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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Malcolm W. Mcgeoch, Brookline, MA (US);
Inventor:
Malcolm W. McGeoch, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Plex LLC, Fall River, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 41/00 (2006.01); B22D 35/06 (2006.01); B22D 41/05 (2006.01); B22D 41/015 (2006.01); B22D 41/08 (2006.01); B67D 5/62 (2006.01); B67D 5/37 (2006.01); B67D 5/54 (2006.01); C21B 7/12 (2006.01); C21C 5/42 (2006.01); B22D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Small, high velocity liquid metal droplets are produced for applications that require the accurate and remote placement of small quantities of a metal. The magnetic pressure of current flowing through liquid metal is used to force small quantities of liquid metal through an orifice. Examples of applications are to feed metal fuel into plasma extreme ultraviolet sources, and to place solder bumps on an integrated circuit prior to the attachment of connections.