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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438763 | Coating apparatus and method having a slide bead coater and liquid drop applicator A coating apparatus and coating method include a device for conveying an object to be coated; a coating device which is disposed in a vicinity of a conveyed surface of the object, and which discharges a coating liquid, and which forms a bridge of the liquid between ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7353832 | Housingless washer An industrial parts washer includes a stand adapted to support a part, a chamber selectively movable from a first position clear of the part to a second position engaging the stand where the chamber forms a closed volume encapsulating the part. A nozzle is positione... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355428 | Active thermal control system with miniature liquid-cooled temperature control device for electronic device testing A temperature control system, which includes a miniature liquid-cooled heat sink, is used to provide a controlled temperature surface to an electronic device, such as a semiconductor device, during the testing or burn-in phase. In one embodiment, the system includes... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338565 | Housingless washer An industrial parts washer includes a stand adapted to support a part, a chamber selectively moveable from a first position clear of the part to a second position engaging the stand where the chamber forms a closed volume encapsulating the part. A nozzle is position... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7270134 | System for treating mass-production parts A system for treating, in liquids, a mass-production parts contained in transport baskets, comprising at least one tank which contains liquid for submerging the transport baskets, at least one transport vehicle for the transport baskets by which the transport basket... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7228645 | Multi-zone shower head for drying single semiconductor substrate A shower head processes a wafer with a plate having a plurality of nozzles positioned thereon, each of the nozzles assigned to one of a plurality of processing zones for the wafer; and a manifold assembly coupled to each of the nozzles to control one or more of the ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7172979 | Substrate processing apparatus and method A substrate processing apparatus has a substrate holder for detachably holding a substrate so that a surface, to be processed, of the substrate faces downward, and a sealing ring for sealing a peripheral portion of the surface, to be processed, of the substrate held... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7023227 | Apparatus for socketing and testing integrated circuits and methods of operating the same There is disclosed apparatus for socketing and testing integrated circuits, particularly RF and high-frequency integrated circuits in high density and fine pitch packages, and methods of operating the same. An exemplary apparatus includes an air machine and a housin... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6992014 | Method and apparatus for etch rate uniformity control A method for controlling a process on a substrate. The method comprising: providing the substrate, the substrate having an upper surface, an opposite lower surface and an edge between the upper and lower surfaces; processing the upper surface of the substrate with a... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6945260 | Machine for treating objects A machine for treating objects having a series of stations (12) whereof each includes a system for gripping (16) a container (11) in a loading point of the path, wherein, between the loading and unloading points, the container (11) is dis... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6881446 | Method and device for production of endless plastic hollow profiles A method for production of endless plastic hollow profiles, in particular tubes, comprises several production stages for the plastic tube and a coating stage for a metal coating. A reduced pressure is provided in the coating stage, whereby the metal is transferred i... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6830619 | Method and apparatus for controlling a temperature of a microelectronic substrate A method and apparatus for controlling a temperature of a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include a substrate support configured to engage and support the microelectronic substrate. The apparatus can further include a temperature cont... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6824613 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus can efficiently form, e.g. by electroless plating, an interconnects-protective layer on the surface of a substrate at a low initial cost for the apparatus and a low running cost without the need for a wide installation space. The sub... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6767406 | Conveyor painting system A painting apparatus includes a conveyor having incrementally spaced attachment structures configured to secure objects thereon for painting and being movable to move the attachment structures between consecutive incremental positions in a downstream direction. The ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6638411 | Method and apparatus for plating substrate with copper The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for separating out metal copper according to an electroplating of copper using, for example, a solution of copper sulfate to produce copper interconnections on a surface of a substrate. The substrate... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6576567 | Film deposition method and apparatus for semiconductor devices In a film deposition method of depositing a film by adhering an organometallic fluid onto a to-be-processed body such as a semiconductor wafer and causing a pyrolytic decomposition reaction to occur, an organic solvent such as heptadecane is first applied... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6551442 | Method of producing semiconductor device and system for producing the same A method of producing a semiconductor device having a multilayered wiring conductors and a system for producing the same. The nonuniformity of SOG coating film effectively suppressed and various treatments are simple and less time-consuming. A wiring cond... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6436556 | Method for producing a strip-like metal composite by high temperature dip coating The invention relates to a method and a device for the production of a strip-like metallic composite material by the high-temperature dip coating of a metallic carrier strip, consisting of a metallurgic vessel for receiving the liquid depositing material,... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6432200 | Silver film incorporating protective insoluble metallic salt precipitate An apparatus is provided for making mirrors having enhanced reflective layer resistance to corrosion. The reflective layer of the mirror, typically silver, is contacted, preferably simultaneously, with a first solution containing a specific cation and a s... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6322626 | Apparatus for controlling a temperature of a microelectronics substrate A method and apparatus for controlling a temperature of a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include a substrate support configured to engage and support the microelectronic substrate. The apparatus can further include a tempe... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6132509 | Transportable wash and paint facility A self-contained, trailer-mounted, portable wash and paint facility particularly useful to retrieve a grease disposal container having a removable lid, wash dirt and grease from the container, repaint the container, and return it to service. The facility ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6074515 | Apparatus for processing substrates In a substrate processing apparatus receiving substrates held in a common carrier in a horizontal attitude, the substrates are transferred in the horizontal attitude from the common carrier to an exclusive carrier. The exclusive carrier is rotatable on a ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5863333 | Surface modifying apparatus for resin moldings Four sets of shower heads 100, 200, 300, 400 are located in a surface modifying chamber of a surface modifying apparatus, and each shower head 100, 200, 300, 400 has surface modifier piping including a plurality of spray nozzles. The nozzles are arranged ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5518542 | Double-sided substrate cleaning apparatus There is provided a double-sided substrate cleaning apparatus including a carrier station for loading/unloading a carrier in which objects to be processed are stored, a convey mechanism for conveying an object taken out from the carrier station, at least ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5421883 | Industrial parts cleaning method and system A system and method for batch washing, rinsing and rust inhibiting industrial parts which includes an immersion wash tank into which is lowered and rotated one or more open mesh baskets. Washing liquid in the tank is agitated by a turbo charger and the pa... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5223037 | Plant for the manufacture of printed-circuit boards or multi-layers A plant for the manufacture of feedthrough (through-hole plated) printed-circuit boards or multilayers which comprises four modules (1, 11, 16, 21) through which the objects (3) to be treated are passed in a horizontal continuous process. In the first mod... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5201951 | Device for coating a photosensitive film on a plate roll A plate making device for a plate roll that is to be made into a printing plate in which a pretreatment assembly, a photosensitive film coating assembly, and a protective film coating assembly are respectively installed on three separate tables that can b... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5131349 | Application of primer coating A system for applying a uniform band of liquid primer material to the marginal edge surfaces of glazing units upon which a plastic frame or gasket member is to be molded in place. A family of interchangeable applicator tips is provided for use with a disp... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5120389 | Pipeline coating machine A machine for compressively applying an outer cementitious coating received from a pressurized source on a continuous pipeline as well as on pipeline segments includes a cementitious material accumulating chamber with an aperture for receiving the pipelin... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5044305 | Curtain-type coating device A curtain-type coating device including a coating head for applying a coating solution dropping in the form of a curtain from said coating head under force of gravity and which collides against the surface of a moving support to form a film layer on the s... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4995332 | Apparatus for stocking golf clubs An apparatus for stocking a plurality of golf clubs which have been cleaned and waxed is disclosed in which a turn table supporting member, a turn table rotatably supported on the turn table supporting member, and a plurality of golf club housings attache... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4895099 | Device for sequential spray application of chemical solutions used in the preparation of circuit board inner layers Disclosed is a device for continuously and sequentially applying Durabond™ treatment chemicals or any similar chemical system used in the manufacture of multilayer printed circuit boards. The device of the invention generally comprises a mechanized conv... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4819489 | Device and method for testing the adherence of a coating layer to a material A device for testing the adherence of a coating to a material includes a cone section and roller for bending the material around the cone section. The bent piece has a sharp bend at one end and a gradual bend at the other end. The proximity to the sharp b... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4745004 | Method and apparatus for transporting circuit or other work units being processed A method and apparatus for transporting work to be processed through a series of work processing stations by moving the work along a path extending past the stations to successive positions along the path opposite the stations, respectively, and at each p... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4646675 | Apparatus for applying fluid additive to fibrous material Apparatus for applying fluid additive to a stream of fibrous material such as a filter tow. The apparatus provides structure for blowing air into the filter tow during or immediately after the application of the fluid additive, a plasticiser; this foams a... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4622246 | Method of polishing a vehicle A method of polishing a vehicle, using a portal traveling frame which straddles a vehicle to be polished and moves reciprocatingly, said portal traveling frame being provided thereon with rotative brushes, wax applicators, rinsing means and driers. In a f... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4577586 | Automatic ski waxing machine An automatic ski waxing apparatus includes a conveyor arrangement upon which a person wearing skis may stand for transport past a plurality of processing stations. One such station removes old wax from the skis by use of a mechanical scraper followed by a... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4534310 | Apparatus and method for processing wire strand cable for use in prestressed concrete structures The apparatus and method for processing steel strand wire cable and the like for use in prestressed concrete is disclosed in which the outer surface of the cable produced has a substantial pure rust or hydrated oxide coating thereon enabling the cable to ... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4501220 | Musical instrument valve cleaning/lubricating device and method A device to clean and lubricate valves of a musical instrument, such as a trumpet. There is a casing having a pair of openings, one opening having a peripheral cleaning pad, and the other a peripheral lubricating pad. The valve is selectively inserted in ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4487790 | Laterally floating thermal spray gun traversing apparatus and system for laterally tracking a revolving casting belt being thermal spray coated Laterally "floating" thermal spray gun traversing apparatus and system for laterally tracking a revolving casting belt being thermal spray coated for applying uniformly spaced passes of thermal spraying on the revolving casting belt regardless of any late... | 12/11/1984 |
