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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322166 | Apparatus for unwrapping and transporting frangible wafers for ice cream sandwiches and the like The present invention is an apparatus and method for unwrapping a package of frangible articles bearing a wrapping material, the wrapping material having a rear portion and a forward tab, the forward tab adapted to open the wrapping material when pulled, the apparat... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7238235 | Adhesion promoter application system and process A system and method for applying a material for improving the adhesion between the surface of thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) elements and a coating applied thereto is disclosed. The system comprises the mixing of an adhesion promoter with de-ionized water and applyi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232491 | Apparatus for gluing of veneer sheets Apparatus for applying glue to veneer sheets comprises elements (6, 7, 8) for transporting veneer sheets (3), supported substantially in a horizontal position, to the gluing, a glue applying device (2) for administering glue onto the veneer trav... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7065901 | Method and device for cooling a material web A method of cooling a material web includes, after drying a material web, moving the material web in a given direction on a meander-shaped web path over a cooling cylinder and at least one other cylinder disposed at a location selected from a group thereof consistin... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7014884 | Coated film forming method and apparatus therefor A coated film forming method is capable of readily forming a coated film of a thermoplastic material on a coated region of an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder. A nozzle, through which a molten paste of a thermoplastic material kept molten is discharged, is dis... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014715 | Photoresist supply apparatus and method of controlling the operation thereof A photoresist supply apparatus of semiconductor coating equipment fills a supply pipe with new photoresist when a used photoresist bottle is replaced. The photoresist supply apparatus includes first and second photoresist bottles, first and second gas supply pipes c... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6977012 | Painting facility management system A coating equipment managing system for controlling and monitoring a coating equipment of an automobile manufacturing line, comprising local installations which are provided in the manufacturing lines at a plurality of localities, and a central installation for rece... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962627 | Device for providing a pressurized solution to an applying device The present invention provides a providing device capable of using a solution within a tank effectively than ever as preventing an air bubble from mixing in the solution to be provided to an applying device. In providing devices and for leading a coloring sensitive ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6923023 | Methods and apparatuses for controlling optical fiber primary coating diameter Methods and apparatuses estimate and control optical fiber primary coating diameter for wet-on-wet optical fiber manufacturing. The primary coating diameter for a particular length of optical fiber is calculated based upon a measurement of the weight of primary and/... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923121 | Apparatus and method for remoistening a product web An apparatus for remoistening a product web includes at least one applicator for applying a remoistening agent to a printed and at least partly dried product web. A device increases the temperature of the remoistening agent so that contaminants are removed by vapori... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6881267 | Photoresist supply apparatus for preventing photoresist loss through drain line A photoresist supply apparatus is provided. The photoresist supply apparatus includes a lower photoresist sensor and an upper photoresist sensor respectively installed near the bottom and the top of a trap tank to detect a photoresist in the trap tank. A drain line ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6827784 | Corrugating method and means A system for adding a desired additive to a corrugating adhesive. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6821550 | Apparatus and method for applying process solution A process solution applying apparatus comprising a substrate holding mechanism for holding a substrate, a process solution supplying system for applying process solution in a prescribed amount to the substrate held by the substrate holding mechanism, the process sol... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818065 | Systems, devices and methods for applying solution to filaments Systems, devices and methods for applying solution to a filament include an applicator for applying at least a partial coating of a solution to a filament, comprising: an applicator surface operable to at least partially coat a filament with a solution; a first cont... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6790284 | Coated film forming method and apparatus therefor A coated film forming method is capable of readily forming a coated film of a thermoplastic material on a coated region of an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder. A nozzle, through which a molten paste of a thermoplastic material kept molten is discharged, is dis... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6780354 | Method for casting using a casting head having a variably displaceable cavity surface A method employing a casting head having a variably displaceable cavity surface. The casting head comprises a cavity, at least partially formed by plurality of surfaces, including a carrier surface adjacent the cavity, and a variably displaceable drive surface for c... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6726773 | Integral pneumatic dispenser and method for controlling same A method is disclosed for providing a steady transition state for an integral pneumatic dispensing system that is related to a robot. The method dispenses a single material using a pneumatic dispensing system having a single output including first and second shotmet... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6692572 | Active compensation metering system This invention relates generally to systems for depositing a material onto a surface, and more particularly, to control systems for metering the amount of material being dispensed. The present invention provides an active compensation metering system that... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6652910 | Apparatus and method for controlling coating solution level within substrate An apparatus, to be used when an open end of a hollow substrate contacts a coating solution to define a solution free interior portion of the substrate, for controlling the level of the coating solution relative to the substrate interior, the apparatus in... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6589038 | Constant pressure casting head using variably displaceable cavity surface A casting head having a variably displaceable cavity surface. The casting head comprises a cavity, at least partially formed by plurality of surfaces, including a carrier surface adjacent the cavity, and a variably displaceable drive surface for controlli... