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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:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Boyd M Fry, Georgetown, TX (US);
Pratap Singh, Round Rock, TX (US);
Joseph T Spalik, Gerogetown, TX (US);
Kerry D Sweazea, Leander, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N / ; F16N / ; F16N / ; F16N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
184 64 ; 184 151 ; 184 17 ; 184101 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and a method are disclosed for automatically applying uniform amounts of oily lubricant to electrical contact tabs on one or more edges on one or both sides of a printed circuit card, simultaneously, by conveying the card past one or more lubrication stations in wiping contact with free rolling rollers adapted for contacting a wick continuously supplied with lubricant.