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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1996
Elizabeth F Foster, Friendsville, PA (US);
Jeffrey C Hedrick, Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Stephen L Tisdale, Endwell, NY (US);
Alfred Viehbeck, Fishkill, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for applying a fluid to an outer surface of an elongated work piece having a longitudinal axis and a cross sectional shape, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The apparatus has a head member having an interior wall cross sectional shape adapted for receiving the cross sectional shape of the elongated work piece. The interior cross sectional shape defines an interior wall of the head member. The head member has an input end and an output end. The interior wall has means for applying the fluid to a surface of said elongated member. The head member has preferable a first part and a second part which are joined by an expandable member. The means for applying said fluid comprises a plurality of jets for directing said fluid on said surface and a plurality of output parts for recovering said fluid for applying a fluid to an outer surface, said elongated work piece having a longitudinal axis and a cross sectional shape, perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, comprising: