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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1992
John H Gileta, Chateauguay, CA;
Electrovert Ltd., LaPrairie, CA;
Abstract
A cover plate or shroud extends over a solder reservoir and has a slot for a solder wave to extend up above the cover plate. A reduced oxygen atmosphere is supplied from gas outlets under the cover plate on both sides of the solder wave. Furthermore a gas knife is located to direct a stream of gas on an element such as a circuit board as it passes through the solder wave. The cover plate or shroud provides reduced oxides on the solder surfaces and the gas knife removes excess solder on elements that have been solder coated. The apparatus has a solder reservoir for holding solder with a solder nozzle projecting therefrom and a pump for forming a solder wave from the nozzle. Two solder waves may be provided each with their own cover plate and gas supplied on each side of each wave below the cover plate.