US Patent Issued to Mestek Machinery on Dec. 9 for "Protection system for laser cutting machine" (Illinois, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,577, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Mestek Machinery Inc. (Westfield, Mass.).

"Protection system for laser cutting machine" was invented by Bryan J. Timmerman (Lake Villa, Ill.) and Cody Umberger (Oak Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser cutting tool with protective enclosure assembly for manipulating a workpiece on a movable platen includes a frame, a top protection assembly, a middle protection shield, a bottom protection assembly and a laser torch head. The top protection assembly, middle protection assembly, and bottom protection assembly are removably mounted to the frame such that they form a cavity enclosing on...