Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5487920 | Process for plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of anti-fog and anti-scratch coatings onto various substrates A process for the plasma enhanced vapor deposition of a silicon-containing compound having one to three Si atoms onto a surface of glass, mirror, microchip or polymer substrates in flat or complex shape to provide thereon anti-fog and/or anti-scratch coat... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5468560 | Product and process for polymeric article with improved surface The surface characteristics of an article or substrate produced from a polymeric material, particularly a thermoplastic material, are modified by exposure of the surface to a low temperature plasma gas composition, wherein the gas composition consists ess... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5464518 | Cylindrical magnetron shield structure A rotating cylindrical sputtering target surface as part of a magnetron has cylindrical shields adjacent each end of the target that are shaped at their respective inner edges to maximize etching and to prevent condensation and subsequent arcing that unde... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5445721 | Rotatable magnetron including a replacement target structure An improved rotatable magnetron enabling efficient removal and replacement of a target structure, having axially movable structures including at least one spindle, which may be extended to engage or retracted to disengage the target structure, and means f... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5434008 | Thin gas barrier films Films are coated on substrates, useful for applications such as packaging, having a substantially continuous inorganic matrix in which organosilicon moieties are discontinuously dispersed. The inorganic matrix is formed by evaporating an inorganic source ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5421171 | Cooling apparatus Cooling apparatus comprises a cooling chamber such as a freezing tunnel having a pipeline for introducing liquid nitrogen into it and an exhaust passage for cold nitrogen vapor. The exhaust passage extends through a rotary regenerative heat exchanger. Dow... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5407551 | Planar magnetron sputtering apparatus A planar magnetron sputtering device with improved target utilization and cooling capacity is provided. The device includes a magnet yoke as the main structure of the cathode body. The magnet yoke is made of low carbon steel which provides magnetic shunt ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5385611 | Apparatus for forming resin coating on surface of article having three-dimensional structure An apparatus for forming a resin coating on the surface of an article having a three-dimensional structure, comprising: (i) a compartment (a) in which the surface of the article is coated with a resin solution, (ii) a compartment (b) in which said resin s... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5384021 | Sputtering apparatus Apparatus for sputtering coatings of material onto a substrate from a chamber subject to substantial evacuation during use, which includes: a substantially cylindrical target tube having on a surface thereof the material to be sputtered, means for rotatin... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5377045 | Durable low-emissivity solar control thin film coating An infrared reflecting interference filter capable of transmitting a desired proportion of visible radiation while reflecting a large portion of incident solar radiation is provided. The filter consists of a transparent substrate coated first with a diele... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5377217 | Gas mixtures for excimer lasers A rare gas-halide excimer laser uses a buffer gas consisting of from 5 to 50% by volume helium the balance being neon.... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5365752 | Freezing apparatus A freezing tunnel includes a longitudinally extending housing defining a cooling cavity containing a cooling atmosphere which progresses from one end of the tunnel to the other end. An endless mesh belt extends through the housing for carrying articles to... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5364665 | Method for rapid plasma treatments A plasma treating apparatus is useful for coating substrates with thin films having vapor barrier properties at relatively rapid deposition rates. The apparatus comprises an evacuable chamber, an electrically powered electrode defining a plasma-facing sur... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363658 | Apparatus and process for chilling food products Apparatus and method for chilling a food product which includes a food distribution device having a pair of circular members including at least one spaced-apart partition defining a food receiving area; the circular members rotating to cause food delivere... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5346183 | Fumeless cupolas A hot coke bed is established at the bottom of a vertical shaft furnace, e.g. an iron melting cupola. The cupola is then charged with alternate layers of ferrous metal and coke material, respectively. Burners burn hydrocarbon fuel in the presence of a sto... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5339639 | Freon free refrigerator A refrigerator includes a cylinder containing a bed of adsorbent material and a gas, e.g. carbon dioxide. A piston compresses the gas which is adsorbed by the adsorbent material and the heat of adsorption is dissipated by fins to atmosphere. The piston, w... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5338422 | Device and method for depositing metal oxide films A triple magnetron array positioned inside a vacuum chamber is provided. The array includes a planar magnetron situated above dual rotatable unbalanced cylindrical magnetrons. The planar magnetron is partially shielded from the dual magnetrons by a baffle... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5334406 | Method and device for transmitting heating or cooling medium to a food product on a moving substrate A device for transmitting a heating or cooling medium to a moving substrate which includes at least one continuous channel traversing at least a major portion of the width of the moving substrate for converting a multidirectional flow of the heating or co... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5332502 | Wastewater treatment A method for efficiently treating wastewater by aerobic digestion whereby on-site oxygen generating equipment continually provides a predetermined quantity of dissolved oxygen to the wastewater, the dissolved oxygen content being maintained at a predeterm... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5224441 | Apparatus for rapid plasma treatments and method A plasma treating apparatus is useful for coating substrates with thin films having vapor barrier properties at relatively rapid deposition rates. The apparatus comprises an evacuable chamber, an electrically powered electrode defining a plasma-facing sur... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5171411 | Rotating cylindrical magnetron structure with self supporting zinc alloy target Alloys useful for preparing self-supporting cylindrical targets are provided. The alloys comprise zinc and one or more other metals chosen from the following: aluminum, bismuth, cerium, gadolinium, hafnium, niobium, silicon, tantalum, titanium, vanadium, ... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4926681 | Container content tester Apparatus for testing the contents of a sealed container 10 holding a liquid under the pressure of gas in a head space includes a first piercing needle 18 positioned and operable to penetrate the top of the container 10 whereby to place the head space in ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4910964 | Liquid cryogenic transfer system Liquefied gases are transferred by a method and apparatus which uses the energy of the pressurized liquefied gas to drive an air motor which in turn drives a pump for transferring the liquefied gas from one container to another. This method is advantageou... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4911637 | Flame treatment method and apparatus An oxygen-fuel burner has a pipe 20 for fuel, for example pulverized coal carried in air, and two pipes 22 and 24 for oxygen. The burner is typically mounted horizontally above a burden to be heated. The oxygen pipes 22 and 24 have separate outlets dispos... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4889708 | Fumigant system A fumigant composition comprising a pressurized mixture of a diluent gas and phosphine in predetermined proportions within a container adapted for release of gaseous fumigant. A method of preparing the composition comprises the steps of pumping a predeter... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4888199 | Plasma thin film deposition process In a process of depositing a thin film onto a surface of a substrate with the use of a plasma, wherein the plasma optical emission is monitored, analyzed, and the results used to automatically control the nature of the plasma in order to control the chara... | 12/19/1989 |
