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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181468 | 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... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179046 | Ultraviolet lamp system with cooling air filter A microwave-excited ultraviolet lamp system includes a microwave chamber cooled with air drawn through the chamber by a negative pressure source. A filter provided at an inlet of the lamp system prevents particulate material from entering the microwave chamber. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171973 | Nozzle and related apparatus and method for dispensing molten thermoplastic material A nozzle for dispensing molten thermoplastic material includes non-circular outlets spaced apart from one another in a predetermined pattern. The nozzle may be used to dispense patterns of adhesive that form closed geometric shapes, such as for use in making hermeti... | 05/08/2012 |
| D658954 | Portion of a cover for an adhesive dispensing gun | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167517 | Pump with suction and pressure control for dry particulate material A 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 and out ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156889 | Apparatus and method for dispensing foam onto substrates of large width A method for dispensing a foamed material onto a substrate surface, including: generating a relative movement between the substrate surface to be coated and an exit opening of a material dispensing apparatus, mixing at least two material components in a mixing devic... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8137745 | Hot melt adhesive system and method using machine readable information A hot melt adhesive system includes a melting unit configured to liquefy a bulk form of hot melt adhesive and deliver the liquefied hot melt adhesive to an application location. The melting unit includes a controller for establishing and/or verifying at least one sy... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136707 | Compensating pressure controller for fluid dispenser and method A fluid dispensing system having a fluid dispenser supporting a barrel containing liquid to be dispensed. The barrel has a slidable piston therein with the liquid on a forward piston side and a chamber on a rear piston side. Positive and negative pressure fluid circ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132743 | Color change for powder coating material application system A color changer has a common feed passage that is connected to two or more inlet passages. The common feed passage can be reverse purged in a direction that is opposite a direction of powder flow through the common feed passage. A valve element seals a supply port t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132698 | 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 port... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127711 | Mounting systems for an adhesive application system and methods for applying adhesive An apparatus for use with an adhesive dispenser configured to apply an adhesive to an edge of a moving substrate. The mounting system includes a support post and a main body. The main body is configured to support the adhesive dispenser and is coupled to the support... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123147 | Powder coating system and components A nozzle for a powder spray gun optionally includes an internal filter that allows air to be added to the powder flow within the nozzle shell. The nozzle may optionally include an off-axis outlet slot relative to a main flow axis of the powder into the nozzle shell ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123074 | Apparatus for applying fluids such as adhesive A dispenser of viscous fluid, in at least one embodiment a hot melt glue adhesive, has a heater element, an adhesive source, a main common passage, and a series of valves that all fluidly connect to the main passage. A sheet of receiving material, such as an envelop... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8104649 | 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 pneu... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100080 | Microwidth-adjustable slot nozzle Apparatus for applying fluids such as adhesive, in particular hot melt adhesive, to a substrate. The apparatus includes a main body which can be connected to a fluid source, an application valve for selectively interrupting or enabling a flow of fluid, and a nozzle ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100021 | Tensile test device and method for testing deposits on electronic substrates A tensile testing machine has a jaw which includes a unitary ‘H’ section member having a cross piece and two uprights. The cross piece is mounted to a cantilever beam which is supported on said test machine and has force measuring elements. A pneumatic actuator ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097836 | Inferential temperature control system A system manages the temperature of thermoplastic material by initiating a default heating cycle in response to a sensor failure. The system may thus continue to heat the thermoplastic material according to the default heating cycle until the sensor can be repaired ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096483 | Air annulus cut off nozzle to reduce stringing and method A nozzle for a viscous liquid dispensing apparatus has a nozzle tip with a generally conical outer surface that tapers toward a dispensing orifice and forms an annular discharge air passage substantially parallel to the conical outer surface. Pressurized fluid is di... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8083397 | Static mixer A mixer for mixing at least first and second fluids comprises a conduit configured to receive a stream of the first and second fluids. A first series of mixing elements are disposed within the conduit and configured to divide the stream in a first direction. A secon... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074902 | Nozzle and method for dispensing random pattern of adhesive filaments A nozzle for dispensing a random pattern of liquid adhesive filaments generally comprises an adhesive shim plate positioned between first and second air shim plates. The first air shim plate includes air slots configured to direct pressurized process air along a fir... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074467 | 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... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070077 | Apparatus for dispensing liquid material A method and an apparatus for dispensing liquid material to a substrate comprising a housing having a bore and an inlet for supplying liquid material from a material source to the bore. A nozzle communicates with the inlet and includes a discharge opening for dispen... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069653 | Interchangeable nozzle for a dispensing module A dispensing module having a dispenser body having a liquid passageway, a valve element movably mounted within the liquid passageway, and a nozzle removably coupled with the dispenser body. The nozzle has a valve seat contacted by a tip of the valve element for modu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061564 | Liquid dispensing apparatus including an attachment member An apparatus for dispensing an adhesive generally comprises a dispensing module, a liquid supply component configured to supply the adhesive to the dispensing module, and an attachment system. The attachment system includes a stationary component and an attachment m... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057197 | Transparent valve body for dense phase pump A dense phase powder pump includes a valve body that houses one or more pinch valve elements. The valve body comprises a sufficiently transparent material to allow an operator to visually observe operation of the pinch valves. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057129 | Process and equipment for the conveyance of powdered material The invention concerns a 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 d... | 11/15/2011 |
| D647380 | Cover for an adhesive dispensing gun | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037844 | Spray gun having display and control members on 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 make sele... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033241 | Supply for dry particulate material A supply or feed center for dry particulate material is modular in design with an application module and an exhaust module, along with optimal cabinet modules such as a pump cabinet module. The application module is partitioned into an application section and a util... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8016734 | Apparatus and methods for non-contact adhesive dispensing to manufacture bags Various methods of forming bags include applying hot melt adhesive to material without contacting the material with the dispenser that applies the adhesive. The material may be provided in various forms, such as elongate sheet material dispensed from a roll, or elon... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8002753 | 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 med... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7997963 | 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 exampl... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997878 | Dense phase powder pump with single ended flow and purge 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 i... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997147 | Shear 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 in... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985020 | 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... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7954451 | Closed loop adhesive registration system An apparatus and method use closed loop control processes to automatically adjust a command signal used to change an operating state of a fluid dispensing gun. Proportional, integral and/or derivative control processes are used to determine an operating parameter co... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952289 | UV lamp system and associated method with improved magnetron control An ultraviolet lamp system for irradiating a substrate includes a magnetron and a memory physically attached to the magnetron. An electrodeless lamp is configured to emit ultraviolet light when excited by microwave energy generated from the magnetron. Main control c... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950346 | 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 ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950290 | Apparatus and method for determining failure mode in a shear or pull test device A method and apparatus for determining a mode of failure of a bond between an electrically conductive ball deposit and a substrate when breaking the ball deposit off of the substrate. The method and apparatus utilize tool force and displacement values to plot a forc... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7939125 | 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 do... | 05/10/2011 |
