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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7138014 | Electroless deposition apparatus An apparatus and a method of depositing a catalytic layer comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of noble metals, semi-noble metals, alloys thereof, and combinations thereof in sub-micron features formed on a substrate. Examples of noble me... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7066314 | Modular belt carrier for electronic components Replaceable component carriers (40) are adapted to be freely floating in belt apertures (74) and have alignment features (160), such as conical holes (170), mated to features (162), such as tapered pins (184), in processing ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6613237 | Apparatus and method for removing matter on a fluid surface of a tank It is desired to remove matter on a fluid surface of a tank. The tank defines a circular tank orifice comprising a tank orifice rim, the tank orifice rim containing a fluid surface of a fluid, the fluid overflowing the tank orifice rim to form a fluid ove... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6346152 | Method and apparatus for applying adhesives to a lead frame A method for applying a viscous material to a lead frame element. A method of the invention includes positioning the lead frame facing downward and bringing the lead fingers into contact with a pool of adhesive material. The contact of the lead fingers to... | 02/12/2002 |
| 5935658 | Process for continuous application of an organic coating on a moving metallurgical product and apparatus for its implementation The invention relates to a process for application of an organic coating on a moving metallurgical product 7 from a bath of a liquid organic material 3 contained in a vat 2 and liable to comprise air bubbles, the transfer of said liquid organic material 3... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5845839 | Method and apparatus for dip solder processing A dip soldering process includes a reservoir of molten solder and a solder ladle for immersion therein to refresh the supply of ladled solder. The ladled solder is displaced by a displacement plunger to thereby overflow the ladle and carry with it surface... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5667310 | Molten metal immersion sliding bearing and continuous hot-dip plating apparatus A sliding bearing to be immersed in molten metal has low friction and long life. The bearing is provided with a solid particle trap portion for preventing solid particles in the molten metal from penetrating between sliding surfaces of the shaft and the b... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5639419 | Bubble operated dross diluting pump for a steel treating bath A fabricated bubble operated pump for diluting dross in a steel treating bath.... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5551979 | Apparatus for applying termination paste to electronic components A dipping head dips planar arrays of electronic components, disposed in carriers, into sheets of termination paste that are conveyed to a dipping site by a conveyor having an upper planar surface. The sheets are produced atop the conveyor by a doctoring d... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5248340 | Dipping apparatus Take-in and take-out conveyors are provided on horizontal sides of a chucking mechanism, which is adapted to engage a workpiece and vertically move the same, and disposed flush with each other for supplying and discharging the workpiece to and from a posi... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5209782 | System for soldering printed circuits Apparatus for soldering, leveling and cooling printed circuit panels including a preheater, a fluxer, and soldering, leveling and cooling stations. The cooperation of the soldering, leveling and cooling stations provides for efficient processing of printe... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5192014 | Dip soldering apparatus In a dip soldering apparatus, a first scraper blade scrapes the surface of the solder bath before a pot is raised through the surface of the bath, and a second blade then scrapes the surface of solder in the pot when the pot has been lifted through the su... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5143817 | Solid imaging system An apparatus and method for fabricating integral three-dimensional objects from successive layers of photoformable compositions by exposing the layers of the composition through a detachable flexible transparent film, one side of the film being in contact... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5128111 | Appartus for making inorganic webs and structures formed thereof A large thin web having a coherent crystal morphology throughout its extent is made on a continuous basis by drawing a meniscus of the web material from a hot melt thereof onto a heated support surface which moves relative to the melt so that the liquid i... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4987851 | Apparatus for forming organic thin film An organic film forming apparatus includes a trough storing water therein and a work drive device for moving a work with respect to the trough. The surface of the water is partitioned by a rod into a first developing region on which a monomolecular film i... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4801476 | Method for production of large area 2-dimensional arrays of close packed colloidal particles A method is described which details the preparation of large area close packed monolayers of colloidal particles from random distributions of colloidal particles by compressing the random network.... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4781800 | Deposition of metal or alloy film Method and apparatus for plating metal or metal alloy on a well-defined area of the surface of an article by forming a liquid plating bath having its surface maintained slightly above the rim of a container by surface tension and passing the surface to be... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4779561 | Crucible for multi-bath liquid phase epitaxy The crucible is of the type in which substrates to be epitaxially coated are disposed in a slide comprising a substrate carrier (7), whose displacement permits of bringing the substrates (9) successively into contact with different baths of epitaxy. It co... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4598858 | Covering means and method for protecting the surface of a soldering bath For protecting the surface of a soldering bath a covering means is used which comprises two phases (3,4), which are placed one on top of the other, are not soluble in each other and are liquid at the soldering temperature. The bottom phase (3) is produced... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4422403 | Dipless metallizing apparatus Metallic articles, for instance, ferrous strips are metallized, for instance, zinc coated by passing the heated article through a coating chamber and applying thereto a continuous stream of the molten coating metal so as to uniformly and evenly metallize ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4421054 | Apparatus for preventing surface blemishes on aluminum-zinc alloy coatings The occurrence of defects on wire coated with an aluminum-zinc alloy coating applied by hot dipping in a molten coating bath is substantially decreased by preventing the deposition of zinc powder particles upon the surface of the molten aluminum-zinc coat... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4394844 | Chip coater An apparatus for applying an epoxy glue, solder paste or a similar material to the surface of a planar circuit chip, such as a silicon integrated circuit chip. Positioned just above the liquid epoxy in the bath is a fine mesh, stainless steel screen clamp... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4361605 | Apparatus used in surface treatment and a method of surface treatment using said apparatus An apparatus used in surface treatment and a method of surface treatment using said apparatus are provided in the present invention. Said apparatus comprises a dipping tank forming one or more hoppers in its bottom, a drain path connected to said hoppers, a so... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4324264 | Bottle cleaning machine In a bottle cleaning operation, bottles to be cleaned are introduced into a machine housing divided into a first housing and a separate second housing intercommunicating with one another through a bottle transfer section. Bottles are introduced into carri... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4310572 | Method for wiping hot dip metallic coatings The occurrence of defects on wire coated with an aluminum-zinc alloy coating applied by hot dipping in a molten coating bath is substantially decreased by preventing the deposition of zinc powder particles upon the surface of the molten aluminum-zinc coat... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4275098 | Method and apparatus for continuously hot-dip galvanizing steel strip A method and an apparatus for continuously hot-dip galvanizing a steel strip, which comprises: Using a hot-dip galvanizing tank divided into a reaction chamber and a plating chamber having a bottom wall downwardly inclining toward the bottom wall of said ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4171761 | Wave solder apparatus Apparatus is disclosed herein for extending the length of a trailing wave of a double sided laminar wave of solder by the use of a dam in an oil intermix wave soldering system to create a dead zone while still being able to remove oil from the surface of ... | 10/23/1979 |
