Patent ID: 6115939
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: F26B,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for the treatment of coated printed circuit boards, having a closed housing (7), through which the printed circuit boards (1), for the purpose of being treated, are transported by means of a conveying device, whereinthe housing (7) is divided up into individual treatment chambers (12, 13, 14) separate from one another; and, for transport of the printed circuit boards, pallet trolleys (8), are provided, each of which accommodate a stack of printed circuit boards (1), the pallet trolleys (8) being transported one after the other in steps through the various treatment chambers by means of the conveying device,wherein a buffer zone (11, 16) is located upstream or downstream of the treatment chambers (12, 13, 14), or two buffer zones (11, 16) are located, one upstream and the other downstream, of the treatment chambers (12, 13, 14).