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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1980
Filed:
May. 19, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick S Sillars, Beverly, MA (US);
Assignee:
USM Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228 43 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for applying solder to the inside openings of successively fed can body side seams comprises a heated stub horn extension housing a reservoir for molten solder, a solder applicator for directing solder downwardly from the reservoir to the seams, a valve for controlling solder flow from the applicator, and an automatic mechanism operable when no cans are present thus to be soldered for rapidly resupplying the reservoir with solder from a main supply pot. Can body feeding is automatically restarted when a desired solder level in the reservoir is attained.