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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7005009 | Film forming apparatus, film forming method and tray for substrate The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus suitable for forming a thick film having a thickness on a surface of a substrate such as a glass substrate, a semiconductor wafer or the like. In the apparatus according to the present invention, a stock... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6951299 | Tooling frame able to adhere to tin A tooling frame with an ability to adhere to tin is disclosed, which is a frame structure used to support a circuit board passing through a stannic furnace to be soldered. The tooling frame is characterized in that a tin adhesive apparatus having a tin adhesive mate... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6355101 | Flux transfer apparatus A flux transfer apparatus has a frame having an aperture portion in its lower central portion, and a mesh is stretched across the frame with a high tension and with a mesh pitch at least smaller than the diameter of projections to be formed therein is use... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6039805 | Transfer fluxing method and apparatus for component placement on substrate A transfer fluxing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is a flux reservoir for holding flux, a compliant pad attached to an opening in the flux reservoir and a means for controlling deposition of flux onto the compliant pad. The apparatus can be attached... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5615828 | Method and apparatus for applying flux A dispensing apparatus for applying a pulsed thin stream of flux to a surface such as a printed circuit board. The stream of flux is pulsed at a high rate to apply a thin layer of flux on the surface. The dispensing head consists of multiple orifices for ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5266113 | Dispenser for applying solder A dispenser has a tube and a tip portion having a flat passage communicated with the tube and an elongated opening at a lower end thereof. The flat passage has a constant sectional area over the entire axial length thereof, so that the solder flows in the... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5226962 | Flux applicator system A system for spraying accurately controlled quantities of a liquid mixture of two or more fluids from a plurality of fixedly positioned spray nozzles is disclosed. The nozzles are spaced to provide a substantially uniform flow pattern over a predetermined... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5200368 | Continuous solder coating apparatus and its method A lead frame having thereon a plurality of semiconductor devices is prepared by immersing it in a flux solution to activate the lead frame surface and to remove oxide film. The lead frame is then transferred to a coating block unit, and the lead frame is ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5081949 | Apparatus for selective tinning of substrate leads An apparatus for selectively tinning a zone of a plurality of leads overhanging a window of a substrate for a very large scale integrated circuit is provided, which employs a vise made up of a pair of hollow jaws forming a shaft when the jaws are in clamp... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5038706 | Printed circuits board soldering apparatus An apparatus for soldering, leveling and cooling printed circuit panels including a preheater, a fluxer, and soldering, leveling and cooling stations. The cooperation of the soldering, leveling and cooling stations provides for efficient processing of pri... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5007369 | Apparatus for solder coating printed circuit panels Apparatus for soldering, leveling and cooling printed circuit panels including a preheater, a fluxer, and soldering, leveling and cooling stations. The cooperation of the soldering, leveling and cooling stations provides for efficient processing of printe... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4986462 | Method for cleaning and/or fluxing circuit card assemblies Apparatus and a process are disclosed for cleaning and/or fluxing circuit card assemblies. The assemblies are moved through an enclosure in which they are sprayed with cleaning and/or fluxing liquid from fenestrated cylinders rotating above and below the ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4951597 | Solder coating device with oxide collecting trough A roller-type solder coating device for applying a coating of liquid solder to a workpiece. The device has a solder bath tank, a coating roller, and a nozzle connected to a pumping chamber provided in the tank to provide a flow of the solder bath to the c... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4942843 | Automated lead wire tinning apparatus mechanical adjustments and improvements Apparatus for automatically tinning leads of components mounted on tapes to carry the components through solder wave stations have adjustments incorporated to permit tinning components of different sizes. Foam generators with independent foam rate adjustm... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4934309 | Solder deposition system A tool employing a solder foot to deposit solder on a series of conductive surfaces as the tool moves. In one embodiment, non-wettable blade attached to the tool breaks the film. A pair of sensors coupled to a control circuit monitor the position of the s... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4934307 | Apparatus for application of flux An apparatus for the application of foam flux in a system for soldering printed boards, including a flux tank, a partition possessing a top portion rising above the fixed level of flux liquid and containing near the bottom portion thereof a perforated por... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4903631 | System for soldering printed circuits A system for soldering, leveling and cooling printed circuit panels including a preheater, a fluxer, and soldering, leveling and cooling stations. The cooperation of the soldering, leveling and cooling stations provides for efficient processing of printed... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4898117 | Solder deposition system A tool employing a solder foot to deposit solder on a series of conductive surfaces as the tool moves. In one embodiment, non-wettable blade attached to the tool breaks the film. A pair of sensors coupled to a control circuit monitor the position of the s... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4869202 | Solder dip fixture An improved fixture is provided for use in supporting a plurality of components, particularly such as electrical or electronic components having elongated conductive terminals, during solder dip process steps or the like. The fixture comprises a generally... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4867098 | Automated lead wire tinning drive roller improvements A driver and an idler roller in contact with one another are used to drive a pair of tapes carrying components through solder wave tinning apparatus immediately prior to winding the tapes and components for storage. The rollers are made of conductive mate... