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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7068427 | Projection screens, methods for forming a projection screen and projection screen kits A projection screen is formed of at least one screen layer comprising a non-interference pigment. Methods for forming a projection screen comprise the steps of: applying a primer composition onto the substrate to form a primer layer and applying a screen composition... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6537378 | Spray-coating apparatus Spray coating apparatus comprises a spray nozzle (2) and a regulation system (16) which limits the high voltage at a high-voltage electrode (10) to a predetermined voltage value. The system also directly measures and limits the electric spray current of t... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6533866 | Method and device for the automated application of a bead of adhesive To control the distance between an adhesive application device and a joining surface during the application of a bead of adhesive, the distance between the application nozzle and the joining surface is measured with the aid of a contactless measurement me... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6527927 | Vacuum treatment system A vacuum treatment system in which a part (9) is provided inside a vacuum treatment chamber (1). A potential ($c;9) which deviates from the system reference potential ($c;0) by approximately at least b1;12 V is applied to sai... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6319323 | System and method for adjusting a working distance to correspond with the work surface The inventive mechanism adjusts a working distance between a tool and a work surface. The provision for automatically setting and adjusting the working distance between two parts of an apparatus, possibly a coating apparatus, permits the mechanism to adju... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6274202 | Control systems for electrostatic powder spraying apparatus A method for controlling operation of powder spraying coating apparatus comprising automatically reducing both the discharge current and discharge voltage of the electrostatic charging means as the spray apparatus approaches a workpiece.... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6106671 | Intelligent gap control for improved paper machine profile control Apparatus and method for controlling the size of a gap through which material is metered. The gap is defined by a rigid surface and a flexible surface connected to at least one actuator for deforming the flexible surface. A plurality of sensors are positi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6051284 | Chamber monitoring and adjustment by plasma RF metrology A method and apparatus for monitoring a parameter of the RF power applied to a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) chamber. The parameter is used to monitor an aspect of the chamber or a process in the chamber. In particular, the parameter c... | 04/18/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5968271 | Painting method and apparatus A paint spray rig is disclosed for applying "high gain" reflective paints to a motion picture projection screen. The rig includes a tower which extends vertically of the screen and which can be indexed laterally across the screen. A paint spray head is ca... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5908162 | Spray gun having an anti-back-ionization probe with a control system therefor A powder spray coating system includes a spray gun for spraying powder in a spray pattern onto a part. The spray gun includes an electrode connected to a power supply, the electrode charging powder as the powder is dispensed from the gun toward the part. ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5803972 | Semiconductor fabrication apparatus A semiconductor fabrication apparatus including a plurality of process units for sequentially processing a semiconductor wafer. A heating unit, a cooling unit, a resin coating unit, and a resin hardening unit are included. Also, a sender unit and a proces... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5531832 | Nozzle assembly for pan oiler A pan oiler for spraying oil into cavities in pans moving on a conveyor including a stationary center nozzle assembly and spaced outer nozzle assemblies. The outer nozzle assemblies are mounted on opposite ends of a drive screw having right hand threads f... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5465681 | Coating roll drive The present invention is an improved coating roll drive that used frameless, inside out motor and a set of magnetic bearings, axial and radial, mounted inside a coating roll to provide adaptive positioning of the coating roll relative to a given reference... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5438525 | System and method for the detection of defects of a coating A slider is associated with a carrier for transferring a vehicle body through a magnet and an air cylinder. An amount or a distance of movement of the slider transferred together with movement of the carrier is detected with a rotary encoder and it is com... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5413814 | Techniques for coating articles to have the appearance of wood, leather or other naturally occurring materials Articles, such as plastic parts, having the appearance of a naturally-occurring material such as wood or leather are formed by the techniques of (1) providing a plurality of grooves in a surface of the article, (2) applying a surfactant to the surface of ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5038711 | Epitaxial facility An epitaxial facility with at least one reaction chamber made of dielectric material, comprising a gas inlet in the ceiling area and a gas outlet in the floor area, a gas mixer connected to the gas inlet of the reaction chamber for the infeed of reaction ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4869198 | Vacuum debubbler machine A machine for removing bubbles from coated flat substrates, namely PC boards. The machine includes one or more conveyors for transporting the boards into an enclosure and a vacuum platen positioned above the conveyor which, when lowered into contact with ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4402030 | Electrostatic voltage control circuit An improved control circuit for protecting a high voltage DC electrostatic system from arcing by removing the high voltage from the electrostatic system under incipient arcing conditions. A signal having a voltage proportional to the instantaneous high vo... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4368669 | Method and apparatus for non-impact printing on barrier coated substrate An improved method and apparatus for non-impact printing on a substrate is disclosed. The substrate is dried and one surface thereof is coated with a barrier material, after which a marking material immiscible with the barrier material is applied to that ... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4360538 | Glue machine automatic rider roll The caliper of single face corrugated paperboard is measured and a caliper signal is generated. A gap signal is generated to represent the gap between a rider roll and an applicator roll. A value is subtracted from the caliper signal or a value is added t... | 11/23/1982 |