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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for locally applying solder to a plurality of sets of preselected conductive areas on each printed circuit board to which component leads are joined. The apparatus includes a flux station with flux nozzles, a preheater station, and a wave solder station with solder nozzles, arranged in line to receive and process printed circuit boards. The flux nozzles and the solder nozzles are arranged in a pattern identical to that of the preselected conductive areas on each of the board. A conveyor system is arranged to simultaneously transporting the boards from one station to another. The conveyor system includes a frame, an arm carriage reciprocably moved along the frame, a plurality of pairs of pivot arms pivotably connected to the arm carriage and movable between an inoperative position where the pivot arms are disengaged from the boards and an operative position where the pivot arms are engaged with the boards, a pair of first rails connected to the frame and located above the flux station and the preheater station, and a pair of second rails connected to the frame and located above the wave solder station.