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4858554 | Solder coating apparatus A soldering machine for simultaneously applying liquid solder to opposite sides of the leads of a lead frame having I.C. devices thereon. The machine has sidewardly spaced rolls which define a vertically extending narrow nip therebetween through which the... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4799450 | Tinning system for surface mount components A method and apparatus for the tinning or hot solder coating of leads of electronic components wherein the components are individually transported through the tinning process by means of a vacuum gripping device and wherein the planarity and thickness of ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4796558 | Foam fluxer A foam fluxer for fluxing surface mounted devices on printed wiring boards is suitable for low solids content fluxes. The foam fluxer is for installation in an open tank containing liquid flux positioned under a conveyor path conveying the components. The... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4770119 | Support device for plating an item having fine parts A method and device of performing plating of an item having a row of fine parts, e.g. a flatpack IC are disclosed. The method comprises immersing said item in a bath of molten solder, removing said item from said bath while maintaining said item in an att... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4766844 | Robotic tinning station for axial lead electronic components A tinning station for axial lead electronic components includes a presentation system for arranging a plurality of axial lead components in an elevated linear array with adjacent components lying parallel to each other. A pair of grippers, have a pair of ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4759310 | Automated system for reconditioning electrical terminals An automated system for reconditioning electrical terminals of an electrical work piece, such as a leadless chip carrier. The system includes a carrousel which stops upon rotating each 360/n degrees (wherein "n" is an integer greater than three), dwells, ... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4745004 | Method and apparatus for transporting circuit or other work units being processed A method and apparatus for transporting work to be processed through a series of work processing stations by moving the work along a path extending past the stations to successive positions along the path opposite the stations, respectively, and at each p... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4694775 | Vapor phase processing machine A vapor phase processing machine is disclosed. The machine has an open tank which is sealed by a lid assembly which is universally free to move within selected limits established between the lid assembly and the closure arm to which it is secured.... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4684544 | Solder fluxing method and apparatus Solder flux is applied to the face of a printed circuit board (24) or the like by flowing a foam (30) of liquid flux bubbles upwardly through the top of a chimney flue (10) and into contact with the board face which is top passed over the top of the flue.... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4573430 | Automatic lead wire tinning of tape-packaged components In combination, a wave station establishing a wave of liquid solder having a convex configuration transverse to an axis which decreases in cross-sectional area with distance along the axis, apparatus transporting along the axis an electrical component hav... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4570569 | Soldering apparatus An apparatus for automatically coating terminal leads of electrical components such as IC with solder for improving solderability thereof. A plurality of IC stored in a row within a container placed at a predetermined feed location are automatically fed o... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4491084 | Apparatus for solder tinning of component leads Method and apparatus which allows the component leads of pre-taped electronic components to be solder tinned to preserve the solderability and shelf life of such component leads. Pre-taped electronic components and the like are prepackaged in a reel and p... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4408560 | Apparatus for applying solder to printed circuit boards Printed circuit boards which are to be tin-plated pass through a liquid application station in a horizontal direction, and thereafter through an activation station for the activation of the applied liquid. Then the printed circuit boards arrive at a recei... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4383494 | Solder-coating apparatus A continuous process for applying a solder coating to copper-coated holes and tracks on a printed circuit board. The upper surface of the circuit board having a flux thereon is contacted with a contact member and the circuit board and contact member are m... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4190017 | Tank furnace for hot-dip metal coating A tank furnace comprises a first container containing a molten flux and connected with a hoisting mechanism, and a second container containing a molten coating metal. The second container is stationary mounted so as to be placed inside the first container... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4133291 | Apparatus for flux coating metal wick A metal wick to be used for the absorption of molten solder is deoxidized and flux coated by a process that does not involve the application of heat to the wick or the flux. In one embodiment the wick is cleaned by heating in a reducing atmosphere and is ... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4001464 | Process for forming a solder band A process and apparatus for coating a band of a composition about a medial portion of an electrical component lead or terminal, where a continuous ribbon of a coating composition is extruded onto a medial portion of a plurality of spaced discrete leads or... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3995588 | Apparatus for positioning articles in a treating medium to form layers of fusible metal thereon In fabricating sealed contacts, often their axially extending leads are solder coated to protect them from contamination and to enhance their solderability into circuits. An apparatus for solder coating the leads, which minimizes their bending, includes a... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3983357 | Apparatus for producing armored rod and wire saws Both fully automated and semi-automated methods and apparatus are described for producing armored rod saws by progressively coating a rod or wire substrate with a slurry of a flux paste adhesive and brazing metal powders, overcoating the latter with abras... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3982047 | Soldering method An automatic soldering machine and method for soldering the ends of pretinned components such as ceramic chip capacitors, transistors and the like, while leaving one side of the component flat, is disclosed. The components are supplied by a vibratory feed... | 09/21/1976 |
