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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| 8166913 | Coating treatment method, computer-readable storage medium, and coating treatment apparatus In the present invention, a substrate is first rotated at a first rotation speed, and a resist solution is applied to the rotated substrate. Subsequently, the rotation of the substrate is decelerated to a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed so ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8132529 | Applicator for automatic discharge of a corrosion preventative to a sensor surface An applicator and method of discharging a corrosion preventative. The applicator controllably and uniformly applies a corrosion preventative to a surface that has a sensor instrument mounted thereon. The applicator comprises a reservoir block that defines an interio... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122851 | Temperature measurement in a substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus is configured to provide in series a plurality of processing blocks, each block including a processing unit and a transport robot transporting a substrate. A substrate rest is provided in a connecting portion of adjacent processing b... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113144 | Photoresist-coating and photoresist-coating method using the same A photoresist-coating apparatus includes a substrate on which a particle-detecting area and an invalid particle-detecting area are defined, a nozzle discharging photoresist to the substrate and moving along a direction, and a particle-detecting sensor controlling on... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8104427 | Stent coating device The present invention is a method and device, which is suitable for use in an operating theater just prior to implantation, for selectively applying a medical coating to an implantable medical device, for example a stent. Disclosed is a device for use with a stent d... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8051800 | Nanomaterial immobilization method and immobilization apparatus In an immobilization process of electrostatically spraying a nanomaterial dispersion liquid 13 from an electrostatic spray nozzle 20 and immobilizing a nanomaterial on a sample 10, a voltage is applied between the dispersion liquid 13 and... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8001926 | System and method of loading and detecting beneficial agent on a prosthesis An interventional device for delivery of beneficial agent to a lumen and methods of loading and manufacture of the same, which include a prosthesis loaded with beneficial agent to provide a controlled dosage concentration of beneficial agent to the lumen. The benefi... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980198 | Doping apparatus, doping method, and method for fabricating thin film transistor It is an object of the present invention to provide a doping apparatus, a doping method, and a method for fabricating a thin film transistor that can carry out doping to the carrier concentration which is optimum for obtaining the desired electric characteristic non... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7963246 | Apparatus for controlled application of an adhesive bead to a workpiece An apparatus is designed to apply a controlled adhesive bead to a workpiece as the workpiece is manually moved along a stationary adhesive dispensing mechanism. The apparatus comprises a worktable with a motion detection device mounted on a top surface of the table,... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7921803 | Chamber components with increased pyrometry visibility The present invention generally provides method and apparatus for non-contact temperature measurement in a semiconductor processing chamber. Particularly, the present invention provides methods and apparatus for non-contact temperature measurement for temperature be... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7878145 | Monitoring plasma ion implantation systems for fault detection and process control A plasma ion implantation system includes a process chamber, a source for producing a plasma in the process chamber, a platen for holding a substrate in the process chamber and a pulse source for generating implant pulses for accelerating ions from the plasma into t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7832353 | Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus equipped with wafer inspection device and inspection techniques A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a processing unit for processing at least one wafer; a loading/unloading unit for loading/unloading at least wafer; an input/output chamber for taking in a processed wafer from the processing unit and taking out the p... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7775179 | Apparatus and method for fabricating a color filter An apparatus and method for fabricating a color filter by printing pixels on a substrate using an ink jet head, optically analyzing pixel quality and controlling printing in accordance with the pixel quality. Optically analyzing may include analyzing a number of ink... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7752999 | Wet processing system, wet processing method and storage medium A wet processing system detects a globule of a process solution in a drippy or dripping state from the tip of any one of process solution pouring nozzles being moved to a pouring position for pouring the process solution onto a substrate by obtaining image data on t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7743729 | Portable system for automatically and periodically applying moisture to curing concrete A system for automatically and periodically applying moisture to curing concrete that can be transported from one location to another is provided. A portable concrete curing unit receives water from a water source and distributes such water to a moisture applicator ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7694650 | Exhaust monitoring cup An exhaust monitoring cup which measures exhaust gas flowing through a top opening in a coater cup of a spin coating apparatus used in the deposition of photoresist coatings on semiconductor wafers. The exhaust monitoring cup includes a gas flow cup which is positio... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7513952 | Model based detection and compensation of glitches in color measurement systems A color sensor monitors the output of a color producing process and produces a signal representative of a color produced by the color producing process. The signal can be used as feedback signal to control the process. Occasionally, the color sensor signal includes ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7445675 | Sensor for monitoring material deposition A sensor for detecting an amount of material deposition. The sensor includes a substrate, a heater disposed on the substrate, and a temperature sensor. The heat and the temperature sensor are separated from one another by a gap. ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7440859 | Method for determining plasma characteristics Methods for determining characteristics of a plasma are provided. In one embodiment, a method for determining characteristics of a plasma includes obtaining metrics of a plasma at two different frequencies, and determining at least one characteristic of the plasma u... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435300 | Dynamic film thickness control system/method and its utilization A dynamic film thickness control system/method and its utilization consisting of a minimum of one mask plate arranged between a substrate and a vapor source. A film thickness control device is utilized for real-time control over deposited film thickness and graduall... