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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136478 | Device and a method for applying an even, thin fluid layer to substrates A device for applying an even, thin fluid layer, in particular a phosphoric acid layer, onto substrates, in particular silicon cells for photovoltaic application, is provided with a process chamber, which is provided with a fluid pan and a high-frequency ultrasound ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8037844 | Spray gun having display and control members on gun Control method and apparatus for a manual spray gun includes display that is disposed on the spray gun and that provides information to an operator about one or more coating operation parameters. An auxiliary trigger may be used that enables an operator to make sele... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7934467 | Cost effective automated preparation and coating methodology for large surfaces An apparatus and method of preparing and coating a large structure such as a ship's hull while in a dry dock wherein a plurality of spray guns disposed in an array are positioned by a robotic arm in a spaced relationship along the surface to be treated so that their... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7819080 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate transfer system to reduce total processing time by transferring a substrate at a first delivery stage to a process block where processing can be carried out earliest. The substrate processing apparatus includes a first transfer device delivering a wafer ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7707964 | Pharmaceutical dispensing apparatus and method An apparatus and method for manufacturing a pharmaceutical dose which dispenses a variable selectable quantity of at least one pharmaceutical onto a pharmaceutical receiving medium. The quantity of the dispensed pharmaceutical(s) are controllably dispensed to custom... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7390365 | Developing method, substrate treating method, and substrate treating apparatus A developing method comprises determining in advance the relation of resist dissolution concentration in a developing solution and resist dissolution speed by the developing solution, estimating in advance the resist dissolution concentration where the resist dissol... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387684 | Single-dose spray system for application of liquids onto the human body A spray device for coating a surface of a human body with a spray liquid, the spray device including at least one nozzle and at least one liquid container, wherein the at least one liquid container is adapted to hold a volume of spray liquid substantially equal to a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7351290 | Robotic pen A robotic pen includes a computer numerically controlled machine having a multiaxis stage for mounting a workpiece, and a cooperating elevator which translates relative thereto. A pen tip is rotatably mounted to the elevator. And, a dispenser is joined in flow commu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351292 | Assembly for processing substrates An assembly for processing substrates, which processing comprises a vacuum deposition process, such as, for instance, sputtering, CVD or PECVD, which vacuum deposition process is carried out in at least one process chamber, the assembly being provided with a conveyi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349067 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus having an improved transfer unit, is presented. The lithographic apparatus includes a processing unit that performs a lithographic process involving exchangeable objects in which the processing unit includes an illumination system that provi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7332037 | Numerical jet machine for the application of a coating onto a substrate The invention concerns a contactless numerical printing machine for products of average fluidity, such as varnish, glue, and conducting or scratchable ink, onto a substrate of variable thickness and dimensions. The machine includes a special device for printing with... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323231 | Apparatus and methods for plasma vapor deposition processes One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method of forming a conductive layer on a microfeature workpiece. In one embodiment, the method comprises placing a microfeature workpiece in a vapor reaction chamber, depositing an electrically conductive material on... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320808 | Method and apparatus for coating confectionery centers An improved coating apparatus and an improved method of coating a mass of centers are disclosed. The improved coating apparatus comprises a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the surface of the coated centers and/or a moisture sensor for measuring t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7302981 | Apparatuses and method for decorating objects An apparatus comprises a support arrangement for objects to be decorated, a valve device fixed to said support arrangement and provided with a shutter element actuatable for opening and/or closing a circuit traversable by a fluid from and/or to an enclosure arranged... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297211 | Single-dose spray system for application of liquids onto the human body A spray device for coating a surface of a human body with a spray liquid, the spray device including at least one nozzle and at least one liquid container, wherein the at least one liquid container adapted to hold a volume of spray liquid substantially equal to an a... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294205 | Method for reducing the intrinsic stress of high density plasma films A layer of reduced stress is formed on a substrate using an HDP-CVD system by delaying or interrupting the application of capacitively coupled RF energy. The layer is formed by introducing a process gas into the HDP system chamber and forming a plasma from the proce... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7279046 | Method and apparatus for aligning patterns on a substrate A system and method for aligning prior patterning positions formed by a first SPM tip with a second SPM tip in combination with an SPM system includes identifying first location information that includes a location of the first SPM tip and a sample reference locatio... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279732 | Enhanced atomic layer deposition A method of enhanced atomic layer deposition is described. In an embodiment, the enhancement is the use of plasma. Plasma begins prior to flowing a second precursor into the chamber. The second precursor reacts with a prior precursor to deposit a layer on the substr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7250371 | Reduction of feature critical dimensions A feature in a layer is provided. A photoresist layer is formed over the layer. The photoresist layer is patterned to form photoresist features with photoresist sidewalls, where the photoresist features have a first critical dimension. A conformal layer is deposited... