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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7563326 | Device for coating and drying both sides of a material web of paper or board A coating/drying device including a first application device, a second application device and a drying device. The first application device for applying application medium to a first side of a fiber material web, moving in a running direction. The second application... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7335264 | Differentially coated medical devices, system for differentially coating medical devices, and coating method A method for coating at least a portion of a medical device having an interior is provided that includes holding the medical appliance from an outside surface, inserting a spray nozzle in a first opening accessing the interior of the medical appliance, and spraying ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318949 | Towel dispensing and treatment system A method for dispensing towels contained in a compartment and selectively treating the towels with a fluid comprises the steps of extracting a dispensable towel from the compartment, through a towel delivery conduit extending through a removable cover disposed on th... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302909 | Nozzle assembly for imprinting patterns on an extruded product The invention provides a nozzle assembly for spraying a food product. The nozzle assembly includes a first sprayer disposed along an axis defining, at least in part, a path of movement for a food product. The nozzle assembly also includes a second sprayer disposed a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285170 | Adhesive application mechanism for a printer An adhesive application mechanism for a printer is provided. The adhesive application mechanism comprises first and second adhesive applicators, the adhesive applicators being mutually opposed and configured to apply adhesive simultaneously onto opposite faces of sh... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276264 | Methods for coating conduit interior surfaces utilizing a thermal spray gun with extension arm Systems and methods for applying a coating to an interior surface of a conduit. In one embodiment, a spray gun configured to apply a coating is attached to an extension arm which may be inserted into the bore of a pipe. The spray gun may be a thermal spray gun adapt... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7208045 | Powdering unit, powdering station and method for their operation A powdering unit for spraying printed products with powder has two box-shaped guiding elements following each other in the product-conveying direction. These guiding elements delimit, with mutually opposite parallel guiding sides, a guiding shaft leading to the prod... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7083693 | Apparatus and method for fiber batt foam encapsulation Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for at least partially encapsulating a fiber batt or other highly porous substrate by applying a polymeric foam layer to one or more surfaces of the fiber batt. The foam application assemblies are arranged and configured to ext... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070655 | Pre-treatment tunnel and method of preparing extrusions or section bars for being powder or liquid coated Pre-treatment tunnel and method of preparing extrusions or section bars for being coated, wherein each workpiece is caused to move along a pre-treatment path and each treatment liquid is poured from above onto each workpiece so as to spread liquid onto the entire ex... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060155 | Method and apparatus for soft skin encapsulation The invention relates to an insulation product comprising an elongated fibrous batt with a polymeric encapsulating layer and, optionally, a vapor or other barrier layer on one or more surfaces of the fibrous batt and an apparatus for manufacturing such an insulation... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7029532 | Coating station A coating station, which in intended for coating a web with a coating material, includes a load-bearing and cross-directional frame extending substantially across the entire width of the web. The coating station also includes applicator elements supported to the fra... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025663 | Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus having conditioning cleaning device A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus having a conditioning cleaning device capable of efficiently cleaning a diamond pad is disclosed. The conditioner cleaning device of the present invention is capable of increasing cleaning efficiency by uniformly spraying a ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018473 | Towel dispensing and treatment system A dispenser to dispense towels selectively treated with a fluid, includes a compartment having an open upper end and containing at least one dispensable towel therein. A removable cover is disposable on the compartment to form an enclosure with the compartment. A to... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014556 | Powder coating systems A powder coating system is provided comprising a powder spray booth (2) with a powder recovery system having an overspray intake (18) communicating with the interior of the booth. A diverter plate (26) may be held within the booth (2) to ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6946032 | Installation for powder painting objects An installation for powder coating articles, in particular vehicle bodies, comprises a coating booth, in which a plurality of application devices for the powder coating may be arranged. The articles to be coated are located during the coating process on a rotating r... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926923 | Method of forming coat on inner surface of bearing and apparatus for the same There is provided a method of forming a coat on an inner surface of a bearing, in which a jig 13 is attached to a rotor 2 while holding four bearings 12 for example, so as to form those in a cylinder shape. Then, while the rotor 2 is rota... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916502 | Systems and methods for coating conduit interior surfaces utilizing a thermal spray gun with extension arm Systems and methods for applying a coating to an interior surface of a conduit. In one embodiment, a spray gun configured to apply a coating is attached to an extension arm which may be inserted into the bore of a pipe. The spray gun may be a thermal spray gun adapt... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908046 | Self propelled fence painting system A self propelled fence painting system for painting a length of fence. The self propelled fence painting system includes a housing that includes a front wall, a back wall and an upper end wall that is coupled to and extends between the front and back walls. The fron... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6878400 | Method and apparatus for introducing in continuous a substance in liquid phase into plastics granules A method for continuously introducing a substance in liquid phase into plastics granules comprising: a) feeding a substantially continuous flow of the plastics granules to at least one substantially static spraying chamber, b) spraying the substance in liquid phase ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6836700 | System and method generating a trajectory for an end effector A method, program embodied on a computer readable medium, and various systems are provided for generating a process trajectory. A normalized image of an object is displayed on a display device of a computer system, the object including a surface that is to be proces... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6827781 | Device for humidifying a material web A device for moistening a material web moved in the transport direction, is preferably used for re-moistening a paper or textile web dried after printing by means of spray device for spraying a water fog onto the material web under the influence of an electrostatic ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6824818 | Wet on wet process for producing films An apparatus and method of making a decorative sheet material is provided whereby complex multi-layer films are produced with enhanced efficiency and assurance of quality. The method involves directing a flexible carrier film through a coating station; depositing on... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6811806 | Apparatus and method for spray coating sheet material An apparatus and method for spraying an atomized liquid compound onto a sheet material traveling along a material coating process line. The apparatus and method heats and mixes a liquid compound then atomizes and sprays the atomized liquid compound to coat the sheet... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6772710 | Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus In a PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition) apparatus including a reaction chamber; plural susceptors installed inside the reaction chamber and horizontally mounted with a wafer respectively; a heating means for heating the susceptors; a power supply unit... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6682777 | Substrate processing method In processing a substrate, adsorption members provided on a table play an important role in whether "indirectly influenced marks" are left on the rear surface of the substrate. Groups of adsorption members are selected in a predetermined order for use in ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6682599 | System for manufacturing a trim panel A system for manufacturing a trim panel includes a plurality of rollers for routing a foam core of the trim panel along a path. A first doctor blade for applying an adhesive resin is disposed adjacent to the first side of the foam core. A second doctor bl... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6656279 | Apparatus for the spray treatment of printed circuit boards Proposed is an apparatus for the spray treatment of printed circuit boards. It has conveyor means for conveying the printed circuit boards (2) with a horizontally oriented PCB surface plane. Provided above the plane of conveyance (7) is a nozzle device (1... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6626376 | Spray coating device A spray coating device (14) for coating a pipeline (12) comprises an upper frame (42) having a pair of arms (62, 64) pivotally mounted on opposed sides of the pipeline. Each arm (62, 64) has radially spaced inner and outer guides (86, 88) and a flexible e... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6613147 | Portable spray booth A portable spray booth for applying paint to plank-like members. The portable spray booth includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall and a pair of lateral side walls. The front and back walls each has an opening therein... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6589346 | Pipe coating apparatus and method An apparatus for and method of coating the outer surface of a non-rotating pipe with a fluid including a fluid reservoir for containing fluid to be discharged onto the surface of a pipe, and a pipe receiving chamber extending through and separate from the... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6530339 | Application of binding adhesive to pages passing through a printer A printing device includes an adhesive applicator for the application of a strip of adhesive to one or both sides of pages of paper adjacent an edge to be bound. A pinch roller drives the page past a print head which prints text and/or images onto the pag... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6458208 | Film forming apparatus A film forming apparatus comprising: a spin chuck; a cup; a lid; a first circular/tubular nozzle for supplying a resist solution to a first portion corresponding to the rotation center portion of a rectangular substrate; a plurality of second circular/tub... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6382128 | Apparatus for manufacturing an adjustable covering for architectural openings An apparatus is disclosed for fabricating a laminate product having a pair of sheet materials spaced by a plurality of flexible parallel vanes which are secured to the sheet material so that planar movement of the sheet materials in opposite directions ca... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6368408 | Device for coating the flanks of spacer frames for insulating glass panes Device for coating sidewalls or flanks (6) of a spacer frame (7) for insulating glass panes with an adhesive or sealant, in which the spacer frame consists of a plurality of members (8); the device having a conveyor (1) that defines a conveying direction ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6265020 | Fluid delivery systems for electronic device manufacture The present invention relates to new methods for delivering solutions during electronic device manufacture. Methods of the invention include delivering metallization solutions to the device at an angle of less than 90 degrees with the surface of the devic... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6258404 | Method and device for coating a wireframe element with a fine liquid deposit and coated optical fiber The invention concerns a method and a device for depositing at least one thin film of a liquid agent on a wireframe element such as an optical fiber designed to form a very fine coating on said wireframe element consisting in spraying the liquid agent on ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6235114 | Interdigitized disk waveform baffle system for directing fluid stream against substrate sheet A waveform baffle is interdigitized in a roller apparatus for applying fluids to substrates.... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6203858 | Method and system for coating a web The invention is directed to a process and system for coating a traveling material web, especially paper or cardboard, with at least one liquid medium, in which the coating medium is conveyed to an applicator device with a spray nozzle fitted in a vacuum ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6168663 | Thin sheet handling system cross-reference to related applications Apparatus for advancing and processing a flexible panel in a feed path includes a platen located proximate the feed path, the platen defining a platen surface extending in close proximity parallel to the feed path, a linear array of closely spaced fluid p... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6135747 | Apparatus for making mineral fiber insulation batt impregnated with extruded synthetic fibers Apparatus for impregnating surfaces, including edge surfaces, of fiberglass insulation batts with synthetic fibers, comprising a conveyor for advancing the batts in a common direction and, initially, in a side-by-side orientation. Separators thereafter in... | 10/24/2000 |
