Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Carbonizing to form article – Agglomeration or accretion
Patent
1994-03-19
1995-05-23
Vargot, Mathieu D.
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Carbonizing to form article
Agglomeration or accretion
264 25, 264154, 264156, 4251744, B29C 3508, B29B 1308
Patent
active
054178975
ABSTRACT:
A single mask is used to form a tapered nozzle in a polymer nozzle member using laser ablation. In one embodiment of the mask, clear portions of the mask, corresponding to the nozzle pattern to be formed, each incorporate a variable-density dot pattern, where the opaque dots act to partially shield the underlying polymer nozzle member from the laser energy. This partial shielding of the nozzle member under the dot pattern results in the nozzle member being ablated to less of a depth than where there is no shielding. By selecting the proper density of opaque dots around the peripheral portions of the mask openings, the central portion of each nozzle formed in the polymer nozzle member will be completely ablated through, and the peripheral portions of the nozzle will be only partially ablated through. By increasing the density of dots toward the periphery of each mask opening, the resulting nozzle may be formed to have any tapered shape. Other mask patterns are also described.
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Asakawa Stuart D.
Chen Chien-Hua
McClelland Paul H.
Tappon Ellen R.
Trueba Kenneth E.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Vargot Mathieu D.
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