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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:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuji Kawashima, Ibaraki, JP;
Kaoru Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/700 ; B23K 1/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/700 ; B23K 1/08 ;
Abstract
A soldering apparatus includes a solder wave shape forming means for melting solder and forming a solder wave shape, and a separating agent dusting means for dusting solder oxides with a separating agent which separates solder and solder oxides. The separating agent is any one selected from the group consisting of offal, cereal grain or flour, bean flour, seed grain or flour, soybean-cake flour, and peanut hull flour, or a combination thereof, as well as an agent and a method of separating solder and solder oxides.