LASER SUSTAINED PLASMA TORCH AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - Patent 0325583

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EP 0 325 583 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.08.1989 Bulletin 1989/31

(21)	Application number: 87904598.0

(22)	Date of filing: 22.06.1987

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B23K 10/ 00^{( . )}
B23K 26/ 14^{( . )}
H05H 1/ 26^{( . )}

B23K 26/ 00^{( . )}
H05H 1/ 22^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1987/001504

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1987/007862 (30.12.1987 Gazette 1987/29)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

23.06.1986 US 19860877286

(71)	Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH CORPORATION
	Knoxville Tennessee 37996-0344 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	KEEFER, Dennis, R. Manchester, TN 37355 (US)

(74)	Representative: Tubby, David George, et al
	MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)

(54)	LASER SUSTAINED PLASMA TORCH AND METHOD FOR USING SAME