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Dispensing system and method

US6214117A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 19, 1999
Grant dateApr 10, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB23K2101/40
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dispensing system and method for dispensing material onto a substrate. The dispensing system includes a frame, a support, coupled to the frame, that supports the substrate at a dispensing position in the dispensing system, and a dispensing head, coupled to the frame, that dispenses the material onto the substrate. The dispensing head includes a motor unit having a first motor coupled to an output drive mechanism, and a dispensing unit, removably coupled to the motor unit, having a material outlet from which the dispensing material is dispensed, the dispensing unit having a dispensing mechanism coupled to the material outlet and coupled to the output drive mechanism of the motor unit such that operation of the first motor causes the dispensing mechanism to dispense material through the outlet.

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