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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011546 | Scribing and breaking apparatus and system therefor A separation apparatus comprising a first and a second scribing portions for scribing front and rear surfaces of a first mother substrate made of a brittle material along first predetermined scribing lines previously provided on the front and rear surfaces of the fi... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7426883 | Substrate-cutting system, substrate-producing apparatus, substrate-scribing method, and substrate-cutting method A clamping device (50) is installed on a stand (10) with a hollow rectangular parallelepiped shape such that at least one place at a side edge portion of a mother board transported in the stand (10) is clamped. A pair of substrate-cutting device... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424963 | Roll mounted bags and dispensers for same A wire frame plastic bag dispenser includes an angled lower bag roll support urging perforated, rolled plastic bags toward a bag roll restraining element attached to the frame. A constraining movement element prevents lateral movement of the bag roll. A perforation ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7331495 | Substrate and method of separating components from a substrate A substrate (1) having a first groove (4) is provided with a plurality of protrusions (3) on the first groove (4). These protrusions (4) can have a top with an apex angle of 30 to 150 degrees and results in a controlled breaking of... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311263 | Method and apparatus for handling cards In an apparatus and a method for handling cards, wherein the cards comprise a memory element that may be read out in a contactless manner via a transponder, and pass through a plurality of handling stations, a card and a card carrier are initially brought together a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302761 | Automatic tool tilting apparatus for a scribe tool An automatically programmable tilting mechanism for holding a scribe tool at varying angles using an aerostatic bearing. The air bearing secures the scribe tool about its longitudinal shank and generally allows for free axial movement while the tool holding structur... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281334 | Mechanical scribing apparatus with controlling force of a scribing cutter A mechanical scribing apparatus with controlling force of a scribing cutter for adaptively separating each unit of thin film solar cells formed on a single substrate, which is always capable of performing a predetermined minute scribing of a work in accordance with ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270256 | Roll mounted bags and dispensers for same A series of roll mounted bags and dispensers are described. The bags may be folded along at least one axis and rolled. The compact roll of bags is placed in various dispensers. As the upper portion of the first bag is pulled from the roll, the roll will rotate, pres... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255253 | Method and equipment to divide glass plates into cut pieces A method of dividing glass plates for the purpose of reducing the required space in an interim buffer (80) reducing the transit times of different kinds of glasses, comprises generating a sequence of sub-plates (T) from the glass plates (P) stored in a blank ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234381 | Dispensing appliance for wiping material Wiping material dispenser apparatus includes a basic housing that receives an articulated cover and a cartridge including two transverse flanges. An upper part of the flanges receives a roll of material and a lower part thereof receives a first blade-holder drum and... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207794 | Pouch production apparatus and method A pouch production apparatus includes a pouch forming apparatus operable to form pouches from an elongate web of material and zipper tape and an extrusion apparatus responsive to operation of the pouch forming apparatus and operable to extrude zipper tape. A pneumat... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7155938 | Method and device for loading a glass processing installation In the method for loading a glass processing installation (5) with loading portions (10a), glass plates (10, 10b) are extracted repeatedly from a storage unit (20) in a predetermined sequence and divided into a residual port... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137539 | Method and apparatus for slitting and processing a web into plural use supply forms An apparatus and method of converting a web of indefinite length into a plurality of web portions by slitting the web at a transverse point prior to processing the web portions into a plurality of use supply forms (such as rolls), wherein the plurality of web portio... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134582 | Substrate and method of separating components from a substrate A substrate (1) having a first groove (4) is provided with a protrusion (3) on the first groove (4). This protrusion (4) preferably has a top with an apex angle of 30 to 150 degrees and results in a controlled breaking of the subst... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128251 | Stackable bag roll dispensing system A system for dispensing thermoplastic bags or the like from a roll of bags. The present system is configured for point of use dispensing to a customer, such as in the produce section of a grocery store or market. The preferred, exemplary embodiment of the present sy... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127814 | Method and device for machining annular-shaped workpieces A method and a device for machining workpieces having an annular-shaped section that is to be provided with a split bore. The device includes: a fracture-splitting device for fracture-splitting the annular-shaped workpiece section and for creating fracture-split wor... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116882 | Device for cleaving an optical fibre A device for cleaving an optical fibre includes a fixing mechanism to fix a fixing element to the optical fibre, and a cleaving mechanism to cleave the optical fibre. The fixing element may be a ferrule, and the fixing element may be fixed to the fibre such that the... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104431 | Method and device for manufacturing glass panes of any desired contour from sheet glass A method for producing glass plates of any desired contour from sheet glass, comprising the following steps: scribing scribe lines into a least one face of the sheet glass along the contour down to a depth T, using a cutting device, and positioning the glass plate o... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7080765 | Multiple roll and boxed goods dispenser A dispenser for locating beneath a wall cabinet or shelf and provided for dispensing sheet materials, or boxed material, such as sheets, or bags. The dispenser includes a pair of support beams, one normally for locating the front, and the other at the back, and a pi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7070078 | Automatic optical-fiber cutter An automatic optical-fiber cutter has a main lid, an auxiliary lid interlockingly opened and closed by the opening/closing operation of the main lid, and a slider provided with an edged tool. An optical fiber is pressed at two positions by the main lid and th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066070 | Device for controlling and repositioning a roll of wiping material in an automatic cutting dispenser A machine for dispensing a strip of material comprises a housing accommodating an internally hollow drum with a longitudinal slit which accommodates an articulated cutting device, and two end shields of articulated design to accommodate a reel holder which supports ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063246 | Brittle material rotating and aligning mechanism for use in a brittle material scribing and/or breaking apparatus A brittle material rotating and aligning mechanism including a bearing, a rotary table, and a driving mechanismU, and installed in the worktable of a brittle material scribing and breaking apparatus; carries brittle material, for example, a semiconductor wafer for s... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051911 | Apparatus and method for cutting sheet materials A method and apparatus are taught for cutting a sheet material comprising the steps of engaging a first side of the laminated web structure with a crack initiator having a high rake angle, the crack initiator extending from a first cutter base having a low rake angl... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048182 | Method and apparatus for providing a card carrier for bringing together with a card In a method and an apparatus for providing a card carrier for bringing it together with a card, the card is initially provided, and card data are acquired from it. On the basis of this card data, a card-carrier blank having a first identification mark is provided. O... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7025239 | Optical fiber cleaver A device for cleaving optical fibers having a housing with an internal chamber, a fiber alignment member removably connected to the housing and a fiber cutting member supported by the housing. The alignment member has an opening sized to receive the ferrule of a fib... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013776 | Device for cutting optical fiber and a method for cutting optical fiber An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blad... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997094 | Device for controlling and regulating the pressure of a roll of material in an automatic-cutting dispenser The invention relates to a device for controlling and regulating the pressure of a reel of material in an automatic-cutting dispenser. Each side panel of the dispenser comprises a slot that receives, internally, two flanges which are disposed around said slot in low... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6978071 | Apparatus for cleaving optical fiber An apparatus to cleave an optical fiber includes a base plate, a jig slidably provided on the base plate and holding the optical fiber, a stripper provided near the jig, and including a hot plate heating a sheath of the optical fiber, a sheath cutter cleaving the sh... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962101 | Safety device for strip dispensing machine A control and safety device for a machine for dispensing strips of material having a belt mounted between a drum (4) and a shaft (9) in a floating mount. The shaft receiving the belt having an axle of narrower diameter than the shaft in its central par... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962279 | Apparatus and method for glass separation for flat panel displays A method and apparatus for separating glass panels that minimizes process failures and improves separation process consistency by utilizing a separation handle which applies the minimal pressure necessary to remove the edge portion from the glass panel. The glass pa... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955478 | Stub having an optical fiber A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished s... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6950235 | Optical isolators and methods of manufacture Optical isolators and methods of manufacturing optical isolators are disclosed. The optical isolators are manufactured by directly bonding the parts of the isolators without the use of adhesive or mechanical devices to hold the individual parts together. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6949164 | Direct bonding of articles containing silicon Methods of bonding glass and silicon-containing articles are disclosed. Bonding is achieved without use of adhesives or high temperature fusion. A wide variety of glass and silicon-containing articles may be bonded by the methods of the invention. ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945443 | Device for parting laminated substrate and liquid crystal cell A device for parting a laminated substrate used for a liquid crystal cell is provided which is capable of obtaining, at a time of the parting, a parting line being vertical to a face on which a scribe line is formed, thus enabling prevention of a failure in the part... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939055 | Stub having an optical fiber A device includes a stub, and an optical fiber. The stub has an aperture, and a first end and a second end. The optical fiber is mounted in the aperture of the stub. The optical fiber has a first end and a second end. The first end of the optical fiber is polished s... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932259 | Brittle material breaking apparatus A brittle material breaking apparatus using a lifting mechanism to lift/lower a carrier wherein the lifting mechanism is controlled to lift the carrier for holding the brittle material for breaking, and then to lower the carrier from the brittle material to a distan... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6913177 | Blanking method and device into a cutting machine for plate elements Blanking device in a cutting machine for plate elements in a sheet, such as a paper, cardboard or plastic sheet, which had been previously cut into several blanks that are maintained together in the sheet by a number of nicks: a lower tool, an upper tool movable tow... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905054 | Method and apparatus for fracturing connecting rods and the like A process and apparatus for fracturing, into a bearing cap and a connecting rod, an integral preform which defines a cylindrical aperture and two spaced-apart bolt seat shoulders. A guide member defines a first guideway along which moves a first slide member, the la... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901924 | Method of cutting CSP substrates A method of cutting, along the cutting streets, the CSP substrates in which CSPs are formed on each of plural rectangular regions thereof sectioned by the cutting streets arranged in a form of a lattice. The method comprises the steps of mounting plural CSP substrat... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901199 | Optical fiber cleaver A device for cleaving optical fibers is provided. The device includes a housing assembly having an opening therein for receiving an optical fiber to be cleaved, and housing bending and cutting members which are reciprocally moveable in a direction transversely and s... | 05/31/2005 |
