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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157252 | Machine tool The invention relates to a machine tool, wherein the machine tool has a workpiece clamping device (10) for clamping a workpiece (9), wherein the workpiece clamping device (10) and in this way the workpiece (9) can be moved by means of a p... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141856 | Pallet loader and manipulator A pallet load stand and manipulator allows a pallet to receive a workpiece and the workpiece to be clamped to the pallet while the pallet is in a horizontal position. Once the workpiece has been clamped to the pallet, the pallet may be rotated to a vertical position... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8070146 | Support device for sputtering machine A support device used in sputtering machine includes a chamber housing, a frame, at least one holding device, a first and second driving assemblies. The frame is rotatably mounted in the chamber housing. The holding device is rotatably mounted on the frame. The firs... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7963513 | Mounting device A mounting device provided on a horizontally movable stage mechanism, includes a mounting table for mounting thereon a target object, a cylindrical elevation body, having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the mounting table, for supporting the mounting table, a ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7377200 | Workpiece holding devices for use with saws A workpiece holding device comprising a frame having a bottom surface; a clamping device securable to the frame; and an aligning mechanism for aligning the clamping device in a substantially straight line adjacent to a saw is provided. In one embodiment, the alignin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7331094 | Method and device for positioning components to be joined together A device for positioning components to be joined together, such as car body components, is characterized by at least one movable central module and a plurality of arms, movable in space and connected thereto and which in each case have at least one holding element f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328836 | Smart tag holder and cover housing A smart-tag housing and method for securing a dedicated data card affixed to a SMIF-pod. A molded housing package for holding a data card for communication with a two-way receiver/transmitter mounted on a workstation, the smart-tag is a small battery operated microc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7269894 | Fastener insertion device The method and apparatus for drilling holes and optionally inserting fasteners of the present invention provide for efficiently drilling holes through a multiple-layer structure because the layers are securely held together during the drilling by an electromagnet an... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269901 | Method of manufacturing a frame An apparatus and methods of use thereof are provided for improved manufacturing of window and door frames. In particular, the present invention provides an apparatus that can improve efficiency and reduce manpower in manufacturing of window and door frames by being ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7246449 | Installation template for lock and alarm assemblies A template comprises a central member that has a recess adapted to receive and position the first portion of an alarm relative to the template. The central member has a first end and a second end. A longitudinal member extends perpendicular to, and coplanar with, th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7219585 | Cutting workstation A cutting workstation which includes a cutter mounted on an arm type configuration. The arm configuration is slidably moveable relative to a divided work piece support table, the cutter moveable there between. Further, the cutter is capable of elevating the arm eith... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213316 | Machine tool and detachable/attachable motor A machine tool is provided with: a rotating table apparatus that has a table for holding a workpiece, and that rotates the table based on a drive force that has been input; a processing area for processing the workpiece, the rotating table apparatus being carried in... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7111720 | Feed table with force reaction system A feed table with force reaction system for counteracting clamping forces on a shuttle vise used to move a workpiece toward a machine tool. In a first embodiment, lever arms are attached to an upper guide rail between two vertical columns. A reaction actuator interc... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7094008 | Power driver bit self-centering and positioning apparatus A portable combined clamp and bit guide assembly guides a bit, turned by a power driver, into the exact center between the opposing faces of the clamp. The clamp is designed to hold workpieces having substantially parallel edges and a substantially linear centerline... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066314 | Modular belt carrier for electronic components Replaceable component carriers (40) are adapted to be freely floating in belt apertures (74) and have alignment features (160), such as conical holes (170), mated to features (162), such as tapered pins (184), in processing ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7032285 | Mounting an OLED donor sheet to frames A method of securing a flexible donor sheet, before or after organic material has been transferred to such sheet to facilitate its mounting, includes forming a plurality of spaced apart openings in the sheet adjacent to opposite edges of the sheet, and providing a r... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021453 | Conveyor with gear mechanism gripper and related conveyor link Various conveyor designs are disclosed, along with related link designs, suitable for conveying objects along a transport direction. The conveyor may include a plurality of connected links. Each link may have a length extending across the direction of transport and ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009383 | Wafer probe station having environment control enclosure A wafer probe station is equipped with an integrated environment control enclosure substantially surrounding a supporting surface for holding a test device, such enclosure limiting fluid communication between the interior and exterior of the enclosure and preferably... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6968612 | Line facility for producing structure A production line (1) is constituted of a sliding path (10) as a moving path provided along nine working step positions from a first step position (P1) to a ninth step position (P9), nine skids (20) as support-receipt plates slidab... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953073 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display devices, method for using the apparatus, and device produced by the method An apparatus for vacuum bonding a liquid crystal display device includes a unitary vacuum processing chamber, upper and lower stages provided at upper and lower spaces within the vacuum processing chamber for receiving first and second substrates, and at least one f... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6920905 | Installation for filling and packaging hollow bodies The invention concerns an installation for filling and packaging hollow bodies (12) comprising stations (20, 22, 24, 26) for filling and packaging said bodies and a device for transferring the latter between an intake station (18) for the bodies... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6817602 | Manufacturing system method for processing a lithography mask container An electronic device (205) is attached to a container (200) that carries a lithography mask (201) through a semiconductor factory (100) form a first station (110) to a second station (120). In the device, a receiver unit ( | 11/16/2004 |
