Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7351127 | Liquid crystal dispensing apparatus A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus having a multipart, separable needle that can be easily repaired should the needle becomes distorted or damaged. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7176492 | Method for forming ceramic microstructures on a substrate using a mold and articles formed by the method A microstructured assembly including a barrier portions and land portions is described. The microstructures have alternating barrier portions and land portions that have barrier surfaces and land surfaces, respectively. Each barrier surface and land surface is conne... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7118441 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing plasma display panel A method for manufacturing a PDP includes the steps of carrying a PDP under manufacture into an apparatus having a plurality of firing zones, and performing a firing step and/or a drying step under circulating hot air supplied in the respective firing zones. Organic... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7087207 | Method for forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an electric field and compositions thereof This invention relates generally to a forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in an electric field and compositions thereof. In one embodiment, a purified bucky paper of single-wall carbon nanotubes is used as the starting material. Upon oxidative tr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7040525 | Stage structure in bonding machine and method for controlling the same Stage structure in a bonding machine including a plate movably fitted in a bonding chamber, a plurality of blocks of electro-static chucks fitted to the plate for providing an electro-static force to hold a substrate, a plurality of vacuum holes in the plate around ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033534 | Method for forming microstructures on a substrate using a mold In a method of making a microstructured assembly, a substantially uniform coating of a curable material is formed on a substrate with the coating defining a leading edge. The coating is contacted with a mold starting at the leading edge to form in the curable materi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7018262 | Spacer distributing apparatus for fabricating liquid crystal display device A spacer distributing apparatus for fabricating a liquid crystal display (hereinafter, as LCD) device for improving the yield of product, which includes a chamber, a table positioned at the chamber accommodating a substrate, a spacer supply unit installed outside th... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6939190 | Neck cleaning method for a CRT A method of cleaning the neck of a funnel of a CRT during the manufacture thereof. The method includes: inserting a drain tube within the neck, wherein a gap exists between the drain tube and the neck; directing a fluid through the gap; and draining the fluid that w... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6893309 | Apparatus for correcting static electron beam landing error A seamless magnetic sheath is mounted on a funnel of a cathode ray tube, behind the deflection windings of a deflection yoke. Various combinations of magnetic poles are formed in the sheath magnetic ferrite material for varying the beam landing location of the scree... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6837768 | Method of fabricating electron source substrate and image forming apparatus A method of fabricating an electron source includes the steps of fixing a first sealing member to a substrate disposed with an electroconductive member, the first sealing member surrounding the electroconductive member excepting a portion of the electroconductive me... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6811459 | Liquid crystal dispensing apparatus A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus having a multipart, separable needle that can be easily repaired should the needle becomes distorted or damaged. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6764369 | Mass production encapsulation equipment and method for organic light emitting display devices Mass production encapsulation equipment and method for mass production of organic light emitting display devices, having a transporting system, a panel supply system, multiple dispensing systems, turning/storage system, cover plate supply system, lamination/ultra-vi... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6679747 | Conducting carrier of sand blasting device for removing elestrostatic charge generated during sand blasting process A sand blasting device utilized in a sand blasting process has a base, a passageway installed on the base, and a sand blasting nozzle installed above the passageway. A conducting carrier is mounted on the passageway and is capable of sliding along the pas... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6669525 | Neck cleaning method for a CRT A method of cleaning the neck of a funnel of a CRT during the manufacture thereof. The method comprises: inserting a drain tube within the neck, wherein a gap exists between the drain tube and the neck; directing a fluid through the gap; and draining the ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6656008 | Device for forming partition walls of plasma display panel A device for forming partition walls of a plasma display panel is disclosed. This device has a lower plate used for seating the base panel of the plasma display panel thereon, with a partition wall sheet of a predetermined thickness formed on the base pan... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6589092 | Cleaning method and cleaning apparatus of shadow mask An ultrasonic wave is oscillated from an ultrasonic generator toward a shadow mask to permit the ultrasonic wave to remove the foreign matter attached to the shadow mask, thereby cleaning the shadow mask. A part of the ultrasonic wave oscillated from the ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6471562 | Led decorative light bulb and its manufacturing method An LED decorative light bulb and its manufacturing method are disclosed. The LED decorative light bulb has a frame with a negative pole and a positive pole separate from each other. After first copperplating, first nickeling, second copperplating, and sec... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6458005 | Selectively compliant chuck for LCD assembly A selectively compliant chuck for assembling tiles into larger LCD displays facilitates alignment between a cover plate and a tile. A linear clutch is positioned between the tile chuck and the tile chuck carrier. This allows each chuck to float in the axi... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6419539 | Method of manufacturing electron-emitting device, electron source and image-forming apparatus, and apparatus of manufacturing electron source A method of manufacturing an electron-emitting device includes a process for forming a pair of electric conductors spaced from each other on a substrate, and an activation process for forming a film of carbon or a carbon compound on at least one of the pa... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6338663 | Low-voltage cathode for scrubbing cathodoluminescent layers for field emission displays and method The present invention includes a low voltage, high current density, large area cathode for scrubbing of cathodoluminescent layers. The cathodoluminescent layers are formed on a transparent conductive layer formed on a transparent insulating viewing screen... