Bizarre Patents
A Receptacle for supporting, rotating and sculpting a portion of ice cream or similarly malleable food while it is being consumed.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079396 | Adjustable micro device feeder A micro device feeder is provided which is adjustable to accommodate micro devices supplied on tapes with different widths. A mounting plate has a movable drive plate slidably mounted thereto. An input mechanism on the movable drive plate receives micro devices cont... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7896051 | Semiconductor die bonding apparatus having multiple bonding head units A die bonding apparatus is presented which is capable of realizing different semiconductor packages, for example, a face up package and a face down package in a single die bonding apparatus. The die bonding apparatus includes a substrate transportation unit for tran... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7886798 | Expanding method and expanding device An adhesive sheet (S) is expanded by an expanding mechanism (20) with a plate-like article (W) being mounted to a frame (F) after dicing of the plate-like article (W) to increase spacings between individual chips (T), an expanded state of the adhesive sheet (... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7753099 | Method and apparatus for making article having side seams A method for forming an undergarment comprises providing a web, cutting the web to form a pre-form, the pre-form comprising the first and the second transverse edges and two longitudinal edges, each longitudinal edge having two waist sections and a crotch section lo... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7487815 | Terminal electrode forming apparatus and system for holding electronic components The invention provides an electrode forming method with steps of arraying chip-style electronic components on an arraying flat bed thereby positioning and aligning the components, lowering a film coated with an adhesive in relative manner together with an adhering t... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7472737 | Adjustable micro device feeder A micro device feeder is provided which is adjustable to accommodate micro devices supplied on tapes with different widths. A mounting plate has a movable drive plate slidably mounted thereto. An input mechanism on the movable drive plate receives micro devices cont... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7371305 | Tube connecting apparatus and tube connecting method A tube-joining apparatus capable of stably and reliably joining tubes where liquid is contained and sealed. In a tube joining apparatus, a first clamp (6) and second clamp (7) for pressing and holding tubes (8, 9) are arranged in a contact state... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367374 | Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of display device The present invention is directed to a display device that overcomes the limitation on tact time, and the defective phenomenon attributed to the generation of bubbles, pasting and visual irregularities at the time of laminating a film to a display panel. A polarizer... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363954 | Tamping labeler By providing projections extending outwardly from the base of a wet tamping face of a tamping labeler, which projections maintain at least a substantial portion of a label at a stand off from said base, the surface tension between the label and tamping face is reduc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364637 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing friction plate A method for manufacturing a friction plate in which a plurality of frictional material segments are adhered to a substantially annular core plate. The method previously registers the frictional material segments to adhesion positions, and presses the core plate to ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7343954 | Label applying apparatus A label applying apparatus according to the present invention is constituted such that only energization power for a release operation of a manual lever is stored up during a grasp operation of the manual lever to a grip of a main body, and a label is delaminated fr... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341088 | Mechanism for laminating profiles The invention concerns a mechanism for laminating profiles, such as plastic window profiles, for example, in which several profile sides, as of L-shaped or Z-shaped profiles, for example, can be laminated at the same time, by means of a single work pass, in that an ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318465 | Handheld reinforcer ring applicator A reinforcement ring applicator for sequentially applying a plurality of reinforcement rings about prepunched holes in a sheet of paper employs a removable and replaceable cartridge containing a stack of reinforcement rings releaseably attached to the lower end of a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303725 | Automated high volume slide staining system An automated slide processing apparatus includes a plurality of work stations arranged in a stack, and a transport/elevator for transporting slides between the various work stations. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299844 | Device for assembly of insulating glass sheets with an interior filled with a heavy gas A device for producing heavy gas-filled insulating glass sheets (62, 64, 60) has two plates (4, 6), between which the insulating glass sheet (62, 64, 60) which is to be filled can be located. On the vertical edges of the plates (4, 6) the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7258152 | Master processing apparatus A master processing apparatus for performing a master processing operation on a target substrate includes a frame, a supply, and a processor. The supply includes a plurality of pouches. The pouch holder enables the pouches to be successively exposed as a leading pou... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7211167 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing innerspring assemblies A method for the manufacture of an innerspring assembly, suitable for a mattress, cushion, or the like, is disclosed. In one aspect, the method involves the steps of: positioning a first string of pocketed coil springs in juxtaposition with a plurality of adhesive a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7178574 | Labelling apparatus and method To label products on a conveyor, a target area for a given product conveyed on the conveyor is determined relative to a frame of reference. One of a plurality of labellers fixed at different transverse positions over the conveyor, which one labeller is at a transver... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172007 | Reinforcing ring applicator A reinforcing ring applicator is provided to receive cartridges of reinforcer rings for applying flat, adhesive-coated annular reinforcement rings onto sheets of material about perforations which have been formed in the sheets of material. The reinforcer ring cartri... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166181 | Wood-gluing and clamping system The invention relates to an wood-gluing system enabling the continuous production of glued pieces of lumber for panels and the like. The system includes a deck, a horizontal displacement system for advancing lumber across the deck, a braking system, a one-way clampi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7153378 | Product labelling A product labeling apparatus has a plurality of labelers, an imager for imaging products; and a processor responsive to an output of the imager and operatively connected to a control input of each of the labelers. The processor processes an image received from the i... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147027 | Plate for hot pressing, hot press device, and card manufacturing device A plate for hot pressing capable of keeping the degree of vacuum of its inside in the form of being separated from a deaeration apparatus, a hot press apparatus having press sections the alteration of the arrangement layout of which is easy, and a card manufacturing... | 12/12/2006 |
