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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7905196 | Aerosol generating apparatus, method for generating aerosol and film forming apparatus There is provided an aerosol generating apparatus which is capable of generating aerosol stably. The aerosol generating apparatus includes a container which mixes a particulate material and a carrier gas to generate a fluidized bed of the particulate material; an ae... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7654222 | Fluidized bed apparatus A fluidized bed apparatus includes a fluidizing container, a porous plate, a lower spray nozzle, a bag filter, an upper spray nozzle, a backwash nozzle, and a backwash nozzle elevator. The fluidizing container is formed in an inverted truncated conical cylindrical s... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7637999 | Fluidized bed reactor A fluidized bed reactor for granulating and coating particles in very small amounts having an essentially conical product container, a filter housing with filters inserted above the product container, and a lower housing below the conical product container having a ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7563325 | Wurster fluid bed coater with fluidizing gas distribution plate bypass An improved Wurster coater in which conditioned fluidizing gas, drawn through a coating chamber bowl from a plenum by a vacuum fan, is directed through a perforated gas distribution plate through one or more Wurster tubes. The perforated gas distribution plate defin... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7544250 | Method and apparatus for treating particulate-shaped material, in particular for mixing, drying, graduating, pelletizing and/or coating the material An apparatus for treating a particulate material, in particular for mixing, drying, granulating, pelletizing and/or coating the material, has a container which has a process chamber arranged around a longitudinal mid-axis of the container and formed as an annular ch... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7441942 | System and method for applying an additive to a material stream The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for applying liquid feed additives to a feed composition. In one embodiment, the system has a spray housing defining a spray chamber located adjacent a mix housing carrying a material composition. T... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429297 | Applicator for texturing An applicator comprising: a casing defined by two side walls and a cylinder wall, said cylinder wall comprising an opening on one side of said casing; a material container coupled to a side of said casing opposite said opening in a position that allows gravity to di... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7418920 | Device for coating food products with a particulate material A device for coating a food product with a particulate coating material comprises at least one essentially horizontal, rotary drum, at least one feed line for feeding food products to be coated to one end of the drum, at least one removal line for removing coated fo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7407551 | Mechanical and acoustical suspension coating of medical implants The present invention has several plausible embodiments. In one embodiment an apparatus for coating a medical device is provided. This apparatus includes a coating chamber, a vibrating structure within the coating chamber the vibrating structure capable of suspendin... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7395777 | Machine for the treatment of pharmaceutical products A machine (100) for the treatment of pharmaceutical products (P) comprises a pan (2) that revolves about an axis of rotation (X) and a dispensing unit (3) designed to disperse a coating material inside the pan (2) over a mass (M) of the p... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7381271 | Colorant dispensing system for adding colorant to pre-comminuted material and method of coloring same The present invention is a system for adding colorant to pre-comminuted material. The colorant dispensing system includes a supply hopper to selectively retain and discharge dry colorant. The colorant dispensing system further includes a colorant dispensing assembly... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7354539 | Process for gluing wood fragments or chips for semi-finished wood panels and relative gluing apparatus The process includes a weighing operation of a mass of material a glue is to be spread on, and thereafter a spraying operation of glue, variably mixed with steam, so that the glue is spread on the wood chips proportionately to a weight of the wood chips. The gluing ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351027 | Vehicle loader mechanism A vehicle loader mechanism mountable on a vehicle having a cargo deck for lifting loads onto the cargo deck is disclosed. The vehicle loader mechanism includes a base mountable on the cargo deck of the vehicle and a lift mechanism movable between a lowered position ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344663 | Multi-nozzle for granulation and method for manufacturing granular product The present invention provides a granulation method with increased drying effect while assuring the pressure for spraying the aqueous solution and the necessary number of nozzles equivalent to those of conventional design. Specifically, the granulation method uses a... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341757 | Polymer nanotechnology Size-confined nanocomposite powders and methods for their manufacture are provided by coating fine powders with a nanoscale powder of a different composition. The nanocomposite plastics offer performance characteristics approaching those of metals and alloys. The na... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316748 | Apparatus and method of dispensing small-scale powders An apparatus and method of dispensing small-scale powders for a variety of applications, including, for example, fabricating a three-dimensional heterogeneous small-scale device, includes using a feed mechanism that causes motion of the powder particles and the step... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311779 | Heating apparatus to heat wafers using water and plate with turbolators Embodiments of the invention provide a fluid processing method and apparatus. The apparatus includes a substrate support assembly positioned in a processing volume, a disk shaped member positioned in the processing volume in parallel orientation with a substrate sup... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305933 | Seasoning apparatus, and product manufacturing system provided therewith The present invention provides a seasoning apparatus capable of evenly seasoning each individual article, without seasoning any too heavily or too lightly. Therein, a screw having a helical blade is installed in a tube. The helical blade provides partitions that are... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7279732 | Enhanced atomic layer deposition A method of enhanced atomic layer deposition is described. In an embodiment, the enhancement is the use of plasma. Plasma begins prior to flowing a second precursor into the chamber. The second precursor reacts with a prior precursor to deposit a layer on the substr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279322 | Electrospraying apparatus and method for coating particles An electrospraying apparatus and/or method is used to coat particles. For example, a flow including at least one liquid suspension may be provided through at least one opening at a spray dispenser end. The flow includes at least particles and a coating material. A s... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273314 | Seed treater A drum for hanging from the ceiling constituting the floor of the second story of a grain elevator. The device is self-contained, and has top closure elements with a central feedhole, and a bottom closure element with a central discharge hole. It includes a rotary s... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7252048 | Coating device with integrated cleaning device For a coating device for coating, for example, lenticular or granular items, comprising a drum rotatably mounted about a horizontal axis for accommodation of the items during a coating process, a loading device for filling the items into the drum, a closeable openin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250093 | Method using a dry fluidised bed for producing thin, absorbent surface structures A process for producing thin absorbent planar structures which may be used in hygiene products such as diapers, incontinence products, wound contact materials or sanitary napkins to absorb body fluids, comprises the steps of: A) producing a mixture of a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247374 | Encapsulated active particles and methods for making and using the same The invention relates to preserving the properties of active particles through use of an encapsulant which may be removable. The encapsulant may protect the active particles against premature deactivation. If desired, the encapsulant may be removed to rejuvenate the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241425 | Fluidized bed apparatus for batch-by-batch or continuous process control and method for operating a fluidized bed apparatus A fluidized bed apparatus for batch-by-batch or continuous process control is provided that allows the processes in the fluidization region to be influenced as desired, especially in terms of material movement and dwell time. The fluidized bed apparatus is formed fr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7223307 | Disc coater A coater for separating primary particles that are coated with a sticky or tacky resin, and covering the surface of the primary particles with a secondary particle of smaller size is disclosed. The coater includes a disc having a periphery, a motor engaging the disc... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211150 | Apparatus and method for coating and drying multiple stents A coating and drying apparatus for the application of a coating substance to a stent and drying the stent is provided. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208804 | Crystalline or amorphous medium-K gate oxides, Y0and Gd0 A gate oxide and method of fabricating a gate oxide that produces a more reliable and thinner equivalent oxide thickness than conventional SiO2 gate oxides are provided. Also shown is a gate oxide with a conduction band offset of 2 eV or greater. Gate oxi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205620 | Highly reliable amorphous high-k gate dielectric ZrON A gate dielectric and method of fabricating a gate dielectric that produces a more reliable and thinner equivalent oxide thickness than conventional SiO2 gate oxides are provided. Gate dielectrics formed from metals such as zirconium are thermodynamically... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198674 | Device for surface coating of small parts The invention concerns a coating drum (60) for a single drum or, as the case may be, a multi-drum circulating coating device. The inside of the drum is subdivided into two rotation-symmetrical drum chambers (61 and 62) via a separating wall (... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193893 | Write once read only memory employing floating gates Structures and methods for write once read only memory employing floating gates are provided. The write once read only memory cell includes a floating gate transistor formed in a modified dynamic random access memory (DRAM) fabrication process. The floating gate tra... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182831 | Method and device for moistening fibrous raw materials with binding agents The disclosure includes a method for gluing fibrous raw materials, which improves the even distribution of the binding agent on the fibers considerably. The disclosure furthermore describes a device for performing the gluing process. The disclosure suggests a method... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182282 | Fluid bed granulation apparatus A nozzle for distributor devices of granule's growth liquid substance in fluid bed granulators, is distinguished by the fact that it comprises a first duct (2), with substantially rectilinear axis (A) and with a predetermined diameter, which duct has an end p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179332 | Process and apparatus for adding glue to a flow of loose wooden material A process and apparatus for adding glue to a flow (L) of loose wooden material, in particular a flow of wood chips and fibers, in which the wooden material is introduced through an inlet (3) into a mixer device (4). The glue is sprayed onto the flow of... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163708 | Process for dry coating a food particle or encapsulating a frozen liquid particle A process for dry coating a food particle having a size in the range from about 0.5 mm to about 20.0 mm is disclosed. The resulting coated food particle has a moisture level that is substantially the same as the moisture level of the uncoated food particle. A proces... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160577 | Methods for atomic-layer deposition of aluminum oxides in integrated circuits The present inventors devised unique atomic-layer deposition systems, methods, and apparatus suitable for aluminum-oxide deposition. One exemplary method entails providing an outer chamber enclosing a substrate, forming an inner chamber within the outer chamber, and... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148285 | Coated carbon black pellets and methods of making same A method of producing coated carbon black pellets is disclosed and includes contacting carbon black pellets with a coating agent to at least partially coat the individual carbon black pellets with the coating agent. The amount of coating agent applied to the carbon ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147717 | Wurster fluid bed coater with agglomeration enhancement screen An improved Wurster-type coater including a separator screen located within the Wurster tube in surrounding relationship to the spray nozzle and forming an annular volume through which at least a portion of smaller feed material particles are permitted to preferenti... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7112244 | Fluidized bed granulation coating device and fluidized bed granulation coating method Under the granulating section 10a for performing fluidized-bed granulation coating of powder grains, a drying section 20a for drying powder grains granulated is provided. A drying section 30a for drying the powder grains tha... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101926 | Free-flowing polymer composition The present invention relates to substantially free-flowing polymer particles. The polymer particles are those which have a one millimeter penetration temperature of less than about 75° C. as determined by thermal mechanical analysis or an unconfined yield strength... | 09/05/2006 |
