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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062470 | Method and apparatus for application of thin coatings from plasma onto inner surfaces of hollow containers A method and an apparatus are proposed for simultaneously coating the inner walls of a plurality of hollow containers, such as bottles, with fluid-impermeable barrier layers applied by a PECVD method with the use of transversal antennas capable of creating plasma ha... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7993486 | Treatment unit for the wet-chemical or electrolytic treatment of flat workpieces The present invention relates to treatment units for the wet-chemical or electrolytic treatment of flat workpieces (1), such as metal foils, printed circuit foils or printed circuit boards, in which the workpieces (1) are transported on a conveying pat... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7479206 | Apparatus for in-situ optical endpointing on web-format planarizing machines in mechanical or chemical-mechanical planarization of microelectronic-device substrate assemblies Polishing pads, planarizing machines and methods for mechanical and/or chemical-mechanical planarization of microelectronic-device substrate assemblies. The polishing pads, for example, can be web-format pads, and the planarizing machines can be web-format machines.... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7328713 | Nozzle apparatus for stripping edge bead of wafer There is provided a nozzle apparatus for stripping an edge bead from a wafer, which includes a rotatable support arm, and a side rinse nozzle coupled to a leading end of the support arm to remove the bead of photoresist remaining on the edge of a wafer. The side rin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7301277 | Electro-optical apparatus, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic instrument The invention achieves a reduction in a thickness while suppressing a thermal effect. An apparatus includes a light-emitting element and a sealing layer to hermetically seal the light-emitting element. The sealing layer includes a heat radiation layer having thermal... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7248975 | Real time monitoring of particulate contamination in a wafer processing chamber An apparatus and method for use is described which permits real time monitoring of build-up of particulate contamination in a wafer processing chamber. The apparatus is capable of monitoring particle build up in regions of a processing chamber which are not accessib... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204911 | Process and apparatus for forming discrete microcavities in a filament wire using a polymer etching mask A microcavity-forming system for making microcavities in a wire (especially a tungsten filament wire). The system has a coating station receiving the wire and applying a polymer coating to the wire. A mask-forming station receives the polymer-coated wire and blows m... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7059269 | Pulsed electric field system for decontamination of biological agents on a dielectric sheet material A pulsed electric field system for inactivation of biological agents on a dielectric sheet material. The pulsed electric field (PEF) system includes a dielectric layer located between an active electrode and a ground electrode, wherein said dielectric layer has a un... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6959574 | Continuous pickling and cold-rolling equipment and operating method thereof A new configuration and operating method therefore improves conventional continuous pickling and cold-rolling systems in response to increasing demands for high-propertied steel plates. The continuous pickling and cold-rolling equipment system comprises a uncoiling ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6918988 | Semiconductor processing device A novel modular muffle etch injector assembly for use in a gas blanketed down-flow chemical vapor deposition apparatus of the type having a muffle and a modular gas injector assembly for introducing chemical vapors into a deposition chamber, the muffle being adapted... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6887338 | 300 mm platen and belt configuration An invention is provided for a chemical mechanical planarization apparatus for processing 300 millimeter wafers. The CMP apparatus includes a polishing belt having a belt tension in a range of about 3000 lbs to 4000 lbs. In addition, a platen is disposed below the p... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6837964 | Integrated platen assembly for a chemical mechanical planarization system A method and apparatus for supporting a web of polishing material are generally provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for supporting a web of polishing material includes a web of polishing media having a first portion disposed across a support surface of a plate... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6673194 | Method and apparatus for surface processing of printed wiring board A printed wiring board having a conductor pattern on which a pre-flux film of a stabilized quality is to be formed using a water-soluble pre-flux liquid. To this end, such an apparatus is used which includes an etching unit 12 for etching lands 5b, 6b for... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6673156 | Semiconductor processing device A novel modular muffle etch injector assembly for use in a gas blanketed down-flow chemical vapor deposition apparatus of the type having a muffle and a modular gas injector assembly for introducing chemical vapors into a deposition chamber, the muffle be... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6669809 | Apparatus for removing a coating film A slit type blow nozzle 14 for ejecting a blow gas 1 and a slit type chemical rinse nozzle 12 for ejecting a rinse chemical 2 are arranged such that the blow gas removes a coating film dissolved by the chemical rinse from the end surface of a glass substr... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666984 | Chemical stripping apparatus and method An apparatus for forming a loop in a filament comprising a first wall having a first guide slot formed therein and a second wall having a second guide slot formed therein coplanar and parallel to the first guide slot. The first wall is opposite the second... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6547920 | Chemical stripping apparatus and method An apparatus for forming a loop in a filament comprising a first wall having a first guide slot formed therein and a second wall having a second guide slot formed therein coplanar and parallel to the first guide slot. The first wall is opposite the second... | 04/15/2003 |
