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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151728 | Gas wiping apparatus A gas wiping apparatus for use in coating a molten metal onto a steel strip. In the apparatus, a chamber, to which a high pressure gas is supplied, defines a multistage uniform pressure space. A lip support unit is associated with a front of the chamber to allow the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8079323 | Liquid wiping apparatus A liquid wiping apparatus that can eliminate the increase in the thickness of membranous liquid and defects in the surface quality resulting from the attachment of splash onto the surface of a metallic strip and can improve the productivity in a manner of accelerati... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8056499 | Gas wiping apparatus A gas wiping apparatus for use in coating a molten metal onto a steel strip. In the apparatus, a chamber, to which a high pressure gas is supplied, defines a multistage uniform pressure space. A lip support unit is associated with a front of the chamber to allow the... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7735446 | Coating installation and method for ophthalmic lens The installation includes elements for the temporary injection of inert gas; and at least one individual and autonomous casing (6) provided with a window (13) and including receiving elements for a support (3) carrying an ophthalmic lens (2 | 06/15/2010 |
| 7553375 | Fabrication of functional device mounting board making use of inkjet technique An apparatus for fabricating a functional device mounting board comprises a holder for holding a substrate on which functional devices are to be formed, a jet head for ejecting a droplet containing a functional material onto the substrate, and a data input unit for ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553374 | Coating treatment apparatus and coating treatment method In the present invention, a gas flow restraining ring facing corner portions of the front face of a substrate horizontally held on a substrate holding unit and movable up and down, is set to a predetermined height in accordance with a coating treatment. Then, a coat... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7367264 | Method and apparatus for treating sheets including a vacuum roller for retaining sheets in curved configuration An apparatus and method for retaining individual sheets of substrate in a curved configuration during coating or printing is disclosed. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361227 | Gas supply system for a powder-fluidizing apparatus A coating apparatus includes a container and a perforated plate separating a plenum from a coating chamber. A gas supply system delivers a gas to the plenum in a sufficient amount for passage of the gas through the plate and suspension of a powder in a fluidized con... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347898 | Slide hopper and multilayer coating apparatus having the same The present coating system (100) provides a multilayer coating apparatus for coating an object (112). The multilayer coating apparatus includes a slide hopper (116, 140). The slide hopper includes a main body (116, 140), the main body ess... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7326301 | Application device A device for direct or indirect application of liquid or viscous coating medium by way of an application system onto a material web, especially a paper or cardboard web, including a weakening device for weakening the boundary layer of air that is carried along by th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7279044 | Apparatus and method of fabricating liquid crystal display panel An apparatus for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel includes a slit nozzle for applying a photo-resist liquid on a substrate, a nozzle driver for driving the slit nozzle, an air intake for inhaling air and/or impurities on the substrate through the slit nozz... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7105058 | Apparatus for forming a microfiber coating An apparatus and method for forming a microfiber coating includes directing a liquid solution toward a deposition surface. The apparatus includes a tube defining a volume through which the liquid solution travels. An electric field is applied between the origin of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097711 | Electrostatic flocking chamber for forming electrostatic flocking apparatus An electrostatic flocking operation of a workpiece (5) is advantageously performed in a condition in which the moisture content of an adhesive layer formed on a surface of the workpiece (5) is kept at a favorable value by a humidifier (1). The h... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7045015 | Apparatuses and method for maskless mesoscale material deposition Apparatuses and processes for maskless deposition of electronic and biological materials. The process is capable of direct deposition of features with linewidths varying from the micron range up to a fraction of a millimeter, and may be used to deposit features on s... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025874 | Nozzle/mixer assembly A bitumen/steam pre-mixer and atomizing nozzle combine to produce a jet of minute liquid droplets (bitumen) in carrier gas (steam). The jet is injected into a draft tube mixer positioned in a fluid bed of hot coke particles suspended in steam and contained within a ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6949141 | Apparatus for treating particulate-shaped material having a vertical-adjustment device An apparatus for treating particle-shaped material has a process chamber for accommodating and treating the material. A base is composed of guide plates which are placed one above the other in different planes and overlap one another and between which slots are arra... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6921436 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method An aging unit (DAC) for processing a wafer W having a coated film formed thereon includes a disposing plate, a temperature control circulating device for controlling the temperature of the disposing plate, a chamber, a gas supply mechanism for supplying an ammonia g... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6881264 | Configuration and a method for reducing contamination with particles on a substrate in a process tool A process tool, preferably a spin coater, includes a set of at least three arms and an adjustable rinse nozzle. The arms lift a substrate, e.g. a semiconductor wafer, from a chuck inside the process chamber after having performed the corresponding manufacturing step... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6863225 | Device and method for applying adhesive to materials such as strands A device and method for applying adhesive to materials, such as elastic strands, used in the production of nonwoven products. Generally, a nozzle is provided and includes a liquid discharge orifice configured to discharge a bead of liquid adhesive. First and second ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6833157 | Coating method and apparatus The coating apparatus and method enable the coating liquid having been scraped-off to be reused without doing any one of the fluid adjusting treatment and the filtering treatment, while maintaining the features of the scraping-off type of extrusion coater, which is ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6736897 | Wurster air diverter sleeve The improved Wurster of the present invention includes an air diverter which supplies a flow of air in a radial direction adjacent the spray nozzle body and spray nozzle, so as to force the product away from the nozzle during the spraying process. The air diverter i... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6719846 | Device and method for applying adhesive filaments to materials such as strands or flat substrates A device and method for applying adhesive to materials, such as elastic strands or flat substrates, used in the production of nonwoven products. Generally, a nozzle is provided and includes a liquid discharge orifice configured to discharge a bead of liquid adhesive... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6695914 | System for processing a workpiece An apparatus for processing a workpiece in a micro-environment includes a workpiece housing connected to a motor for rotation. The workpiece housing forms a processing chamber where one or more processing fluids are distributed across at least one face of... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6673151 | Substrate processing apparatus A spin chuck for holding a wafer to the front face of which a resist solution is supplied, a cup for housing the spin chuck and forcibly exhausting an atmosphere around the wafer by exhaust from the bottom thereof, and an air flow control plate, provided ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6666165 | Curtain coating apparatus and curtain coating process A curtain coating apparatus for applying a coating solution to a continuously moving web, which comprises an air jet injector for injecting air in the upstream direction of a web, provided at a position upstream of a contact point of a curtain film with t... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6656281 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A blast unit for sending air from the top of a processing chamber to the bottom thereof and an exhaust pipe for exhausting gas from the bottom of the processing chamber are provided. Concomitantly with a change in pressure in the processing chamber, inter... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6627261 | Spray-coating method and spray-coater The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for coating a moving paper web (2), in which method the web (2) to be coated is passed to a coater station and the coating is applied to at least one surface of the moving web (2) by means of sprayin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6565656 | Coating processing apparatus A coating processing apparatus is structured by a rotating cup having an opening portion on the top thereof for housing a substrate, a spin chuck for rotating the substrate in the rotating cup, a lid body having an opening and attached to the rotating cup... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6537373 | Method of forming film and apparatus thereof A method of forming a film of a coating solution on a substrate includes steps of moving a coating solution discharge member relative to a substrate while a coating solution is being discharged from the coating solution discharge member to the surface of ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527860 | Substrate processing apparatus A spin chuck for holding a wafer to the front face of which a resist solution is supplied, a cup for housing the spin chuck and forcibly exhausting an atmosphere around the wafer by exhaust from the bottom thereof, and an air flow control plate, provided ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6511545 | Electron-emitting device, electron source substrate, electron source, display panel and image-forming apparatus, and production method thereof A method of producing an electron-emitting device includes the steps of forming a pair of electrodes and an electrically-conductive thin film on a substrate in such a manner that the pair of electrodes are in contact with the electrically-conductive thin ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6461671 | Paper coating apparatus and method for coating paper Apparatus and method for coating a moving paper web, in which the web to be coated is first guided to a coating station correctly aligned and a first side of the web is coated with a coat layer. Next, the web is guided upwards from the coating station and... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6461430 | Omega spray pattern and method therefor A method for producing visco-elastic fluidic material flows by drawing a visco-elastic fluidic material with corresponding separate second fluid flows associated therewith to form a visco-elastic fiber vacillating in a repeating, generally omega-shaped pa... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6454859 | Curtain applicator An apparatus for applying liquid of a pasty application medium to a moving web includes a curtain applicator unit, which discharges the application medium onto the web as a curtain or veil which moves substantially under the force of gravity, and a device... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6440215 | Fluid knife Air knives 109,110 for a solder leveller each comprises an air knife tip 111. The tip has a nozzle slot 114, up-and down-stream lands 119, 115, which are parallel to a back surface 130. Beyond the lands, the tip has a wing 120 and a lip 117, with a wing f... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6382524 | Applicator for applying a fluid to a surface and method of applying a fluid to a surface The invention pertains to an applicator for applying a fluid to a surface, comprising a frame, an applicator roller, such as a cylindrical brush, rotatably mounted in the frame, a fluid pick-up roller rotatably mounted in the frame, the pick-up roller bei... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6368459 | Method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper or board A method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper or board from on sides with at least one coat layer. The coat is applied to the web by means of a film transfer coater (12) and next the web is passed to a dryer cylinder group (4) via an air-cushio... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6364948 | Coating and drying apparatus An apparatus for heating and/or cooling a plurality of particles including a generally circular bed for holding the particles, the bed having a substantially centered annular inner bed wall, an outer bed wall and an irregular bottom. The apparatus also in... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6358288 | Touchless stabilizer for processing spherical devices A method for securing a device, such as a spherical shaped semiconductor integrated circuit, for fabrication. An apparatus includes a plenum having an input and several outputs. The input of the plenum is connected to a pressurized fluid source. The outpu... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6312521 | Apparatus and process for coating particles A process used to coat particles in an upward flowing fluidized bed dryer includes an insert disposal within the dryer. The insert includes a vertically adjustable cylindrical partition and a vertically adjustable spray nozzle wherein the cylindrical part... | 11/06/2001 |
