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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120104053 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A HEATED LIQUID A device for dispensing a heated liquid, such as a hot melt adhesive, which includes a dispenser body adapted to dispense the heated liquid, a solenoid valve, and a pneumatic section including a housing coupled between the solenoid valve and dispenser body. The pneumati... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104044 | MULTIPLE COMPONENT DISPENSING CARTRIDGE, MIXING NOZZLE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CONTACT BETWEEN FLUIDS A fluid cartridge for mixing and dispensing first and second fluids includes a housing, a piston unit mounted in the housing, and a mixing nozzle. The mixing nozzle includes a first portion releasably attachable to a distal end of the housing and a second portion locate... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104033 | PNEUMATIC LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD A dispenser and method for dispensing a liquid. The dispenser includes a barrel with an interior chamber for holding the liquid, a discharge outlet communicating with the interior chamber for discharging the liquid, and an air space for receiving pressurized air for for... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104030 | MULTIPLE COMPONENT DISPENSING CARTRIDGE AND METHOD WITH SIDE-BY-SIDE FLUID CHAMBERS A fluid cartridge for storing and dispensing first and second fluids includes a first tubular cartridge wall and a second tubular cartridge wall in side-by-side relation. First and second pistons are coupled for movement by a coupling portion and are respectively dispos... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120048447 | METHOD FOR DISPENSING RANDOM PATTERN OF ADHESIVE FILAMENTS A method of dispensing multiple adhesive filaments onto a substrate in a random pattern using asymmetrical pressurized process air. The method generally comprises moving the substrate along a machine direction and discharging multiple adhesive filaments from a plurality... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045287 | PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF POWDERED MATERIAL Process and a device (2) for the pneumatic conveyance of powdered material (4), in which a cylindrical chamber (10, 12), which can be connected with a reservoir (6) by a sealable inlet (14, 16) and with a delivery line (28) by a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040088 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING A LIQUID COATING MATERIAL TO A SUBSTRATE Systems and methods for applying liquid coating materials to a substrate, such as an electronic component or circuit board. A control system of a coating system controls an applicator and a robot moving the applicator to apply the liquid coating material to the substrat... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038346 | POWDER FLOW MONITORING USING GROUNDED HOSES Apparatus and methods for detecting flow of powder coating material in an electrically nonconductive powder hose include providing an electrically conductive material that extends along at least a portion of the length of the hose to collect tribo-charge transfer that i... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120021133 | POWDER HOPPER WITH QUIET ZONE, A COMBINATION OF A POWDER HOPPER AND A POWDER SPRAY GUN AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A POWDER HOPPER A powder hopper is provided with a low turbulence zone for supplying powder to a spray gun. The low turbulence zone is defined by a baffle inside the hopper with the low turbulence zone being within a volume of the baffle, and an annular zone between the baffle and the ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110277556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING OF BONDS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY An apparatus applies a pull test to a bond of a semi-conductor assembly, the bond including a ball or a bump of solder. The apparatus includes a probe including a straight, thermally conductive pin; a heater for heating a tip of the probe; a holder for supporting the pr... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277555 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING OF BONDS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY An apparatus applies a pull test to a bond of a semi-conductor assembly, the bond including a ball or a bump of solder. The apparatus includes a probe having a longitudinal axis; a heater for heating a tip of the probe; a holder for supporting the probe; an actuation de... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110271767 | TEST DEVICE Shear test apparatus for gold and solder balls of a semiconductor substrate comprises a support element (21) on which is provided a piezo-electric crystal (24) in the direct shear load path. The crystal (24) may have a shield (25). The interf... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270186 | SELF-CONTAINED PRESSURIZED INJECTION DEVICE An apparatus includes a medicament container and an actuator assembly coupled to a proximal end portion of the medicament container. A distal end portion of the medicament container is configured to be coupled to a needle. A piston is movably disposed within the medicam... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110265716 | POWDER COATING SYSTEMS A powder spray booth (2) with a powder recovery system having an overspray intake (18) communicating with the interior of the booth. A vertically extending duct (20) leads from the overspray intake to a powder recovery system such as, for example, a... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110259265 | VOLUME COMPENSATION FOR APPLICATION HEADS WITH APPLICATION WIDTH ADJUSTMENT A device for dispensing fluid onto a substrate includes a basic body, a fluid supply channel connectible to a fluid source for supplying the fluid, and a nozzle assembly which has a distribution channel that communicates with the fluid supply channel and which has an es... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120009329 | CONTROL FUNCTION AND DISPLAY FOR CONTROLLING SPRAY GUN Control method and apparatus for a manual spray gun includes display that is disposed on the spray gun and that provides information to an operator about one or more coating operation parameters. An auxiliary trigger may be used that enables an operator to makes selecti... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120000419 | MULTI-SLOT APPLICATOR WITH AUTOMATIC CLOSING FUNCTION Apparatus and methods for applying liquid onto a substrate include a nozzle configured to be connected to a liquid source. The nozzle further includes a distribution passage with a length that can receive the liquid. A piston is positioned in the distribution passage an... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110315713 | THERMALLY INSULATED APPLICATOR A thermally insulated applicator for applying heated thermoplastic liquid includes an applicator body including a thermoplastic liquid supply passage and a heating element for supplying heat to liquid in the supply passage. A dispensing valve module is coupled in therma... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311832 | FLUX AND SOLDER MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME A flux for use in soldering comprises a first constituent and one or more secondary constituents that is selected from solvents, thickeners, and/or metal oxide reducing agents. The flux has a temperature profile in which the flux is in a non-flowable inactive state at t... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110300295 | JETTING DISPENSER AND METHOD OF JETTING HIGHLY COHESIVE ADHESIVES Jetting dispensers and methods of non-contact dispensing a hot melt adhesive onto a substrate. The method may include jetting a plurality of droplets of the hot melt adhesive from a nozzle outlet toward the substrate in a direction of travel. Each droplet has a droplet ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110283878 | Rotary Pump A rotary pump is provided having a chamber arranged in a body and a displacement member disposed in the chamber for reciprocating therein. A drive member is used to move the displacement member within the chamber in response to relative rotation between the body and the... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110214510 | CLAMPING MECHANISM FOR SHEAR TESTING APPARATUS A shear test device for testing the strength of attachment between a bond and an electronic substrate. The device incorporates a clamping mechanism and a shear test tool that are mounted on a baseplate. During a set-up procedure, the shear test tool is movable relative ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110214507 | BOND STRENGTH TESTER WITH SWITCHABLE BACKLASH CONTROL A bond strength testing apparatus comprising a main body, a test tool mount for holding a test tool, and an axial drive mechanism including a screw and nut assembly. The drive mechanism couples the test tool mount to the main body and allows for relative movement betwee... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110212264 | MODULE, NOZZLE AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING CONTROLLED PATTERNS OF LIQUID MATERIAL A liquid dispensing module and nozzle or die tip for discharging at least one liquid filament. The nozzle includes a strand guide for guiding a substrate past the nozzle and a frustoconical protrusion disposed on a surface of the nozzle adjacent the notch. A liquid disc... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110195267 | FLUX AND SOLDER MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME A flux for use in soldering comprises a primary solids constituent present in an amount greater than about 50 wt. % and one or more secondary constituents that is selected from solvents, thickeners, and/or metal oxide reducing agents. The flux has a temperature profile ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110184569 | VISCOUS MATERIAL NONCONTACT JETTING SYSTEM A viscous material noncontact jetting system has a jetting dispenser mounted for relative motion with respect to a surface. A control is operable to cause the jetting dispenser to jet a viscous material droplet that is applied to the surface as a viscous material dot. A... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110151115 | Apparatus And Methods For Dispensing Adhesive To Labels In one aspect, a labeling apparatus for applying a label onto a moving object includes a label delivery mechanism configured to hold the label and operable to deliver the label to the object. At least first plurality of electrically-actuated adhesive applicators is posi... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110114673 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING DISCRETE AMOUNTS OF VISCOUS MATERIAL Apparatus and methods for dispensing small amounts of a viscous material onto a workpiece. The narrow-profile dispensing apparatus includes a fluid chamber, a nozzle, and a valve seat disk representing individual components that are removable from a main body of the dis... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110114018 | PARTICULATE MATERIAL APPLICATOR AND PUMP A nozzle assembly for a material application device includes an expansion chamber for slowing down the velocity of powder fed to the nozzle from a dense phase pump. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle insert that forms the expansion chamber and provides air assist fun... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110101563 | METHOD OF MAKING A PISTON FOR A DISPENSER A dispenser for dispensing a liquid onto a substrate includes a dispenser body having an output and a reservoir in fluid communication with the output, the reservoir being defined by a wall and adapted to hold a supply of liquid to be dispensed. A piston is disposed in ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110079618 | LIQUID DISPENSING MODULE A liquid dispensing module includes a dispenser body assembly, a flexible seal, a needle, and an actuator. The dispenser body assembly includes a liquid inlet, a discharge outlet, and a flow channel including a valve seat between the inlet and outlet. The flexible seal ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110076159 | DENSE PHASE PUMP FOR DRY PARTICULATE MATERIAL A dense phase pump for particulate material includes a pump chamber wherein material flows into the pump chamber under negative pressure and flows out of the pump chamber under positive pressure. A plurality of pinch valves are provided to control flow of material into ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110075512 | CROSS FLOW INVERSION BAFFLE FOR STATIC MIXER A cross flow inversion mixing baffle that mixes a fluid flow and addresses the streaking phenomenon of the fluid flow in a motionless mixer, the cross flow inversion baffle including a divider wall having first and second sides. On each side of the divider wall, the cro... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110064587 | LOW WASTE PUMP FOLLOWER A low waste pump follower includes a platen and a perforated member. The platen has a bottom side defining a cavity and the perforated member covers the cavity. The pump follower is driven into a container of viscous material. Material is forced through the perforated m... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110063606 | AUTOMATED FILLET INSPECTION SYSTEM WITH CLOSED LOOP FEEDBACK AND METHODS OF USE Systems and methods for automated inspection of fillet formation along on or more peripheral edges (13a) of a packaged microelectronic device (14) that is attached to a supporting substrate (16), such system (10) including a feedback l... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110059257 | COATING NOZZLE, COATING METHOD, AND INNER VOLUME CONTROL VALVE A coating nozzle includes a nozzle body including an inlet opening for receiving a liquid supplied from a liquid supply valve and an outlet opening, a distribution plate disposed adjacent to the nozzle body and including an elongated bore in fluid communication with the... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110056999 | Method And System For Supporting And/Or Aligning Components Of A Liquid Dispensing System In a liquid dispensing system having a dispensing module and a gun manifold, the gun manifold includes a shelf portion that extends outwardly from its front face and the dispensing module includes a correspondingly shaped aperture configured to engage the shelf portion ... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110052816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING THE PERIPHERAL REGION OF A SANDWICH COMPONENT The invention refers to a device and method for treating a peripheral region of a sandwich component, in particular of a sandwich component having a honeycomb structure and two spaced-apart coating layers and a core structure having a plurality of cavities. The inventio... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110052806 | SPRAY COATING WITH UNIFORM FLOW DISTRIBUTION A spray nozzle is disclosed that produces a flat spray pattern for liquid coating material, the spray pattern having a generally uniform flow distribution of quantity of coating material across the spray pattern. The spray nozzle may include a rectangular cut spray orif... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048575 | VISCOUS MATERIAL NONCONTACT JETTING SYSTEM A viscous material noncontact jetting system has a jetting dispenser mounted for relative motion with respect to a surface. A control is operable to cause the jetting dispenser to jet a viscous material droplet that is applied to the surface as a viscous material dot. A... | 03/03/2011 |
