公开(公告)号：US06422452B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-23

申请号：US09768837

申请日：2001-01-25

申请人： Takumi Yamamoto ,  Kazuhiko Futakami ,  Akira Hatase ,  Nobuaki Takahashi ,  Naoji Senba ,  Yuzo Shimada

发明人： Takumi Yamamoto ,  Kazuhiko Futakami ,  Akira Hatase ,  Nobuaki Takahashi ,  Naoji Senba ,  Yuzo Shimada

IPC分类号： B23K100

摘要： An apparatus for lining up micro-balls in accordance with the present invention includes: ball carrying pallets having a plurality of pits for holding the micro-balls, respectively, on its surface, a pallet holder for holding the ball carrying pallets, a lining-up container defining a sealed chamber in association with the pallet holder hermetically fitted thereto, a storing tank for storing liquid carrier in which micro-balls are dispersed, and applying/collecting device for communicating the storing tank with the lining-up container via a passage to supply the micro-balls together with the liquid carrier from the storing tank to the sealed chamber and return the surplus micro-balls together with the liquid carrier from the sealed chamber to the storing tank.