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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1984
Thomas A Koltuniak, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
William A Lawrence, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Eldon Industries, Inc., Inglewood, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit board and component manipulation device includes a housing having a circuit board clamp located thereon for positioning a circuit board on the housing. Hot gas for soldering or desoldering operations can be directed to components on the circuit board from one or the other of both an upper gas duct and a lower gas duct, both of which are fed gas from a blower. Each of the ducts include an individual heater located therein so as to control heat input to the gas passing through the ducts. The upper duct terminates in a discharge head which includes a nozzle attached thereto. The nozzle includes an appropriate opening so as to receive a circuit component. The opening is surrounded by a skirt with the gas ducts then positioned outwardly from the skirt. By positioning the component within the skirt, the component is isolated from hot gas utilized for soldering or desoldering of the connectors of the component to an appropriate circuit board.