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6527864 | Device for the automatic regulation of the quantity of adhesive deposited in flexible film rolling machines A device for the automatic regulation of the quantity of adhesive deposited in flexible film rolling machines (20). These machines (20) include a coating column (21) and a bonding column (22), joined to each other by an upper frame (23); the premixed adhe... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6501918 | Toner concentration controlling apparatus A concentration controlling apparatus is provided for controlling the toner concentration of a developer contained in a developer unit. The developer contains a plurality of components including toner to be transferred to a photosensitive body for forming... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6436556 | Method for producing a strip-like metal composite by high temperature dip coating The invention relates to a method and a device for the production of a strip-like metallic composite material by the high-temperature dip coating of a metallic carrier strip, consisting of a metallurgic vessel for receiving the liquid depositing material,... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6423366 | Strip coating method A method of applying a coating material to a moving strip of substrate comprising the steps of: (a) providing a supply signal from a controller to a coating supply unit to control the supply of coating material from the coating supply unit through a liqui... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6416582 | Liquid usage detector for a coating apparatus A coating apparatus includes a supply unit containing liquid coating material and a reservoir receiving liquid coating material dispensed from the supply unit. A coater dispenses liquid coating material onto a moving strip of material. A liquid meter unit... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6258168 | Apparatus for applying adhesive to a web-shaped carrier A paster for the application of a film of water-containing adhesive to a running substrate of cigarette paper or the like automatically replaces the evaporated percentage of water when the substrate-processing machine is idle but the paster continues to c... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6245148 | SOG dispensing system and its controlling sequences The present invention relates to a SOG (Spin-On-Glass) dispensing system and its controlling sequences and, more particularly, to a SOG dispensing system allowing for continuous production and its controlling sequences According to the present invention, ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6217657 | Resist processing system having process solution deaeration mechanism A resist processing system includes a sensor connected for detecting the surface level of the processing solution contained in an intermediate tank, and a controller connected for controlling the fluid pressure on the basis of the surface level detected b... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6180049 | Layer manufacturing using focused chemical vapor deposition A solid freeform fabrication process and apparatus for making a three-dimensional object. The process includes the steps of (1) positioning a material deposition sub-system a selected distance from a target surface, (2) operating this sub-system to deposi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6129042 | Process and machine for coating ophthalmic lenses In a process and machine for coating a surface of an ophthalmic lens, the lens is manually loaded by the operator to a wash/dry station within an enclosure of the coating machine. Thereafter, the machine computer controls the entire process. The machine i... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6122459 | Developer amount detecting apparatus A developer amount detecting apparatus includes a light emitting device, a light receiving device, threshold value setting device for setting a threshold value on the basis of an intensity of the light received by the light receiving device, and a detecto... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6106087 | Detection apparatus for detecting residual ink quantity in ink cartridge A detection apparatus that utilizes a CR oscillating circuit and detects residual ink quantities in an ink cartridge. The CR oscillating circuit is constructed from a capacitor C in which the capacitance value changes according to the residual ink quantit... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6016408 | Developer cartridge for developing a latent image detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus A developing cartridge for developing a latent image formed on a photosensitive member, which is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes a developing member for developing a latent image formed o... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6006050 | Image forming method and apparatus for controlling amount of supplied toner or agitating time An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, a latent image forming device which forms a latent image on the image bearing member, a developing device which develops the latent image using a two-component developer including a toner and a... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5935332 | Plant for preparing and feeding a coating composition to a coating head for paper or the like A plant for preparing and feeding a coating composition to a coating head for paper or the like includes a plurality of hoppers, each hopper being intended to receive and deliver one ingredient of the composition. The plant further includes a premixer tan... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5935333 | Variable speed bowling lane maintenance machine A bowling lane maintenance machine is operable at different speeds for applying selected lane dressing profiles to the lane and for reducing the time required for performing lane maintenance, including cleaning. In the preferred machine, absorbent wicks a... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5933678 | Device for detecting the toner in the developing unit of an electrophotographic apparatus Disclosed is a versatile office machine, e.g. a laser printer, a facsimile machine, or an electronic copier, which includes a scanner for scanning a document, a developing unit for developing the scanned image of the document with a toner and a detector f... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5831855 | Monitoring system for electrostatic powder painting industry A system for monitoring an electrostatic powder painting process having a conveyor line adaptable for transporting articles to be electrostatically powder painted sequentially through a plurality of zones in the process. The monitoring system dispenses po... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5790917 | Developing device having a residual toner amount discrimination feature and image forming apparatus using same A developing device is constructed by a developing unit for developing an electrostatic latent image on an image holding member, a developing agent containing unit for containing a developing agent which is supplied to the developing unit, an agitator, pr... | 08/04/1998 |
