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US 11,235,407 B2Granted
Soldering apparatus and method of fixing gasket to the soldering apparatus
AssigneeSenju Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorTsutomu Hiyama
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Abstract
Provided are a soldering apparatus that allows a gasket to be easily attached to and detached from the soldering apparatus, and a method of fixing the gasket to the soldering apparatus. The soldering apparatus includes: a furnace body; a gasket that is provided to at least a part of the furnace body, and that seals the furnace body; and a push rivet that fixes the gasket in an attachable/detachable manner to the furnace body.
Claims15
A soldering apparatus, comprising:
- a furnace body including an upper furnace body and a lower furnace body;
- a gasket
- that is provided to at least a part of the upper furnace body or of the lower furnace body, and
- that is positioned between the upper furnace body and the lower furnace body and provides a seal extending between the upper furnace body and the lower furnace body;
- a push rivet that fixes the gasket in an attachable/detachable manner to the part of the upper furnace body or of the lower furnace body;
- a carry-in port through which boards are carried into the furnace body;
- and
- a carry-out port through which boards are carried out from the furnace body;
- wherein
- the push rivet includes a rivet body and a pin,
- the rivet body includes a flange portion and a leg portion extending from the flange portion,
- the flange portion and the leg portion are shaped to receive the pin inserted therein,
- the gasket has an elongated shape that extends longitudinally in a direction that is aligned with a board transport direction through the furnace body, and
- the gasket extends along a direction in which the carry-in port and the carry-out port are connected to each other.
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A method of fixing a gasket to a soldering apparatus, the method comprising:
- arranging the gasket in an upper furnace body or a lower furnace body of the soldering apparatus;
- fixing the gasket in an attachable/detachable manner to the upper furnace body or the lower furnace body with use of a push rivet with the gasket having an elongated shape that extends longitudinally in a direction that is aligned with a board transport direction through the furnace body, and
- sealing between the upper furnace body and the lower furnace body with use of the gasket positioned between the upper furnace body and the lower furnace body and extending between the upper furnace body and the lower furnace body, wherein
- the push rivet includes a rivet body and a pin, and the rivet body includes a flange portion and a leg portion extending from the flange portion,
- the fixing with use of the push rivet comprises inserting the pin into the flange portion and the leg portion,
- the soldering apparatus comprises a carry-in port through which the boards are carried into a furnace body including the upper furnace body and the lower furnace body, and a carry-out port through which the boards are carried out from the furnace body, and
- the gasket extends along a direction in which the carry-in port and the carry-out port are connected to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.