Patent ID: 8453915
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
1. A method of using a wave solder machine, comprising: operating the wave solder machine to pump solder from a solder reservoir through at least one aperture of a solder nozzle to form a solder wave; receiving solder from the solder wave in a trough that is interconnected to the solder nozzle; allowing the solder to flow through an opening in a bottom wall of the trough, wherein the bottom wall is disposed above a surface of solder in the solder reservoir and below the at least one aperture of the solder nozzle; receiving, after the operation of allowing the solder to flow through the opening in the bottom wall of the trough, the solder on a plate disposed above the surface of solder in the solder reservoir and below the bottom wall of the trough; limiting, with the plate, substantially all of the solder from falling through the opening in the bottom wall of the trough directly into the solder in the solder reservoir; and allowing the solder to flow from the plate into the solder reservoir.