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432495 | Sensor arrangement for a coating system The invention concerns a sensor arrangement for a coating system for coating workpieces, with at least one sensor for detecting at least one operating quantity of the coating system and for generating a corresponding sensor signal, a transmitter connected to the sen... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429299 | Controlled dispensing of material The system includes a nozzle, a drive, a metering pump, a supply of material and a controller. The nozzle dispenses material into contact with one or more surfaces of a window sash. The drive relatively moves the nozzle with respect to the window sash along a path o... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419548 | Liquid crystal dispensing apparatus having separable liquid crystal discharging pump A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus includes a container to contain liquid crystal, a discharge pump, and a nozzle to dispense liquid crystal from the discharge pump onto a substrate. The discharge pump has a separably formed case, a cylinder received in the case,... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410541 | Roll coater assembly system A roll coater assembly system for application of a fluid material having a transport system with a part loading system, an application system, and a curing system for curing the material applied. The transport system is a continuous conveyor having a plurality of wo... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396414 | Apparatus for simultaneously coating and measuring parts A method and apparatus 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 c... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393415 | Method and apparatus for applying coating liquid to cylindrical substrate and method for producing electrophotographic photoreceptor and electrophotographic photoreceptor produced by the production method To suppress generation of a joint when detaching an applicator roll and cylindrical substrate from each other in a simple control to form a coating film having a uniform thickness efficiently on the cylindrical substrate is provided. A coating liquid is supplied fro... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390362 | Thermal printer A thermal printer comprising a dispenser configured to dispense a medium from a stack of mediums and a conveyor belt assembly configured to receive the medium from the dispenser and convey the medium from a first position to a second position. A thermal printer is l... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387683 | Discharging unit for discharging a photosensitive material, coater having the discharging unit, and apparatus for coating a photosensitive material having the coater A coating apparatus includes support for supporting a mother substrate including unit substrates, a coater for coating the unit substrate with photosensitive materials, a detector for detecting foreign matters, a remover for removing the foreign matters from the uni... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387682 | Liquid drop discharge device, printer, printing method, and electro-optical device A liquid drop discharge device such as an ink jet device is provided that discharges a liquid drop with high precision. The liquid drop is discharged from a discharge head to a target position of a substrate and a cylindrical laser beam surrounds a trajectory that t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384485 | Liquid crystal dispensing system which can read information of liquid crystal container and method of dispensing liquid crystal material using same A liquid crystal dispensing system includes a liquid crystal material container to contain liquid crystal, the liquid crystal material container provided with a first code corresponding to liquid crystal information; a reading unit to read the recognition code; a di... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381271 | Colorant dispensing system for adding colorant to pre-comminuted material and method of coloring same The present invention is a system for adding colorant to pre-comminuted material. The colorant dispensing system includes a supply hopper to selectively retain and discharge dry colorant. The colorant dispensing system further includes a colorant dispensing assembly... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371426 | Method for repairing components using environmental bond coatings and resultant repaired components According to an embodiment of the invention, a repaired component is disclosed. The repaired component comprises an engine run component having a base metal substrate, a portion of the base metal substrate between about 1-3 mils in thickness and an overlying bond co... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371041 | Assembly station with rotatable turret which forms and unloads a completed stack of articles Method and apparatus for forming and unloading a completed stack of articles. An assembly station includes a rotatable turret from which at least one stacker arm projects. The turret rotates to each of a number of article loading positions to sequentially load artic... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367264 | Method and apparatus for treating sheets including a vacuum roller for retaining sheets in curved configuration An apparatus and method for retaining individual sheets of substrate in a curved configuration during coating or printing is disclosed. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364775 | 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... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364028 | Glass substrate transporting facility Glass substrates are transported to a plurality of processing devices to be processed. Certain of the processing devices have associated storage shelf for storing glass substrates and a transfer device. The transfer device is adapted to move the glass substrate betw... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354482 | Film deposition device A film deposition device for depositing a film includes a depositing chamber for depositing the film with plasma. A plasma quantity monitoring device is disposed in the depositing chamber for monitoring a plasma quantity entering the depositing chamber at real time.... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350476 | Method and apparatus to determine consumable part condition A system for monitoring a condition of a consumable component in a substrate processing system that includes a tapered plug having a first axis, a second axis that intersects the first axis, a top portion with first width, a bottom portion with a second width, and s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341644 | Method for predicting consumption of consumable part, method for predicting deposited-film thickness, and plasma processor There is not known a conventional method for predicting the consumed degree of consumable supplies and the thickness of deposited films without opening a processing chamber. A method for predicting the consumed degree of a consumable supply and the thickness ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331482 | Dispense pump with heated pump housing and heated material reservoir A heated dispense pump overcomes the limitations of conventional systems providing for reliable and efficient heating of the dispensed material in a system that is compact, lightweight, and accurate. A pump housing and cartridge body are formed of a thermally conduc... | 02/19/2008 |