| RE39412 | Optical information medium, and method and apparatus for fabricating the same The disk-shaped optical information medium of this invention includes: a first substrate having a center hole; a second substrate having a center hole; and a radiation curable resin interposed between the first and second substrates for bonding together the first an... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128236 | Versatile label sheet and dispenser A label sheet assembly is provided with bar code information thereon defining the layout of the labels on the backing sheet. A versatile label dispenser apparatus advances the label sheets and deflects them over a peeling bar in one direction to partially separate t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124799 | Lamination apparatus and method of use A lamination apparatus and method of use, and more particularly a lamination apparatus for automatically laminating photographs onto album pages is provided. The lamination apparatus includes a holder slidably mountable on a main body and having an exit region in co... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7101331 | File folders Apparatus and methods for manufacturing a folder which has front and back panels with a divider there between. The divider front and back panels and divider are taped together along a spine of the folder such that the panels and divider can be turned like the pages ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7081179 | Method and system for high volume, in-machine assembly An in-machine assembly technique uses revolving mold sections that rotate perpendicularly to the clamping axis of the injection-molding machine to increase usable mold area and to provide improved access to molded parts before and after assembly. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073554 | Integration device for compact disk An integration device for a compact disk has a reversing element and an elevator. The reversing element has a first engine, an arm and a first seat, whereby the arm is rotated reversely in turn. The elevator has a second seat, a base, a second suction disk and a sec... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044185 | Plate-like body manufacturing method and apparatus controlling entry of air bubbles A method of manufacturing a plate-like body formed of first and second members stuck together through liquid includes the steps of (a) applying the liquid on a surface of the first member and (b) feeding gas between the first and second members at an instant of init... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7013944 | Compact disk manufacturing machine A compact disk (DVD) manufacturing machine is used to laminate first and second DVD substrates to produce a DVD, and mainly includes a glue applicator for applying a glue ring on a laminating surface of each DVD substrate; a DVD laminator for turning the first DVD s... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013943 | Automatic prepreg laminating method and apparatus for carrying out the same A first parting film is held on a first flat laminating table in close contact with the first flat laminating table, and then wide prepregs are laid for plane lamination on the first parting film to form a large prepreg-laminate having a large area. A second parting... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004219 | Roller for automated fabric layup An apparatus for automated fabric lay-up of composite laminates 10 is provided, including an automatic dispensing assembly 12 dispensing pre-preg fabric 14 in a dispensing direction 30. The apparatus 10 further includes a roller el... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998006 | System and method for configuring a heat transfer decorating machine for different package configurations A heat transfer decorating machine is disclosed. In particular, the disclosed heat transfer decorating machine provides mechanisms to allow the machine to be rapidly re-configured from applying labels to a particular article configuration to applying labels to a dif... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6971428 | Device for vacuum-pressing of DVD substrates The invention relates to a device for vacuum-pressing of disk-shaped substrates, in particular DVD substrates into a finished DVD, wherein the device has a vacuum chamber with two substrate holders and an intermediate element that can be displaced inside the vacuum ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971431 | Tape dispenser A tape dispenser for applying adhesive tape to a substrate surface. The dispenser includes an exterior application surface with an opening therein. A plurality of rotatable cylindrical rollers are mounted within the housing, wherein the surfaces of the rollers coact... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6945299 | Terminal electrode forming method in chip-style electronic component and apparatus therefor The invention provides an electrode forming method with steps of arraying chip-style electronic components on an arraying flat bed thereby positioning and aligning the components, lowering a film coated with an adhesive in relative manner together with an adhering t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939427 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing friction plate A method for manufacturing a friction plate in which a plurality of frictional material segments are adhered to a substantially annular core plate. The method previously registers the frictional material segments to adhesion positions, and presses the core plate to ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926058 | Sample pretreatment system A sample pretreatment system is equipped with a label sticking apparatus for sticking labels on containers. In this system, a manipulator 72 grasps and holds a container before label sticking from the pipetting apparatus to convey it to a receiving position o... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6899155 | Device for applying self-adhesive, substrate-free labels to flat articles The invention relates to a device that is provided with a pressing and applying drum (17) which is driven during start-stop operation and is used for applying the labels (16) to flat objects (20) that are transported along a conveying path. A la... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6868887 | Labeling device having enhanced sanitary design A labeling device (20) is provided which is especially designed for use as a transverse labeler with in-line packaging machines (22). The device (20) includes a label dispensing unit (34), and a transport and tamping assembly (36) ... | 03/22/2005 |
