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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025837 | Generator for flux specific bursts on nano-particles Methods, systems and apparatus for producing a variable, known number of nanoparticles of various materials in an expanding mist in a vacuum or enclosure. The configurations allow for this mist of small particles to be produced in bursts, at repetition rates over a ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8012408 | Metal powder manufacturing device, metal powder, and molded body A metal powder manufacturing device for manufacturing a metal powder includes a feed for supplying a molten metal, a fluid spout unit, and a course modification unit. The fluid spout unit further includes a channel and an orifice. The channel is provided below the f... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7846380 | Metal powder production apparatus and metal powder A metal powder production apparatus is capable of efficiently producing fine metal powder with a uniform particle size. The metal powder produced by the apparatus has an increased quality. The apparatus (atomizer) makes use of an atomizing method to pulverize molten... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7744808 | System and method for producing shot from molten material Systems and methods are presented for producing shot from molten material, in which two or more sprays of inert gas, such as an upper or primary spray followed by one or more lower or secondary sprays, are used to break apart large molten droplets into shot as the m... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7736585 | Metal powder with nano-composite structure and its production method using a self-assembling technique Methods, apparatuses and systems for producing powder particles of extremely small, highly uniform spherical shape and high sphericity, composed of metal including single metals and alloys, including nanocomposite structures, using a self-assembling procedure. The i... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7601294 | High volume production of nanostructured materials A system and method for high volume production of nanoparticles, nanotubes, and items incorporating nanoparticles and nanotubes. Microwave, radio frequency, or infrared energy vaporizes a metal catalyst which, as it condenses, is contacted by carbon or other element... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7578960 | Apparatus and method for clean, rapidly solidified alloys One non-limiting embodiment of an apparatus for forming an alloy powder or preform includes a melting assembly, an atomizing assembly, and a field generating assembly, and a collector. The melting assembly produces at least one of a stream of a molten alloy and a se... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7578961 | Metal powder production apparatus and metal powder A metal powder production apparatus is capable of efficiently producing fine metal powder with a uniform particle size. The metal powder produced by the apparatus has an increased quality. The apparatus (atomizer) makes use of an atomizing method to pulverize molten... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7575711 | Apparatus for producing nano-particles of silver Apparatus for producing silver nano-particle material. The apparatus includes a furnace containing a crucible for vaporizing a precursor material, as well as, a conduit disposed in perpendicular to the crucible. An inlet end of the conduit is open to the mixing regi... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7553443 | Metal powder production apparatus A metal powder production apparatus includes a supply part for supplying molten metal and a nozzle provided below the supply part. The nozzle is provided with a flow path defined by an inner circumferential surface of the nozzle through which the molten metal suppli... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7485254 | Metal powder production apparatus A metal powder production apparatus includes a supply part for supplying molten metal and a nozzle having a first member and a second member by which an orifice for injecting water is defined. The first member has a gradually reducing inner diameter portion. A heat ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7396502 | Method of producing nano-sized Fe powder having polymer coated layer The present invention provides a method for producing nano-sized Fe powder having a polymer coated layer on a surface thereof, so as to prevent the nano-sized Fe powder from being oxidized under atmosphere. The method includes: gasifying an iron pentacarbonyl (Fe(CO... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7381363 | Plasma processing apparatus for powder and plasma processing method for powder A plasma processing apparatus for powder, and a plasma processing method of powder, in which a powder supply nozzle is provided to supply a powder material into plasma flame generated inside a high-frequency coil, the powder supply nozzle arranged substantially radi... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381366 | Apparatus for the production or refining of metals, and related processes An electroslag-cold hearth (ESCH) system for refining or producing a desired metal or metal alloy is described. The system includes at least one cold hearth vessel capable of holding a pool of molten liquid metal and an overlying slag layer, and an ingot mold latera... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372056 | LPP EUV plasma source material target delivery system An EUV light generation system and method is disclosed that may comprise a droplet generator producing plasma source material target droplets traveling toward the vicinity of a plasma source material target irradiation site; a drive laser; a drive laser focusing opt... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368078 | Metal powder production apparatus A metal powder production apparatus includes a supply part for supplying molten metal and a nozzle provided below the supply part. The nozzle is provided with a flow path through which the molten metal supplied from the supply part can pass, the flow path having a g... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7332127 | DNA probe synthesis on chip on demand by MEMS ejector array A DNA probe synthesis system may include a target holder for holding a target chip, an ejector array chip, a wash and dry station, and conveyance means for moving the target holder and the chip between the ejector array chip and the wash and dry station. The ejector... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331498 | Method for refining and homogeneously distributing alloying partners and for removing undesirable reaction products and slags in or from soft solder during the production of fine solder powder Method for refining and homogeneously distributing alloying partners and for removing undesired reaction products such as oxides and/or slag in or from soft solder during the production of fine solder powder, in which the solder alloy is melted in a high temperature... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311753 | Method and device for the production of particles from liquid starting materials A method for the production of solid particles from a liquid medium includes the steps of forming a liquid film between an impact screen and an impact mass, the screen having an opening therethrough, moving the impact mass to effect a mechanical impulse on the film,... