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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7695346 | Abrasive, a method for manufacturing the abrasive, and a method for blast processing with the use of the abrasive An abrasive, which makes it possible to polish a surface to be processed of a workpiece with a blast processing, and together therewith, can bear using for a long period of time or a plurality of times, and a method for blast processing with the abrasive are provide... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7389663 | Acoustic shot peening method and apparatus The present invention provides a method of shot peening at least a portion of a rotary machine comprising a rotor. Shot peening is carried out with a rotor which is at least partly assembled. The method includes fixing a system for... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389662 | Method and apparatus for self indexing portable automated tenon peening A self indexing portable automated tenon peening device including: a peening machine in operable communication with a mounting arm; a circumferential slide assembly including a circumferential rail in operable communication with the mounting arm; an axial slide asse... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389941 | Nozzle device and method for forming cryogenic composite fluid spray The present invention includes a nozzle device and method for forming a composite fluid. The nozzle device generally comprises a nozzle portion connected to a main body. The main body includes an inner axial bore extending therethrough. An annular wall extends radia... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7371153 | Glass etching An apparatus for etching a workpiece in which a first abrasive particulate material, for example aluminium oxide, and a second particulate material, for example glass dust, are entrained together in a stream of gas. The apparatus recycles exhaust particulate materia... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351059 | Process for treating a surface A process for treating a surface (2) to clean or otherwise treat the surface (2) comprises a step of contacting the surface (2) with a particulate treating agent such that at least some of the particles (1) roll along at least a portion o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347768 | Apparatus and method to test abrasion resistance of material using airborne particulate An apparatus and method to test the abrasion resistance of materials. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a conduit network, a primary air stream generating device to generate a primary air stream in the conduit network, a secondary air stream generating devi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328463 | Water-soluble articles and methods of making and using the same Water-soluble articles and methods of making, using and disposing of the water-soluble articles are disclosed. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320735 | Fan cleaning method and apparatus A simple yet effective system for cleaning fans and air circulators facilitates the cleaning of ceiling and hard-to-reach units without having to remove the blades or other parts to be cleaned. A flexible bag encloses parts of a fan to be cleaned. A source of compre... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7310955 | System and method for delivering cryogenic fluid According to an embodiment of the present invention, a cryogenic fluid delivery system includes a vessel containing a cryogenic fluid at a first pressure and a first temperature, a first heat exchanger coupled to the vessel for receiving the cryogenic fluid and cool... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299732 | Honeycomb removal Honeycomb removal comprises directing a nozzle at the surface of a substrate at an angle of less than about 90° such that the water will strike the substrate at the base of the honeycomb, parallel to the direction of the ribbon which forms the honeycomb structure. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293570 | Carbon dioxide snow apparatus A carbon dioxide snow apparatus of the present invention includes a carbon dioxide snow generation system and a propellant generation system connected to a common carbon dioxide gas source. The carbon dioxide snow generation system includes a condenser having a at l... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291058 | Method and apparatus for improving media flow The flow of media in shot peening, blast cleaning, and similar equipment is improved by applying a time varying magnetic field to the media to thereby degauss the media, allowing the media to flow through equipment without clogging and clumping due to magnetic attra... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282112 | Method and apparatus for an improved baffle plate in a plasma processing system The present invention presents an improved baffle plate for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of the baffle plate advantageously provides for a uniform processing plasma in the process space with substantially minimal erosion of the baff... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270136 | Apparatus for cleaning the edges of wafers The invention concerns an apparatus for cleaning the edge of a wafer that may be relatively simply constructed with low cost, and prevent the wafer from being re-contaminated by the edge cleaning, thus resulting in increase of the yield rate of wafers. The apparatus... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264008 | Apparatus for cleaning a wafer An apparatus for cleaning a wafer includes a plurality of holders for contacting and securing peripheral portions of a wafer, and for rotating the wafer, a first plate disposed to face a first surface of the wafer, the first plate having a plurality of first nozzles... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261617 | Semiconductor wafer regenerating system and method A semiconductor wafer regenerating system is capable of easily and efficiently removing fabricating patterns formed on a semiconductor wafer to enable reuse of the semiconductor wafer. The system, which removes patterns of the semiconductor wafer in a dry manner by ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7235153 | System for removal of a spacer The present disclosure provides a system for removing a spacer, such as associated with a processing operation using a lightly doped drain (LDD) region. In one example, the system includes means for creating a spacer, means for implanting a first relatively heavily ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232444 | Microdermabrasion canister rack system A canister rack system for a microdermabrasion machine has a base with bores. The base has conduits for crystal passage through the canister rack. The canisters are mountable upon the canister rack and include supply and storage canisters. The supply canister has a ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226341 | Method of manufacturing laminated mold and laminated mold For manufacturing the laminated mold comprising the laminate (11) being formed of a plurality of thin sheets (11a) laminated on each other, laminate the thin sheets with the excess portions of respective thin sheets exceeding the profile of the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220165 | Blasting materials and method of blasting It is an object of the present invention to provide a blasting method and a shot material, which are very practical both in the cost and the treatment performance. (a) A shot material containing a styrene ion-exchange resin or a waste material caused therefro... