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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136564 | Attaching device and attaching apparatus for supporting plate, and attaching method for supporting plate An attaching device which makes it possible to accurately perform alignment when the diameters of a substrate and a supporting plate are substantially the same includes a mounting plate for mounting a semiconductor wafer thereon, a pressing plate for pressing a supp... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8037915 | Method and apparatus for forming insulated rotor conductors An apparatus is disclosed for forming an insulated rotor conductor by bonding an insulating material onto a single side of a flat electrical conductor under controlled heat and mechanical pressure. The rotor conductor is suitable for assembly into the rotor assembly... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8011407 | Compression bonding device A compression bonding device has a dam member so that when a pressing head is pressed against an object to be pressed, the bonding part is surrounded by the dam member. Thus, even if the surface of the bonding part bulges by pressing, the bulging part is stopped by ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7963308 | Apparatus and method for fabricating bonded substrate A bonded-substrate fabricating apparatus capable of reducing defective bonded substrates fabricated. A transfer robot sucks the outer edge area of the bottom surface of a substrate and spouts gas toward the bottom surface of the substrate to carry the substrate into... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7644745 | Bonding of target tiles to backing plate with patterned bonding agent A target assembly including a plurality of target tiles bonded to a backing plate by adhesive, for example of indium or conductive polymer, filled into recesses in the backing plate formed beneath each of the target tiles. A sole peripheral recess formed as a rectan... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7493930 | Apparatus for forming at least one continuous strip of containers A forming apparatus for forming at least one continuous strip of containers comprises a feed line for the indexing along a preset route according to an advancing direction and with a preset advancing step two continuous webs in film material that face each other. Th... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7487812 | Substrate bonding apparatus for liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same A substrate bonding apparatus includes a bonding chamber, lower and upper stages positioned at lower and upper spaces at an interior of the bonding chamber, respectively, the lower stage including a first receiving part, a first lifting system having a first support... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7426951 | LCD bonding machine and method for fabricating LCD by using the same A bonding machine for fabrication of a large size LCD having an upper stage and a lower stage provided in a bonding chamber to face each other, for adsorbing the first and second substrates carried in the bonding chamber, and bonding the substrates together. The bon... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7418991 | Substrate bonding apparatus for manufacturing liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes stages, wherein the degree to which the stages are bent is minimized by the presence of elastic members. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416401 | Lightweight composite fairing bar and method for manufacturing the same A lightweight composite fairing bar (14) for use in fabricating a composite component (16) of an aircraft. The fairing bar (14) includes a core (18) and an elongated outer shell (20) surrounding the core (18). The outer shel... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7354494 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing laminated substrate An apparatus for manufacturing a laminated substrate with a simple structure and with satisfactory yield. First and second holding plates each attract substrates without contacting a laminating surface of the two substrates. A substrate conveying device conveys the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7332014 | Ceramic structure, method of manufacturing ceramic structure, and device for manufacturing ceramic structure A ceramic structure includes a plurality of porous ceramic members each being warped, each of the plurality of porous ceramic members having a bonding portion and end portions at both ends of each of the plurality of porous ceramic members in a longitudinal directio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325672 | Device for stopping a continuous product stream of a rotary press A device for stopping a continuous product stream of the products of a rotary press, with a height conveyor which has a lower loading region to which the products are supplied via a first conveying means, and an upper delivery region, from which the products are con... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320737 | Cushion forming apparatus and method of use A cushion forming apparatus includes a frame with a pivoted hold down member and a pneumatic bladder below the hold down member. The bladder is alternately connectable with a source of pressure and to atmosphere through control valve. The components of a cushion sub... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314536 | Disc pairing in optical disc replication In a pairing arrangement, a first half-disc and a second half-disc of an optical disc are bonded together by dispensing a bonding material onto the second half-disc and the first half-disc and second half-disc are placed in a chamber. The pressure within the chamber... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308806 | Air-exhausting lehr for laminated glass sheets The invention relates to an air-exhausting lehr for laminated glass sheets, including a tunnel-like lehr, a conveyor, including elements for carrying laminated glass sheets in a substantially upright position through the lehr, and air circulation ducts, having fans ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306692 | Production forming, bonding, joining and repair systems for composite and metal components A method of repairing a composite component (1) having a damaged area including: laying a composite lay-up (7) over the damaged area; locating at least one pressure chamber (3, 4) over the damaged area, the pressure chamber including a displacea... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299844 | Device for assembly of insulating glass sheets with an interior filled with a heavy gas A device for producing heavy gas-filled insulating glass sheets (62, 64, 60) has two plates (4, 6), between which the insulating glass sheet (62, 64, 60) which is to be filled can be located. On the vertical edges of the plates (4, 6) the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7267151 | Laminating apparatus When a laminating apparatus M is constituted with a vacuum suction step S1 for vacuum sucking an enclosed space in a work tray 2 accommodating a laminated-substrate W, a thermocompression-bonding step S2 for heating and pressuring the work tray ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251959 | Washwater neutralization system for glass forming line A neutralization system for controlling the pH of the washwater used to clean and maintain polyacrylic bound glass forming equipment. The neutralization system introduces a base solution to a washwater solution when the pH of the washwater solution contained in a cl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250989 | Substrate bonding apparatus having alignment system with one end provided inside vacuum chamber for liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding apparatus for a liquid crystal display device includes a vacuum processing chamber, a lower stage provided in an interior of the vacuum chamber, an upper stage provided in the interior of the vacuum chamber and having at least one first through h... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7220330 | Shaping nozzle and method for attaching an annular transponder unit to a tire Nozzle apparatus and method for affixing an annular transponder unit to an annular surface of a tire includes a nozzle block having an adhesive conduit extending therein to an inward end; a transverse channel open along an outward side and extending into the block, ... | 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 |
| 7198259 | Method and apparatus for clamping a plurality of objects together A clamp including a vacuum base having a seal adapted to engage a first object. A cavity is defined between the first object and the seal. The clamp includes a vacuum generator connected to the cavity for reducing pressure in the cavity and a clamping member mounted... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185420 | Apparatus for thermally coupling a heat dissipation device to a microelectronic device An apparatus is provided for thermally coupling a heat dissipation device to a microelectronic device. A thermal compression bonding apparatus is provided comprising a bonding head adapted to apply heat and pressure to the heat dissipation device to provide the desi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7153382 | Pressure element for an edge gluing machine and gluing method The pressure element (7) is designed for gluing a bandlike covering (4) by means of an adhesive onto a narrow face (3) (edge) of straight or curved (profiled) cross section of a board element (2) or for gluing a film onto a profile bar ha... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138031 | Mandrel and method for manufacturing composite structures An apparatus and method for retaining composite structures, such as composite honeycomb structures, during manufacture are provided. The composite structure is cured on a mandrel that defines a layup surface with a grip feature. The grip feature is configured to eng... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7135090 | FPD encapsulation apparatus and method for encapsulating the same An FPD encapsulation apparatus at least comprises a chamber and a pressing mechanism. In this case, the chamber has an airtight space to provide a low-pressure environment, and the low-pressure environment is located inside the airtight space. The pressing mechanism... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7100656 | System and method for curing composite material According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for curing a composite material includes an oven having an inner wall defining an inner chamber, an outer wall defining an outer chamber between the inner wall and the outer wall, a hot air distribution manifold... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096911 | Apparatus for manufacturing bonded substrate The present invention provide an apparatus for manufacturing a bonded substrate that suppresses a defect in the bonded substrate. When the pressure in a vacuum chamber is at the atmospheric level, upper and lower chuck units respectively attract substrates through v... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086175 | Method of manufacturing liquid crystal panel and gap adjusting apparatus therefor In a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal panel including a panel assembly, a nozzle mechanism is located at a vicinity of a liquid crystal filling port of the panel assembly with leaving a space between an intake of the nozzle mechanism and the liquid crystal f... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066230 | Vacuum laminator An apparatus and a method for vacuum laminating an article to a substrate. The apparatus comprises a movable assembly engaged with a support surface for the substrate and movable relative thereto. The movable assembly comprises a manifold for receiving vacuum force ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048819 | Hot air lamination chamber for medical catheters A system of heat shrink lamination that uses one or more lamination chambers with forced flow of heated air from a central heating area. The central heating area includes at least one heating element. A fan situated at one end of the central heating area provides hi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7008502 | Method and apparatus for joining substrates In order to reduce cycle times for assembling at least two substrates (3,4) in order to form an optical data carrier in a low-pressure chamber (8), a method and a device are disclosed wherein an opening (11) of the low-pressure chamber is sealed... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005033 | Apparatus and method for laminating dry film using microwave The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for laminating a dry film using a microwave which are capable of quickly transforming a photosensitive substance of a dry film to a semi-liquid state by vibrating a water or acryl group copolymer molecular in ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991703 | Bonding method, bonding stage and electronic component packaging apparatus A bonding method is provided in which an electronic component is connected via bumps to a substrate and the electronic component is packaged on the substrate. A surface of the substrate that packages the electronic component, a surface of the electronic component th... | 01/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6972067 | System and method for automated placement of pre-printed sheets onto a web A system and method for producing flexible magnets includes apparatus for automatically feeding a plurality of individual, pre-printed sheets into continuous webs of a magnet material and a laminate to laminate the individual sheets to the web of magnet material in ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971428 | Device for vacuum-pressing of DVD substrates The invention relates to a device for vacuum-pressing of disk-shaped substrates, in particular DVD substrates into a finished DVD, wherein the device has a vacuum chamber with two substrate holders and an intermediate element that can be displaced inside the vacuum ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6953514 | Method and device for assembling substrates A method and apparatus for joining at least two substrates together, especially to form an optical data carrier, are provided. Substrates are disposed in a spaced-apart manner between two plates that are disposed opposite from, and are movable relative to, one anoth... | 10/11/2005 |