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6220915 | Method for manufacturing lamp tiles A method and system for fabricating lamp tiles which include a molded body and a plurality of electrically conductive leads protruding therefrom. The lamp tiles are made by overlaying an anode lead frame having anode leads, on a cathode lead frame having ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6193576 | TFT panel alignment and attachment method and apparatus A method for aligning a plurality of thin film transistor tiles for constructing a flat panel display. A coverplate is arranged on a coverplate support. A first layer of a bonding material is applied to at least one of a first side of each of the tiles an... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6083071 | Method for welding spring to apertured grill and welding apparatus for post-fixing spring to apertured grill A method and device for manufacturing a CRT enables four springs to be accurately welded to the apertured grill without disordering the relative position of the pin holes in each of the springs even if simultaneous welding is not carried out. The location... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6055035 | Method and apparatus for filling liquid crystal display (LCD) panels A system, apparatus, and method for filling a display panel having first and second plates, with liquid crystal material, includes a nozzle for depositing a layer of liquid crystal material over a surface of a first plate of the panel, a scanning arm, cou... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6045428 | Apparatus and method for cleaning an electron gun of a cathode ray tube A method and apparatus for cleaning an electron gun of a CRT wherein said method and apparatus prevents damage to the CRT's during the cleaning process. A protective cap is placed over the pins of an assembled CRT for protecting the pins against damage. T... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5921836 | Apparatus for forming fluorescent layers of a plasma display panel and method therefor There is disclosed an apparatus for forming a fluorescent layer in a plasma display panel by applying a fluorescent paste into grooves formed between a plurality of ribs disposed in parallel on a surface of a substrate. The apparatus includes: a platform ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5863234 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing cathode-ray tube After a phosphor layer is formed on an inner surface of a facepanel, panel pins which support color selection electrodes on the inner surface of the facepanel are cleaned immediately before the facepanel is sealed to a cathode-ray tube funnel.... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5799382 | Miniature lamp holder extraction device A device for separating and removing lamp holders from their sockets, and more particularly, a compact device for removing small lamp holders such as those found in miniature light sets from their sockets. The device provides jaws which penetrate into the... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5764004 | Emissive flat panel display with improved regenerative cathode Method and apparatus are presented for the generation, regeneration, and transplantation of field enhancing whiskers to provide for an improved cathode in flat panel displays in particular, and in other applications. Such applications comprise devices in ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5697827 | Emissive flat panel display with improved regenerative cathode Method and apparatus are presented for the generation, regeneration, and transplantation of field enhancing whiskers to provide for an improved cathode in flat panel displays in particular, and in other applications. Such applications comprise devices in ... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5685760 | Light exposing device for forming black matrixes in cathode ray tubes A light exposing device for fixing a black matrix on the internal surface of a CRT's panel is disclosed. The device includes green, blue and red light exposing units arranged in a casing one after another. Each exposing unit has a light source, a shutter,... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5628659 | Method of making a field emission electron source with random micro-tip structures A system and method is available for fabricating a field emitter device, where in an emitter material, such as copper, is deposited over a resistive layer which has been deposited upon a substrate. Two ion beam sources are utilized. The first ion beam sou... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5605484 | CRT electron gun cleaning using carbon dioxide snow A cleaning system and technique for CRT electron guns is provided in which CO2 snow is utilized to clean contaminants from the electron gun. The CO2 snow and CO2 gas are directed onto the electron gun through small orifice... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5595520 | Cathode-ray tube particle removal apparatus and method The invention relates to an apparatus (70) and method for removing particles from an interior of a CRT envelope (12). The CRT envelope includes a faceplate panel (14), with a color selection electrode assembly (30) detachably mounted therein, sealed to a ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5509843 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing needle shaped materials and method for manufacturing a microemitter A method and apparatus exists for manufacturing needle-shaped materials for use as microemitters, wherein a light beam output from a light source is split into a plurality of beams and the split light beams are focused by an optical system and directed in... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5490326 | Method of retrofitting fluorescent light fixtures and punch and die assembly therefor So-called "retrofitting" of old style fluorescent lighting fixtures is carried out in a punch and die press provided with a special punch and die assembly having guide blocks positioned laterally of the punch and die for receiving pre-existing notches fla... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5169351 | Shadow mask heating apparatus for color CRT of the flat faceplate type A shadow mask heating apparatus for a color CRT of the flat faceplate type includes upper and lower heated platens, each provided with heating means therein. One of the platens includes a plurality of mask support elements having a predetermined height ra... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5092803 | Method and apparatus for forming a spark plug A preferred embodiment includes a spark plug supporting assembly for supporting a spark having a longitudinal axis such that the gap-defining end of the ground electrode of the spark plug extends substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A bla... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4795941 | Electromagnetic wave shielding, transparent panel for a display device A transparent panel for a display device of cathode-ray tube type comprising, an electromagnetic shielding web defined by the wires made of an electromagnetic shielding material, and the transparent panel members sustaining said electromagnetic shielding ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4781641 | Tool for making three-way lamp bases A tool for making bases for three-way lamps in which it is easier to feed lead wires through because the tool has a first projection in the middle of its base which projection has a round cross-section of a given diameter in the plane perpendicular to the... | 11/01/1988 |