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207502 | Velocity profile modifying device for nozzles A velocity-profile modifying device is located between a heat component and an air pouring apparatus. The air pouring apparatus pours the air into the heat component via an air moving track. The velocity-profile modifying device is set at the air moving track and is... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189145 | Method of and apparatus for producing roll A belt grinding is integrated with an electroerosion machine for contouring the working surface of a mill roll and providing a texture thereon. The belt grinder can superfinish the roll and remove peaks in the surface without significantly affecting the mean surface... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7166200 | Method and apparatus for an improved upper electrode plate in a plasma processing system The present invention presents an improved upper electrode for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of an electrode plate coupled to an upper assembly advantageously provides gas injection of a process gas with substantially minimal erosion... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163449 | Hand held abrasive blaster A hand held abrasive blaster includes a tubular wand housing and an abrasives conduit which extends into the wand housing. The abrasives conduit includes a fixed portion at the rearward end and a rotatable portion at the forward end. A motor rotates the rotatable po... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163826 | Method of fabricating multi layer devices on buried oxide layer substrates A method for fabricating multi layer devices on a substrate with a buried oxide layer is disclosed. Multi layer microelectromechanical, microfluidic, and integrated circuit devices are fabricated on a substrate with layers of predetermined weak and strong bond regio... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159425 | Method and apparatus for providing a layer of compressive residual stress in the surface of a part The shot peening method and apparatus (FIG. 13) of the present invention utilizes control of the shot peening coverage to provide higher surface compression and comparable depth of compression to conventional 100% coverage peening but with reduced cold workin... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145219 | Vertical integrated circuits A method for fabricating a vertical integrated circuit is disclosed. Integrated circuits are fabricated on a substrate with layers of predetermined weak and strong bond regions where deconstructed layers of integrated circuits are fabricated at or on the weak bond r... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137873 | Grinding method for workpiece, jet guide means and jet regulation means used for the method A grinding method is provided which can grind a processing surface of a workpiece by a blast processing without use of specific abrasives to obtain a glossy surface such as a mirror surface. Abrasives together with compresses fluid are injected to the processing sur... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134941 | Methods for residue removal and corrosion prevention in a post-metal etch process A method of plasma assisted CO2 cleaning for dry removal of residual photoresist and sidewall polymer with an etch gas mixture comprising fluorine containing gas, oxygen and hydrogen in N2 or H2O. The process removes polymer residues... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134946 | Apparatus to treat and inspect a substrate An apparatus for treating a substrate with a cryogenic impingement fluid includes a protective enclosure defining an internal cavity, a cryogenic fluid applicator positioned within the internal cavity and a snow generation system connected to the cryogenic fluid app... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131303 | Shot peening of orthopaedic implants for tissue adhesion The portion of an orthopaedic implant to which soft tissue adherence is desired is treated by shot peening using microbead having a diameter in the range of about 10 microns–300 microns. This treatment causes indentations on the surface of the implant of about 10 ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125322 | Media transport device providing stable flow of media A media transport device for use in shot peening, blast cleaning, granite cutting, and similar applications transports media from a storage hopper to a workpiece. The media transport device includes a source of compressed air, a supply hose connecting the compressed... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118460 | Finishing method for stepping motor stator stack and rotor stack A stepping motor stator stack and rotor stack finishing method whereby the burrs remaining on the small tooth surfaces of the stacks can be eliminated and prevented from lodging in the spaces between laminations of a plurality of stacked steel plates, without causin... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112120 | Feeder assembly for particle blast system A particle blast system includes a feeder assembly having a rotor with a plurality of pockets formed in the peripheral surface. The transport gas flowpath includes the pockets, such that substantially all transport gas flows through the pockets. The seal adjacent th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101260 | Methods for resist stripping and other processes for cleaning surfaces substantially free of contaminants A method for manufacturing an article where the article has polymeric residue that is to be removed during the manufacture of the article. The article is introduced into a controlled environment of a processing tool that has at least first and second processing cham... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101265 | Universal improved particulate matter delivery device The present invention includes an apparatus for delivery of pressurized particulate matter against a surface or target to abrade, texture, sandblast, etch, erase, cut, penetrate, smooth, clean, polish, harden and/or deburr the surface or target. The invention is exp... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094476 | Surface-treated product, surface-treatment method, and surface-treatment apparatus There is provided a surface treated product that moves relatively in a fluid, wherein a surface of the surface treated product has continuous dimples, each dimple having a diameter of 10 to 2500 μm and a depth of 50 μm or less. The surface treated product signific... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094668 | Annealing process and device of semiconductor wafer A device and method for annealing a wafer. The preferred embodiment includes applying a basic thermal budget to a weakened zone of a wafer, substantially evenly over the weakened zone. The basic thermal budget is insufficient to detach a detachment layer from a rema... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089814 | Apparatus for inspecting rubbing inferiority of alignment film of liquid crystal display device An apparatus for inspecting rubbing inferiority of an alignment film of a liquid crystal display device by spraying moisture particles, the apparatus including a moisture storing unit for storing moisture, and a moisture particle generating unit for pelletizing mois... | 08/15/2006 |
