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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8001921 | Liquid application device and inkjet recording apparatus A liquid application device capable of applying liquid to different size medium includes a transfer device for transferring the medium, a regulating member for regulating a transferring position of the transferred medium, and a liquid applicator including an applica... | 08/23/2011 |
| 6849125 | Apparatus for applying flowable materials to manufactured building products A device is provided for flooding a flowable material onto and/or into a manufactured building product. The device includes a framework. A flood system is arranged in the framework to apply the flowable material to manufactured building product. An infeed station in... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6827785 | Device and method for applying coating material In a device for depositing coating material with the manufacture of coated and/or impregnated sheet formations the thickness of the coated sheet formation is monitored with two metering rollers (11, 13) rotating against the sheet formation. The distance measu... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6589598 | Method and an apparatus for applying a coating onto a plate The present invention provides a method for coating a plate with a coating solution comprising the steps of: holding the plate in such a manner that surfaces of the plate to be coated are aligned substantially parallel to a gravity direction; moving the p... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6235117 | Squeegee roll for thin sheet handling system An apparatus for advancing, guiding, and processing flexible sheet members through a processing area in which fluid contacts the flexible sheet members is provided. The apparatus includes a roller conveyor which is adapted to convey the flexible sheet mem... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5807460 | Apparatus and method for peeling and removing coated films on resin product A coated film is peeled and removed on a resin product by rollers. Each roller has a different rotational speed and applies a shear slipping stress between the coated film and the resin material to peel the coated film from the resin material. The apparat... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5372670 | System for wet application of a dry film to a panel A system for wet application of a dry film, such as a photoresist, to a generally planar panel having upper and lower surfaces, such as a printed circuit board, is provided. The apparatus comprises rotatable upper and lower wetting rollers each having an ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5358567 | Roll stand, as for a coil de-oiler A roll stand, such as for supporting a pair of adjacent rolls for maintaining a lubricant film thickness on a sheet of steel, tin, or the like, traveling therethrough, is disclosed. The roll stand comprises a first and second, spaced, support members for ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5102491 | Wet lamination process and apparatus Apparatus for wet laminating a photopolymerizable film onto circuit board panels or other substrates. The apparatus is easily and quickly convertible from dry laminating to wet laminating with the rollers therefor mounted in bearing blocks which are inser... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4999079 | Process and apparatus for treating articles and preventing their wrap around a roller A method and apparatus is provided for chemically treating articles, often with a liquid treatment fluid that is corrosive, while the articles are being delivered along a path through a substantially closed chamber. During treatment, the articles pass thr... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4996939 | Apparatus for drying printed circuit boards Disclosed is an apparatus for drying printed circuit boards or similar workpieces. The dryer apparatus comprises an "aspirator" portion of a "blower" portion. The aspirator portion of the apparatus is operative to create negative pressure or suction upon ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4887349 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing electrode for battery A method of manufacturing an electrode for a battery comprises steps of preparing a substrate formed by a metal porous body having three-dimensionally continuous pores, a slurry mainly composed of active material powder to be filled into the pores of the ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4841613 | Pressure developer or press having a pressure roll containing composite material Roll-type presses or pressure developers include a pressure roll in which one of the load bearing and transmitting materials is a carbon fiber and epoxy composite. The pressure roll has an outer metal tubular sleeve which is filled or substantially filled... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4465014 | Apparatus for applying solder to a printed-circuit board The solder applying apparatus enables applying solder to both sides or faces of printed-circuit boards travelling essentially in horizontal direction through a production or manufacturing line, and which circuit boards are not yet equipped with electrical... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4429657 | Method, materials and apparatus for manufacturing printed circuits Printed circuits are produced by an additive technique wherein a metal-loaded resinous ink is first printed on the board, the circuit next being covered with a conductive metal powder while the ink is still wet. The powder is then pressed into the ink and... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4363862 | Pressure-fixing apparatus and method An apparatus for fixing powder images to a receptor to provide low gloss copies is provided. The apparatus comprises first and second contacting pressure members that have skewed longitudinal axes with respect to each other. The first pressure member cont... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4334758 | Plate processor An improved apparatus for developing offset printing plates is disclosed, in which the soaker plates defining the developing chamber between them comprise textured stainless steel and are oriented at an angle to the horizontal, their upstream ends being h... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4269140 | Apparatus for positioning a coating thickness control roller in a web coating machine A method and apparatus for positioning a wedge in a web coating machine utilizes hydraulic actuating cylinders for moving the wedge and a multicylinder constant displacement pump for operating the hydraulic actuating cylinder. Valve circuits are provided ... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4258651 | Apparatus for applying sealant to the irregular side edges of a panel An apparatus for treating the surfaces of a panel with irregular sides. Sealant is pressurized by applicator rolls acting on the top and bottom faces of the panel while sealant, deposited on the panel sides, is dispersed thereover by the side located spre... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4256051 | Dusting apparatus A bead dusting apparatus for applying talc to a circular tire bead utilizing a housing with a guideway therethrough. An entrance ramp feeds beads seriation into the housing where a first pair of rollers support and rotate each bead through a tank containi... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4223632 | Apparatus for making self-locking fasteners with a pressure rolled thermoplastic patch A self-locking threaded fastener of the type having a resilient thermoplastic resin patch bonded to the thread surface and a method and apparatus for making such fasteners are disclosed. The fastener is heated to a temperature in excess of the plastic mel... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4213420 | Apparatus for processing a particulating printing plate An apparatus for processing a particulating printing plate includes an outer casing having an entrance end and an exit end, and a pair of opposed side portions. The exit end of the apparatus is disposed at an upward tilt relative to the entrance end. In a... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4067293 | Plant for surface treating, in particular pickling and phosphatizing, metallic work pieces A plant for the continuous surface treatment of work pieces comprises a plurality of treatment chambers arranged one behind the other and tightly connected to one another; each treatment chamber is movable transversely to the direction of transportation o... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3957016 | Developer wringing and removing apparatus A liquid developer wringing and removing apparatus in a liquid development type electrophotographic copying machine is provided with a conductive member. The conductive member of the liquid developer wringing and removing apparatus is maintained at a grou... | 05/18/1976 |
