Patent ID: 7703663
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: B23K,H01L

Abstract:
1. A device for brazing components of a heat pipe having a pipe being hollow and having a diameter, a lower end, an upper end, an inside surface and a wick; a base being larger than the diameter of the pipe, having an upper surface and being mounted on the lower end of the pipe; a cover being mounted in the upper end of the pipe and having a central through-hole; a small pipe being mounted in and protruding longitudinally from the central through-hole; and multiple copper-silver alloy filler rings being a large upper filler ring being mounted on the upper end of the pipe against the cover, a large lower filler ring being mounted around the pipe and against the base and a small filler ring corresponding to the small pipe and being mounted around the small pipe and against the cover, the device comprising a brazing furnace being an elongated structure, having an input end and an output end and comprising a conveyor moving assembled components of heat pipes through the brazing furnace to melt the copper-silver alloy filler rings to securely join components of a heat pipe and fill any gaps between components and comprising