Patent ID: 7785667
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: B05B,B05C,B23K,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method of applying material with a dispensing apparatus to an application area on a substrate, the method comprising: dispensing first and second rows of droplets of the material onto the application area in a first mode of operation of the dispensing apparatus wherein unatomized droplets of material are applied to the application area by the dispensing apparatus; moving the dispensing apparatus relative to the substrate along a path between the first and second rows of droplets; dispensing the material from the moving dispensing apparatus in a second mode of operation of the dispensing apparatus wherein droplets of material atomized by air are applied to the application area by the dispensing apparatus between the first and second rows of droplets; and impinging at least one of the first and second rows of droplets with at least some of the material dispensed in the second mode so that the droplets of the at least one of the first and second rows mix with at least some of the material dispensed in the second mode to define an edge.