| 5614056 | Apparatus for chemically etching substrates An apparatus for chemically etching the copper foil of a copper foil-clad substrate are disclosed. Significantly, this apparatus includes fluid jet injectors which serve to produce jets of chemical etchant. These fluid jet injectors are arranged so as to ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5248372 | Apparatus for pickling a metal sheet material Apparatus for pickling metal sheet as it moves along a generally flat horizontal path, comprises elongated shallow and sequentially arranged electrolytic pickling and mixed acid pickling tanks each having input and output ends and through which metal shee... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5116447 | High speed pickling device and high speed pickling method A high speed pickling device for causing a thin plate to travel in acid fluid and removing through pickling oxidized scales which are formed on the surfaces of the thin plate, a plurality of weir members which dam wakes of the acid fluid flowing along the... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4999079 | Process and apparatus for treating articles and preventing their wrap around a roller A method and apparatus is provided for chemically treating articles, often with a liquid treatment fluid that is corrosive, while the articles are being delivered along a path through a substantially closed chamber. During treatment, the articles pass thr... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4861422 | Method of manufacturing shadow mask and apparatus A method of manufacturing a shadow mask, comprising the steps of forming a first resist pattern having a large number of openings on one major surface of a thin metal plate and a second resist pattern on the other major surface, the second resist pattern ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4689114 | Method for manufacturing a shadow mask In a method for manufacturing a shadow mask, the both surfaces of a metal sheet, except those regions in which small and large openings are to be formed, are coated with resist films. The upper surface of the metal sheet is further coated with an organic ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4637856 | Apparatus and process for etching fluoroplastics An apparatus and process for etching fluoroplastics is disclosed. A fluoroplastic film, sheet or tape is passed under an etchant distribution means comprised of an annularly shaped and hollow main body having a series of openings therethrough. Attached to... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4552614 | Demetallizing method and apparatus Demetallizing method and apparatus capable of high speed continuous production of selectively patterned metallized polymeric film useful in packaging products are disclosed. Aqueous etchant solution is spray applied to the metallized surface having a patt... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4517045 | Apparatus for formation of packaging material A pattern is formed in rapid and continuous manner on aluminized polymer film by printing the aluminum surface with a sodium hydroxide-resistant material, which may be pigmented, contacting the non-overprinted areas of the aluminum with hot aqueous sodium... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4427488 | Method of modifying the light-reflecting properties of glass A method of modifying the light-reflecting properties of a surface of a glass article by etching the surface with acid. The method includes the steps of smoothly applying to the surface of the article a uniform film of acid that is sufficiently thin so th... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4398994 | Formation of packaging material A pattern is formed in rapid and continuous manner on aluminized polymer film by printing the aluminum surface with a sodium hydroxide-resistant material, which may be pigmented, contacting the non-overprinted areas of the aluminum with hot aqueous sodium... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4389279 | Method of etching apertures into a continuous moving metallic strip A method of etching a continuous etchable metallic strip from both major surfaces to produce a multiplicity of apertures therethrough, said strip having, on both major surfaces, acid-resistant stencils with openings therein that are registered with one an... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4357196 | Apparatus for etching metallic sheet A method for etching a metallic sheet and apparatus thereof with a first step of forming an anticorrosive pattern defining apertures on one surface of the metallic sheet and an anticorrosive pattern defining smaller apertures than the apertures on the oth... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4339296 | Apparatus for adjustably forming pattern in a strip A strip 20 has a drive margin 36 and a latent image of a pattern in a light sensitive coating 73 of a pattern portion 22 thereon. To avoid disturbing the pattern, the strip 20 is gripped by the drive margin 36 using a set 43 of pinch-drive rollers which d... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4233108 | Process for use in etching the outer surface of a metal member A process and an apparatus within which there is provided at least one, or a plurality of tanks in series relation, depending upon the type of member being treated, each tank having one or more openings within its walls, respectively, which are provided i... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4126510 | Etching a succession of articles from a strip of sheet metal When precision etching a succession of articles from a strip of metal having random variations in thickness and moving along a prescribed path, the thickness of the metal strip is monitored, and the etching step is adjusted in response to the monitored th... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4124437 | System for etching patterns of small openings on a continuous strip of metal An etching system having a first member for unrolling and fastening a protective film on one side of a continuous strip of metal and a second member for smoothly stripping the protective film from the continuous strip of metal after the continuous strip o... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4069085 | Apparatus for forming apertures in a thin metal tape such as a shadow mask for a color television display tube A method of forming apertures in a thin metal tape. Cavities having a depth of at least half of the tape thickness are first etched from one side. Etching is then carried out mainly from the other side until apertures having the desired profile have been ... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4013498 | Etching apparatus for accurately making small holes in thick materials A sheet of metallic material having a thickness T is covered on one side by an etchant resist and on the opposite side by an etchant resist and a removable shield. Etching is first performed on the side with only the etchant resist layer. Next, the shield... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4011123 | Apparatus for etching a continuously moving thin metal strip An apparatus for etching a continuously moving thin metal strip in which the length of the etching compartment is adjustable to adapt the etching duration to the thickness of the strip. The length is adjustable by means of a movable housing which comprise... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3967632 | Arrangement for the fluid treatment, especially etching, of objects in assembly-line-like fashion The arrangement includes a treatment fluid supply chamber, a first treatment chamber located above the treatment fluid supply chamber, and at least one additional treatment chamber located above the first treatment chamber. Objects are conveyed along a fi... | 07/06/1976 |
