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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896966 | Liquid applying apparatus and ink-jet printing apparatus An applying amount to an applying medium is controlled in a liquid applying apparatus. Specifically, before driving a pump, a circulation speed decision processing (S3) is carried out. According to this decided speed, a speed of the circulation flow generated in a l... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7384658 | Seasoning recovery and recycle Seasoning for use with snack chips can be recovered and recycled. A seasoning permeable conveyor transports snack chips through a seasoning application. The seasoning applicator deposits seasoning onto the snack chips. The conveyor allows the seasoning not adhered t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7252854 | Method and apparatus for applying a gel A rotatable vacuum chamber receives an optical connector having an output face on which an optical gel is applied substantially without entrapped air. Opposite the output face is placed a gel dispenser with its opened nozzle pointing towards the output face. Uncured... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7131189 | Continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A system for making a thin-film device includes a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate having a major surface area. The substrate has a first layer on a first surface area of the substrate's major surface area. Also included is a device for depositing ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6953004 | Seasoning recovery and recycle Seasoning for use with snack chips can be recovered and recycled. A seasoning permeable conveyor transports snack chips through a seasoning application. The seasoning applicator deposits seasoning onto the snack chips. The conveyor allows the seasoning not adhered t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6913783 | Method of obtaining anisotropic crystalline films and devices for implementation of the method The invention pertains to methods of obtaining anisotropic crystalline films and to devices for carrying out the methods. A colloidal system with anisometric particles is applied as a film onto the surface of a substrate while the viscosity of the colloidal system i... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6890588 | Method and apparatus for applying a gel A rotatable vacuum chamber receives an optical connector having an output face on which an optical gel is applied substantially without entrapped air. Opposite the output face is placed a gel dispenser with its opened nozzle pointing towards the output face. Uncured... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6802903 | Apparatus for applying adhesive to tubing An apparatus and method are provided for applying adhesive to an outer circumference of a section of tubing. The apparatus includes opposed grippers with concave adhesive transfer areas that can be moved into surrounding relationship with the tubing. Adhesive dispen... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6786970 | Equipment for fabricating a semiconductor product A semiconductor fabricating device and method that minimize the influence of a process deteriorating material that is generated during first processes on second processes, when the plurality of processes are continually performed step by step. Operational failures a... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6776880 | Method of fabricating an EL display device, and apparatus for forming a thin film A plurality of processing chambers are connected to a common chamber (103 in FIG. 1), and they comprehend a processing chamber for oxidation (107), a processing chamber for solution application (108), a processing chamber for baking (1... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6761769 | Apparatus for applying viscous material An applicator has a rubber heater (51) attached to the outer peripheral surface of the application member (4) in the vicinity of a nozzle (3). Thereby, the temperature in the vicinity of the nozzle (3) is controlled by a control unit by d... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6749906 | Thermal physical vapor deposition apparatus with detachable vapor source(s) and method A thermal physical vapor deposition apparatus includes an elongated vapor distributor disposed in a chamber held at reduced pressure, and spaced from a structure which is to receive an organic layer in forming part of an OLED. One or more detachable organic material... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6727194 | Wafer batch processing system and method A system and method for isothermally distributing a temperature across a semiconductor device. A furnace assembly is provided, which includes a processing tube configured to removably receive a wafer carrier having a full compliment of semiconductor wafers. A heatin... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6641703 | Magnetic multi-layer film manufacturing apparatus A magnetic multi-layer film manufacturing apparatus has a transferring chamber, a plurality of film-depositing chambers, and a robotic transferring device. Each film-depositing chamber has a rotatable substrate holder, a plurality of targets positioned at... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6620247 | Thin polycrystalline silicon film forming apparatus A method of forming a thin polycrystalline silicon film and a thin film forming apparatus allowing inexpensive formation of a thin polycrystalline silicon film at a relatively low temperature with high productivity. More specifically, a method of forming ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6554969 | Acoustically enhanced deposition processes, and systems for performing same In general, the present invention is directed to acoustically enhanced deposition processes, and a system for performing same. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a substrate having a layer of insulating material formed thereabove, the layer... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6471778 | Electrostatic coating system with coating material chiller and method therefor An electrostatic coating system for dispensing multi-component waterborne coating materials from a coating material supply container having an insulated outer portion and a coating material supply line coupled to a dispenser, a metal tube disposed in the ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6455172 | Laminated ribbon and method and apparatus for producing same A method for producing a laminated metal ribbon comprises the steps of (a) vapor-depositing a third metal layer on at least one welding surface of a first metal ribbon 4 and a second metal ribbon 5 in a vacuum chamber 1, the third metal being the same as ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6432842 | Coating method and coating apparatus A closed space is formed in a reduced pressure drying station, and the closed space is brought to a vacuum state. In this state, an EB unit irradiates a wafer mounted on a hot plate with an electron beam to foam an insulating film material. Subsequently, ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428852 | Process for coating a solid surface with a liquid composition A process for coating a solid surface (42) with a conditioned liquid composition of substantially uniform thickness is provided. A liquid composition is conditioned by a) degassing either via vacuum or by sparging with a high kinematic viscosity gas; and ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6375742 | Apparatus for processing paper sheets to decolor an image formed thereon A decoloring apparatus for an image forming material comprising means for bringing a solvent into contact with an image forming material formed on a paper sheet and containing a color former, a developer and a decolorizer, and means for removing a residua... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6309463 | Device for direct or indirect application of liquid or viscous coating medium onto a moving material web A device for direct or indirect application of a liquid or viscous coating medium onto a moving material web, specifically a paper or cardboard web, includes an applicator unit which, in the direct application method, applies the coating medium in the for... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6228429 | Methods and apparatus for processing insulating substrates A disk gripper for gripping an insulating disk, such as a glass disk, at its edge during processing includes a contact device for contacting the edge of the insulating disk and a mechanism for moving the contact device between a contact position, in conta... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6217657 | Resist processing system having process solution deaeration mechanism A resist processing system includes a sensor connected for detecting the surface level of the processing solution contained in an intermediate tank, and a controller connected for controlling the fluid pressure on the basis of the surface level detected b... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6162294 | Spin coating bowl exhaust system An apparatus for exhausting coating materials used in the process of spin coating a top surface of a wafer, the wafer having an edge and a bottom surface that is supported and rotated by a rotatable chuck attached by a shaft to a spin motor. The apparatus... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6149984 | Laser irradiation method In processing an object by irradiating it with laser light, a laser irradiation chamber is evacuated to a pressure value suitable for the intended laser light processing and the laser light processing is performed with the pressure in the chamber kept con... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6124793 | Temperature monitoring and calibration system for control of a heated CVD chuck A system coupleable to a heated wafer chuck control system provides an indication that the heated chuck is operating at a temperature outside of a desired operational range. An operational temperature circuit generates an operational temperature limit sig... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6099896 | Method and apparatus for zone lubrication of magnetic media Solvent-free lubrication of thin film magnetic media, such as magnetic discs, is implemented by applying collimated and/or non-collimated beams of lubricant molecules, including polymeric lubricants having a known and narrow molecular weight distribution ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6045615 | Homogeneous screening nozzle A paste dispensing system for dispensing paste to a substrate such as a ceramic greensheet or other electronic component substrate comprises a reservoir for holding the paste and a nozzle housing in fluid communication with the reservoir and having an ope... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6040004 | Method and apparatus for fabricating a particle-coated substrate, and such substrate A particle-coated substrate (in particular, an abrasive material formed by coating a substrate with abrasive particles) in which a substrate is coated uniformly and in a thin layer with cohesive fine particles, a particle ejector for fabricating the coate... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6027567 | Flow coater with a temperature controller In a flow coater for applying coating liquid to a plate member such as a printed board by a curtain flow method, a heat exchanger unit of a temperature controller is arranged in a collection tray which is arranged below a coating liquid supplying head acr... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6017393 | Photoresist supply system with air venting A system for pumping resist to a wafer coating machine includes a line that returns a selected proportion of the resist entering the resist pump to the resist supply tank. The return line to the tank is connected to the pump outlet at a higher point than ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6010570 | Apparatus for forming coating film for semiconductor processing Disclosed is an apparatus for forming a coating film for semiconductor processing, including a holder for holding a substrate, a coating solution supply device arranged to face one main surface of the substrate held by the holder and provided with a disch... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6007629 | Substrate processing apparatus A chemical supplied onto a substrate is contained in a chemical container. A chemical cooling unit keeps the chemical contained in the chemical container cooled to a proper temperature for storage. A chemical pressure-transferring portion causes the chemi... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5954878 | Apparatus for uniformly coating a substrate A method of and an apparatus for coating a substrate with a polymer solution to produce a film of uniform thickness, includes mounting the substrate inside an enclosed housing and passing a control gas, which may be a solvent vapor-bearing gas into the ho... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5944897 | Paste application and recovery system for IPC termination unit An improved chip termination or application wheel for applying a layer of silver paste to the edge or end of a chip including a wheel that is defined by a broad circumferential surface, for contact with the chip, the surface containing an increased surfac... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5935332 | Plant for preparing and feeding a coating composition to a coating head for paper or the like A plant for preparing and feeding a coating composition to a coating head for paper or the like includes a plurality of hoppers, each hopper being intended to receive and deliver one ingredient of the composition. The plant further includes a premixer tan... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5935658 | Process for continuous application of an organic coating on a moving metallurgical product and apparatus for its implementation The invention relates to a process for application of an organic coating on a moving metallurgical product 7 from a bath of a liquid organic material 3 contained in a vat 2 and liable to comprise air bubbles, the transfer of said liquid organic material 3... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5925421 | Laser irradiation method In processing an object by irradiating it with laser light, a laser irradiation chamber is evacuated to a pressure value suitable for the intended laser light processing and the laser light processing is performed with the pressure in the chamber kept con... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5919309 | Developing apparatus for a cathode-ray tube panel A CRT panel developing apparatus includes a body; a panel fixing portion, which is placed in the upper portion of the body and is structured so as to ground the conduction layer of the panel; a developing gun, which sprays powder that has been coated with... | 07/06/1999 |
