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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Kristopher K. Biegler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael R. Gorman, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Inventors:
Kristopher K. Biegler, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael R. Gorman, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/04 (2013.01); B32B 2309/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for impinging a heated fluid onto the surface of a substrate and then locally removing the impinged fluid. The apparatus and methods may be used to heat a surface of a substrate e.g. so that the substrate can be melt-bonded to another substrate.