Patent ID: 6569244
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B05C,Y10T

Abstract:
A shim for use in connection with the application of a fluid material onto a substrate, and adapted to be fixedly mounted upon a support structure by a plurality of fasteners engaged with the support structure, comprising:a plate member adapted to be fixedly mounted upon a support structure and having a plurality of fluid material flow paths defined therein for conducting a fluid material, which is supplied from a fluid material supply, toward a fluid material application surface defined upon said plate member such that the fluid material can be applied onto a substrate; and a plurality of aperture means defined within said plate member, at locations interposed between said plurality of fluid material flow paths, for respectively accommodating the plurality of fasteners, by means of which said plate member is mounted upon the support structure, such that said plate member may be fixedly mounted upon the support structure when the plurality of fasteners are disposed in a tightened state with respect to the support structure, and wherein said plate member may be mounted upon and removed from the support structure, without removal of the plurality of fasteners from the support structure, when the plurality of fasteners are disposed in an untightened state with respect to the support structure.