where adhesive 38 is desired are exposed to the adhesive application process of the present invention the footprint 58 may also extend to the dambars 55 or siderails 57 to enhance sealing with hood 18 and vacuum system plenum 21 if so an aperture panel or mask 44 would be desirable to shield selected portions of the leadframe 62 as shown the hood 18 has an opening 64 to allow lateral insertion and retraction of the shutter 48 it being understood that a sliding seal would be provided between the periphery of opening 64 and shutter 48 similarly fig3 shows an exemplary footprint 58 of a hood 18 in relation to an exemplary leadframe 12 with a die attach paddle 14 as shown the footprint 58 may extend to the side rails 65 and dambars 67 to achieve the best seal flow area 66 between peripheral hood footprint 58 and die attach paddle 14 should be carefully considered with the pressure balance of the system to provide for adequate fluid flow past leadframe 12 fig4 shows a cam 70 and linkage structure 72 attached to the hood 18 and vacuum system 20 to open and close the adhesive application apparatus 10 the linkage structure 72 is comprised of an l shaped member 74 linking the hood 18 to the cam 70 and an l shaped member 76 linking the vacuum system 20 to the cam 70 between the cam 70 and the hood 18 the l shaped member 74 is translatably attached to elongate support members 78 and 80 by pins 82 and 84 respectively likewise between the cam 70 and the hood 18 the.