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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Neil M MacRaild, Weymouth, GB;
Andrew C Ricketts, Weymouth, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101123 ; 101366 ; 118406 ; 222330 ;
Abstract
A cassette for holding and dispensing a viscous material for use in an apparatus for depositing the viscous material onto a substrate through openings formed in a stencil positioned over substrate. The cassette includes a body having a base and interior defined by first and second side walls and first and second end walls substantially orthoganol to the base. The base has a plurality of apertures formed therein, and a cover plate adapted to slide within the interior of the body. The cover plate having a plurality of protruding members wherein each of the protruding members corresponds to and is aligned with a corresponding one of the apertures of the base.