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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Johann Mästele, Wain, DE;
Ernst Wandke, Geretsried, DE;
Inventors:
Johann Mästele, Wain, DE;
Ernst Wandke, Geretsried, DE;
Assignee:
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The instant invention relates to a device for wave soldering workpieces, encompassing means for moving the workpiece, which is to be soldered, along a specific path across at least one solder wave generated above a solder reservoir, with a protective and/or active gas atmosphere of a first composition being located above the solder reservoir so as to exclude oxygen and with means for introducing the protective and/or active gas as well as an enclosure being provided, with the enclosure being configured in such a manner that it encloses at least the essential parts of a solder zone.