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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069892 | Film bonding machine In a film bonding machine 1 including a laser oscillation means 2 for oscillating laser for processing a tape 7 bonded onto an end surface 8 of a columnar honeycomb structural body 6 by the laser oscillated from the laser oscillati... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7849899 | Adhesive film position detector and adhesive film joining apparatus An illuminator emits light obliquely to an end of an adhesive film. A CCD camera is provided in a direction perpendicular to the adhesive film to capture an image of the light reflected irregularly from the end of the adhesive film. A black plate is provided on a ba... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7810536 | Apparatus for positioning packing boxes An apparatus for positioning packing boxes relative to a covering sheet comprises a belt for conveying the sheet from a gluing unit to a device for centering the box on the pre-glued sheet and optical sensors for identifying the position of the sheet on a belt conve... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7562686 | Method and system for 3D alignment in wafer scale integration A substrate bonding system has a first and a second substrate table for holding a first substrate and a second substrate, respectively, and a controller. The first substrate includes a first device having first contact pads and the second substrate a second device h... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7500502 | Inspection apparatus and method for film carrier tapes for mounting electronic components and semiconductor devices An inspection apparatus and method of inspection enable an inspector to conduct visual inspection of film carrier tapes for mounting electronic components in a natural sitting position regardless of the magnification of a magnifier. The inspection apparatus is compa... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7438105 | Method for serial production of secure documents and machine therefor The method of the invention consists, on the one hand, in serially recording on a tape of photosensitive film a succession of volume holograms each relating respectively to an item of information of a corresponding document to be made secure, each of these holograms... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7424901 | System for fabricating corrugated board A system for fabricating a corrugated board sheet fabricated includes warp status information obtaining means (6, 6A-6H, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 8A-8H, 240a, 240b, 241a, 241b) fo... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7392833 | Labeling device for moved objects and method of labeling moved objects To provide a labeling device for moved objects, comprising a stamp which is displaceably guided and by means of which a label is positionable on an object, with which a high reproducibility of the labeling operation on moved objects is achieved, a measuring device f... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370681 | Substrate bonding apparatus for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding apparatus for fabricating an LCD device aligns upper and lower stages to accurately bond first and second substrates. The distance to which the upper and lower substrates are spaced apart from each other during bonding is adjustable depending on ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354211 | Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus An apparatus for perforating a sheet of print media having a front side and a back side includes a printhead carriage for carrying a printhead. A perforator carriage carries a perforation forming mechanism. An isolation damper having elastic, vibration absorbing, ch... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343949 | Installation for treating parts such as labels or sleeves for labeling and presentation of bottles The invention concerns an installation comprising a feeding device (100, 101, 103, 104, 1, 11, 12) unwinding the support (G) and a treating device (105, 4) for operating on the parts (P). A reading unit (102) positioned on the passage (Z) of the... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341085 | Station for applying segments of openable/reclosable strip on a plastic film web destined to form bags A station for the application of segments of openable/reclosable strip on a plastic film web destined to form bags, includes a device for sealing segments of strip at intervals on the film and a device for punching predefined zones of film. The punching device and t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335272 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head and magnetic head manufacturing apparatus After photographing a surface on which an ABS is formed, and the outer shape of a slider, the ABS and an engraved region formed within the ABS are identified from a photographed image. A reference that becomes a guide for attaching to a suspension is then computed, ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332045 | Automatic blocking and lens blank measuring apparatus and method An apparatus and method for automatically blocking and providing measurement of a lens blank during the blocking process includes an alignment station and a blocking station. The alignment station aligns a lens blank to a block for bonding that is also known as the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331152 | Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement. The orientation and positioning arrangement includes the use of cameras, and an evaluation and control system. A first camera is configured and d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310866 | Method for manufacturing a percussion instrument A method of manufacturing a percussion instrument has the steps of providing a first member into a liquid with the first member having a first diameter. The first member has a first end and a second end. The method also has the step of heating the liquid and stretch... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7275577 | Substrate bonding machine for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding device for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device accurately aligns substrates of the LCD device while preventing the introduction of foreign material into the substrate bonding device, thereby substantially preventing the generation o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267150 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing instant photographic film units An instant photographic film unit includes a mask sheet having an image frame and two sheets, one of which has a photosensitive layer, laminated and bonded together, and a developing liquid container disposed in a predetermined position for supplying a developing li... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252130 | Apparatus for fabricating a multi-fiber polarization-maintaining fiber assembly While clamped by a clamping jig 100, polarization-maintaining fiber cables 11 and 12 are automatically oriented with an orientation adjusting unit 200 and then heated by a heater 105 for curing thermoset resins. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7219708 | Apparatus and method for inspecting film carrier tape for mounting electronic component An apparatus and method for inspecting a film carrier tape for mounting electronic component, in which film carrier tapes for mounting electronic component provided with a plurality of electronic component mounting portions in multiple strips in a transverse directi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213629 | Vacuum assisted ply placement shoe and method A device for placing a ply on a substrate surface includes a vacuum manifold assembly configured for attachment to a vacuum source and a substrate seal configured to provide a substantially gas impermeable interface with the substrate surface. This device further in... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211164 | Lamination apparatus for ceramic green sheet and lamination method In a method and apparatus for manufacturing ceramic green sheets, first and second long ceramic green sheets are selectively drawn out by means of first and second draw-out rollers into a commonly used punching station. In the punching station, predetermined areas o... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199855 | Liquid crystal display and method of fabricating the same An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display, which can surely perform an instillation process used when liquid crystal is sealed between substrates in a cell process, and a fabrication method thereof. A liquid crystal display comprises ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7156139 | Treatment system and method for a head gimbal assembly static altitude control A system and method to control the head suspension assembly static attitude during the manufacturing process are disclosed. A loading fixture loads and supports a head suspension while a slider is attached. A pitch static attitude and roll static attitude (PSA/RSA) ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7117912 | System and method for monitoring heat seal devices An apparatus for monitoring the operation of a heating element moving periodically along a predefined path includes first and second sensors positioned adjacent the path of the heating element. The first sensor is configured to sense the presence of the heating elem... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117913 | Mounting device and method thereof A mounting device and a method thereof for preventing a pellet from cracking or chipping when the pellet is mounted. A mounting device comprises a first head for mounting a second pellet on a first pellet already mounted and temporarily pressure-bonding the second p... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7089983 | Film sticking/testing equipment A film sticking/testing equipment mainly includes a transmission mechanism, a film sticking apparatus and a test apparatus. The transmission mechanism is used for delivering at least a touch pad. The film sticking apparatus has a film release base to allow a protect... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089982 | Apparatus for constructing a capacitor stack for a flat capacitor A method of manufacturing a capacitor stack for a flat capacitor includes sequentially stacking a plurality of capacitor layers on top of each other such that each one of the plurality of capacitor layers is, in turn, a top layer of the capacitor stack, and continua... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074475 | Cellular structure A cellular structure such as a honeycomb window treatment comprises a plurality of rows of elongated cells secured to one another. Each of the rows is constructed by providing a first longitudinally extending length of material, which includes a first surface and a ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059100 | Induction sealing device for heat sealing packaging material There is described an induction sealing device for heat sealing packaging material for producing sealed packages of pourable food product and fed in a first direction. The sealing device has induction means interacting with the packaging material by means of a pair ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7044183 | Apparatus for processing substrates A processing apparatus for substrates that include a plurality of individual substrates having a photo-curable adhesive layer interposed therebetween, including a mounting table, an irradiating device that irradiates the substrates, and a control device that control... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039485 | Systems and methods enabling automated return to and/or repair of defects with a material placement machine A method generally includes electronically accessing positional data defining a defect location on a composite structure, and automatically causing a material placement machine to return to the defect location as defined by the positional data. The method can also i... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994141 | Process, apparatus, and system for adhesive bond strength recovery using joule heating A process, apparatus, and system are presented for adhesive bond strength recovery in a bonded system, which may be an electronic device, such as, a magnetic drive or magnetic disk drive. The adhesive bond strength of an adhesive bonding material degrades over time ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976519 | Portable curing system for use with vacuum bag repairs and the like A portable curing system includes a carrying case, a controller located within the carrying case and having a microprocessor, a vacuum pump located within the case and having at least two vacuum ports for connection of vacuum lines, at least two vacuum sensor connec... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966507 | Electric coffee grinder An electric coffee grinder in the invention has a body, a holding seat, a motor seat, a fixing seat, a base, a receiving basket, a feeding basket and an upper cover. The electric coffee grinder can be supplied electricity by batteries press button of the body is dep... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6915827 | Offset measuring mechanism and offset measuring method in a bonding apparatus An offset measuring mechanism and method used in a bonding apparatus, in which the object plane of a position detection camera is set on a hypothetical bonding working plane, and the image of imaging elements within the imaging plane is projected onto a bonding work... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913056 | Apparatus and method for connecting and disconnecting flexible tubing A laser strikes and aseptically heats or sterilizes the end of two flexible tube ends for connection. Tube holders are pushed toward each other to bring the tube ends into contact. A weld detector checks the characteristics of the weld. A laser optics assembly may b... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6889738 | Method and apparatus for determining processing size of bonding material An apparatus and method determine a size of a bonding film for bonding a bonding target having a size which varies due to temperature variation, at an environmental temperature which is different from a temperature during use. The method includes measuring an actual... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6871684 | System for identifying defects in a composite structure The present invention provides an improved system for identifying defects in a composite structure by providing a light source such that defects, and in particular dark defects on a dark background and/or light defects on a light background, can be identified by cap... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6868885 | Apparatus for manufacturing laminated member A manufacturing speed for a laminated member for every layer is increased to improve productivity and at the same time a small-sized manufacturing apparatus capable of being practically realized is provided. A base plate is mounted at a linear predetermined segment ... | 03/22/2005 |
