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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025472 | Catalyst loading system Particulate filling devices and methods are disclosed that use a loading system generally including a loading cart, a drive system, and a line assembly. The drive system generally includes a motor, a drive shaft, a driven shaft, a spool, a plurality of cable partiti... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7364708 | Multi-catalyst injection system The invention is a multi-catalyst injection system. In one embodiment, the system comprises a vessel suitable for storing fluid cracking catalyst and having a separator defining at least two compartments within the vessel. A plenum is defined in the vessel and is fl... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341007 | Balancing damper An apparatus for use in a furnace system to facilitate efficient and complete combustion of coal streams in a carrier gas. The apparatus, capable of being positioned horizontally or vertically in the coal pipes between the grinding mills and the furnace burner, cont... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329947 | Heat treatment jig for semiconductor substrate When a two-division structure heat treatment jig for semiconductor substrate that includes a silicon first jig that comes into direct contact with a semiconductor substrate that is heat treated and supports the semiconductor substrate, and a second jig (holder) that... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311519 | Raw material feeding apparatus for rotary hearth furnace The invention provides a raw materials feeding apparatus capable of uniformly dispersing and feeding into a furnace agglomerated raw materials that are likely to undergo dusting, deformation and mutual adhesion. In a raw material feeding apparatus for a rotary heart... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309201 | Providing automated delivery of catalyst and/or particulate to any filling system device used to fill tubes Automation of the delivery of a particulate to a tube contained in a reformer type heater with vertical tubes is disclosed and includes a hopper having an opening at the lower end. A slide gate is mounted on the hopper and selectively projects over the opening in th... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7207763 | Semiconductor manufacturing system and wafer holder for semiconductor manufacturing system A semiconductor manufacturing system and wafer holder for a semiconductor manufacturing system which prevents a semiconductor wafer from being exposed to a process reaction and which includes a reaction tube for providing a sealed process space and a dual boat and w... | 04/24/2007 |
| 6994035 | Feed chute apparatus for gravity feeding tires and other materials into a rotating kiln A feed chute apparatus for injecting fuel into a rotating cement kiln by gravity. The apparatus, which is positioned adjacent to a cement kiln and supported at an angle of inclination sufficient to allow tires or other combustible materials to be gravity fed into th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979165 | Reduced footprint tool for automated processing of microelectronic substrates The present invention provides tools and methods of processing microelectronic substrates in which the tools maintain high throughput yet have dramatically lower footprint than conventional tools. In preferred aspects, the present invention provides novel tool desig... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6948930 | Furnace head or furnace throat seal A blast furnace head (11) including a material loading device comprising rotary chute (14) driven in rotation about a first, vertical axis of rotation (16), and a loading chute (15) at the outlet of same, driven in rotation about a second... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6932559 | Catalyst loading method and apparatus A method of loading particulate catalytic material into a reactor tube and a loading apparatus for use in the method. The method comprises providing a loading tube through which catalyst particles pass in a damped motion. The damped motion is provided by mounting a ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929719 | Leveller bar for coking ovens The invention relates to a levelling bar for coking ovens, for levelling the cones of discharged coal which form under the filling holes of the oven chamber during the filling process. The levelling bar consists of two cheeks, such as plates (1), which extend... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6905660 | Process for loading a reactor There is provided a method for loading solid particles into a multi-tube reactor having an upper tube-sheet holding together the upper ends of the multitude of reactor tubes, the method comprising positioning a loading device having a plurality of holes on top of th... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6786974 | Insulating film forming method and insulating film forming apparatus Both of a first insulating film and a second insulating film are formed by a spin coating method. Accordingly, the formation of the first insulating film and the second insulating film can be performed in the same SOD processing system. Moreover, the aforesaid forma... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6694802 | Delta P testing system for tube and shell type catalytic reactors A multi-tube differential pressure testing system for testing catalyst filled tubes of tube and shell type catalytic reactors having an upper tube sheet and multiple catalyst tubes having upper ends thereof fixed to the upper tube sheet. The system has at... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6663332 | System for the treatment of wafers Installation for treatment of wafers in a reactor. To that end a series of wafers is placed in a wafer rack and fed into the reactor. Transport into and out of the reactor, which is sited in an enclosed chamber, takes place with the aid of conveyor means.... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6565304 | Wafer boat elevator system and method An apparatus for assisting the loading of a plurality of wafer boats into a multi-level wafer boat loading system (1) includes a vertical elevator mechanism (10) attached to the wafer boat loading system (1). A vertically movable horizontal wafer boat pla... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6543980 | Teaching tool for a robot arm for wafer reaction ovens A teaching tool for a robot arm for wafer reaction ovens is provided to anchor the robot arm with respect to a tray located inside a reaction oven. The teaching tool provides an upper flange for maintaining a spacing between a handle of the robot arm and ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6540465 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus that includes a preliminary chamber and a substrate transferring apparatus. The substrate transferring apparatus is disposed in the preliminary chamber for transferring substrate or substrates in and out of a cassette whic... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6481946 | Device for dispensing bulk materials The invention concerns a device for dispensing bulk materials through a rotary chute with variable angle of inclination comprising an underslung rotor mounted in a supporting frame so as to rotate about a substantially vertical axis of rotation. The chute... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6435799 | Wafer transfer arm stop A dual-arm wafer hand-off assembly includes a pair of pickup arms for transferring wafers within a wafer processing system. The two pickup arms are adapted to move such that the wafer on one of the arms can be positioned over the other arm and handed off.... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435797 | Method and device for loading a susceptor A method is provided for loading a heated susceptor or a susceptor segment of a deposition reactor with a substrate wafer which is resting on a holding means. Before making contact between the substrate wafer and the susceptor or susceptor segment, a hold... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431860 | Material feeding mechanism in association with continuous sintering apparatus In a material feeding mechanism in association with a continuous sintering apparatus, a material (S) carried by a transporting conveyer (1) into an atmosphere-displacement chamber (2) is fed into a furnace casing (4) of the continuous sintering apparatus ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6390753 | System for loading, processing and unloading substrates arranged on a carrier In a system for loading, processing and unloading substrates, a carrier has a bottom and a plurality of slots to receive a plurality of substrates for processing in a reactor. The reactor is tubular and has an inlet opening to receive the carrier loaded w... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6390268 | Device for dispensing bulk materials The invention concerns a device for dispensing bulk materials comprising a vertical rotor (22) wherein is suspended a chute (14) so as to pivot about a substantially horizontal pin (26). A guiding device (68i, 70i) interlocked in rotation with the rotor (... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6371711 | Valveless continuous atmospherically isolated container feeding assembly An apparatus for feeding containers of feed material into a process chamber is disclosed. The apparatus is designed to maintain the atmosphere within the process chamber as separate from the atmosphere surrounding the process chamber. The apparatus has a ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6336808 | Process for manipulating workpieces and a rotating hearth furnace for the same A process for manipulating workpieces, which are to be carburized, wherein the workpieces or workpiece magazines that are to be deposited on pallets are loaded in several rows, corresponding to a predefined number of rows of workpieces, into a rotating he... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6261043 | Material moving system A material moving system is disclosed for use in a plant such as a metal foundry. There is an overhead gantry for moving a main hook and auxiliary hook. The main hook carries a container such as a scrap charge bucket. The auxiliary hook carries a multi-fu... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6231288 | Conveyor head and lift for feeding tires into a rotating kiln A tire conveyor and lift apparatus for conveying, lifting and orienting fuel tires for injection into a rotating cement kiln by force or by gravity. The apparatus brings tires from a tire source by a variable speed conveyor belt to a gate or alternatively... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6213275 | Device for distributing materials in bulk with a rotary chute having a variable angle of inclination A device for distributing materials in bulk comprises a first rotor (20) and a second rotor (30). The first rotor (20) carries two suspension bearings (44, 46) in which a distribution chute (42) is suspended so that it can pivot about a substantially hori... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6164891 | Feeding and distributing device for rotary platforms, particularly for rotary-hearth furnaces A device for feeding and distributing loose material to rotary platforms, particularly for rotary-hearth furnaces, includes a material feed device, a material transfer device and a material gravity-pour duct. The device further includes a static device fo... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6139239 | System for transferring wafers from cassettes to furnaces and method System for treating wafers. It is proposed to place a number of furnaces in one area and wafer racks filled with wafers are introduced into each of these furnaces. The wafer racks are located in trolleys which are filled from cassettes in a central loadin... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6132157 | Catalytic reactor charging system and method for operation thereof A catalyst loading system for utilizing catalyst from a bulk supply located adjacent but not on the upper tube sheet of a catalytic reactor and for mechanized measuring of multiple identical quantities of catalyst and for mechanized loading of catalyst pe... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6050203 | Method for use of solid waste as fuel for cement manufacture A method and apparatus is described for environmentally sound usage of combustible hazardous waste as supplemental fuel in operating rotary cement kilns. The apparatus comprises an open port in the rotary vessel at a point where during cement kiln operati... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6030167 | Apparatus for loading wafers into a horizontal quartz tube An apparatus for loading wafers into horizontal quartz tube, the apparatus includes a base plate, holding plate, trolley main body and two supporting bases. The base plate has a plurality of stages, which is lifted by a loading rod and fixed atop thereon,... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5897282 | Catalytic reactor charging system and method for operation thereof A catalyst loading system for utilizing catalyst from a bulk supply located adjacent but not on the upper tube sheet of a catalytic reactor and for mechanized measuring of multiple identical quantities of catalyst and for mechanized loading of catalyst pe... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5895215 | Charging apparatus for a rotary hearth furnance An apparatus for charging a feed material onto a rotating hearth of a rotary hearth furnace, the rotary hearth furnace including refractory lined inner and outer walls and having a refractory roof supported thereon, the apparatus comprising a table mounte... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5890868 | Catalytic reactor charging system and method for operation thereof A catalyst loading system for utilizing catalyst from a bulk supply located adjacent but not on the upper tube sheet of a catalytic reactor and for mechanized measuring of multiple identical quantities of catalyst and for mechanized loading of catalyst pe... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5755837 | Fuel spreader assembly for use in a gasifier A pyrolysis gasifier includes a first auger (26) which moves carbon from a carbon collection tank (24) through an air lock valve (30) to a carbon holding tank (28). The gasifier includes an inner cylindrical sleeve (80) which is configured such that there... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5586855 | Apparatus and method for infeeding batched materials An apparatus for infeeding batched material to an inlet opening of a material processing apparatus includes a lift mechanism disposed alongside the material processing apparatus and being operable to lift the batched material at least to the elevation of ... | 12/24/1996 |
