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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7022376 | Thin-walled honeycomb structure and method for reinforcing the same A thin-walled honeycomb structure includes: a circumferential wall, numerous partition walls disposed inside the circumferential wall, and numerous cell passages defined by the partition walls. A circumferential portion of the honeycomb structure is reinforced wholl... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997703 | Firing furnace and firing method The present invention provides a firing furnace (100) comprising a combusting means (2) for combusting a fuel (11), a firing furnace main body (1) for firing a member to be fired and exhausting a combustion gas, and a methane reforming de... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6991737 | Filtering method A filtering method including the steps of preparing a water purifying apparatus 1 with a cell structure 2 having units for constituting cell structure 4, and a cap portion 3, and making raw water flow into cells 10 from one end, an... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975497 | Method for reducing particles from an electrostatic chuck and an equipment for manufacturing a semiconductor A method for reducing particles from an electrostatic chuck, having the steps of: setting a wafer onto an attracting face of an electrostatic chuck, attracting the wafer onto the attracting face by applying a voltage to the electrostatic chuck, releasing stress due ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6939522 | Honeycomb structure A honeycomb structure (10) having a large number of through-holes (11) formed in the axial direction and defined by partition walls, wherein slits (12) are formed so as to be exposed to at least part of the outer surface (13) of the honey... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6905257 | Optical interface for 4-channel opto-electronic transmitter-receiver Optoelectronic transceiver modules having photoemitter and photodetector arrays spaced from each other are interfaced to a single optical fiber ribbon having evenly spaced optical fibers. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6897384 | Polymer insulator apparatus and method of mounting same The cantilever and compression strength of a polymer post insulator decreases according to lengthening of lever length of the polymer post insulator. By combining polymer post insulators to construct a structure having an increased strength in an arbitrary direction... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6869573 | Heater and catalytic converter An adsorbent structure including a honeycomb structure having a periphery and two ends, the honeycomb structure having a plurality of passages which are defined by partition walls and extend in an axial direction between the ends, and a composition including zeolite... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6869902 | Silicon nitride porous body and method of manufacturing the same A silicon nitride porous body (5) obtained by nitriding a molded body having metallic silicon (3) as a main component, the porous body having a porous structure with an average pore diameter of 3 μm or above, and wherein the total content of silicon a... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6857556 | Method for bonding different members and composite members bonded by the method A bonding method for bonding one member having a dented portion and a second different member having an engaging protruding portion with an adhesive composition having a controlled coefficient of expansion and the resultant composite product. Three alternative techn... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6854969 | Apparatus for molding honeycomb structure and molding method A honeycomb structure molding apparatus 1 having a spinneret 4 provided with a back pore part 3 for introducing a molding material and a slit part 2 for extruding the molding material, and a press plate 5 for fixing the spinneret | 02/15/2005 |
| 6846764 | Silicon nitride porous body and method of manufacturing the same A silicon nitride porous body which is obtained by nitriding a molded body having metallic silicon as a main component and by performing a high temperature heating treatment at a temperature higher than the nitriding temperature, and which has a porous structure wit... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843817 | Ceramic filter and filter device The present invention provides a ceramic filter to be used at a high temperature, and it contains a substance having preferential reactivity with an ash component contained in materials captured by the ceramic filter and not removed by a high temperature treatment s... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6841069 | High rate filter and high rate filtration method using the filter The present invention relates to the raw water-filtering technical field, and is to provide a high speed filtering apparatus which can filter a great amount of raw water containing suspended substances (SS) at a high concentration at a high speed. Floating filter me... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6821445 | Rainwater-treating apparatus in combined sewer system and backwashing method therefor The present invention is aimed at treating rainwater in a combined sewer system, while enabling removal of a majority of pollution substances even if a large amount of entering rainwater. The invention relates to a rainwater-treating apparatus in a combined sewer sy... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6815393 | Catalyst for purification of exhaust gas A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas includes a carrier, and a catalyst layer containing an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal as an NOx-adsorbing component, the catalyst layer being loaded on the carrier, in which catalyst the carrier-comp... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6814562 | Apparatus for molding a honeycomb structure A honeycomb structure molding apparatus being free from defects in cells and having a higher strength with thin partition walls forming the cells and having a small cell density; and the apparatus having a plate-like spinneret provided with back pores for introducin... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6811737 | Method of manufacturing ceramic bodies A method of manufacturing ceramic bodies having a construction such that cells are alternately sealed at one but not both end surfaces of a ceramic honeycomb structural body by filling a sealing slurry into predetermined cells at both end surfaces of a ceramic honey... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6797205 | Process for production of ceramic structure A process for producing a ceramic structure, which comprises adding an organic assistant to a ceramic raw material mixture, kneading them to obtain a readily formable bullet, and extruding the readily formable bullet to obtain a ceramic structure, wherein the organi... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6783724 | Method of producing cordierite ceramic honeycomb A method of producing a cordierite ceramic honeycomb including the steps of: preparing raw materials becoming cordierite and forming agents; adding the forming agents into the raw materials for cordierite generation; mixing the forming agents and the raw materials t... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6777114 | Silicon carbide-based porous body and process for production thereof It is directed to a silicon carbide-based porous body, wherein said body is a porous one which contains silicon carbide particles as an aggregate and metallic silicon, and has an oxygen-containing phase at the surfaces of silicon carbide particles and/or metallic si... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6773481 | Porous honeycomb filter and manufacturing method thereof A porous honeycomb filter made from a material containing cordierite, of which pore distribution is controlled, as the primary crystalline phase. The pore distribution is such that the volume of a pore with a diameter of below 10 μm is 15% or less of the total pore... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6746748 | Honeycomb structure and process for production thereof A honeycomb structure made of a silicon carbide-based porous body and having a number of through-holes extending in the axial direction, separated by partition walls. The strength and Young's modulus of the silicon carbide-based porous body satisfy the following rel... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742700 | Adhesive composition for bonding different kinds of members A composite material is produced by a method where an adhesive composition which comprises a particulate material that reduces thermal stress and a brazing material containing a noble metal element as a base, wherein the adhesive composition can bond two or more kin... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6742424 | Cutting apparatus for ceramic green bodies An apparatus for cutting green ceramic bodies, includes a traveling path for green ceramic bodies, beds for supporting green ceramic bodies at constant intervals in series along the traveling path, an arm on each side of the traveling path, two drive portions for mo... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6736258 | Apparatus for supplying raw materials at constant amounts An apparatus for supplying raw materials at constant amounts has a raw material tank for storing and feeding raw materials, a belt for transferring raw materials, a level control guide for defining a thickness of raw materials on the belt, and a belt cover. The appa... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6725567 | Method of drying honeycomb structural bodies A method of drying honeycomb structural bodies in which a dielectric drying is performed by moving the honeycomb structural bodies in a dielectric drying apparatus under a condition such that vapor is flowed in the dielectric drying apparatus, includes the steps of:... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6726977 | Cordierite honeycomb structure and manufacturing method thereof A honeycomb structure in which the structure has a reinforced part having been loaded with a cordierite powder at least on one end surface of the frontal openings of the substrate of a honeycomb structure made of cordierite. This honeycomb structure does not decreas... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723448 | Method of manufacturing honeycomb extrusion die and die manufactured according to this method A method of manufacturing a honeycomb extrusion die has the steps of: preparing a die base metal in which a plurality of intersecting slits are arranged in a front surface thereof and a plurality of raw material feeding holes communicated with the slits are arranged... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6716512 | Honeycomb structure and process for production thereof A honeycomb structure having, in the axial direction, a number of through-channels separated by partition walls, which honeycomb structure contains refractory particles and a vitreous component and is porous. Although the honeycomb structure contains refractory part... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6711979 | Cutting method of ceramic honeycomb formed body The present invention provides a cutting method of a ceramic honeycomb formed body 5 for cutting the ceramic honeycomb formed body 5 with a fine line stretched at an appropriate tension substantially at right angles to the direction of throughholes ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6602822 | Catalyst for exhaust gas purification and exhaust gas purification system using the same A catalyst for exhaust gas purification includes (1) a monolithic carrier having passages and (2) palladium-loaded alumina obtained by immersing alumina in a palladium solution and then firing the resulting alumina and loaded on the monolithic carrier as ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6596666 | Honeycomb structure A honeycomb structure includes multiple honeycomb segments joined by means of a bonding material. Each of the honeycomb segments has a plurality of passages which are defined by partition walls and extend in an axial direction, Flatness of outer walls to ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6588577 | System for conveying ceramic shaped bodies and a receiving plate used therefor In order to prevent deformations, cracks and breakages of thin-walled ceramic honeycomb shaped bodies upon conveying them, a system for conveying such ceramic shaped bodies and cradles used for the system are provided. Since, in the first aspect of the pr... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589465 | Method for producing ceramic honeycomb structural body The raw materials for forming a cordierite composition are dissolved into water with a dispersing agent to prepare a slurry, and the thus prepared slurry is passed through the sieve having a mesh of 45 μm or less. After that, the slurry after sieving is ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6585940 | Reformer A reformer is disposed in the flow path of a reactant fluid. The reformer includes an electrically heatable heater unit of honeycomb structure, in the upstream of the flow path of a reactant fluid, and a catalyst unit of honeycomb structure capable of gen... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6576203 | Reformer A reformer includes two or more catalyst units in the flow path, capable of generating hydrogen from a reactant fluid containing an organic compound or carbon monoxide, by catalysis. In the reformer, at least two of the catalyst units satisfy the followin... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6555257 | Corrosion-resistant member, method of manufacturing the same and apparatus for heating corrosive substance This invention relates to a corrosion-resistant member comprising a ceramic substrate and a silicon carbide film formed through a chemical vapor deposition process and having a resistivity at room temperature of 20-500 Ω.multidot.cm, and a method of manu... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6549392 | Method for reducing particles from an electrostatic chuck and an equipment for manufacturing a semiconductor A method for reducing particles from an electrostatic chuck, wherein the difference between a wafer temperature before absorbing and a wafer maximum temperature after absorbing is 50° C. or below when the wafer is absorbed onto the electrostatic chuck.... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6520061 | Cutting apparatus for ceramic green bodies An apparatus for cutting green ceramic bodies, includes a traveling path for green ceramic bodies, beds for supporting green ceramic bodies at constant intervals in series along the traveling path, an arm on each side of the traveling path, two drive port... | 02/18/2003 |
