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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8419509 | Swivel device and grinding machine incorporating the same In a swivel device, a swivel head provided with a plurality of tool spindles thereon is mounted on a support base to be turnable about a swivel shaft being upright on the support base. An annular space portion is formed between the support base and the swivel head i... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8308529 | High throughput chemical mechanical polishing system Embodiments of a system and method for polishing substrates are provided. In one embodiment, a polishing system is provided that includes a polishing module, a cleaner and a robot. The robot has a range of motion sufficient to transfer substrates between the polishi... | 11/13/2012 |
| 7632170 | CMP apparatuses with polishing assemblies that provide for the passive removal of slurry Chemical mechanical planarization apparatuses with polishing assemblies that provide for the passive removal of slurry are provided. In accordance with an embodiment, a work piece polishing assembly comprises a polishing pad comprising a polishing surface and an exh... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7556556 | Pipe preparation apparatus A pipe preparation apparatus includes a housing that has a first wall, a second wall and a peripheral wall. A drive assembly is mounted in the housing. A plurality of scouring sleeves is mechanically coupled to the drive assembly. The sleeves have an inner surface c... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7445542 | Machine for finishing an object such as a profiled element, a panel, or suchlike A machine for finishing an object comprising feed members to feed the object along a reference plane (P1), and at least a work station provided with a tool which contacts the object in a work zone (Z) near the reference plane (P1). The machine comprise... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442115 | Railway grinder A railway grinding system is capable of grinding a frog, another switch, or another railway section of interest in situ over a precisely defined path that is unaffected by the geometry of the railway section to be ground. The system includes a frame providing the re... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431636 | Adjustment device for adjusting a level difference between rollers of a roller belt sander An adjustment device for adjusting a level difference between rollers of a roller belt sander includes a base, an eccentric shaft and a restricting knob. The base is fixed on an interior wall edge of a main body corresponding to two ends of a roller. The eccentric s... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7410408 | Eyeglass lens processing apparatus An eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing an eyeglass lens includes: a lens chuck that holds the lens; a regular-grooving tool; a first moving unit that moves the lens held by the lens chuck; a grooving data input unit that inputs grooving data including ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7381647 | Methods and systems for planarizing microelectronic devices with Ge-Se-Ag layers Microelectronic devices including a layer of germanium and selenium, optionally including up to 10 atomic percent silver, show promise for select applications. Manufacturing microelectronic devices containing such layers using conventional CMP processes presents som... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367873 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus has a polishing tape and a polishing head for pressing the polishing tape against a peripheral portion of a semiconductor wafer. The substrate processing apparatus polishes the wafer due to sliding contact of the polishing tape and t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361077 | Tube and duct edge cleaner An apparatus for cleaning a portion of a tubular member comprises a platform; a motor operatively connected to a shaft; a first sliding base driven by the shaft to revolve generally parallel to the platform; a first pinch thumb, including an outer surface, mounted o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354334 | Reducing polishing pad deformation A polishing system can have a polishing pad with a polishing surface and a bottom surface that includes a recess with a thickness less than the thickness of the polishing pad. An in-situ monitoring module can be positioned in a cavity formed in part by the recess. A... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351130 | Sanding machine having adjustable brush A sanding or polishing or grinding machine includes one or more sanding wheels supported on a machine base and movable up and down relative to the machine base for grinding the work pieces of different heights or thicknesses. A driving device may be used for driving... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338353 | Loading device for chemical mechanical polisher of semiconductor wafer The present invention related to a loading device for a chemical mechanical polisher of semiconductor wafers comprising: a loading cup on wherein a cup plate is installed in a cup-shaped bath, a loading plate for receiving wafers sits on the cup plate, and a plurali... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335091 | Methods and apparatus for machining a coupling A method facilitates fabricating a coupling including a first annular coupling member and a second annular coupling member. The method comprises coupling the first coupling member to a machine assembly that includes a plurality of grinding wheels coupled to a tool s... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331847 | Vibration damping in chemical mechanical polishing system A carrier head for chemical mechanical polishing, includes a base, a support structure attached to the base having a surface for contacting a substrate, and a retaining structure attached to the base to prevent the substrate from moving along the surface. The retain... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329174 | Method of manufacturing chemical mechanical polishing pad The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a chemical mechanical polishing pad which provides a chemical mechanical polishing pad which fully suppresses the occurrence of a scratch on the polished surface and has an excellent polishing rate. T... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7308745 | Method and device for edge-machining of a plastic optical lens and a combination tool therefor An edge-machining device in particular plastic spectacle lenses (L) has two aligned holding shafts (14, 16) rotatable with a controlled angle of rotation (φB) about a rotational axis of a workpiece (B) between which the lens may be clamped and a t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303462 | Edge bead removal by an electro polishing process A method and apparatus for the removal of a deposited conductive layer along an edge of a substrate using an electrode configured to electro polish a substrate edge are disclosed. The electro polishing of the substrate edge may occur simultaneously during electroche... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294047 | Sander device A sander device includes a housing pivotally attached to a supporting base and rotatable between a horizontal position and a vertical position, a driven roller and an idle roller rotatably disposed in the housing, and an endless driving belt engaged over the driven ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7276072 | Skin resurfacing device A skin resurfacing device for peeling the outermost layer of the skin for renewing the skin surface and repairing skin damage including a housing, a skin sensor, and a skin treater. The skin treater consists of an abrasive tip, a first end, a transparent portion, a ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270592 | Milling machine The improved milling machine makes use of individually controlled x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis carriages. These carriages provide positive and precise control of the position of the cutting tools and the blank to be cut. The tools are located in spindles that are move... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261621 | Pad conditioner for chemical mechanical polishing apparatus A pad conditioner may include a surface having a first region including a portion having relatively irregular shaped and friable polishing particles, and a second region including a portion having relatively regular shaped and tough polishing particles. The relative... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261622 | Multiple cutting edged sanding wheel An improved sanding wheel configured to rotate axially for sanding or polishing milled contours that will provide sharp edges and corners in the workpiece. The preferred sanding wheel has a cylindrical body with a plurality of segments extending radially from the bo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261618 | Device and method for abrading a wooden barrel A device for abrading a wooden barrel (13) includes a robot having elements (11, 17, 23) for loading a barrel (13), elements (29a, 29b, 33a, 33b) for gripping and rotating the barrel (13... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259388 | Strained-semiconductor-on-insulator device structures The benefits of strained semiconductors are combined with silicon-on-insulator approaches to substrate and device fabrication. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258599 | Polishing machine, workpiece supporting table pad, polishing method and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A pedestal pad (workpiece supporting table pad) is arranged on the top of a pedestal (workpiece supporting table) for temporarily placing and holding a pre-polished or post-polished wafer (workpiece). This pedestal pad is formed of resin, and at least a surface of t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255632 | Chemical mechanical polishing system having multiple polishing stations and providing relative linear polishing motion A polishing method usable in an apparatus including a rotatable member rotatable about a first axis, at least one substrate head assembly supported on said rotatable member, and at least two polishing surfaces arranged below said rotatable member at respective angul... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250330 | Method of making an electronic package A method of making an electronic package is described, wherein a substrate is provided with a pattern of conductive pads and a portion of solder positioned on selected ones of the pattern of copper pads. The solder is then reflowed to form partial hemispherically sh... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7241205 | Method of processing a substrate A method of processing a substrate is disclosed, wherein a sidewall surface of a notch portion formed in a circumferential portion of a substrate to be processed is polished by using a cylindrical polishing head rotatable with an axis as a rotational center. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238087 | Planarizing device and a planarization method for semiconductor substrates A substrate-planarizing device and method of using the device comprising a substrate storage stage outside a room, and on a base inside the room, a multi-joint transfer robot, a temporary alignment platform, a movable transfer pad, a grinding process stage in which ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238094 | Belt oscillating apparatus of belt sander A belt oscillating apparatus of a belt sander, wherein the belt sander includes a machine frame, a driving wheel, a driven wheel, a sand belt mounted on the driving wheel and the driven wheel, and the belt oscillating apparatus is mounted on the machine frame, compr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235004 | Precision means for sharpening and creation of microblades along cutting edges A knife-edge conditioning apparatus comprises at least one precision angled knife guide with one face of the knife blade maintained in sustained sliding or rolling contact and which guides the elongated edge of the blade into sustained contact with the hardened surf... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226338 | Milling machine The improved milling machine makes use of individually controlled x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis carriages. These carriages provide positive and precise control of the position of the cutting tools and the blank to be cut. A tool changer allows the tools to be changed t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210985 | Shaped polishing pads for beveling microfeature workpiece edges, and associated systems and methods Systems and methods for beveling microfeature workpiece edges are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment is configured to remove material from a microfeature workpiece having a first face, a second face facing opposite from the first face, an edge sur... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210988 | Method and apparatus for reduced wear polishing pad conditioning Embodiments of a conditioning head for in-situ conditioning and/or cleaning a processing pad of a CMP, ECMP, or other processing system are provided. In one embodiment, the conditioning head includes a brush disposed in a central cavity. A cleaning fluid is provided... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7189144 | Centerless grinding apparatus and centerless grinding method A centerless grinding apparatus (10) includes an outer diameter surface grinding wheel (11) for grinding the outer diameter surface of a work (1) of a substantially cylindrical shape, a regulating wheel (12) for supporting the outer diame... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182676 | Machining apparatus and machining method of work end face, roller and roller bearing A machining apparatus 10 of an end face of a roller includes a rotatable inner disk 11, a cage 14 having a pocket portion 13 for holding a plurality of rollers 12 at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction at an outer dia... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179155 | Device for grinding liquid crystal display panel Disclosed is a device for grinding a liquid crystal display panel improving the efficiency of using equipment by independently operating first and second grinding units for grinding the unit liquid crystal display panel. The present invention includes a first grindi... | 02/20/2007 |