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7216828 | Apparatus to adjust the tension of a material web that is moved through a processing station processing the material web In order to be able to adjust the tension and position of a material web, for example, a paper web, that should be printed by a printer, an electrostatically-acting braking device is described that provides a charger, for example, a corotron, and a braking plate, be... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7203565 | Temperature abnormality detection method and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes: a hot plate that heats an article to be processed; a temperature control section that controls temperature of the hot plate; a main body control section that controls the entirety of the apparatus based on a process ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194334 | Method of washing a contaminant from a surface via a robotic arm A robotic wash cell including a six-axis robotic arm and end effector equipped with nozzles that spray unheated, solvent free, pure water at high-pressure to clean or debur objects by maintaining the nozzles in close proximity and substantially normal to each surfac... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7141119 | Pressure-controlling dispersion delivery system A pressure-controlling dispersion delivery system for delivering a sheared dispersion comprising a plurality of ingredients to a coating device selected from a direct feed delivery system and a coating device flow-through delivery system, wherein a coating formed fr... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7111916 | System and method of fluid level regulating for a media coating system An apparatus for the management of the fluid level in a media coating system. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a supply item for the storage of a media coating fluid and an applicator having a trough for receiving the media coating fluid from the supply item. Th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108751 | Method and apparatus for determining consumable lifetime A plasma processing device comprising a gas injection system is described, wherein the gas injection system comprises a gas injection assembly body, a consumable gas inject plate coupled to the gas injection assembly body, and a pressure sensor coupled to a gas inje... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104773 | Three-dimensional laminating molding device A three-dimensional laminating molding device includes ejection heads that eject support material for a support, and an ejection head that ejects mold material for a mold. The support material is sold at room temperature. An inner temperature of the laminating moldi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7087485 | Method of fabricating an oxide collar for a trench capacitor A method for fabricating patterned ceramic layers on areas of a relief structure, wherein the layers may be arranged essentially perpendicular to a top side of a substrate. In exemplary embodiments, a patterned ceramic layer forms an oxide collar for a trench capaci... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077875 | Manufacturing device for buried insulating layer type single crystal silicon carbide substrate Provided is a manufacturing method of a buried insulating layer type semiconductor silicon carbide substrate excellent in flatness of an interfaces in contact the insulating layer and a manufacturing device thereof. In the manufacturing device, an SOI substrate havi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079803 | Electrophotographic printer A controller outputs a PRE CPF-N signal and a CPF-N signal following the PRE CPF-N signal to an electrophotographic printer. The electrophotographic printer 1 starts a predetermined preparation process in response to the PRE CPF-N signal, and starts irradiati... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066187 | Modular treatment plant having horizontal drum machines A machine for treating bulk material of industrial volume parts, having a treatment drum which is arranged with a horizontal axis and can be driven in both directions of rotation around the axis, the treatment drum comprises a permanently open co-axial inlet apertur... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7054717 | Robotic wash cell using recycled pure water The present invention pertains to a robotic wash cell including a six-axis robotic arm and end effector equipped with nozzles that spray unheated, solvent free, pure water at high-pressure to clean or debur objects by maintaining the nozzles in close proximity and s... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052552 | Gas chemistry cycling to achieve high aspect ratio gapfill with HDP-CVD A method and apparatus are disclosed for depositing a dielectric film in a gap having an aspect ratio at least as large as 6:1. By cycling the gas chemistry of a high-density-plasma chemical-vapor-deposition system between deposition and etching conditions, the gap ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052551 | Method of manufacturing a battery To provide a method of manufacturing a battery capable of providing an equal amount of electrolyte in each battery and of enhancing productivity and coating machines employed thereof. The sensor detects a boundary from the collector exposed region C of the belt-shap... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041174 | Grafting apparatus and method of using This invention provides a coating apparatus and methods for coating a device, such as an industrially or medically applicable device. The apparatus is suitable for providing a coating using a photoactivatable compound and a polymerizable compound. In another aspect,... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025830 | Coating apparatus and method A coating apparatus and method are disclosed in which even if poor coating occurs in a lower-layer, no poor coating occurs in an upper-layer formed on the lower-layer. A pre-wet liquid coating device is disposed between a first coating device at the upstream side of... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7011484 | End effector with tapered fingertips An apparatus for transporting a flat object from one position to another position. The apparatus includes an end effector having a base portion and at least one finger extending from the base portion. The finger having a top surface and a bottom surface, and the fin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6967154 | Enhanced atomic layer deposition A method of enhanced atomic layer deposition is described. In an embodiment, the enhancement is the use of plasma. Plasma begins prior to flowing a second precursor into the chamber. The second precursor reacts with a prior precursor to deposit a layer on the substr... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6954711 | Test substrate reclamation method and apparatus Test substrates used to test semiconductor fabrication tools are reclaimed by reading from a database the process steps performed on each test substrate and selecting a reclamation process from a plurality of reclamation processes, for reclaiming each test substrate... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6949142 | Device for controlling a surface treatment installation in automotive industry A system comprising at least a multiaxial machine, each axis being equipped with motor means, provided with a sprayer and corresponding sensor and actuator, is provided. Said system comprises a means for supervising an installation including at least a computer prov... | 09/27/2005 |
