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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7886685 | Substrate holding apparatus, substrate holding method, and substrate processing apparatus A substrate holding apparatus can meet the request for a smaller-sized compact apparatus while ensuring a sufficient immersion depth of a substrate in a processing liquid. The substrate holding apparatus includes: a substrate holder for supporting a substrate (W) by... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7779780 | Layer forming apparatus for electrophotographic photoreceptor There is provided a layer forming apparatus for forming a photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photoreceptor, containing no bubbles in a coating liquid. In the layer forming apparatus for forming the photosensitive layer of the electrophotographic photorec... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7229562 | Integrated dual cross flow filtration and ultrasonic transducer assembly A filtration system comprising a filter cassette having integrated ultrasonic transducers incorporated therein, and a method for using the same. The integrated system of filters and transducers can be hardened for use in hazardous environments, and is particularly s... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7014711 | Liquid-phase growth apparatus and method A liquid-phase growth apparatus for growing a crystal on a substrate includes a crucible containing a solution that contains a raw material for forming the crystal, and a substrate holder for vertically holding the substrate. The substrate holder includes connectors... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994754 | Method and installation for dip coating of a metal strip, in particular a steel strip A process for the continuous dip-coating of a metal strip (1) in a tank (11) containing a liquid metal bath (12), in which process the metal strip (1) is made to run continuously through a duct (13), the lower part of which is imme... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991717 | Web processing method and apparatus The present invention relates to a web handling apparatus and process ideally suited for applications involving wet chemistry. The invention involves the horizontal processing of webs in processing containers. The web is redirected into the processing container by i... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6974530 | Method and system for controlling ion distribution during plating of a metal on a workpiece surface The flow of electrolyte and/or of ions is controlled by a diffuser element provided in a plating reactor, wherein, in one embodiment, the diffuser element comprises a mechanical adjustment mechanism to adjust the effective size of passages of the diffuser element. I... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6878355 | Device for activating conductivity in porous structures The invention concerns the treatment of porous structures such as cross-linked foams, woven or nonwoven, to make them electrically conductive by depositing polymers. The device enables, in a chemical reactor, to perform the activating treatment directly through non-... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6875333 | Plating apparatus for wafer A plating apparatus is provided to allow the whole area of a target plating surface of a wafer to be subjected to more uniform plating treatment and moreover enables a target plating surface of a wider area to be subjected to positive and uniform plating treatment. ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6774021 | Pattern forming method and pattern forming device A pattern forming method has the steps of: forming a pattern by discharging droplets of a conductive material forming solution onto an insulating substrate; forming a conductive layer pattern on the pattern by discharging droplets of a solution which becomes a growt... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6756074 | Methods for the deposition and curing of coating compositions Systems and methods for creating a combinatorial coating library including a coating system operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of materials suitable for forming at least one coating layer on a surface of one or more substrates. The systems and method... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746538 | Apparatus and method for coating photoreceptor substrates An apparatus for coating a photoreceptor substrate, such as a photoreceptor belt or a photoreceptor drum, consists of at least one photoreceptor coating fluid reservoir or diptank. The diptank defines an inlet at one end and a conduit with an orifice at the other en... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6689257 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate plating apparatus A substrate processing apparatus fills a metal such as copper or the like in fine interconnection patterns or trenches defined in a semiconductor substrate. The substrate processing apparatus has a loading/unloading unit for placing a substrate cassette t... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6638436 | Method and arrangement for regenerating a contaminated metal bath A method and a system for regenerating a metal bath contaminated by mixed crystals, particularly a tin bath (17) in a hot-dip coating process. A partial stream of the tin bath (17) is removed from the coating tank (15) and is first of all heated above its... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6558469 | Coating apparatus including insert device An apparatus including: (a) a vessel for a solution having a bottom end and an open top end, and defining a vertical axis perpendicular to the bottom end; (b) an insert device having a bottom surface and a top surface and nested within the vessel, wherein... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6544392 | Apparatus for manufacturing pcb's There is disclosed an improved apparatus for manufacturing printed circuit boards which solves the problem of immersion bath contaminants being plated-out onto electrically-conductive, circuit functional pads, (board-features) by introducing into the bath... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6534196 | Refractory metal coated articles for use in molten metal environments The present invention relates to articles, having an extended useful life, which are used in contact with high temperature molten aluminum or molten zinc baths. One aspect of the invention encompasses articles, such as bearings, bushings, couplings or rol... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6500483 | Method and device for applying sealant to component A method for applying a sealant to a component, in which the sealant is applied to a part of or the entirety of a sealing surface of the component, comprises the steps of: disposing in the sealant, an abutting member approximately in parallel to a surface... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6495204 | Methods for modifying monofilaments, bundles of monofilaments, and fibrous structural material The present invention is related to the modifying of substrates such as monofilaments, bundles of monofilaments, and fibrous structural material with a modifying agent. The modifying agent is suspended or dissolved in a supercritical fluid, near-critical ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6217933 | Method for treating dentures The invention relates to a method for treating a denture, comprising passing the denture through the air interface of an aqueous composition comprising a polymeric coating agent, especially a silicone polymer, having a weight average molecular weight of 1... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6214115 | Coating The invention provides an apparatus for coating tubular members, such as stents, and also provides a method for coating tubular members. The invention improves manufacturing efficiencies of existing manual-dipping technology for stents and also addresses ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6187099 | Installation for the treatment of objects in a defined gas atmosphere, whose O2 content is smaller that that of air and with which environmentally damaging treatment gases are produced An installation for the treatment of objects in a defined gas atmosphere whose oxygen content is smaller than that of air and with which environmentally damaging treatment gases are produced with a housing with an entry opening and with an exit opening for the... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6099702 | Electroplating chamber with rotatable wafer holder and pre-wetting and rinsing capability A plating cell has an inner plating bath container for performing electroplating on a work piece (e.g., a wafer) submerged in a solution contained by the inner plating bath container. A reclaim inlet funnels any solution overflowing the inner plating bath... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6035925 | Gating system for continuous pressure infiltration processes A system of gating orifices for continuous pressure infiltration processes eliminates blow-out of the pressurized molten metal matrix material and friction damage to the infiltrated perform. The system includes three or more orifices along a vertical path... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5840121 | Apparatus for producing encapsulated seeds A suction tip is moved between a seed-attracting position and a seed-releasing position when a rotary member is rotated by a drive source. The suction tip is moved upwardly and downwardly by an actuator attached to the rotary member. A gel-discharging mec... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5736199 | Gating system for continuous pressure infiltration processes A system of gating orifices for continuous pressure infiltration processes eliminates blow-out of the pressurized molten metal matrix material and friction damage to the infiltrated preform. The system includes three or more orifices along a vertical path... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5725662 | Processing section in gel coat processing unit for seeds A processing section in a gel coat processing unit for seeds to uniform the coating amount of seeds with gelatinizer to change a grain diameter of coated seeds without taking plenty of time and labor nor cost. In the processing section the seed is introdu... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5718768 | Apparatus for producing gel-coated seeds Each suction tip on a support member is moved between a seed-sucking position and a seed-supplying position by a drive source (20) at a supplying unit, and a seed vessel is moved up and down by a drive source (40). A pressurizing plunger is moved front by... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5681391 | Immersion coating apparatus Apparatus for dip coating comprising a drum having an outer surface to be coated, an upper end and a lower end, at least one coating vessel having a bottom, an open top and a cylindrically shaped vertical interior wall having a diameter greater than the d... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5681392 | Fluid reservoir containing panels for reducing rate of fluid flow A reservoir for dipping a non-cylindrical flexible belt into a coating fluid so that an electrophotographic layer can be deposited onto its outer surface during a manufacturing process includes a non-cylindrical tank with an inlet located at one end. A co... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5676755 | Flume coater A coater is provided for coating objects with a liquid material. The coater includes a flume that has an entry and an exit end, a supply of liquid coating material upon which the objects float, and a circulation system. The circulation system delivers the... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5637149 | Apparatus for application to a circuit board Solder is applied to a circuit structure 7 by dipping the structure into a bath 1 of molten solder 3, the molten solder having a layer of oil 5 on top. The structure is dipped into the bath by rotating it along a path that is substantially coplanar with t... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5578199 | Apparatus for maintaining a stable bath for an autodeposition composition by periodically separating particular metal ions from the composition A system automated for providing at least periodic removal of metal ions and contaminants from a chemical bath, consists of a microprocessor programmed for controlling fluid circuits of pumps and valves, for in one state of operation circulating a first p... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5573817 | Method and apparatus for delivering a substance into a material A method of delivering a substance into a material mass including the steps of measuring a quantity of a carrier fluid and a material to be delivered, mixing the carrier fluid and the material to be delivered, and subjecting the mixture to a magnetic infl... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5520737 | Shaft coating device and method therefor The following invention relates generally to devices which facilitate the coating on a elongate shaft or pipe with a highly viscous substance for the benefits that attend having such a shaft or pipe coated with such a substance. In addition, the instant i... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5489336 | Apparatus for forming a silicon oxide film on a silicon wafer Disclosed is a method of forming a silicon oxide film on a silicon wafer, comprises the steps of keeping a supersaturated hydrofluoric acid solution of silicon oxide on the surface of a silicon wafer in a thickness of not more than 20 mm, the solution hav... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5421882 | Apparatus for gel-coating seed A gel-coating apparatus for seeds comprising: a nozzle portion for forming and cutting a gel coating film by opening and closing operation of a cutting plunger; a seed storing vessel moving upward and downward; an arm having a rotation shaft at the center... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5393395 | Method of surface-treating a half sliding bearing and apparatus for same An apparatus and a method of surface-treating a half sliding bearing, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a tank which accommodates a surface-treatment solution and an anode of an alloy to be applied to the bearings as a surface treatment; succe... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5393416 | Apparatus for maintaining a stable bath for an autodeposition composition by periodically separating particular metal ions from the composition An automated system is disclosed for providing at least periodic removal of metal ions from a chemical complex and contaminants from a chemical bath. The chemical bath is a latex solution containing charged latex particles and having an acidic pH to form ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5340399 | Apparatus for the heat treatment of ophthalmic lenses, especially contact lenses In an apparatus for the heat treatment of ophthalmic lenses, especially contact lenses, which comprises an approximately cylindrical housing of closed design having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, transport device for transporting the ophthalmic l... | 08/23/1994 |
