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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6019850 | Apparatus for making a semiconductor device in a continuous manner A method of continuous manufacture of semiconductor integrated circuits, said method and apparatus adapted to contain the semiconductor substrate, semiconductor deposition coating processes, and etching processes within a substantially collocated series o... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5857847 | Brazing furnace parts feeding control A method of controlling the feeding of part trays into a roller-hearth brazing furnace includes feeding a part tray into the furnace after the expiration of a time period. The temperatures in each heating zone of the furnace are monitored. After the expir... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5331133 | Process permitting the modification of the chemical composition of the inner face of a barrel, and machine implementing such a process The present invention relates to a process permitting the modification of the chemical composition of the inner face of a barrel, consisting in heating and in moistening the inner face of the shell (1) of this barrel, characterized in that it consists in ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5129161 | UV light shuttle cover An apparatus, e.g., a screen printing machine or dryer, having a light fixture wherein one or more cover plates shuttle between an open position in which light may bathe and dry a nearby object and a closed position in which the light is blocked. As an ar... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4656756 | Method for heat-treating textile material and tenter for carrying out method For a method for heat-treating textile material, and for a tenter for carrying out the method, it is proposed to control the textile web velocity as a function of the point on the treatment path at which the maximum deviation in the amount of energy spent... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4609343 | Temperature distribution regulating sample holder-adapter for forming conditions for gradient heat treatment in heat treatment ovens or furnaces The invention concerns a temperature distribution controlling sample holding adaptor for setting up gradient heat treatment conditions in heat treatment ovens, which has a sample holder for realizing temperature distribution and setting and adjustment uni... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4537572 | Assembly for positioning a thermogravimetric furnace An apparatus for positioning a thermogravimetric furnace includes a furnace mounting bracket which is rotatable about and linearly translatable along a single axis. In addition, simultaneous rotational and linearly movement of the furnace is excluded.... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4498864 | Method and apparatus for uniformly drying moving webs A flame intensity controller for controlling the air/gas mixture introduced into a conveying and/or mixing tube. Plural heating arrays are transversely aligned to the direction of movement to dry the moving web. The controller selectively controls the hea... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4429679 | Modulair air heater An improvement of the space heating system delivering a composite comprising of heated outdoor air, unheated outdoor air and recirculated indoor air into a building to counter a natural infiltration of outdoor air by modulating the composite air supply de... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4395232 | Oven control apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus useful in controlling the operation of ovens of the type typically associated with baking food products. Broadly, the apparatus permits the linear display of heat input to one or more zones of an oven responsive to gas flow. Heat... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4369031 | Gas control system for chemical vapor deposition system A gas flow control system in which several constituent gases are mixed and the mixture delivered through controlled injectors to a processing zone. Mass flow controllers control the injector flows with one of the controllers being a master and the other b... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4087237 | Method and apparatus for heating an elongated article An elongated article is heated in a heating zone positioned adjacent a conveying zone for conveying the elongated article by actuating the heating zone and controlling the temperature of the heating zone to a first temperature, then actuating the conveyin... | 05/02/1978 |