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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Francis Bourrières, Montauban, FR;
Clément Kaiser, Montauban, FR;
Inventors:
Francis Bourrières, Montauban, FR;
Clément Kaiser, Montauban, FR;
Assignee:
Novatec SA, Mountauban, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A filling device for and a method of filling balls in an array of apertures in a ball-receiving element, the filling device comprising: a housing including an opening at a lower surface thereof and defining in part a chamber for containing a supply of balls, the housing being in use movably disposed over a ball-receiving element including an array of apertures; and distribution means disposed within the housing for distributing balls contained in the chamber such as to maintain a limited number of layers of the balls over at least a region of the opening in the housing.