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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037617 | Contaminated soil remediation apparatus A soil remediation apparatus for treating contaminated soil comprises an air deck unit and a remediation unit. The air deck unit comprises an enclosure with a contaminated soil inlet and a remediated soil outlet; at least one conveyor located inside the enclosure an... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7339182 | Vacuum evaporator A vacuum evaporator including a vacuum chamber and a source arranged in the vacuum chamber to supply a deposition material to a substrate on which a layer is formed. A crystal sensor measures a deposition speed of the deposition material. The crystal sensor includes... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322122 | Method and apparatus for curing a fiber having at least two fiber coating curing stages The present invention provides a method and apparatus for curing a coated fiber, comprising either two fiber coating curing stages separated by a cooling stage, or two fiber coating curing stages separated by a distinct time interval, or both. One of the two fiber c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320182 | Dehumidifying hanger A dehumidifying hanger includes a hanger frame having perforations formed therein, and a dehumidifying perforated crossbar formed as a hollow tube or pipe and transversely hung under the hanger frame, having desiccant or dehydrating agent filled in the perforated cr... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7213347 | Metering material to promote rapid vaporization Apparatus for vaporization of powdered or granular material, includes a container for holding powdered or granular material having at least one component; a vaporization structure; and a positive displacement mechanism spaced from the vaporization structure defining... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204911 | Process and apparatus for forming discrete microcavities in a filament wire using a polymer etching mask A microcavity-forming system for making microcavities in a wire (especially a tungsten filament wire). The system has a coating station receiving the wire and applying a polymer coating to the wire. A mask-forming station receives the polymer-coated wire and blows m... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7183230 | Protective cover system including a corrosion inhibitor A protective cover system (100) for inhibiting corrosion of a metallic object. The protective cover system includes a cover (101, 200, 600) for defining a microenvironment and a corrosion inhibitor source for releasing one or more corrosion inhibitors ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7165340 | Feeding organic material to a heated surface Apparatus for vaporization of powdered material, includes one or more containers each containing possibly distinct powdered materials each having at least one component; a structure for fluidizing the powdered material in each container; a vaporization zone that is ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7061589 | Apparatus and method for mounting a hard pellicle An apparatus for mounting at least one hard pellicle to a mask which includes an enclosure having an interior cavity, demounting means for removing a protective cover from a mask, mounting means for mounting at least one hard pellicle to the mask and conduit means f... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053012 | Flexible corrosion-inhibiting cover for a metallic object A cover (200) for inhibiting corrosion of a metallic object over which the cover is placed. The cover has an inner surface (104) defined by a liquid-permeable layer (202) and an outer surface (102) defined by a liquid-impermeable layer ( | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047984 | Device and method for cleaning articles used in the production of semiconductor components A cleaning device for use in the production of semiconductor components comprises two feed devices with which a fluid medium is guided across a respective surface of an object to be cleaned so that different faces of the object are simultaneously cleaned. At least t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7000333 | Animal byproduct conversion system and method A system for recovering nutrients from animal byproducts includes a grinder, a separator, and a dehydrator. The grinder is adapted to reduce the animal byproduct into smaller particles. The separator is adapted to separate the animal byproduct into water, oil and so... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6962007 | Method and device for drying substrate A device for drying substrates which stores a plurality of substrate (1) and which comprises a processing container (3) to which cleaning fluid (2) after cleaning the substrates (1) is drained and an injection nozzle (5) for inject... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6928747 | Method for decorating objects and device therefor A method and a device for decorating objects made of a material such as glass or metal, which includes coating at least part of the surface of the objects with a substance adapted to form patterns during polymerization. The method also includes drying and dusting th... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924492 | Lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby Pre-cleaning or in situ cleaning of optical components for use in a lithographic projection apparatus can be carried out by irradiating the optical component with microwave and/or infra-red radiation, preferably infra-red radiation having a wavelength or a range of ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922908 | Vegetable product drying A dryer is constructed and arranged to dry vegetable product, such as coffee beans. The dryer includes a thermal collector that is constructed and arranged to convert solar energy to heat energy, a heat transfer system, and a housing that defines a drying chamber. T... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6883251 | Livestock cooling system A livestock cooling system creates an environment for protecting the health and productivity of animals, particularly dairy cows. One or more cooling fans are connected to programmable oscillation means, enabling the herds man to program fan oscillation according to... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6772536 | Accelerated degradation evaluation method and apparatus An apparatus and method are provided for measuring the physical strength and ability of a solid sample, to resist breakdown into fines after repeated cycles of hydration and regeneration of temperatures in excess of 100° C. The test samples are evaluated using an a... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6658762 | Method and apparatus for transporting substrates in OLED process A method and an apparatus for transporting substrates in all organic light emitting diode (OLED) process is disclosed, which has a transferring chamber provided for transporting substrates between processing modules and the atmosphere condition therein is... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6574883 | Dispensing for dryer A dispenser for laundry products, particularly for fabric softener products to be used in the dryer. The dispenser comprises a hollow ball having a plurality of product dispensing openings and a further product ingress opening for placing product in the b... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6463672 | Mitigation of spacecraft charging by means of ionized water vapor The process of mitigation of spacecraft surface charging using ionized water vapor is used, since it helps taking excess surface electrons away from a spacecraft surface, leaving practically no residue after complete evaporation.... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6393716 | Method and apparatus for transporting substrates in OLED process A method and an apparatus for transporting substrates in an organic light emitting diode (OLED) process is disclosed, which has a transferring chamber provided for transporting substrates between processing modules and the atmosphere condition therein is ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6381870 | Bag for home dry cleaning process A flexible container in the form of a bag is described for use in a non-immersion dry cleaning process. Bag walls that are appropriately stiff and slick are preferred (preferred Kawabata Evaluation System stiffness and surface friction values are given), ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6370796 | Heater block cooling system for wafer processing apparatus A cooling system and method are provided for cooling a heater block located in a cylindrical processing chamber of a wafer processing apparatus. The cooling system includes first and second frame assemblies having respective ends adapted to rest on an upp... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6357137 | Non-woven fabric for imparting fabric treatment to clothing Non-woven fabrics prepared from fibers having two different deniers useful as substrates in the preparation of dryer-activated fabric conditioning articles. By combining lower denier fibers with higher denier fibers, a substrate is produced that has the t... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6286228 | Air blower drying system The present invention involves a drying system for removing a wetting agent from surfaces of a vehicle. The drying system comprises an application of a surfactant to the surfaces of the vehicle to provide a reduction in the coefficient of friction between... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6279249 | Reduced particle contamination manufacturing and packaging for reticles A method of transporting a reticle is disclosed. The reticle is placed in a reticle carrier that has an ionizer. Moreover, the reticle may be attached with a pellicle. The pellicle consists of a pellicle frame and a pellicle film stretched over the pellic... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6276072 | Method and apparatus for heating and cooling substrates A method and apparatus for heating and cooling a substrate are provided. A chamber is provided that comprises a heating mechanism adapted to heat a substrate positioned proximate the heating mechanism, a cooling mechanism spaced from the heating mechanism... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6270584 | Apparatus for drying and cleaning objects using controlled aerosols and gases Method and apparatus for cleaning and/or drying objects that may have been wetted or contaminated in a manufacturing process. The objects are submerged in a rinse liquid in an enclosed chamber, and aerosol particles from a selected liquid are introduced i... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6263586 | Device and method for planarizing a thin film A device and method for planarizing a film layer device on a silicon wafer. The device has a circular track whose surface faces the track center, a carrier capable of moving along the track and carrying wafers around with their front surfaces facing the c... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6256902 | Apparatus and method for desiccating and deagglomerating wet, particulate materials An apparatus and method for drying and deagglomerating substances of finely-divided solids suspended in a fluid medium. The apparatus includes the basic components of a phenumatic friction dryer, a flash dryer and a ring dryer.... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6243969 | Bagless dry cleaning kits and processes for dry cleaning A process for dry cleaning fabrics comprising the steps of: (i) placing one or more fabrics to be cleaned in a device which provides heat and agitation; (ii) placing one or more carrier sheets in the device wherein the carrier sheets have 200 grams of a l... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6223448 | Device for conditioning a paper web In a device for conditioning a preferably freshly printed paper web (2) with a dryer (1) and a remoistening device, wherein the dryer (1) exhibits a heating zone (3), a temperature maintenance zone (4) and a cooling zone (5) and the remoistening device ex... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6199293 | Motorized washing and drying apparatus A mobile, motorized washing and drying apparatus is described which includes a mobile cart or base which is formed for the attachment of both a motorized washing device and a motorized drying device. The motorized washing device is attached to the base an... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6184193 | Wet cleaning system with shrinkage prevention agent A shrinkage prevention agent for water washing of clothing that would conventionally have been dry cleaned. The shrinkage prevention agent is compromised of a steam or vacuum dry-distilled liquid of two or more plants selected from sagebrush, beefsteak pl... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6115936 | Free tumbling padded shoe container for use in clothes dryer The device consisting of a hollow body made of foam rubber or other shock absorbing material defining an enclosed chamber and having a plurality of holes therein. A closeable opening is provided that is of adequate size to allow wet tennis shoes or other ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6067723 | Clothes dryer hanging feature A hanging feature is provided for a clothes dryer. The hanging feature is included on the door, or on the cabinet adjacent the door opening so that shoes or other objects can be hung from the hanging feature and suspended in a position exposed to the hot ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6035549 | Close contamination protection device and method thereof for food A method for closely protecting materials (10) sensitive to contamination by airborne contaminating agents and placed on a work surface (P). At least one decontaminated gas stream (1, 2) is fed from either side towards the materials in a direction substan... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6012232 | Through-flow cup which can be filled with granule material Described is a through-flow cup which can be filled with a granule material and through which a liquid to be treated can flow, having side walls and sieves which are disposed at the ends thereof and by means of which the liquid can flow through the granul... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6006439 | Apparatus for cleaning and drying a plurality of plate lug surfaces for producing pore-free cast-on-strap joints for lead-acid batteries An apparatus for cleaning and chemical activation of a plurality of plate lug surfaces. The apparatus includes an ultrasonically-stirred flux vessel, an ultrasonically-stirred rinsing water vessel and a gas-blowing device contained inside a dirt collectio... | 12/28/1999 |
