Conveyor device for laser treatments
AssigneeFameccanica.Data S.p.A.
InventorsPaolo Pasqualoni, Serafino Lupinetti
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Abstract
A conveyor device (10) for conveying a material (M) through a treatment station (101) where the material (M) is subjected to a laser treatment (12) capable of leaving contamination residues on the conveyor (10). The conveyor (10) outlines a closed loop trajectory passing through, after removing the treated material (M), two brushing stations (103, 106) where the surface of the conveyor (10) is subjected to brushing with a washing station (104) interposed where the conveyor (10) is subjected to washing through the projection (1040, W) of washing liquid.
Claims13
1-17. (canceled)
A device for conveying a material through a treatment station where the material is subjected to a laser treatment capable of leaving contamination residues on the device, the device comprising:
- a conveyor including a structure having a first surface for conveying the material and a second opposing surface, the conveyor being configured to follow a closed loop trajectory wherein the material is received on the first surface upstream of the treatment station and removed downstream of the treatment station, the structure having openings extending from the first surface to the second surface;
- a first brushing station positioned to brush the first surface of the conveyor after the material has been removed;
- a washing station including nozzles positioned adjacent the second side of the structure and configured to project a washing liquid through the openings in the structure from the second side to the first side and a suctioning structure positioned adjacent the first side of the conveyor for removing the washing liquid from the conveyor, the suctioning structure having a mouth portion configured to support the conveyor;
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- a second brushing station positioned to brush the surface of the conveyor after the surface has passed through the washing station, the washing station being positioned intermediate the first and second washing stations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.