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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329437 | Coating method and coating apparatus A coating apparatus comprising a forward bar, a liquid feed passage and a metering device for a coating liquid. The forward bar rotates about its axis in the same direction as the traveling direction of a continuously traveling band-shaped web while touching the web... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7267722 | Coating apparatus for a traveling web A coating apparatus for a traveling web comprising two coating heads and a traveling path changing roller is disclosed. A bar coater is arranged close to a pass roller. The bar coater is fixed at such a position as to contact the web when the pass roller is moved do... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7211151 | Coating liquid application apparatus, image printing apparatus and coating liquid application method A coating liquid application apparatus is provided which can apply a coating liquid, such as a coating agent for improving a weatherability of a printed surface, to the printed surface of a print medium automatically and at high speed. For this purpose, this inventi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7097711 | Electrostatic flocking chamber for forming electrostatic flocking apparatus An electrostatic flocking operation of a workpiece (5) is advantageously performed in a condition in which the moisture content of an adhesive layer formed on a surface of the workpiece (5) is kept at a favorable value by a humidifier (1). The h... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073551 | Stack pressing apparatus with integral glue dispenser In order to avoid the necessity of cropping the pages of a bound volume, uniformly sized printed pages having pre-glued edge surfaces are aligned within a stack and a press then presses the edge of the stack so as to compress the glue and adhere the pages together. | 07/11/2006 |
| 6960259 | Coating liquid application apparatus, image printing apparatus and coating liquid application method A coating liquid application apparatus is provided which can apply a coating liquid, such as a coating agent for improving a weatherability of a printed surface, to the printed surface of a print medium automatically and at high speed. For this purpose, this inventi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6893682 | Method and device for single-or double-sided application A method for the application of liquid through viscid medium onto the surface of a pre-dried material web including the steps of applying a viscid medium to at least one side of the material web, routing the material web through a press nip and supporting the materi... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6709712 | Coating method The invention provides a device for holding a substrate during deposition processes that includes a rotation member rotatable about a first, central axis, and a plurality of substrate holders positioned on the rotation member, the substrate holders being rotatable a... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6703589 | Device and method for tempering at least one process good A method and for heat-treating at least one material being processed (3) under a specific process-gas atmosphere (111) of at least one process gas (4) with the aid of a heat-treatment unit (6). The heat-treatment unit has at least one energy source (5) fo... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6645297 | Roll coater for coating and method of manufacturing printed wiring board employing the roll coater A roll coater with which an interlaminar resin insulating layer and/or a solder resist layer can be formed with good thickness uniformity to enable the manufacture of a printed circuit board free from the no-hole defect and anomalies in the diameter and g... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6620240 | Sheet coating apparatus A sheet coating apparatus for coating a coating liquid on a sheet traveling along a predetermined transfer path, including a storage tank in which the coating liquid is contained, a coating roller which is in contact with the sheet and which is rotatably ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6534750 | Heat treatment unit and heat treatment method A heat treatment unit comprises a heat plate made of aluminum nitride which is excellent in heat conductivity and strength inside thereof. The entire circumference of the heat plate is supported by a supporting member which is excellent in thermal insulat... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6399160 | Method and apparatus for film coating a moving paper or board web supported by a belt to form a coating application zone with adjustable length A method and apparatus for coating a paper or board web, wherein the web to be coated is brought to a film transfer coater and taken to a nip between the film transfer roll of the coater and its backing roll, and coating mix is applied onto the surface of... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6338299 | Sheet-like material printing and coating system and method Four impression cylinders of first and second face-side coating units and first and second back-side coating units, and two transfer cylinders of a face-side drying unit and a back-side drying unit are arranged adjacently and nearly linearly in a paper fl... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6308620 | Printing press having a multiply-positioned and multi-functioned sheet guiding cylinder A sheet-fed rotary printing press having at least one unit including an impression cylinder and an additional cylinder assigned to the impression cylinder, the impression cylinder and the additional cylinder being relatively adjustable a spaced distance f... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6231670 | Apparatus for impregnating and coating paper A paper web impregnated with a liquid resin and following impregnation is coated with an abrasive particle containing coating mass or composition and then dried before a liquid resin is applied which does not contain the abrasive particles. The web is the... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6221162 | Apparatus for forming a resist layer over an electroconductive substrate An apparatus for supplying a liquid resist into a through hole part of an electroconductive substrate comprises an application roll, rotating in a single rotational direction, for coating the electroconductive substrate carried by a carrier with a liquid ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6063192 | Method and apparatus for wet-in-wet coating of a moving layer of material A method and apparatus for coating a traveling layer of material, in particular paper and/or cardboard. An applicator implement applies a predetermined and proper amount of a liquid or pasty medium onto an outer surface of a first rotating applicator roll... