Patent ID: 6595134
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A drying oven for use with an apparatus to produce electronic circuits, each of the electronic circuits having at least a flexible base support (12) on which electrically conductive material is deposited to form conductor tracks, and a rigid supporting plate (18) for supporting the flexible base support (12), each of said rigid supporting plates having spacer elements (20) so that a plurality of the electronic circuits are thereby stacked one on top of the other in a vertically spaced relationship to form a vertical stack of electronic circuits, the drying oven comprising a drying chamber (65) having an interior for receiving at least one vertical stack of electronic circuits, and feeding means (60) for feeding the at least one vertical stack of electronic circuits by step-wise translation through said drying chamber (65) along a substantially horizontal direction.