Patent · US Expired

Process of manufacturing vacuum tips particularly for vacuum handling systems

US4736508A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Filing dateDec 10, 1986
Grant dateApr 12, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/50
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The object of the invention relates to the technical sector of microelectronics. According to the process, one starts off with a hollow stainless steel tube (1) of determined diameter; the tube (1) is shrunk for a certain length (1a) and flattened, the remaining part is flattened to form two opposite flat non close joining faces (1b) and (1c); a slot (1b1) is machined in one of the flattened faces (1b) and a hole (1c1) in the other face (1c); a blade (2) provided with an axial notch (2a) on one of its edges is inserted between the two faces (1b) and (1c); through the hole (1c1) formed in one of the faces, a powder is inserted, designed to carry out microbrazing after heating; the assembly is placed in to a furnace to insure bracing of the blade (2) with the flattened parts and simultaneously filling by microbrazing remaining cavities between the blades and the flattened parts; the ends of the flattened gripping parts are rounded off; the flattened gripping areas are ground.

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