Method for containing a fluid volume in an inline conveyorized cleaner for cleaning low standoff components
AssigneeTechnical Devices Company
InventorsDouglas Norman Winther, Julio Montjoy, Primitivo Trinidad, JR.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the disclosed apparatus features a conveyor belt though an agitated reservoir of cleaning solution that is pooled by a flood box defined by sidewalls along the sides of the conveyor belt and opposing jets of water dubbed water curtains at the entrance and exit of the conveyor belt to and from the flood box, and, agitated by a plurality of spray nozzles shooting high flows of cleaning solution into the reservoir from above or within the flood box. The conveyor belt may be horizontal or slightly angled from the horizontal relative to the flood box.
Claims20
A method of cleaning circuit boards comprising the steps of:
- confining a fluid cleaner between fluid curtains;
- and, submerging a cleaning circuit board in the confined fluid.
An apparatus comprising:
- a fluid reservoir confined between two curtains;
- and,
- an inline conveyor belt passing through two of said curtains and said confined reservoir.
An apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor belt;
- and,
- a reservoir of cleaning solution that is
- (1) pooled by a flood box defined by
- (a) sidewalls along the sides of the conveyor belt and
- (b) opposing jets of water at the entrance and exit of the conveyor belt to and from the flood box, and,
- (2) agitated by a plurality of spray nozzles shooting high flows of cleaning solution into the reservoir from above or within the flood box;
- and,
- Wherein circuit board may be conveyed through a first of the jets of water and submerged within the reservoir prior to being conveyed through a second of the jets of water to exit the flood box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.