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6051068 | System for selective treatment of a traveling paper web A system for selective treatment of a traveling web, preferably of paper or cardboard, by surface treatment or impregnation in which at least one coater is in the case of web treatment arranged after a dryer group for treatment of the one side of web. At ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5983795 | Sheet-fed rotary printing press A sheet-fed rotary printing press having at least one printing unit with an impression cylinder includes a transfer cylinder assigned to the impression cylinder for onwardly transporting sheets printed thereby, the transfer cylinder having at least one gr... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5958135 | Apparatus and method for applying coating materials to individual sheet members Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5944898 | Apparatus for successive application of two coats of liquid or pasty medium on one side of a traveling web of material An apparatus for successive application of two coats of at least one coating medium on one side of a traveling fiber material web includes a rotating backing roll and a first rotating applicator roll having a roll surface. The first applicator roll and th... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5882469 | Apparatus for attaching endsheets without moisture wrinkles A machine for attaching a book cover to endsheets within an adhesive is set forth. The adhesive is applied while it is within a predetermined temperature range. The machine includes a housing, an application roller journalled within the housing, and a met... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5851592 | Apparatus and method for applying coating materials to individual sheet members Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5804256 | Method and device for coating printed-circuit boards The method of forming a multilayer printed circuit board includes applying a photopolymerizable coating append having a solid content of 70 to 95% by weight and a viscosity of 10 to 60 Pa.s of 25° C. to a surface of the applicator cooled to a temperature... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5735953 | Adjustable inking roller train The invention relates to a paper coloring apparatus for especially water colors or water-based inks, wherein a driven running paper web is positioned around a turning roller constituting the counter-pressure roller for an inker and, together with the latt... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5716700 | Elastic fixing roll An elastic fixing roll having an elastic, compliant body material and release surface material is disclosed. The body material can be made of porous silicone rubber or fluorosilicone rubber foam, or a porous synthetic polymer foam reinforced with silicone... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5650010 | Apparatus for two-side coating of a thin printing paper web containing mechanical pulp or recycled fiber A method and apparatus for two-side coating of a light base weight printing paper web containing mechanical pulp or recycled fiber. The first side of a web (5) is coated in a first coating station (1), the coating applied to the first side is dried at lea... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5639303 | Apparatus for the application on both sides of a liquid medium onto a moving material web, in particular of paper or cardboard An apparatus for application on both sides of a liquid medium onto a moving material web, in particular of paper or cardboard, including an application (2) through which the material web (1) runs essentially from above to below with reference to a horizon... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5626676 | Sizing applicator A sizing applicator with two pairs of rollers arranged in sequence with one another along the transport path of a yarn sheet can be converted, without changing the position of the pairs of rollers, between an operating mode as a pad-type sizing applicator... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5536314 | Inking roller assembly for web printing The invention relates to a paper coloring apparatus for especially water colors or water-based inks, wherein a driven running paper web is positioned around a turning roller constituting the counter pressure roller for an inker and, together with the latt... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5476546 | Apparatus for applying lubricant pattern to a sheet work piece An apparatus for applying a liquid lubricant in a pattern to a face of a sheet workpiece has a support frame through which the workpiece is transported in a travel direction substantially parallel to its face, a plurality of axles in the frame extending a... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5413806 | Strip coating machine with thickness control A continuous strip coating machine has top and bottom applicator rolls and a backup roll adjacent the top applicator roll. A lift roll to lift the strip of material and thus vary the angle of wrap of the strip about the bottom applicator roll is provided.... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5378281 | Pretreating apparatus for adhesion of plastic sheet materials An apparatus is provided for pretreating plastic sheets having poor adhesive properties, with a primer treatment. The primer treatment includes a sheet conveyor for conveying plastic sheets in one direction at a constant speed. A flexible, porous friction... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5275657 | Apparatus for applying adhesive to a honeycomb half-cell structure The present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for applying at least one adhesive component to a honeycomb half-cell structure. The half-cell structure has a plurality of peaks and valleys on each side thereof and a diagonal surface between e... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5251989 | Apparatus for making a multi-colored printing ribbon An apparatus for producing a multi-colored printing ribbon including a first printing station where one or more spaced transfer heads transfer a first color to selected portions of a web of base colored ribbon stock. A second printing station where one or... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5209040 | Capsule sealing apparatus A capsule sealing apparatus is provided which includes a capsule supplying device, a slat, a capsule conveyor unit, a capsule sealing device, a plurality of capsule retaining plates, a drying device, and a capsule discharging device. The capsule supplying... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5188698 | Resin-sandwiched metal laminate, process and apparatus for producing the same and process for the producing resin film for the resin-sandwiched metal laminate A resin-sandwiched metal laminate, a process and apparatus for producing the same and a process for producing a resin film for the resin-sandwiched metal laminate are disclosed. The laminate comprises a pair of face and back metal sheets and a resin layer... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5183509 | Apparatus for application of a material to an internal surface of items of manufacture An apparatus for application of material to the internal surface of cylindrical items of manufacture. The apparatus includes a frame, a transport system having work stations supporting the items, an application system, and a curing system for curing the m... | 02/02/1993 |