| 6786806 | Rotary mower blade sharpener A mower blade sharpener apparatus has an automatic reciprocating holder means to sharpen lawn mower blades conveniently with any stationary circular flat-faced grindstone with its driving motor affixed to a common base. A housing frame having open opposing sides con... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6764272 | Adjustable coarse alignment tooling for packaged semiconductor devices An apparatus and method for positioning packaged semiconductor devices having different rectangular shapes and sizes. A positioning apparatus includes an adjustable alignment guide releasably coupled to a base. The adjustable alignment guide may be positioned along ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6749729 | Method and apparatus for workpiece biassing utilizing non-arcing bias rail A non-arcing bias rail assembly for supplying an electrical bias potential to a moving workpiece/substrate holder, comprising an elongated metal strip adapted for mounting along a wall of a workpiece/substrate treatment apparatus and having a surface bounded by firs... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6719877 | Gluing device for auxiliary door seals The bonding system for auxiliary door seals contains a receiving means for detachably holding a mounting template whose peripheral edge at the narrow side is provided with a plurality of spaced-apart trough-like suction members which are connectable via a joint line... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6681819 | Rotating shearing machine for the production of sheared wooden pieces from logs and having log inclination movement A station (10) for shearing wood sheets from a log comprises a shearing blade (18) and a pair of chucks (16) supporting log gripping means (21). The chucks are powered to rotate around an axis (20) parallel to the blade and the gripping means (21) are mov... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6596115 | Method and device for carrying out working steps on miniaturized modules In order to provide a method of carrying out working steps in at least one work station on miniaturized modules which are held by a module carrier provided with a holding device, whereby the method enables a plurality of processing steps to be carried out... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6543513 | Wafer table for die bonding apparatus Die bonding apparatus is provided in which in order to move a target die to a pick-up position, a wafer table is moved by rotation and along one linear axis. This reduces the footprint of the apparatus in comparison to prior art apparatus in which this mo... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6488060 | Woodworking tooling machine, capable of processing items of variable size and complex shape, and the relative method This invention refers to a woodworking machine equipped with fastening devices capable of allowing the processing of items of complex shape and variable size, characterized in that it provides a multiple number of devices which are mobile and capable of b... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6478136 | Method and apparatus for automatically transporting and precisely positioning work pieces at processing stations In a system and method for automatically transporting and precisely positioning a work piece at a station for processing, a relatively low precision transport mechanism is utilized to transfer a chuck that holds the work piece to and from the processing s... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6397481 | Fixtures and methods for increasing the efficiency of manufacturing lines A multi-purpose fixture can be used as a part of, or in conjunction with, a manufacturing line to make many different items, such as telephones or other types of communication equipment. A single, multi-purpose fixture can be used to make multiple items. ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6354581 | Mechanism for clamping and holding an elongated workpiece A mechanism for clamping and holding an elongated workpiece in a machine includes a fixed support, and a longitudinally extending conveyor for supporting the workpiece relative to support. A pair of longitudinally extending clamping members are slidably m... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6282254 | Slidable comb assembly for burnable poison rod transfer device A transfer device for moving a poison rod assembly between fuel cells in a nuclear fuel storage facility, where the poison rod assembly has a plurality of poison rods depending from a web. The transfer device includes a frame assembly, a poison rod assemb... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6231036 | Mechanism for clamping and holding an elongated workpiece A mechanism for clamping and holding an elongated workpiece in a machine includes a fixed support, and a longitudinally extending conveyor for supporting the workpiece relative to support. A pair of longitudinally extending clamping members are slidably m... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6196283 | Woodworking machine A woodworking machine, in particular a trimming machine, of working elongate workpieces such as timbers, beams, boards and the like is proposed, the workpiece resting on a support and a longitudinally movable coupling element guiding the workpiece to work... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6165268 | Wafer carrier adapter and method for use thereof A wafer carrier adapter for use with a 200 millimeter wafer carrier and a pod door opener to a front end of a semiconductor processing environment. The 200 millimeter wafer carrier has a bottom surface and is provided with a plurality of recesses extendin... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6112405 | Assembly of components A component assembly, or fan, comprises a hub having secured thereto a plurality of radially extending components. The hub, which is generally of semi-circular configuration, includes planar raised portions constructed and arranged to be vacuum gripped by... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6113693 | Universal fixture for holding printed circuit boards during processing The present invention is a universal fixture for holding printed circuit boards with different sizes and shapes during, stencil printing and other manufacturing processes related to printed circuit boards. In one embodiment, a universal fixture for holdin... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6093249 | Board matched nested support fixture A support fixture to support a PC card, having components on side 1. A backing plate supports a casting, the casting having a nest. The surface of the nest is characterized in that it is a slightly larger mirror image of the side 1 of the PC card. The bac... | 07/25/2000 |
