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US 10,518,360 B2Granted
Laser enclosure
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsRobert Brown, William R. Giese, Erik Miller
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Abstract
An enclosure for a laser in which on side of the enclosure includes a rotatable positioner and a vertically slidable door movable between open and closed positions. With the door in the open position, the positioner is free to rotate, thereby enabling an workstation to rotate into and out of the enclosure.
Claims19
An enclosure with one side comprising:
- upper and lower vertically sliding doors that are movable between open and closed positions and having respective edges;
- a positioner rotatable around a vertical axis;
- and
- a positioner wall member carried on the positioner, the positioner wall member having a first edge, wherein,
- the positioner wall member is rotatable with the positioner from parallel to a plane of the vertically sliding door to out of the plane,
- the edges of the upper and lower vertically sliding doors and the positioner wall member having mating profiles, and
- the upper vertically sliding door, the lower vertically sliding door, and the positioner wall member form a light impervious surface when the upper and lower vertically sliding doors are in their closed positions.
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An enclosure with one side, comprising:
- at least one vertically sliding door movable between open and closed positions and having a first edge;
- a positioner rotatable around a vertical axis;
- and
- a positioner wall member carried on the positioner, the positioner wall member also having a second edge, wherein,
- the positioner wall member is rotatable with the positioner from parallel to a plane of the vertically sliding door to out of the plane,
- the edges of the vertically sliding door and the positioner wall member having mating profiles, and the positioner wall member is movable in the vertical direction between raised and lowered positions, with the positioner wall member being rotatable about the vertical axis in the raised position and with the at least one vertically sliding door in the open position.
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An enclosure with one side comprising:
- upper and lower doors vertically movable between open and closed positions;
- and
- a rotatable positioner with a positioner wall member,
- wherein,
- the positioner wall member is rotatable with the positioner from parallel to a plane of the upper and lower doors to out of the plane,
- the positioner wall member and the upper and lower doors form a light impervious surface when the upper and lower doors are in their closed positions,
- one of the upper door or lower door, or the positioner wall member includes a channel into which an edge of the positioner wall member, or the upper door or the lower door is received such that edges of the upper and lower doors and the positioner wall member mate when the upper and lower doors are in the closed position, and
- the enclosure is Class 1 compliant as defined in the ANSI Z136 standards.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.