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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992517 | Gantry tower spraying system with cartridge/receptacle assembly A gantry tower spraying system with a cartridge/receptacle assembly includes a gantry and a spray assembly coupled to the gantry to allow for translational movement of the spray assembly along the gantry. The spray assembly includes a receptacle for receiving a cart... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7806076 | Developing apparatus and method A developing apparatus for developing a substrate whose surface is coated with a coating solution and then exposed includes a substrate supporting unit for horizontally supporting the substrate, a rotation driving mechanism for rotating the substrate supporting unit... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7650852 | Modular painting apparatus An apparatus for processing objects includes an elevated tubular frame rail mounting a four axis robot arm with a tool such as a painting applicator. The robot is attached to a mounting base that moves along the rail permitting painting of the top and/or side of a v... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7387684 | Single-dose spray system for application of liquids onto the human body A spray device for coating a surface of a human body with a spray liquid, the spray device including at least one nozzle and at least one liquid container, wherein the at least one liquid container is adapted to hold a volume of spray liquid substantially equal to a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7351290 | Robotic pen A robotic pen includes a computer numerically controlled machine having a multiaxis stage for mounting a workpiece, and a cooperating elevator which translates relative thereto. A pen tip is rotatably mounted to the elevator. And, a dispenser is joined in flow commu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7297211 | Single-dose spray system for application of liquids onto the human body A spray device for coating a surface of a human body with a spray liquid, the spray device including at least one nozzle and at least one liquid container, wherein the at least one liquid container adapted to hold a volume of spray liquid substantially equal to an a... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7270843 | Method and device for coating a product A device and a method used when coating a wafer is described. The fluid coating is provided by an inside coating as well as an edge coating. The fluid chocolate in a container is stirred by displacing a vat up and down. During this displacement, the vat will be brou... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255116 | Stripe removal system A system for removing paint and other coatings from hard surfaces is mounted on a truck for over-the-road travel. The truck bed carries a high power vacuum pump, a self propelled tractor with an attached blast head, a liquid reservoir, a sump or vacuum tank, and a r... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255292 | Module and nozzle 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 wedge-shaped member having a pair of side surfaces converging to an apex. A liquid discharge passage extends along an axis through the wedge-shaped m... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7228805 | Temperature controlled railway car A composite box structure mounted on and attached to a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled railway car. The composite box structure defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes and at least one layer of fiber reinforced mate... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7197372 | Apparatus and method for managing and distributing design and manufacturing information throughout a sheet metal production facility An apparatus prepares data for manufacturing a product or a part with a pre-determined shape by using a bending press provided with detachable tools. The apparatus includes a computer memory that stores bending order information for manufacturing the product or the ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175881 | Apparatus and method for bowling lane maintenance A bowling lane maintenance apparatus includes a transfer roller and a dressing oil tank configured to contain dressing oil. A wick is configured to pass dressing oil from the tank to the transfer roller. A buffer brush is configured to receive dressing oil from the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173692 | Device and method for optically inspecting operating holes formed in heads of screws Image inspection is used to inspect defective or non-defective screw heads. An inspection device includes an inspecting portion for positioning and holding a screw, with a head, with the head up, a CCD camera provided right over the inspecting portion, an annular li... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7097095 | Modular mail preparation system A mail preparation system for processing a mail piece comprises a magazine section to hold the mail piece and a feeder for feeding the mail piece into a transport path in a vertical position. Mail processing equipment may be placed along the transport path for proce... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090726 | Direct feed extruder supply system A pair of hoses connects directly from the feed pumps to the extruder without utilizing a PCV (pressure compensating valve). Each feed unit has automatic air pressure relief through a solenoid valve on top of the feed unit so that the unit does not stall at full sta... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074277 | Rotary sauce dispensing apparatus Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a rotary sauce dispensing apparatus for applying a sauce on a receiving surface such as a pizza dough. In one embodiment, an apparatus for dispensing a sauce on a receiving surface comprises a rotating table confi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063747 | Coating control system for use on a spherical object A coating control system and method for monitoring and potentially adjusting system at least one spray property at various stages of the painting process, thereby also providing an efficient set-up and monitoring process involving less manual labor, less waste, and ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060137 | Method for applying cleaning liquid to a bowling lane using a reciprocating dispensing head A lane maintenance machine has a cleaning system that includes at least one cleaning liquid dispensing head which reciprocates back and forth transversely of the lane as the machine travels along the length of the lane. In a preferred embodiment the dispensing head ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045167 | Solid particulate material application device A device for the application of solid particulate material to a target surface includes one or more containers for storing the solid particulate material and one or more transfer devices for transferring the solid particulate material from the containers to the targ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025830 | Coating apparatus and method A coating apparatus and method are disclosed in which even if poor coating occurs in a lower-layer, no poor coating occurs in an upper-layer formed on the lower-layer. A pre-wet liquid coating device is disposed between a first coating device at the upstream side of... