Patent ID: 6511707
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B05C

Abstract:
An apparatus for controllably applying a flowable material to a workpiece comprising:one or more elongated conduits in registry with a plenum unit for transitory retention of said flowable material therein, each of said conduit outlet; wherein said plenum unit comprises a dispense member having a plurality of orifices defined therethrough to accomodate said one or more elogated conduits in a predetermined arrangement and manifold member having at least one injection port defined therein for delivering said flowable material through said plenum unit; and a fixture means having a top surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral wall extending therebetween, said fixture means having a surface to affix said workpiece thereto at a predetermined spacing relative to said to surface, said fixture means having plurality of apertures extending through said top surface and said bottom surface, said one or more elongated conduits being received in said apertures with said conduit outlets extending beyond said top surface at a spacing less than said predetermined spacing; wherein said one or more elongated conduits deliver said flowable material form said plenum unit to said workpiece through said conduit outlets.