Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381272 | Processing apparatus A processing apparatus for transferring a relief pattern on a mold to a resist on a substrate through a compression of the mold against the resist, includes a supplier for supplying the resist between the substrate and the mold, and a recovery unit for recovering th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7368016 | Substrate processing unit and substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing unit includes: a vertically-movable substrate holder for holding a substrate; a pan surrounding a periphery of the substrate holder; a cell, located below the substrate holder and within the pan, having in its interior a chemical processing se... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351289 | Application device A device for applying a liquid to pasty medium to a moving surface, the moving surface in the case of direct application being the surface of a paper, board or other fibrous web. In the case of indirect application the moving surface being the surface of a transfer ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7279045 | Apparatus for wetting a running filament strand An apparatus for wetting an advancing filament bundle. A fluid is applied by means of a nozzle in the form of a fluid spray jet to the filament bundle advancing in spaced relationship with the nozzle. A portion of the spray jet is shielded before impacting upon the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7237810 | Plastic pipe adhesive joint A method of joining two pipe ends, by forming male threads on an end of a first pipe with a steep taper angle, forming matching female threads on an end of a second pipe, and applying adhesive material to the threads before twisting the pipes to fully engage the mal... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7192484 | Advanced coating apparatus and method A coating apparatus for coating a rollable device including a device rotator having a pair of rollers and spray nozzle is described. The spray nozzle produces a spray of coating material that is directed towards a gap that is between the rollers of the pair. The maj... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7153365 | Tray for substrate A tray, used for transferring a substrate and conducting a coating process, includes a recessed portion to accommodate a substrate, the depth of the recessed portion being substantially the same as the thickness of the substrate, and a one-step-lower gutter which is... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7103271 | Light irradiation heat treatment method and light irradiation heat treatment apparatus A light irradiation heat treatment apparatus and method may use a plane-shaped light irradiation heating component, facing one surface of a workpiece supported in a furnace, to raise the temperature of the workpiece. The temperature of the workpiece is raised by set... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7048800 | Semiconductor substrate processing apparatus According to one aspect of the invention, a semiconductor substrate, or wafer, processing apparatus is provided. The wafer processing apparatus may include a frame, a semiconductor substrate support, a dispense head connected to the frame to dispense a semiconductor... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7030039 | Method of uniformly coating a substrate A method of and an apparatus for coating a substrate with a polymer solution to produce a film of uniform thickness, includes mounting the substrate inside an enclosed housing and passing a control gas, which may be a solvent vapor-bearing gas into the housing throu... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7018943 | Method of uniformly coating a substrate A method of and an apparatus for coating a substrate with a polymer solution to produce a film of uniform thickness, includes mounting the substrate inside an enclosed housing and passing a control gas, which may be a solvent vapor-bearing gas into the housing throu... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6977098 | Method of uniformly coating a substrate A method of and an apparatus for coating a substrate with a polymer solution to produce a film of uniform thickness, includes mounting the substrate inside an enclosed housing and passing a control gas, which may be a solvent vapor-bearing gas into the housing throu... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962625 | Method and device for separate application A device for application of a liquid gluing system comprising at least two components, such as a resin component and a hardener component, the device comprising at least two hollow members (11, 11′), each member being provided with a row of orifices designe... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6938629 | Rinsing lid for wet bench A rinsing lid for a wet bench cleaning chamber used in the rinsing of acids, chemicals and/or particles from semiconductor wafers. The rinsing lid includes a lid housing having an upper water reservoir for receiving a stream of deionized water or other cleaning liqu... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6891131 | Thermal processing system A thermal processing system performs predetermined thermal processing on an approximately circular to-be-processed object, by applying radiant heat to the to-be-processed object by means of a heating lamp system. The heating lamp system comprises a plurality of lamp... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6884292 | Optical lens coating apparatus and method A method and apparatus are provided for batch, continuous, or semi-continuous coating of optical lenses. The method and apparatus use a plurality of carriages which are reciprocally moved in the apparatus to transfer jigs from a jig filled carriage to a lens loading... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6881436 | Method for recycling aqueous paint Material balance is maintained in a recycling system for aqueous paint by controlling a liquid amount within the recycling system while spray-coating an article. A recycling method includes: coating an article with aqueous paint in a water-curtain-type coating booth... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6860946 | System for the process of coating implantable medical devices Methods of coating an implantable device and a system for performing such methods are disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes applying a coating substance to the surface of an implantable device, and rotating the implantable device in a centrifuge. The metho... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6837929 | Method and device for providing a layer of coating material on the inner side of a display window for a color display tube Method and device for providing a layer (6) of a coating material on the inner side (2) of a display window (1) for a color display tube. A drop (3) of a suspension of said coating material is deposited on the inner side of the display wi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6838643 | Method and apparatus for performing baking treatment to semiconductor wafer An apparatus for baking a semiconductor wafer having a resist pattern thereon includes a baking oven in which the semiconductor wafer is placed and heated, and a first hot plate which is provided in the baking oven to heat an entire bottom surface of the semiconduct... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6780366 | Drip retainer The invention provides mandrels for producing elastomeric components such as mammary implants. Specifically, the invention provides mandrels that include a mold, a shaft attached to the mold, and a drip retainer attached to the shaft. The drip retainers disclosed he... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6776887 | Method and apparatus for thin film center shielding A carrier (20) is used in the thin film coating of disks (35). The disks (35) are held in a disk tray (30). The disks (35) have a center (35a) through which the thin film coating can go through. The carrier (20... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6767403 | Spin bowl having fluid seal for preventing air from flowing into the bowl during spinning A spin bowl includes a base and a sidewall that extends from the base. The base has an upper portion for supporting a substrate in a horizontal plane and a lower portion that intersects with the sidewall. The lower portion of the base has a plurality of drain holes ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6740164 | Plating apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device Plating apparatus and plating method that can plate more uniformly on a processing surface of a workpiece are provided. The plating apparatus is comprised of a plating solution bathe which is provided with a first electrode held in a state soaked in a plating soluti... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6718127 | Heating device of the light irradiation type A heating device of the light irradiation type in which uniform illuminance can be obtained without placing a single end lamp in the middle of the light source part is achieved providing a light source part in which circular lamps are arranged concentrically to one ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6709708 | Immersion coating system A coating process involving a hollow cylinder, a hollow shaft coaxial with the cylinder connecting a first and a second spacing device, mounting thereon on a vertical rod which is concentric to and mounted within a cylindrical coating vessel having a t... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6703589 | Device and method for tempering at least one process good A method and for heat-treating at least one material being processed (3) under a specific process-gas atmosphere (111) of at least one process gas (4) with the aid of a heat-treatment unit (6). The heat-treatment unit has at least one energy source (5) fo... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6699323 | Spray gluing unit A spray gluing unit in a machine for wrapping products advancing along a pass line comprises a gluer equipped with a nozzle having an outlet from which adhesive is directed onto a wrapping material enveloping the products, and a cleaning station equipped ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6578592 | Processing apparatus with horizontally movable enclosing element A cleaning system has a movable outer tubular member (26) and a movable inner tubular member (27). A bottom part of the inner tubular (27) is inclined. A first drain pipe (47) is connected to the inner tubular member (27). The first drain pipe (47) has an... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6533864 | Solution processing apparatus and method An upper side of a cup provided around a wafer is formed in a rectangular shape and a lower side thereof is formed in a cylindrical shape. The cup is formed such that, when seen from above, the portion forming the cylindrical shape is positioned within th... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6495205 | Linear extrusion coating system and method Extrusion coating of circular and other substrates is taught with a linear extrusion head in a linear motion utilizing a chuck assembly providing a coating bead forming surface. The coating bead forming surface allows for the coating bead to be at a stead... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6494952 | Device for applying a thin coat on the surface of a screen of a cathode-ray tube An apparatus for applying a thin film of a liquid coating medium onto a curved surface of an article includes a receptacle for the article, a rotatably drivable turntable on which the receptacle is held and a nonrotatable process pot surrounding the recep... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6465761 | Heat lamps for zone heating A reactor chamber is positioned between a top array of heat lamps and a bottom array of heat lamps. At least one of the heat lamps forming the top and bottom arrays features a segmented filament such that power output along the length of the heat lamp dif... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6177137 | Method in film transfer coating and equipment intended for carrying out the method Method and arrangement for coating a web in a film press nip defined by a pair of rotating rolls and through which the web runs and in which a coating agent is applied as a film onto a face of at least one of the rolls and transferred in the nip from the ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6165267 | Spin coating apparatus A spin coating apparatus requires less cleanroom air flow than prior spin coating apparatus to minimize cleanroom contamination. A shaped exhaust duct from the spin coater maintains process quality while requiring reduced cleanroom air flow. The exhaust d... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6059883 | Sealant applicator A sealant applicator is used with a sealant container and has a frame, a plug contained within the frame, a wiper connected with a first frame end, a biasing member connected between the frame and the plug, and a coupler that couples the sealant applicato... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5992494 | Device for manufacturing packets with glued folding flaps In the manufacture of packets on which folding flaps or other packaging parts are connected to one another by glue, the latter is applied to the blank (10) of the packet by glue nozzles 16. When there is a temporary breakdown, the gluing unit (15) is move... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5989342 | Apparatus for substrate holding A substrate holding apparatus holds a rotating substrate without idly rotating the substrate and keeps the substrate in proper balance while the substrate is rotated. In a revolvable holding member, a column-shaped holding part is disposed on a top surfac... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5902402 | Device for chemical wet treatment A device for chemical wet treatment of substrates has a tank containing a treatment fluid for treating the substrates. At least one substrate carrier for supporting the substrates within the tank is provided. At least one substrate lifting device for lift... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5895679 | Egg holder and tray for coloring eggs An novel egg holder is claimed. The egg holder is used in combination with a tray and dye containing liquid for coloring eggs.... | 04/20/1999 |
