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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7268323 | Heat treating apparatus and heat treating method for sheet-like article To be provided are a heat treatment apparatus having blocking members which block gaps between the side walls of nozzle boxes provided with slit nozzles, whose size in the lengthwise direction is greater than the width of a sheet, and the side walls of a heat treatm... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255747 | Coat/develop module with independent stations An apparatus for dispensing fluid during semiconductor substrate processing operations. The apparatus includes a first processing chamber, a second processing chamber, and a dispense arm assembly. The apparatus further includes a dispense arm access shutter position... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7228110 | Low cost high frequency device having compact mounting area, high frequency amplification method, wireless communication device and mobile telephone including low cost and high frequency circuit having compact mounting area A high frequency device includes a transmission/reception amplifier 13 that amplifies and outputs an input signal, and a transmission/reception switch 2 that gang switches internally so that during transmission an input of the transmission/reception am... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7073274 | Drying device In a dry air blowing plate, rows of dry air outlets are arranged at given intervals in a transport direction of a photosensitive material. The interval between the dry air outlets within the row is narrower in a front zone of the dry air blowing plate that is close ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068928 | Method and apparatus for photographically recording an image A photographic imaging apparatus includes a housing defining an interior cavity, an opening at one end of the housing to allow light to enter the interior cavity, and a photographic imaging substrate located within the interior cavity opposite from the opening for r... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7018481 | Substrate treating method, substrate-processing apparatus, developing method, method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and method of cleaning a developing solution nozzle There is disclosed a substrate treating method comprising supplying a treating solution onto a substrate, and continuously discharging a first cleaning solution to the substrate from a first discharge region disposed in a nozzle, while moving the nozzle and substrat... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6960324 | Cap aspirating system An aspirating system for caps of sample containers including a suction duct, a partial-vacuum space formed by a collecting container, and a blower. The blower, when operated, produces a partial vacuum in the collecting container. The container is fitted at its lower... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6802658 | Transfer assembly and a dryer operationally associated with the transfer assembly A dryer for drying photographic material and a transfer assembly for transferring processed photographic film from a processor to the dryer. The dryer comprises a path through which the photographic material extends wherein at least one slack loop is provided in the... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6746163 | Slack loop dryer for drying photographic material A photographic processor and a dryer for drying photographic material. The dryer comprises a path through which the photographic material extends wherein at least one slack loop is provided in the photographic material. An adjustable roller is provided along the pat... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6736556 | Substrate processing apparatus A resist coating unit includes a coater cup surrounding a wafer W held by a spin chuck and an air supply mechanism for blowing an air into the coater cup. The air supply mechanism includes a hollow frame having a first open portion formed in the vertical wall, an ai... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6722797 | Photographic processing drum having a circular media holding cylinder and a linear dryer The present invention relates to a photographic processor that includes a circular processing drum that is adapted to process photographic media. The processor also includes a circular cylinder that defines a holding or cueing cylinder. The circular cylinder has a c... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6715942 | Photographic processing drum having a circular drying cylinder A photographic processor includes a circular processing drum and a circular drying cylinder. A transfer arm is utilized to transfer processed photographic media from the circular processing drum to the circular drying cylinder. The circular drying cylinder includes ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6705778 | Photographic processing apparatus for photosensitive material A photographic processing apparatus includes a photographic paper processing bath train. A drier, positioned downstream from the train, heats air and dries the photographic paper. Feeding racks feed the paper in a predetermined travel path which begins on an upstrea... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6485202 | Photographic processor and method of operation A photographic processor and method of operation is disclosed. The processor includes a circular drum and a disk positioned inside the drum. The disk comprises at least one set of teeth along an outer periphery thereof for engagement with perforations on ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6443641 | Substrate process method and substrate process apparatus Just after resist solution is coated on a substrate, it is dried substantially in a non-heating state. In reality, inertia gas or the like is blown from a shower head to the substrate. Thus, the resist solution coated on the substrate is dried. Consequent... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6312171 | Developing apparatus and method thereof A current member is disposed above a wafer holding section for holding a wafer and a top plate and a bottom plate of the current member are positioned so that respective air holes are overlapped each other in a vertical direction, and a developing solutio... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6290404 | Processing system and method which includes heat recovery and reuse in a photographic processing machine The present invention relates to a processing system and method for photographic material which is adapted to use sources of heat within the processing machine for photographic processing purposes. More specifically, in the system and method of the presen... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6287025 | Substrate processing apparatus A resist coating block is composed of a resist coating unit, a cooling unit group, and a first sub-conveying unit that conveys a wafer W between the resist coating unit and the cooling unit group. A developing block is composed of a developing unit, a coo... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6287023 | Processing apparatus and method A processing apparatus includes a housing, a plurality of process units arranged within the housing for subjecting an object to a series of processes including coating of processing solution, exposure and development, a transport mechanism for conveying t... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6261007 | Substrate process method and substrate process apparatus Just after resist solution is coated on a substrate, it is dried substantially in a non-heating state. In reality, inertia gas or the like is blown from a shower head to the substrate. Thus, the resist solution coated on the substrate is dried. Consequent... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6247858 | X-ray film processor An improved drying chamber, which in the preferred embodiment is employed with an x-ray film processor, includes an infrared heater source. Preferably the infrared source is positioned to dry respective first and second sides of a material requiring dryin... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6219128 | Automatic processing apparatus and image recording device A photosensitive material which has been exposed by an exposure device is fed into a processor, which is an automatic developing device, by a delivery section and processed. Within the exposure device, negative pressure is generated for holding the photos... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6190062 | Cleaning chamber built into SEM for plasma or gaseous phase cleaning One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of inspecting a patterned substrate using an SEM, involving the steps of evaluating the patterned substrate to determine if charges exist thereon; introducing the patterned substrate having charges t... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6183146 | Drier device for photosensitive material A photographic paper drier device includes a conveyor belt for conveying the photographic paper along a conveying path. A fan or blower dries the photographic paper by application of air thereto while the photographic paper is conveyed along the conveying... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6161967 | Conveying apparatus for photographic light-sensitive materials A photographic light-sensitive material conveying apparatus for conveying a photographic light-sensitive material in a dryer chamber has a hollow guide member fixedly mounted in the dryer chamber for shifting the conveying direction of the photographic li... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6152616 | Heat developing method and apparatus for heat development A heat developing method for obtaining a visible image comprising contacting a heat-developable light-sensitive material or a light-sensitive heat-sensitive recording material on which a latent image has beer formed with a heating means in a heat developi... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6146028 | Apparatus and method for cooling a thermally processed material An apparatus and method for cooling a thermally processed, imaging material which has been heated to a first temperature by a thermal processor is disclosed. The cooling apparatus includes a cooling article, on which the imaging material rides after the i... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6116794 | Apparatus for cooling a thermally processed material Disclosed is an apparatus for cooling a thermally processed, imaging material which has been heated to a first temperature by a thermal processor. The cooling apparatus includes a cooling article, on which the imaging material rides after the imaging mate... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6106167 | Apparatus for photolithography process with gas-phase pretreatment The present invention discloses an apparatus for photolithography process with phase-pretreatment. The apparatus comprises several chambers: a vapor prime chamber, a vacuum-bake chamber, a chill-plate chamber, a coater chamber and a stepper chamber. Furth... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6024502 | Method and apparatus for processing substrate Disclosed is an apparatus for processing a substrate in which a processing consisting of a plurality of process steps is applied to a substrate to be processed. The apparatus comprises a transfer zone extending in a vertical direction, a plurality of proc... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6000862 | Substrate developing method and apparatus A substrate developing method and apparatus for improving uniformity of a developing process by adjusting a temperature gradient of a developer spread over the surface of a substrate. The developer is delivered to a central region of the substrate surface... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5920740 | Apparatus for and method of development processing A development processing apparatus in which a photosensitive material is processed in processing solutions, and thereafter, the photosensitive material which has been processed in the processing solutions is subjected to drying processing by a dry air fro... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5895592 | Apparatus and method for thermally processing an imaging material employing a system for reducing fogging on the imaging material during thermal processing A thermal processor and method for using the same which is particularly useful for developing a sheet of imaging material, such as photothermographic film. The thermal processor includes means for transporting the imaging material through the apparatus. T... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5826128 | Apparatus for processing photosensitive material A processing apparatus including a drying part provided with at least a drying fan and a drying heater to automatically develop a photosensitive material wherein the drying part further includes a means for detecting reduction in air amount of the drying ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5669032 | Constrained film heat processor and method of developing digital film using conduction heat transfer An apparatus and method of developing a heat developing film includes a film support surface for supporting and constraining a film and heaters for developing the film supported on the film constraining surface. The film constraining surface may either be... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5634166 | Heat treatment device for printing form A heat treatment device for a printing form in which the contact of the printing form with a heating plate can be made more complete to achieve heat development reproducing complete images. The device comprises a heating means for surface heating the phot... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5634167 | Constrained film heat processor and method of developing digital film using radiant heat transfer An apparatus and method of developing a heat developing film includes a film support surface for supporting and constraining a film and heaters for developing the film supported on the film constraining surface. The film constraining surface may either be... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5600396 | Photothermographic thermal processor filtration system A thermal developing unit for the thermal development of photothermographic media which comprises a means for thermally developing photothermographic media by placing said media in contact with a heated element within a case, a first and second opening fo... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5580706 | Method for processing silver halide photographic materials using an automatic developing apparatus containing hot rollers Disclosed is a method for processing a silver halide photographic material, having on one side of a support a hydrophobic polymer layer as the outermost layer and on the side opposite an emulsion layer, by means of an automatic developing apparatus. The a... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5579072 | Film drying apparatus with uniform flow air tubes An air tube for use in a drying apparatus includes a tapered main tube body comprising an open air inlet end and a closed end opposite the open air inlet end, an air discharge port including an air exhaust slot, and an air diffuser located between the mai... | 11/26/1996 |
