| CPC C03B 33/0222 (2013.01) [B23K 26/0622 (2015.10); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); B23K 26/402 (2013.01); B23K 26/53 (2015.10); C03B 33/033 (2013.01); C03B 33/04 (2013.01); C03B 33/078 (2013.01); C03B 33/091 (2013.01); C03C 23/0025 (2013.01); B23K 2103/54 (2018.08)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A method for processing a transparent mother sheet, the method comprising:
forming one or more closed contours in the transparent mother sheet, each closed contour comprising a plurality of defects in the transparent mother sheet such that each closed contour defines a perimeter of a transparent article, wherein forming each of the one or more closed contours comprises:
directing a pulsed laser beam oriented along a beam pathway and output by a beam source into the transparent mother sheet such that a portion of the pulsed laser beam directed into the transparent mother sheet generates an induced absorption within the transparent mother sheet, the induced absorption producing a defect within the transparent mother sheet; and
translating the transparent mother sheet and the pulsed laser beam relative to each other along one or more closed contour lines, thereby laser forming defects along the one or more closed contour lines within the transparent mother sheet;
separating a portion of the transparent mother sheet along the one or more closed contours, thereby forming one or more transparent articles, wherein at least one of the one or more transparent articles is frictionally engaged with a frame portion of the transparent mother sheet;
applying one or more layers of material to a surface of at least one of the one or more transparent articles after separating the portion of the transparent mother sheet to form the one or more transparent articles; and
releasing at least one of the one or more transparent articles from frictional engagement with the frame portion of the transparent mother sheet after applying the one or more layers of material to the surface of at least one of the one or more transparent articles.
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