"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."
Simon Newcomb, astronomer ; Said in 1902, less than two years before the first flight at Kitty Hawk
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8015938 | Coating zone and coating plant Coating zones having guide elevated rails for coating and/or handling robots are disclosed. The coating zones may include walk-in control areas positioned one above the other on the outside of the side walls. In the upper control area, in which control and supply de... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7399381 | Machine for producing and treating a sheet of material A machine for producing and treating a web of material including a material web forming device, a dewatering and drying section, at least one application apparatus, a drying device and a processing device. The material web forming device forms a material web continu... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6900135 | Buffer station for wafer backside cleaning and inspection A wafer processing station includes an air gap chuck and a light emitter/collector assembly configured to gather light when scattered or reflected by contaminants on the wafer. The light emitter/collector assembly is driven by an actuator so that it passes across a ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6455172 | Laminated ribbon and method and apparatus for producing same A method for producing a laminated metal ribbon comprises the steps of (a) vapor-depositing a third metal layer on at least one welding surface of a first metal ribbon 4 and a second metal ribbon 5 in a vacuum chamber 1, the third metal being the same as ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6364953 | Method and apparatus for making aerogel film A method for making an aerogel film includes the steps of performing a gelation reaction of a metal alkoxide on a substrate to prepare a substrate with a wet-gel film, and converting the wet-gel film into an aerogel film by a supercritical or sub-critical... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6146569 | Apparatus for and method of coloring shaped product of synthetic resin A molding station for molding a colored product of a synthetic resin mixed with a colorant and a coating station for applying a colored clear coat to the surface of the molded colored product are disposed adjacent to each other for highly efficient produc... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6126792 | Method for the application of a scratch protection layer and an antireflection coating system and apparatus for its execution For the application of a scratch protection layer on plastic substrates, a plasma is produced by the plasma CVD method, away from the individual plastic substrate, in an excitation gas, and this excitation gas is supplied through a tube to the plastic sub... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5868891 | Peel and stick insulation having a common carrier sheet An adhesive is applied to a material under compression such that the adhesive penetrates the material when the material is a porous material (e.g., a fiberglass batt). Upon release from being compressed, the material returns to nearly its original size an... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5837325 | Method and apparatus for regulating neutralization of contaminated soil A method and apparatus for regulating treatment of contaminated soil may be accomplished by regulating a soil volume rate and a neutralizing agent volume rate to insure proper application of the neutralizing agent to the contaminated soil. Control circuit... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5201951 | Device for coating a photosensitive film on a plate roll A plate making device for a plate roll that is to be made into a printing plate in which a pretreatment assembly, a photosensitive film coating assembly, and a protective film coating assembly are respectively installed on three separate tables that can b... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4766841 | Flexographic press applied paper color coating This process is directed to the coloration of envelope and stationery grades of white paper stocks with a water based ink coating. Characteristics of the flexographic process include both press and ink specifications. Critical mechanical or material chara... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4577586 | Automatic ski waxing machine An automatic ski waxing apparatus includes a conveyor arrangement upon which a person wearing skis may stand for transport past a plurality of processing stations. One such station removes old wax from the skis by use of a mechanical scraper followed by a... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4193372 | Apparatus for waxing a yarn A yarn is waxed as it passes from a rotating takeup gripper to the traversing eye of a driven takeup spool. Toward this end the yarn is passed tangentially over and deflected by a waxing bar that is reciprocated transversely to the direction of the travel... | 03/18/1980 |
| 3986477 | Wire coating apparatus Apparatus for coating wire including a coating composition dispensing means and a feed means extending therefrom and to at least one positive displacement delivery unit associated with at least one wire coating die. The die has an outlet for extruding coa... | 10/19/1976 |