Inventors:
Anatoli Anatolyevich Abramov - Painted Post NY, US
Weiwei Luo - Painted Post NY, US
Patrick Aaron Parks - Elmira NY, US
Rashid A. Rahman - Horseheads NY, US
Naiyue Zhou - Painted Post NY, US
International Classification:
F26B 21/00
Abstract:
An apparatus for drying a surface of a substrate during laser scoring. During the laser scoring process, a narrow cooling liquid jet follows the laser beam to create and propagate a partial vent. Precision of the scoring and overall stability of the process depend upon the accuracy of the alignment of the beam and the fluid stream. In one aspect, the apparatus has a conduit with at least one interior chamber in communication with at least one nozzle orifice. The conduit is configured to be in communication with a pressurized gas source to introduce the pressurized gas into the chamber. The pressurized gas forms a curtain of gas that is used to clean the cooling fluid therefrom the surface of the substrate.