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7251596 | Method and device for analyzing a wave signal and method and apparatus for pitch detection The present invention provides a unique wave-trigon transformation (WTT) method for performing transformation process over a wave signal. The present invention also provides a pitch detecting method and apparatus for detecting pitch based on the WTT process as well ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240520 | Method and device for pulverizing and granulating melts In a process for pulverizing and granulating melts, especially oxidic slag, glass, or thermoplastic melts, in which the melts are heated with burner (6) in an antechamber (5) and ejected as a shroud surrounding a propellant stream into a granulating ch... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220292 | Metallic fiber nonwoven fabric manufacturing apparatus, its manufacturing method and laminated aluminum material manufacturing method The present invention provides a metallic fiber nonwoven fabric manufacturing apparatus mainly including a metallic fiber manufacturing apparatus (7), an ejection nozzle heater (5), a metallic fiber flying apparatus (6), a nonwoven fabric surfac... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7193228 | EUV light source optical elements Apparatus and methods are disclosed for forming plasma generated EUV light source optical elements, e.g., reflectors comprising MLM stacks employing various binary layer materials and capping layer(s) including single and binary capping layers for utilization in pla... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192466 | Method for preparing nuclear metal or metal alloy particles Nuclear metal or alloy particle preparation method and device; said device comprising: means to prepare a fluid mass of the metal or alloy by melting; means to put the fluid mass of the metal or metal alloy in the ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7123338 | Apparatus and method for fabricating liquid crystal display device An apparatus for fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes a controller for providing nitrogen (N2) gas at a constant pressure, a plurality of dispensers receiving the nitrogen gas from the controller, each of the dispensers dotting a silver pa... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122816 | Method and apparatus for EUV light source target material handling An EUV light source plasma source material handling system and method is disclosed which may comprise a droplet generator having a droplet generator plasma source material reservoir in fluid communication with a droplet formation capillary and maintained within a se... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115155 | Air filtration apparatus and aromatizer An air filtration and aromatizer apparatus which includes a housing, a motor in the housing with a fan for drawing air through an inlet toward an outlet through a pollution-collecting chamber, and an elongated hollow tubular perforated member having an upper end con... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7097806 | Rapid surface cooling of solder droplets by flash evaporation A mist of liquid coolant is introduced into the path of atomized, molten, solder droplets. The mist and other conditions within the chamber are engineered to enable the liquid coolant droplets in the mist to contract the surfaces of molten solder droplets and be fla... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7060219 | Continuous method and apparatus for manufacture of uniform size flake or powder A method and apparatus for continuous fabrication of homogeneous thin flake or powder electrolyte material from inorganic salt, metallic or similar materials or from mixtures of such materials for use in Carbonate Fuel Cell (“CFC”) power plants. Electrolyte prec... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7029624 | High-speed fabrication of highly uniform metallic microspheres In a high-speed fabrication process for producing highly uniform metallic microspheres, a molten metal is passed through a small orifice, producing a stream of molten metal therefrom. A series of molten metal droplets forms from the break up of the capillary stream.... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7008463 | Method for producing amorphous metal, method and apparatus for producing amorphous metal fine particles, and amorphous metal fine particles A method and apparatus are invented for producing an amorphous metal, which can readily realize amorphous metal fine particles of sub-micron order to 100 micron order including fine particles of several micrometer of a material from which an amorphous metal cannot b... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6946095 | Filter for molten aluminum alloy or molten aluminum The invention provides an internal filter with an improved filtering ability of removing particularly fine inclusion particles from molten aluminum or molten aluminum alloy. The internal filter includes an aggregate meshed member made of a refractory material and a ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926860 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing minute metallic sphere A manufacturing method of minute metallic spheres of the present invention comprises a heating means for heating and melting a metal to form a metallic sphere, a measurement means for measuring the injected molten metal into a predetermined volume, and a cooling mea... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923842 | Method and apparatus for producing fine particles, and fine particles A method and apparatus are invented for producing fine particles, which can readily realize the formation of fine particles of sub-μm order to 100 micron order as well as fine particles of several micrometer which cannot be realized by a conventional method and app... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6878183 | Sublimation purifying method and apparatus This invention relates to a method for sublimation refining which gives a high-purity product in high yield while preventing corrosion of the apparatus, contamination of the product and change in quality of the product and to an apparatus useful for the method. The ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6808677 | Apparatus for fabricating powdery thermoelectric material and method of fabricating powdery thermoelectric material using the same An apparatus for fabricating a powdery thermoelectric material comprising a rotating disk having durability to thermal shock, having no reactivity with raw material and capable of high speed rotation, the apparatus comprising a container for mixing raw material of p... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6713017 | Metal-flake manufacturing apparatus Cooling rolls are spaced to have a gas of a size greater than thickness of metal thin bodies to be produced. A nozzle is arranged to eject molten metal onto a surface of the cooling roll. The first cooling roll quenches molten metal ejected from the nozzle into meta... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6660223 | Device for atomizing liquid melts In a device for atomizing liquid melts, in particular oxidic slags or glasses, including a slag tundish and an outlet opening into which a lance is immersed to inject gases or vapor while forming an annular gap, the lance (3) is comprised of two coaxial t... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6632394 | Process and device for producing metal powder Process and a device for producing metal powders from molten metal. The process includes directing at least three successive gas beams at a molten metal stream inside an atomization chamber, the at least three gas beams being oriented in different directi... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6569378 | Apparatus for manufacturing solder balls An apparatus for manufacturing solder balls including a tundish, a vibrator, a cooling liquid tank an inactive atmospheric chamber, a molten metal receiving tray, a ball collecting barrel, and a cooling liquid reservoir. The tundish has orifices at its bo... | 05/27/2003 |
