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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361228 | Showerheads for providing a gas to a substrate and apparatus Showerheads including a plate having a plurality of gas outlet holes extending therethrough and a head cover coupled to the plate to form a space between the plate and the head cover. A gas supply inlet member is configured to provide gas to the space directed towar... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7326298 | Wire insulating line In a wire insulating line, a cooling device that cools down a traveling high-temperature linear material, which is resin-coated by an extruder, in cooling water includes a reservoir tank that reserves the cooling water and allows the linear material to pass therein,... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7279050 | One-piece bottom edge wipe sponge for cleaning a photoreceptor drum A one-piece sponge cleans and removes coating material from the bottom edge, inside and outside surface of a photoreceptor drum. The one-piece sponge has an inner sponge section and an outer sponge section, both with internal channels to remove solvent and dissolved... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267497 | Coating and developing system and coating and developing method A coating and developing system includes a resist film forming unit block and antireflection film forming unit blocks stacked in layers to form a resist film and an antireflection film underlying the resist film and an antireflection film overlying the resist film i... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258240 | Blood bank testing workstations A platform or workstation comprising a plurality of various size holes and slots for holding blood specimens, test tubes, gel-cards and reagent bottles in an organized arrangement to simplify testing of the blood specimens and to eliminate the likelihood of human er... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7220316 | Wire material plating equipment An apparatus for plating a wire material is provided in which a range of the plated layer where the temperature is high and flowability is large, thus, easily generating thickness deviation, and a range of the plated layer where the temperature is low and the flowab... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217326 | Chemical vapor deposition apparatus A chemical vapor deposition apparatus is provided, which includes: a chamber having an inner space; a gas feed member for supplying a gas into the chamber; a susceptor disposed in the chamber and supporting a substrate; a diffuser partitioning the inner space of the... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208066 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method On top of respective areas divided by partition plates, that is, a cassette station, a processing station, and an interface section in a coating and developing processing system, gas supply sections for supplying an inert gas into the respective areas are provided. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201639 | Powder for disks A plurality of disks include a first disk and a second disk stacked upon the first disk. The first disk and the second disk are each formed from glass or glass-ceramic. A powder is disposed between the first disk and the second disk. The powder is selected from the ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191904 | 8GC platform A platform comprising a plurality of holes and slots for holding blood specimens, test tubes and gel-cards in an organized arrangement to simplify testing of the blood specimens and to eliminate the likelihood of human error. The platform comprises a top plate, a mi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7166200 | Method and apparatus for an improved upper electrode plate in a plasma processing system The present invention presents an improved upper electrode for a plasma processing system, wherein the design and fabrication of an electrode plate coupled to an upper assembly advantageously provides gas injection of a process gas with substantially minimal erosion... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156924 | System and method for heating and cooling wafer at accelerated rates A highly dynamic heating and/or chilling chamber for processing semiconductor wafers. The chamber has uniform heat and gas flow distribution in order to minimize the temperature gradient at different points of the wafer. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131565 | Feed devices and methods for injection molded solder systems A solder feeding device having a reservoir, a drive unit, a first lead, and a second lead is provided. The reservoir melts solid solder wire into molten solder, while the drive unit selectively feeds the solid solder wire into the reservoir. The first and second lea... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114616 | Device for removable fastening of seats for housing containers to a metallic belt conveyor The device (D) for removable fastening of seats (3) housing containers (C) to a metallic belt (1) includes first fastening means (10) made on the metallic belt (1) and aimed at being mutually coupled with second fastening means (34... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7083681 | Method for forming coating film on internal surface of elongated tube and unit for forming the same A method for forming a coating film on an internal surface of an elongated tube, includes longitudinally holding the elongated tube, applying a coating solution to the internal surface of the elongated tube; and drying the coating solution while carrying out a heat ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077020 | Internal field joint inspection robot An inspection robot is provided to traverse the interior of a pipeline for the purpose of checking the coating at the interior surface of the pipeline at the weld seams. The robot is designed to determine the thickness of the coatings and to provide a visual and rec... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067010 | Indexing spray machine The machine is an index spraying machine. The machine has five different stations. The first station is the load/unload station. At this station, work pieces are unloaded after they have been sprayed and new work pieces to be sprayed are loaded on. New pieces then m... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7033444 | Plasma processing apparatus, and electrode structure and table structure of processing apparatus An electrode structure used in a plasma processing apparatus which performs a predetermined process on an object (W) to be processed by using a plasma in a process chamber (26) in which a vacuum can be formed. An electrode unit (38) has a heater unit (... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029531 | Rewetting installation for a material web A rewetting installation is provided for use with a printed and dried material web. A wetting device applies a silicon emulsion to at least one of a first and second side of the material web. A second wetting device is located at a distance from the wetting device o... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011863 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate which has been subjected to heat processing in any of hot plate units is transferred to a normal cooling unit by a transfer device and subjected to cooling processing to some extent, and then transferred to a high accuracy cooling unit and subjected to c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6974503 | Methods and apparatus for constructing gas turbine engines A method for coating a shroud assembly is provided that includes inserting the shroud segment into a clamping fixture such that at least two edges of the shroud are masked by the clamping fixture, mounting the clamping fixture into a spraying fixture such that the s... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969538 | Method for heat processing of substrate The present invention relates to a method for heat processing a substrate. After a coating film is formed on the substrate, the substrate is baked at a predetermined high temperature. The baking step is performed by first increasing the substrate temperature from a ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6913675 | Film forming apparatus, substrate for forming oxide thin film, and production method thereof The invention provides a film forming apparatus that is capable of forming films sequentially with two types of film forming mechanisms in the same chamber. The film forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a Pt target disposed at one sid... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911093 | Lid liner for chemical vapor deposition chamber A lid liner for a chemical vapor deposition chamber includes an annular portion having an inner surface for surrounding a reaction volume within the chemical deposition chamber; a mounting tab formed on an outer surface of the annular portion; and a hole formed in t... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908512 | Temperature-controlled substrate holder for processing in fluids A substrate holder has a disk-like body with a central recess having diameter smaller than the diameter of the substrate placed onto the upper surface of the holder. The substrate can be clamped in place by the clamps of the edge-grip mechanism or placed into a seat... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6841004 | Optical fiber coating device having cooler Disclosed is an optical fiber coating device for coating the outer circumference of the optical fiber with the coating material, in which the coating device is provided with and a gas provider for providing an environmental gas within the coating device, and a coole... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6827973 | Substrate processing method After a first processing solution is spread over the front surface of a substrate and the temperature of the front surface of the substrate is regulated at a predetermined substrate temperature, a second processing solution is spread over the front surface of the su... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6786974 | Insulating film forming method and insulating film forming apparatus Both of a first insulating film and a second insulating film are formed by a spin coating method. Accordingly, the formation of the first insulating film and the second insulating film can be performed in the same SOD processing system. Moreover, the aforesaid forma... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6758903 | Apparatus for coating metal strip A method and apparatus for extrusion coating both sides of a metal strip. A metal strip, such as aluminum alloy strip, is moved through a pre-conditioner, two extrusion dies, a post-heater and a cooling system. Both sides of the strip are coated with thin coatings o... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6730165 | Polymer impregnation process A device for impregnating a paper web with a molten polymer to produce a paper with improved resistance to oil and grease are provided. The device includes, as part of an on-machine process, an ordinary paper web composed of cellulose or synthetic fibers, a polymer ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6699329 | Coating and curing system A conveyor system for parts coupled to a loadbar assembly is disclosed. The conveyor system includes a walking beam conveyor and a push bar conveyor. The loadbar assembly and walking beam conveyor are configured to allow transfer of parts coupled to loadb... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6699328 | Device for the temperature equalisation of coating media Temperature control of the coating medium is performed to influence the processability of coating media in an applicator system. In order to operate without losing efficiency, devices acting directly from the inside or the outside for heat supply or dissi... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6673155 | Apparatus for forming coating film and apparatus for curing the coating film An apparatus for forming a coating film comprising, a coating unit for forming a coating film by applying a coating solution onto a substrate, and a curing unit for curing the coating film by applying a heating and a cooling to the substrate, in which, th... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6635580 | Apparatus and method for controlling wafer temperature in a plasma etcher An apparatus for controlling wafer temperature in a plasma etcher during a plasma-on state and a method for using such apparatus are disclosed. In the apparatus, an additional temperature sensor for sensing the wafer backside temperature and a second flow... | 10/21/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6593045 | Substrate processing apparatus and method A cassette station, a processing station having a coating unit and a developing unit, and an inspecting station having a film thickness inspecting apparatus and a defect inspecting apparatus are disposed in the direction approximately perpendicular to the... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6555178 | Process and apparatus for nickel plating and nickel-plated product According to the present invention, Ni--B is electrolessly deposited on an object and then Ni--P is electrolessly deposited on the surface of the Ni--B layer formed on the object. In this process, if any dry area is present on the Ni--B layer where moistu... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6554899 | Paper coating apparatus An apparatus for coating paperboard comprising a flame treater, a heater, a coater for applying a thin coating of a water-dispersible polymer, a dryer, and a cooler with an air curtain to keep the heat confined to the hot end of the apparatus.... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6544338 | Inverted hot plate cure module A curing module for use in fabricating semiconductor wafers is provided. The cure module comprises a housing and a bottom plate. The housing also contains a heating plate adjacent a top surface of the housing and side walls extending from the top surface.... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6537374 | Method and system for cooling strip material A method and a system for cooling a steel strip are disclosed. A high water volume mist cooler and a low water volume mist cooler are disposed along a direction in which the steel strip travels. The high water volume mist cooler sprays high water volume m... | 03/25/2003 |
