Patent ID: 7329830

Claim:
A laser marking machine for objects, namely supports or cards carrying integrated circuits, the laser marking machine comprising: at least one laser chamber comprising at least two marking locations for receiving the objects to be marked on at lease one face by at least one laser marker for producing a laser beam and comprising optics for alternately deflecting the laser beam onto one of the marking locations, the laser beam and the optics being arranged for marking an object at a marking location while another object already marked at another of the marking locations is replaced by a new object to be marked, at least one transfer device having a transfer path for transporting the objects to be marked or already marked, respectively to or out of the laser chamber; and at least one loading and unloading device for loading an object to be marked from the transfer path onto a marking location and for unloading an object already marked from a marking location onto the transfer path, while an object is being marked at another marking location.