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018477 | Dispensing system with a piston position sensor and fluid scanner A minute quantity viscous material dispenser employing a pressurized material source and a reciprocating piston is driven by a variable drive which is controlled in response to a signal reflective of piston position and wherein the drive can be controlled for direct... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6997992 | Apparatus for simultaneously coating and measuring parts An apparatus and method for simultaneously coating and measuring a part. The apparatus includes a part support, a sprayer and a part measurer positioned adjacent to the part support and a display device positioned adjacent to the part support. The sprayer applies a ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6955724 | Spray-coating device for a coating liquid A spraycoating device includes at least one coating liquid spray gun (2) which contains a measuring valve device (40) opening or closing a compressed gas measuring valve flow path (42) depending on the positions of a liquid feed valve (4)... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941875 | Temperature controlled railway car A composite box structure assembled on and securely attached to a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled railway car or on insulated boxcar. The composite box structure defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes and at least ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6913182 | Method and apparatus for controlled application of flux Apparatus and methods for applying atomized pulsed streams of flux to a surface such as a printed circuit board. The flux is applied discretely in selected locations and at selected thickness based upon pulse rate, fluid pressure, air pressure and traverse speed. Th... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908513 | Device for applying an adhesive to the spine of an inner book or to areas of the lateral faces adjacent thereto In a device (1, 51) for applying an adhesive to the spine (2a) or to areas (2b) of the lateral faces adjacent thereto of an inner book (2) having a projecting portion and conveyed past in a transport system (3), compr... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904848 | Roof assembly and airflow management system for a temperature controlled railway car A roof assembly mounted on a composite box structure with an air plenum assembly attached to and extending from an interior surface of the roof assembly. The composite box structure includes a pair of end wall assemblies, a pair of side wall assemblies, a floor asse... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6836700 | System and method generating a trajectory for an end effector A method, program embodied on a computer readable medium, and various systems are provided for generating a process trajectory. A normalized image of an object is displayed on a display device of a computer system, the object including a surface that is to be proces... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6790282 | Lane maintenance machine with mechanical lane dressing application controller A machine for automatically applying lane dressing travels up and down the lane to apply dressing according to a certain predetermined and preselected pattern. A single dispensing head travels back and forth across the lane as the machine moves linearly along the la... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6770320 | Apparatus and method for applying fluid An apparatus and a method for applying a fluid, which enable an application amount of the fluid to be stabilized even at the start of fluid discharge and at the end of the fluid discharge. The apparatus includes an application head and a control unit, whereby operat... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6730168 | Magnetic sealant liner applicator for applying sealant to various sizes of metal lids A magnetic sealant liner applicator used for applying sealant to a plurality of metal lids. The applicator receiving the metal lids from an infeed conveyor and discharging the metal lids with sealant thereon to a discharge conveyor. The applicator includes a motor d... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726773 | Integral pneumatic dispenser and method for controlling same A method is disclosed for providing a steady transition state for an integral pneumatic dispensing system that is related to a robot. The method dispenses a single material using a pneumatic dispensing system having a single output including first and second shotmet... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6660092 | Device for applying a coating agent With a device for applying a coating agent onto a cyclically moved substrate, a uniform coating thickness may be achieved, although the rate of advance is not constant. At least one spray valve is provided which is permanently supplied with coating agent ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6635113 | Coating apparatus and coating method A substrate is held on a spin chuck, and resist solution is supplied to the surface of the substrate at a plurality of positions spaced at predetermined intervals from a plurality of resist nozzles provided the bottom surface of a resist pipe provided ove... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6626996 | Pizza sauce dispensing devices and methods A pizza sauce dispenser simultaneously dispenses and spreads a precisely controlled amount of sauce onto a pizza dough base without manually handling the sauce or the dough during operation. The dispenser includes a selectively rotatable disc and an arm t... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6620246 | Process controller for coating fasteners A process controller and method employing a machine vision system for automatically and continuously monitoring and controlling the processing of coated fasteners, and for separating the fasteners into three groups of "good", "rejected" and "purge"/recycl... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6613150 | Machine for applying coatings to stringers A coating machine includes a conveyor surface that receives and carries a stringer toward a downstream end of the conveyor. An engagement mechanism forces the stringer against the conveyor surface. An applicator mechanism coats the stringer with a coating... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6592672 | Apparatus for coating a building board An apparatus is provided for coating a concavity of a building board. The apparatus includes a conveyor for transferring the building board and one or more coating nozzles for paint jetting a coating to the concavity formed in a surface of the building bo... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6541184 | Nozzle arm movement for resist development A system and method is provided that facilitates the application of a uniform layer of developer material on a photoresist material layer. The system includes a multiple tip nozzle and a movement system that moves the nozzle to an operating position above... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6482265 | Coater head unit for metal strip coating apparatus A coating apparatus includes a coating applicator carried on a frame. The frame and the coating applicator cooperate to define a coating region. The coating applicator applies coating material to a moving strip of material when the moving strip is in the ... | 11/19/2002 |
