IP Library Granted Patent US 9,527,151
Granted Patent B2
US 9,527,151 · App. 14/315,834 · Granted Dec 27, 2016

Wave soldering apparatus and nozzle thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,527,151
App. No.
14/315,834
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus used for wave soldering including a nozzle device configured to discharge molten solder to a circuit board near a solder tank, wherein, the nozzle device includes at least one pair of adjacent nozzle openings configured to discharge the molten solder towards the middle between the pair of nozzle openings.

Claims (42)

1. An apparatus used for wave soldering, comprising:

a nozzle device configured to discharge molten solder to a circuit board near a solder tank, wherein the nozzle device comprises at least one pair of adjacent nozzle openings configured to discharge the molten solder towards the middle between the pair of nozzle openings, and

a pump device comprising a connecting pipe disposed inclinedly on an opening on a side of the solder tank, with a rotation shaft inserted into the connecting pipe through a hole in an end of the connecting pipe, the connecting pipe being enclosed,

wherein each nozzle opening of the pair of nozzle openings is formed by a vertical plate and an inclined plate, the vertical plate of each nozzle opening is at the inner side of the pair of nozzle openings, and the inclined plate of each nozzle opening is at the outer side of the pair of nozzle openings, and

wherein the inclination of the inclined plate of each nozzle opening is adjustable between 0 and 90 degrees.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between the pair of nozzle openings is configured so that the time period during which the component on the circuit board passes through the high temperature solder between the pair of nozzle openings conforms to a specification on the staying period of a component in a high temperature solder.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pump device is comprised of a single pump device configured to drive the molten solder in the solder tank through a conduit to each nozzle opening in the adjacent nozzle openings of the nozzle device.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the pump device is installed on a side of the solder tank.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the pump device comprises:

a rotation shaft inserted into the solder tank through an opening disposed on the side of the solder tank;

a motor configured to drive the rotation shaft to rotate through a transmission device;

helical blades at the end of the rotation shaft and configured to drive the molten solder through the conduit to the nozzle device when it rotates along with the rotation shaft.

6. An apparatus used for wave soldering, comprising:

a nozzle device configured to discharge molten solder to a circuit board near a solder tank,

wherein the nozzle device comprises at least one pair of adjacent nozzle openings configured to discharge the molten solder towards the middle between the pair of nozzle openings; and

a pump device being a single pump device and configured to drive the molten solder in the solder tank through a conduit to each nozzle opening in the adjacent nozzle openings of the nozzle device,

wherein the pump device is installed on a side of the solder tank, and

wherein the pump device comprises:

a rotation shaft inserted into the solder tank through an opening disposed on the side of the solder tank;

a motor configured to drive the rotation shaft to rotate through a transmission device; helical blades at the end of the rotation shaft and configured to drive the molten solder through the conduit to the nozzle device when it rotates along with the rotation shaft; and

a connecting pipe disposed inclinedly on the opening on the side of the solder tank, with the rotation shaft inserted into the connecting pipe through a hole in an end of the connecting pipe, and connecting pipe being enclosed.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein on the connecting pipe is provided an inert gas inlet for injecting inert gas into the connecting pipe.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the pump device further comprises:

a first holding member secured on the side wall of the solder tank and configured to support the connecting pipe;

a second holding member secured on the side wall of the solder tank and configured to support the motor.

9. The apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprises a cover disposed on the solder tank, with an opening provided thereon only for exposing the nozzle device.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein on the cover or on the solder tank is further provided an inert gas inlet for injecting the inert gas from an inert gas source through an inert gas transmission duct in order to isolate the solder and air, and the wave soldering apparatus further comprises:

an exhausting device disposed above the solder tank and configured to collect and discharge the waste gas produced during the wave soldering process;

wherein the inert gas transmission duct passes through the exhausting device, so that the inert gas, when passing through the part of the inert gas transmission duct in the exhausting device, is heated by the waste gas in the exhausting device.

11. An apparatus used for wave soldering, comprising:

a nozzle device configured to discharge molten solder to a circuit board near a solder tank,

wherein, the nozzle device comprises at least one pair of adjacent nozzle openings configured to discharge the molten solder towards the middle between the pair of nozzle openings; and

a pump device being a single pump device and configured to drive the molten solder in the solder tank through a conduit to each nozzle opening in the adjacent nozzle openings of the nozzle device,

wherein the pump device is installed on a side of the solder tank,

further comprising a cover disposed on the solder tank, with an opening provided thereon only for exposing the nozzle device,

wherein on the cover or on the solder tank is further provided an inert gas inlet for injecting the inert gas from an inert gas source through an inert gas transmission duct in order to isolate the solder and air, and the wave soldering apparatus further comprises:

an exhausting device disposed above the solder tank and configured to collect and discharge the waste gas produced during the wave soldering process;

wherein the inert gas transmission duct passes through the exhausting device, so that the inert gas, when passing through the part of the inert gas transmission duct in the exhausting device, is heated by the waste gas in the exhausting device, and

wherein the exhausting device is formed by an enclosing wall of double layers of aluminum, between the double layers of aluminum is filled with adhesives, and the part of the inert gas transmission duct in the exhausting device is disposed in the adhesives.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation shaft is be driven by a driveshaft of a motor, wherein the driveshaft is connected to the rotation shaft by a transmission device.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the transmission device comprises a transmission belt.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the driveshaft is substantially parallel to the rotation shaft.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2019
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050298/0505 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2014
From: LING, LI; PU, KE; WANG, CHUN C; ZHANG, WEIFENG
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033263/0643 →