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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7303385 | Heating tool for shaping soft materials and shaping apparatus using the same A heating tool for shaping a soft material is provided. The heating tool is mounted to a predetermined position of a shaping apparatus and connected to a power source provided at a predetermined position of the shaping apparatus to melt and shape the soft material u... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281919 | System for controlling a volume of material on a mold A system for controlling a volume of liquid on a mold that features a body defining a volume with an aperture formed into the body and positioned proximate to the mold. A pump system is in fluid communication with the body, and the aperture and the pump system are e... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7156631 | Apparatus for manufacturing a molded product, and molded product that can be manufactured with the apparatus The present invention provides a rotary press that allows mass production of a molded product. The rotary press has upper and lower punches that may be split in to a plurality of split punches, a means for moving the split punches, and a means for manipulating the p... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7056111 | Powder press forming apparatus and method of powder press forming A dry forming apparatus includes a carrying table (mold-transfer mechanism) which transfers a mold containing a die and punch units at least between a powder supply stage, a pressing stage, and a formed-product removing stage, a pressing driving mechanism which driv... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048215 | Comminuting apparatus having screen and access tray A comminuting apparatus is provided with a housing, at least two intermeshing scissor rolls, a screen, and an access tray. The housing has an entrance opening for receiving waste material and an exit opening for removing subdivided waste material. The scissor rolls ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7029261 | Automatic cover latch and pressure relief system for a dough divider A dough divider including a hopper with a lid, latch assembly and press plate. The lid has an open and closed position. The latch assembly is adapted to maintain the lid in the closed position when activated and to discontinue maintaining the lid in the closed posit... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018194 | Powder supplying apparatus and powder molding apparatus A powder molding apparatus comprises a mold comprising a die having a powder molding space and upper and lower punch units, and a compression driving mechanism for performing compression molding by driving the upper and lower punch units independently, wherein molde... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6969017 | Comminuting apparatus A comminuting apparatus is provided having a frame, a set of overlapping scissor rolls, a shear outtake manifold, and a pneumatic conveyor. The frame has an enclosure with an entrance for receiving waste material. The set of overlapping scissor rolls includes a feed... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6929460 | Dough handling apparatus A dough cutting apparatus is disclosed including a plurality of dough cutting members (6), each of which is adapted for cutting a desired shape out of a strip of dough. Each dough cutting member is spaced apart from an adjacent cutting member by a predetermin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6899533 | Apparatus for making semiconductor device A system for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprises first and second metal molds (100a, 100b) to form a cavity; a pair of plungers (102, 103) provided in cylinder holes (102a, 103b) of the secon... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6808379 | Cleaner for molding apparatus of semiconductor chip packages An apparatus for cleaning a mold die set includes a pair of brushes, a pair of vacuum holes, and multiple nozzles. One of the brushes is positioned to scrub a first surface of the mold die set, and the other of the brushes is positioned to scrub a second surface of ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6383624 | PVD Al2O3 coated cutting tool The present invention describes a coated CBN cutting tool for metal machining. The tool consists of one or more CBN substrate bodies with or without carbide backing. The coating is composed of one or more layers of refractory compounds of at least one lay... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6334766 | Takeout apparatus for shuttle-type plastic blow moulding machines A take-out system for a shuttle-type blow moulding machine having two moulding assemblies has a single gripper head for taking out moulded articles from both moulding assemblies. The gripper head is carried by a vertical gripper arm which can be raised an... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6283741 | Device for spreading and distributing particles on a material web Apparatus is disclosed for spreading and distributing particles such as glue-coated wood fibers onto a moving web including rotatable axles disposed transverse to the direction of movement of the moving web with each axle including a number of distributor... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6250910 | Thermoforming tool A thermoforming tool employed for wrap-around lamination of a sheet to at least one edge (3) of a molding (2) loosely resting on the tool's lower half. The tool comprises a sheet-stretching frame (4) that is positioned over the molding and lowers a therma... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5855923 | Device for levelling a particulate material web A device for levelling a particulate material web (3), such as a wood-fibre mat laid out on a wire (2) and intended for the production of wood-fibre boards, the material web being moved in relation to the device, comprises a rotary shaft (4) and a plurali... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5576031 | Molding apparatus for patterned shaped article A molding apparatus for patterned shaped articles includes a form constituted of at least one partition member defining the boundary of the pattern to be produced, a peripheral frame surrounding the partition member at a prescribed spacing therefrom and a... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5478227 | Vertical injection molding machine having a discharge material receiving device A vertical-type injection molding machine comprising a lower fixed mold half mounted on a machine base, an upper movable mold half situated upwardly of the lower fixed mold half in confronting relationship therewith, and a material reservoir for storing a... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5471853 | Device for mass production of ice carvings The present invention relates to a mass production device for ice carvings mainly for the automatic production of ice carvings. The invention has a conveyor belt, molding dies, a cooling water tank, a freezing mixture tank, a boring device, an injection d... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5470220 | Flexible part deflasher Apparatus for removing flash from a flexible molded part includes a support for supporting the part being deflashed in underlying relation with first and second pinch rollers which are located at opposite ends of the part, and first and second conveyor as... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5061167 | Injection molding machine including a cutting unit An injection molding machine has a sorting device which is disposed under the injection mold and includes a swivel plate, which is pivotally movable by a motor-driven swivel drive to two mutually oppositely inclined positions for a delivery of usable mold... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4956133 | Continuous molding apparatus and method Continuous molding apparatus includes a raw material supplying portion, a molding portion, a supporting portion, a mixing portion and a control portion. Each reservoir of the raw material supplying portion is connected independently with the mixing portio... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4916879 | Corner tie A corner tie includes an interior angular paddle and an exterior angular paddle connected and spaced apart by a central strap. Both angular paddles have a pair of leg portions extending from an angular bend, the leg portions of the two angular paddles bei... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4781556 | Grouting machine A grouting machine which has a grout dispensing means for depositing grout between prepositioned floor tiles and on the upper surfaces of the tiles and which contains a grout removal means for removing excess grout from the upper surfaces of the tiles. Th... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4469476 | Apparatus for manufacturing wafers Wafers are produced by guiding a sheet of bread having friable outer crusts and a relatively soft center through wafer forming apparatus. The apparatus includes a pair of rolls, one of said rolls, i.e., a cutting roll having one or more wafer forming rece... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4340347 | Scrap recovery system Particulate plastic materials are moved from a supply hopper through a former and formed into a product, the product is cut, and the scrap from the cut product is moved from the cutting area back to the supply hopper by an open conduit pneumatic induction... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4321027 | Under the press granulator construction A granulator primarily intended for in situ use in combination with an injection molding machine such that plastic scrap such as sprues and runners generated in such formation of plastic parts may be granulated thereby. The granulator is adapted for dispo... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4043718 | Spinning apparatus with retractable suction gun In a spinning apparatus for producing synthetic threads providing with at least one spinning unit comprising a spinneret, a spinning duct disposed below the spinneret and a take-up device mounted on a base floor below the spinning duct, wherein a work spa... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4022559 | Parison slicer for plastic molding machines A nibbler for severing a heat softened plastic parison into small, readily re-used parison pieces or sections during molding machine downtimes. The nibbler has a pair of cooperating knives which move towards and away from each other and it is preferably p... | 05/10/1977 |
