Flux cleaning apparatus

Abstract

A flux cleaning apparatus for cleaning an object with flux by removing impurities that include flux from the object with flux includes a body, a mount, at least one steam spraying nozzle, and a steam supplying unit. The mount is coupled with the body for mounting the object with flux. The at least one steam spraying nozzle is coupled with the body for spraying steam toward the object with flux on the mount such that the object with flux is cleaned by the steam sprayed from the steam spraying nozzle. The steam supplying unit is coupled with the body and the steam supplying unit supplies steam to the at least one steam spraying nozzle.

1 . A flux cleaning apparatus for cleaning an object with flux by removing impurities that include flux from the object with flux, the apparatus comprising:
 a body;   a mount coupled with the body for mounting the object with flux;   at least one steam spraying nozzle coupled with the body for spraying steam toward the object with flux on the mount such that the object with flux is cleaned by the steam sprayed from the steam spraying nozzle; and   a steam supplying unit coupled with the body, the steam supplying unit supplying steam to the at least one steam spraying nozzle.   
     
     
         2 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a nozzle rotation shaft having the at least one steam spraying nozzle thereon such that a spraying angle of the steam spraying nozzle is adjustable. 
     
     
         3 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 , further comprising a rotation knob on an end of the nozzle rotation shaft such that the nozzle rotation shaft is movable by a user via the rotation knob. 
     
     
         4 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 , further comprising a motor that rotates the nozzle rotation shaft according to a control signal generated from a control unit based on a command input via a command input unit, the motor being coupled with the nozzle rotation shaft. 
     
     
         5 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a reciprocator that moves the at least one steam spraying nozzle in back and forth directions along a surface of the object with flux. 
     
     
         6 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the reciprocator includes:
 a movable base, the at least one steam spraying nozzle being connected to the movable base;   a guidance member that guides a path in which the movable base is movable;   an actuator in the body, the actuator being configured to move the movable base in the back and forth directions; and   a control unit, the control unit being configured to apply a control signal to the actuator based on a command input by a command input unit.   
     
     
         7 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a clamp that fixes the object with flux by holding side surfaces of the object with flux, the clamp being coupled with the mount. 
     
     
         8 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a cleaning chamber in the body, the cleaning chamber having an internal space for housing the mount and the steam spraying nozzle. 
     
     
         9 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising a cap with a handle on top of the cleaning chamber, the cap being removable from the cleaning chamber for inserting and removing the object with flux from the cleaning chamber. 
     
     
         10 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising a transparent window in a sidewall of the cleaning chamber such that an interior of the cleaning chamber is observable by a user. 
     
     
         11 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising an exhausting unit connected to the cleaning chamber such that steam sprayed by the steam spraying nozzle is discharged to an outside of the body via the exhausting unit. 
     
     
         12 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the exhausting unit is an exhausting pipe that forcefully discharges steam via an exhausting hole in a side surface of the cleaning chamber. 
     
     
         13 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 8 , further comprising a discharging tray coupled with the body, the discharging tray collecting impurities removed from the object with flux. 
     
     
         14 . The flux cleaning apparatus as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein:
 the discharging tray is a drawer-type tray under the cleaning chamber, and   the discharging tray includes a handle on a side thereof such that impurities collected by the discharging tray are dischargable.   
     
     
         15 . A flux cleaning apparatus including an object with flux being cleaned by the flux cleaning apparatus by removing impurities that include flux from the object with flux, the system comprising:
 a flux tool, the flux tool being the object with flux being cleaned by the flux cleaning apparatus, the flux tool including:
 a flux tool body that includes a flow space therein, 
 a back plate within the flow space of the flux tool body, 
 a flux pin, the flux pin include a first tip on the back plate and a second tip outside the flux tool body, the second tip extending through a pin hole in the flux tool body, and 
 an elastic spring, the elastic spring being between the back plate and the flux tool body such that a recovery force is exerted in a direction in which the flux pin is movable, and 
   the flux cleaning apparatus including:
 a body, 
 a mount coupled with the body for mounting the flux tool, 
 at least one steam spraying nozzle coupled with the body for spraying steam toward the flux tool on the mount such that the flux tool is cleaned by the steam sprayed from the steam spraying nozzle, and 
 a steam supplying unit coupled with the body, the steam supplying unit supplying steam to the at least one steam spraying nozzle. 
   
     
     
         16 . The system as claimed in  claim 15 , further comprising a positive pressure forming unit that produces a positive pressure in the flow space of the flux tool body to protect the flux tool body from the steam sprayed from the at least one steam spraying nozzle. 
     
     
         17 . The system as claimed in  claim 16 , wherein the positive pressure forming unit is a positive pressure forming gas supplying pipe that supplies a positive pressure forming gas to an inlet in the flux tool body. 
     
     
         18 . The system as claimed in  claim 15 , further comprising an air curtain forming unit that provides an air curtain between the flux pin and the flux tool body to protect the flux tool body from the steam sprayed from the at least one steam spraying nozzle. 
     
     
         19 . The system as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the air curtain forming unit is an air spraying nozzle on the body, the air spraying nozzle being configured to spray air to a space between the flux pin and the flux tool body. 
     
     
         20 . (canceled)