & Co KG, 2050 Hamburg Device for producing a zone of desired air permeability in a wrapping material strip for rod-shaped articles in the tobacco processing industry

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CH640114A5 (en) 1983-12-30
AU526552B2 (en) 1983-01-20
GB2022987A (en) 1979-12-28
DE2920264A1 (en) 1979-11-29
CA1119912A (en) 1982-03-16
DE2920264C2 (en) 1985-04-25
AU4710779A (en) 1979-11-29

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19950514