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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2015
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kristopher K. Biegler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jorge A. Ferreiro, Capital Federal, AR;
Michael R. Gorman, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Victor F. Panza, Buenos Aires, AR;
Omar A. Parodi, Buenos Aires, AR;
Gabriela F. Serra, Capital Federal, AR;
William C. Unruh, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Herein are disclosed apparatus and methods for impinging fluids, e.g. heated fluids, onto the surface of substrates and then locally removing the impinged fluid. The apparatus may comprise at least first and second fluid delivery outlets that are in diverging relation to each other. The apparatus may comprise at least first and second fluid capture inlets that are locally positioned relative to the first and second fluid delivery outlets, respectively. The apparatus and method may be used e.g. to impinge fluids onto two converging substrates and may be used to heat the surfaces of the substrates so as to facilitate melt-bonding the substrates to each other.