Patent ID: 9370838
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B23K,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A wave soldering machine to perform a wave soldering operation on a printed circuit board, the wave soldering machine comprising: a housing; a conveyor coupled to the housing, the conveyor being configured to deliver a printed circuit board through the housing; a wave soldering station coupled to the housing, the wave soldering station including a reservoir of solder material, and a wave solder nozzle system adapted to create a solder wave, the wave solder nozzle system having a nozzle frame, and a nozzle plate secured to the nozzle frame, the nozzle plate including a first zone of openings positioned adjacent a leading edge of the nozzle plate, a second zone of openings positioned proximate a middle of the nozzle plate, and a third zone having no openings positioned adjacent a trailing edge of the nozzle plate, the first zone, and the first zone of the nozzle plate including at least eight rows of openings and the second zone includes at least six rows of openings.