Patent ID: 9243845
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B23K,F27B,F27D

Claim Text:
1. A reflow furnace comprising: a reflow furnace main body including a motor, a fan connected with the motor through a rotation axis thereof and a case member containing the fan; and a flux collection apparatus which collects flux generated by a reflow processing in the reflow furnace main body, wherein the flux collection apparatus includes: a base member which is attached to the case member and has an inclined surface which is sloped so that from a periphery portion of the base member, a height of the inclined surface of the base member falls toward the rotation axis; and a drain portion provided on a side of the base member that faces toward the fan, the drain portion being located in a part of the base member located circumferentially about the rotation axis, wherein the drain portion receives the flux generated by the reflow processing and collected toward the rotation axis of the motor by flowing along the inclined surface during rotation of the fan and drains the flux outwardly away from the rotation axis of the motor.