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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2008
Glen Nelson Biggs, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Russell A. Budd, North Salem, NY (US);
Benjamin Vito Fasano, New Windsor, NY (US);
John Joseph Garant, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
G. Gerard Gormley, Worcester, VT (US);
John Peter Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
Christopher Lee Tessler, Poughquag, NY (US);
Thomas Weiss, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Glen Nelson Biggs, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Russell A. Budd, North Salem, NY (US);
Benjamin Vito Fasano, New Windsor, NY (US);
John Joseph Garant, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
G. Gerard Gormley, Worcester, VT (US);
John Peter Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
Christopher Lee Tessler, Poughquag, NY (US);
Thomas Weiss, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Internation Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for dispensing fusible material onto a surface, wherein the fusible material is in molten form, is provided. The apparatus comprises a dispensing assembly comprising a seal structure. The seal structure controls dispensing of the fusible material. One or more gas injectors are coupled to the dispensing assembly. Each of the one or more gas injectors is adapted to inject at least one gas to the dispensing assembly for controlling a gas environment surrounding at least a portion of the seal structure. An oxidation rate of the fusible material is controlled as a function of at least one characteristic of the at least one gas.