Abstract: A liquid circulation system for cooling a laser head is disclosed. The circulation system comprises a main storage tank for holding a cooling liquid and a pump for circulating the liquid from the tank through the laser head and back into the tank. The cooling system includes a heat exchanger for cooling the liquid. The heat exchanger includes liquid carrying coils and an impeller fan rotatable about an axis. The fan being located adjacent the coils for drawing air across the coils in an axial direction with respect to the fan and for expelling the air radially with respect to the fan.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 1997
Date of Patent:
July 14, 1998
Assignee:
Coherent, Inc.
Inventors:
Kevin P. Connors, James L. Hobart, Edward D. Reed, David Trost, Kenneth J. Bossie, Thomas William McCurnin, Gerald M. Mitchell, J. Michael Yarborough