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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7546799 | Waste bin provided with means for compressing waste A waste bin, including a container for holding waste and having a cover, and further including compressing mechanisms for compressing the waste inside the container, wherein the compressing mechanisms are displaceable between a nominal position and a compression pos... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7341502 | Methods and systems for planarizing workpieces, e.g., microelectronic workpieces Planarizing workpieces, e.g., microelectronic workpieces, can employ a process indicator which is adapted to change an optical property in response to a planarizing condition. This process indicator may, for example, change color in response to reaching a particular... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322287 | Apparatus for fluid pressure imprint lithography Improved apparatus for imprint lithography involves using direct fluid pressure to press a mold into a substrate-supported film. Advantageously the mold and/or substrate are sufficiently flexible to provide wide area contact under the fluid pressure. Fluid pressing ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322286 | Device for compacting waste in a container, especially a household bin The invention relates to a bin for storing a volume of waste that can be reduced by compaction. The bin includes an apparatus for reducing the pressure exerted in the volume of the bin, under the effect of a vacuum, and ensures that the waste is compacted. The bin i... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320344 | Device for compacting a flowable solid material A device and a method for compacting a flowable solid material have a compacting space provided with a supply opening for supplying material to be compacted to the compacting space and a discharge opening for discharging compacted material. A closure device for effe... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7299535 | Methods for making data storage media and the resultant media Methods for forming data storage media and the media formed thereby are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method for forming a data storage media, comprises: injection molding a substrate comprising surface features, wherein said surface features have greater... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292427 | Pin lift chuck assembly for warped substrates A vacuum chuck apparatus may include chuck plate having a substantially flat chucking surface, one or more lift pins, and a lifting mechanism. The lift pins are configured to clamp a substrate at three or more locations. The lifting mechanism lifts the heads of the ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7256169 | Pulverulent laundry and cleaning detergent ingredient consisting of polycarbosylate and silicate The invention relates to a pulverulent laundry and cleaning detergents ingredient, to a process for its preparation and to its use. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237753 | Debris collecting bag and bag holder A debris collector is provided that includes a sleeve including a top opening and a bottom opening, the sleeve being operable to be attached to a bag adjacent to the bottom opening, the sleeve defining an interior. A support structure is connected to the sleeve, the... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7204686 | Parallelism adjustment device A parallelism adjustment device applicable to nano-imprint lithography has an imprint unit, a carrier unit, a parallelism adjustment mechanism, and a driving source. The imprint unit has a first molding plate and an imprinting mold mounted on the first molding plate... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182118 | Pick and place assembly for transporting a film of material The invention provides a pick and place assembly for transferring a film of material. The assembly comprises a collet having a substantially convex contact surface for contacting the film, the collet including a vacuum suction device operative to generate a force to... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179551 | Poly(arylene ether) data storage media A storage media comprises: a substrate comprising a plastic resin portion, wherein to plastic resin portion comprises poly(arylene ether) and a styrene material selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, styrenic copolymer(s), and reaction products and combi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7152520 | Method and apparatus for collecting liquid and extracting tea essence from a tea bag A tea bag press and container assembly configured for receiving a tea bag during or after brewing, which conceals the wet tea bag, collects dripping liquid, and extracts tea liquid essence by efficiently compressing the wet tea bag vertically or sidewardly. In a ver... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7115231 | Parallel reactor with knife-edge seal An apparatus for use in parallel reaction of materials. The apparatus includes a base having a plurality of reaction wells formed therein and a sealing device positioned over the reaction wells for individually sealing each of the reaction wells. One of the sealing ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7087290 | Data storage media utilizing a substrate including a plastic resin layer, and method thereof In one embodiment, a data storage media comprises: a substrate comprising at least one plastic portion, an edge lift height of less than about 8μ, and an axial displacement peak of less than about 500μ under shock or vibration excitation; and at least one data lay... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7011566 | Methods and systems for conditioning planarizing pads used in planarizing substrates Monitoring the process of planarizing a workpiece, e.g., conditioning a CMP pad, can present some difficulties. Aspects of this invention provide methods and systems for monitoring and/or controlling such a planarization cycle. For example, a control system may moni... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004277 | Power blocks A support member for a differential carrier housing, including a body having first and second apertures configured to align with corresponding apertures on one side of a flange of a carrier housing and configured to receive fasteners extending through the apertures ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994021 | Press for the expressing of liquid-containing substances A press for pressing out substances containing liquids, especially agricultural and chemical products, includes a closed container whose inner area is divided by at least one press membrane into a pressure medium chamber and a pressing medium chamber. A fill/dischar... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994541 | Uniform pressing apparatus A uniform pressing apparatus used in nanoimprint lithographic process is proposed, including a housing having a first flange; a first carrier unit for carrying an imprint mold and having at least one second flange freely attaches to the first flange; a second carrie... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6953148 | Mail collection bag A bag comprises an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The upper chamber comprises an inlet end defining an inlet opening. The lower chamber defines a lower chamber interior volume less than the upper chamber interior volume. A strainer is between the bottom end of t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953514 | Method and device for assembling substrates A method and apparatus for joining at least two substrates together, especially to form an optical data carrier, are provided. Substrates are disposed in a spaced-apart manner between two plates that are disposed opposite from, and are movable relative to, one anoth... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6919024 | Press membrane from a rubber-elastic material The invention relates to a press membrane (9) for a filter plate (1′) of a filter press. Said press membrane consists of a rubber-elastic material and is supported by the filter plate (1′) while supporting a parallel filter cloth (14)... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6913057 | IC-card manufacturing apparatus An IC-card manufacturing apparatus manufactures an IC card from a laminated substrate including an electronic component and laminate materials which sandwich the electronic component. The IC-card manufacturing apparatus includes a laminated-substrate sandwiching uni... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6852220 | Filter plate of a filter press A filter press for filtering suspensions includes plural parallel filter plates that can be displaced relative to one another. In a filtering position, the filter plates are compressed to a package that forms a filter chamber provided with at least one filter cloth ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6835262 | Positive pressure hot bonder There is provided a pressure bonding system for applying pressure onto at least one tile of a workpiece. This system comprises upper and lower gripper members each having first and second gripper ends. The second gripper ends are connected to each other. The first g... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6662714 | Pliant press for draining liquids from canned foods The flexible press fits onto: the rim of standard sized cans for the purpose of compressing the contents of canned food and forcibly evacuating liquids from the solid food. The device comprises; a flexible center section, an oblique band molded such that ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6647868 | Position adjustment in laser-assisted pressing A method of laser-assisted pressing is used to adjust the pressing position with a laser projector and an impressible element while pressing an opaque object. The apparatus in this invention is characterized by a platform, a pressing unit with at least on... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6641726 | Filter device, and filtration and cleaning method The present invention relates to a filter device for completely removing residual amounts, after filtration, from the space of the unfiltered product. The filter device comprises a plurality of parallel filtration plates which are separated by filtration ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6565706 | Support-frame bonding apparatus A support-frame bonding apparatus has an upper pressing member to which a semiconductor device is supplied and a lower pressing member to which a support frame is supplied. An elastic member is provided to the lower surface of a pressing tool in the upper... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6539852 | Device for attaching compensation weights for purposes of unbalance correction A device for attaching a compensation weight (13) with an adhesive layer (17) to an attachment surface (18) of a vehicle wheel (19) for purposes of unbalance compensation. The device has holding structure with two holding parts to secure a compensation we... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6530315 | Diaphragm of a diaphragm press for separating liquid and solid substances In a diaphragm (3) of a diaphragm press for separating liquid and solid materials by action of a pressure medium on the materials (7) via the diaphragm (3), the functions of sealing and retention are separated. This is accomplished by a dual embodiment of... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6475342 | Method of and arrangement for treating a fiber web The invention relates to a method and arrangement for moistening a substantially dry fiber web and subjecting the moistened web to heat and compression.... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6470942 | Pneumatic clamping apparatus and method thereof The present invention is designed to effectively band ornamental trims onto panel edges, such as those of furniture tops. The present invention utilizes pneumatic forces to hold the ornamental trims against the panel edges instead of traditional clamps, r... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6407006 | Method for integrated circuit planarization An apparatus for planarizing or patterning a dielectric film on a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a press for applying contact pressure to an operably connected compression tool. The compression tool has a working face that is planar or patt... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6250217 | Diaphragm presses The invention provides a multi-funtion diaphragm press having upper and lower platen assemblies separated by a flexible membrane. One of the platen assemblies is movable between a first position whereby it does not contact the flexible membrane and a seco... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6247403 | Shock absorber cushion for flexographic printing plate and method of use A sheet of elastomeric material that serves as a shock absorber and cushion for use between a flexographic printing plate and a printing cylinder during printing for compensating for variations in thickness, height and centricity of the printing cylinder ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6247397 | Apparatus for separating liquid and solid substances, particularly for extracting juice from fruit and the like An apparatus for separating liquid and solid substances, particularly for extracting juice from fruit and the like, such as grapes. The apparatus includes a pressing container into which the product to be separated is fed; the apparatus includes a cylinde... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6237483 | Global planarization method and apparatus An apparatus for performing a global planarization of a surface of a deformable layer of a wafer on a production scale. The apparatus includes a chamber having a pressing surface and containing a rigid plate and a flexible pressing member or "puck" dispos... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6189445 | Heating device for an installation producing corrugated cardboard A heating device (1) for a corrugated cardboard installation includes several heating plates (3), arranged successively in the direction of advance of a corrugated cardboard web (2). Heating device (1) also includes at least one pressure unit (5), consist... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6180002 | Filter press with alternating diaphragm squeeze chamber plates and filtration chamber plates A filter press and method for separating solids from a slurry. The filter press includes a plurality of plates which are held in a sealed and contacting relationship with one another to form a plate stack. The plate stack includes alternating diaphragm-ty... | 01/30/2001 |
