Apparatus to manufacture printed circuit boards
AssigneeMicro-Plate/Systems
InventorsIvo Grubelic, Vladimir Velitschkowski
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Abstract
An apparatus to manufacture or produce articles such as printed circuit boards comprising at least one module having an entry and exit opening formed on opposite ends thereof and a transport mechanism comprising a continuous conveyor including a plurality of interconnected conveyor links to support the articles thereon and an entry and exit roller seal assembly each including a pair of rotatable seal rollers disposed to seal the entry and exit openings respectively and engage the articles passing through the entry and exit openings respectively, an article guide to maintain the articles in a substantially vertical position as the articles transverse the apparatus and a fluid supply to expose both sides of the article uniformly with fluid.
Claims39
An apparatus to manufacture or produce articles comprising at least one module including a chamber formed therein having an entry and exit opening formed on opposite ends thereof, a fluid supply means to spray fluid on at least one side of the articles within said chamber, a transport mechanism comprising a continuous conveyor including a plurality of interconnected conveyor links to support the articles thereon, and at least two roller seal assemblies each including a pair of rotatable seal rollers disposed to seal said entry and exit openings respectively and engage the articles passing through said entry and exit openings respectively.
An apparatus to manufacture or produce articles comprising at least one module including a chamber formed therein having an entry and exit opening formed on opposite ends thereof, a fluid supply means to spray fluid on at least one side of the articles within said chamber, a transport mechanism comprising a continuous conveyor including a plurality of interconnected conveyor like to support the articles thereon, and an article guide disposed within said apparatus to maintain the articles in a substantially vertical position as the articles traverse said apparatus, said article guide comprises at least one article guide section including a plurality of stationary vertical arranged guide elements affixed to said apparatus, each said guide element comprises a pair of guide members disposed in spaced relationship relative to each other to cooperatively form a guide channel therebetween to receive the articles as the articles traverse said apparatus, each pair of guide members inclined upwardly from the proximal to distal end thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.