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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161903 | Method of providing a moisture vapor barrier layer to a core of a golf ball A method of forming a water vapor barrier layer to a core of a golf ball is provided. The method includes placing the core of the golf ball into a vapor barrier composition, withdrawing the lifting device, and spinning and optionally oscillating the core within the ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7337792 | Liquid processing apparatus and liquid processing method A cleaning apparatus 1 includes a foup loading/unloading part 2 for mounting foups F each accommodating a plurality of wafers W at intervals of a constant pitch (normal pitch), a rotor 34 capable of holding the wafers W at half the normal pitch ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 6966259 | Printing sleeve with an integrated printing surface A seamless printing sleeve comprising a hollow cylindrical base and a seamless imageable surface as its outermost layer is described. The imageable surface acts as an integral flexographic printing surface. Preferably the printing sleeve comprises an intermediate ph... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6884334 | Vertically configured chamber used for multiple processes The present invention relates to a containment chamber that is used for carrying out multiple processing steps such as depositing on, polishing, etching, modifying, rinsing, cleaning, and drying a surface on the workpiece. In one example of the present invention, th... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6681692 | Self-adjusting blade A self-adjusting blade for engagement with a moving work surface, comprising a steel strip elongated in a first direction between first and second sides, said strip having an edge section along said first side for contact with said work surface, and said ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6458210 | Electrostatic fluidized bed coating method and apparatus Apparatus for applying powder to objects, such as electric motor stators and permeable substrates. The apparatus includes a first chamber having upper and lower portions. A powder fluidizing bed is disposed at the lower portion and receives and fluidizes ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6395086 | Shield for wafer station An improved shield for preventing the contamination of a wafer back from resist is combined with process steps that further prevent this contamination. The shield is located where vortex like air currents could otherwise deposit the resist vapor on the wa... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6273946 | Method for production of multi-layered epitaxially grown crystal and apparatus therefor A used melt receptacle 40, a holder 60 for the alignment of crystalline substrates and a melt receptacle 20 are piled up in this order along a vertically extending central axis. A plurality of melt reservoirs 21a to 21d for different kinds of melts are di... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6231929 | Slide coating apparatus having a low surface energy region A slide coating apparatus for coating liquid with a first slide member having a first slide surface onto which a first liquid may flow, and a second slide member having a second slide surface over which the first liquid may flow, the first slide member be... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6224940 | Method and apparatus for coating sleeves and products comprising such sleeves The present invention relates to a method and device for manufacturing coated sleeves, whereby the sleeve is positioned vertically and held stationary, while a feed pipe is introduced from below, by vertical displacement, concentrically into the sleeve. A... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6010573 | Apparatus and method for endothelial cell seeding/transfection of intravascular stents An apparatus for modifying an intravascular stent with endothelial cells and/or engineered endothelial cells which may have genetically altered DNA to minimize failure rates includes an external conductor sleeve, an insulating tube held therein, and a pai... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5951763 | Immersible rotatable carousel apparatus for wetting articles of manufacture An apparatus for immersing lightweight articles such as computer discs in a violently agitating electroplating bath comprises an immersible carousel driven for rotation from both ends of the carousel by a single drive means. The carousel is supported on e... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5725669 | Car body surface treatment device In a simple car body surface treatment device, the car body (16) is brought into and taken out of the treatment bath (1) exclusively by rotation of a revolving device (2). The car body (16) arranged on a loading carriage (11) is detachably connected to th... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5665163 | Film applicator with entrained air removal and surface control A uniform film of coating is delivered onto a substrate at high speed by a film applicator, such as a coater apparatus for a papermaking machine, which has a static converging wedge, an adjustable converging wedge, and an extraction channel located betwee... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5651822 | Vehicle body surface treatment apparatus In order to create a simple car body surface treatment device, a car body is introduced into and removed again from the treatment bath (11) simply by being rotated by a rotating device (2), at the same time as another car body is pushed onto and secured t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5573625 | Apparatus for applying polyurethane layer to tire sidewall A cured rubber tire has adhered thereto a layer of heated and mixed, productive urethane composition fluid sidewall material which has been flowed from a nozzle into a groove in the sidewall of a shaped tire. The tire is rotated under the nozzle a distanc... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5560958 | Method and apparatus for coating fluorescent lamps A method and apparatus for sequentially coating fluorescent lamps with a protective coating. The lamps are advanced continuously through coating apparatus which prepares the surfaces of the lamps for coating, then dips the lamps in a bath of liquid coatin... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5458917 | Continuous surface treating method and apparatus with inline centrifugal separator In a continuous surface treating method and apparatus with an inline centrifugal separator, an object to be treated is contained in a basket and hung from a hanger of an overhead type and a series of surface treatments of the object is carried out by usin... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5417181 | Coating device A coating device bears against support roll via runners or guide members which are arranged on the two sides of the housing of the coating device. The coating device is displaceable along guides and is forced by a pressure force against the support roll. ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5395446 | Semiconductor treatment apparatus A semiconductor treatment apparatus has a gas-phase decomposing device for decomposing a gas-phase on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, a substrate supporting device for supporting the substrate, and a substrate transfer device for transferring the ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5318804 | Extrusion type coater and coating method In a coater for applying a liquid onto a surface of a moving object, the coater includes a front edge surface, a back edge surface and a slit, wherein the back edge surface has an entrance edge from which the coating liquid is introduced into a gap betwee... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5294257 | Edge masking spin tool An apparatus and method for spin coating a substrate with a liquid material which prevents the material from contacting the edge or backside of the substrate or forming an edge bead at the periphery of the substrate is disclosed. A spin chuck is equipped ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5183691 | Paper coating head, apparatus and method There is disclosed a head for use in an apparatus for coating a sheet member which comprises a first body portion, securable at a predetermined spacing from the surface to be coated, a coating blade securable to the first body portion and projecting towar... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5120410 | Rotary electrocoating machine An electrocoating machine for easy-open can ends has an electrocoating wheel rotatable about a horizontal axis and partially submersed in a bath of electrocoating solution. The electrocoating wheel carries ends into and through the bath. A transfer turret... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5059453 | Method and apparatus for metalizing internal surfaces of metal bodies such as tubes and pipes Method for coating the inside surface of an elongated metal tubular body which includes placing a plurality of elongated pieces of coating metal into the bore of the tubular body in alignment with the axis thereof, to provide a constant amount of coating ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5015505 | Method and apparatus for striping a tire sidewall A method and apparatus for imparting a decorative strip onto the sidewall of a cured tire. The tire is sealed between a pair of chucks and inflated. The sidewall portion of the tire to be decorated is maintained in a flat horizontal posture by the chucks ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4995331 | Apparatus for glazing articles of earthenware or porcelain An apparatus for glazing an article of earthenware or porcelain such as e.g. a plate or the like includes a capstan with a plurality of arms each supporting a workpiece holder for at least one glaze vessel which is rotatable about its axis and tiltable re... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4911818 | Method and apparatus for surface treatment on automotive bodies The present invention is for an apparatus and method of batch type surface treatment on a car body. The car body is rolled in the bath about the horizontal and longitudinal axis of the car body.... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4851263 | Method and apparatus for application of wax on wafers A method and an apparatus for applying molten wax to one face of a wafer is disclosed. A container having an upwardly facing opening contains the molten wax. The wafer is held substantially horizontally above the opening of the container, with one face of... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4840138 | Fluid dispensing system A sealant supply system for a sealant applying machine having a plurality of rotatable sealant applying head devices rotatable about a central axis of rotation and comprising support means for supporting the system on the machine; a rotatable sealant supp... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4828648 | Liquid phase epitaxy apparatus and method An apparatus and method for performing liquid phase epitaxy, mercury containment, substrate leveling, in situ annealing/doping and gas flushing in a liquid phase epitaxy growth of HgCdTe. The apparatus is a self contained unit comprising a transparent cov... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4821675 | Color filter dyeing apparatus A color filter dyeing apparatus for dyeing a color filter formed on a substrate comprises a chuck for holding the substrate on which the color filter is mounted, a dyeing solution receptacle in intimate engagement, by means of a sealing member, with the c... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4773354 | Apparatus for uniformly dispensing a paste material An apparatus for dispensing high viscosity paste materials onto a seal edge includes a conditioning chamber which permits the build up of a back pressure to aid the exit of the paste from the outlet orifice of the chamber. An auger which dispenses the pas... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4772374 | Electrodeposition system and method therefor A work processing system comprising: a plurality of work processing stations or tanks arranged in a predefined manner; superstructure means suspended above the process stations; a programmable controller situated remote from said processing stations for g... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4766842 | Method and means for wave soldering of leads of an integrated circuit package Solder coating of lead of IC packages is accomplished by passing IC packages on a pallet through a solder wave. The rectangular or square IC packages are positioned so that they are tilted relative to the horizontal and rotated so that a side or adjacent ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4728527 | One-side web treatment method and apparatus with self-forming treatment vessel An apparatus and method for treating one side of a moving web includes a pair of laterally spaced vertical end members. The web to be treated passes in a downwardly extending loop around the lower arcuate edges of the end members and is sealed thereto by ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4628857 | Rotary screen printing apparatus A screen printing drum and machine including said drum for applying a coating to various shaped substrates, more particularly, slender-like substrates, more particularly writing implements.... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4604967 | System for uniformly dispensing a paste material to a seal edge A system for uniformly dispensing a frit material onto the seal edge of a CRT funnel includes a motor for rotating the funnel. The motor also drives a pulse generator which provides a selected number of input pulses for each increment of rotation. The inp... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4595614 | Method and apparatus for applying internal coatings to vessels The problem of distortion in the shape of the vessel by simultaneous heating and rolling at high temperatures is remedied by adding shape retaining, firing rings to the vessel. Firing rings are rings spacedly attached to the periphery of the vessel to mai... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4592303 | Paste material dispensing device A frit dispensing device includes a hopper which dispenses the frit material to the seal edge of a CRT funnel. The device centers the funnel and raises the funnel to place the seal edge in a reference plane a desired distance from the hopper. Funnel orien... | 06/03/1986 |
