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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7744328 | Apparatus for aligning a tray and tray holder An apparatus for aligning a tray and tray holder, including a vertically positioned tray formed with coupling holes and a tray holder having coupling arms to couple with the coupling holes, and to prevent the bending of the tray and the tray holder. The tray include... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7359767 | Substrate carrier handler that unloads substrate carriers directly from a moving conveyor In a first aspect, a substrate loading station is served by a conveyor which continuously transports substrate carriers. A substrate carrier handler that is part of the substrate loading station operates to exchange substrate carriers with the conveyor while the con... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350674 | Arrangement for adjusting rotor position in a roting sluice The arrangement is for the adjustment of wear of the position of the rotor of a sluice feeder within a feed casing. The rotor has the form of a truncated cone and the play between the rotor and the surrounding casing is adjusted depending on the wear between the rot... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346431 | Substrate carrier handler that unloads substrate carriers directly from a moving conveyer In a first aspect, a substrate loading station is served by a conveyor which continuously transports substrate carriers. A substrate carrier handler that is part of the substrate loading station operates to exchange substrate carriers with the conveyor while the con... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7243003 | Substrate carrier handler that unloads substrate carriers directly from a moving conveyor In a first aspect, a substrate loading station is served by a conveyor which continuously transports substrate carriers. A substrate carrier handler that is part of the substrate loading station operates to exchange substrate carriers with the conveyor while the con... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7099744 | Substrate carrier handler that unloads substrate carriers directly from a moving conveyor In a first aspect, a substrate loading station is served by a conveyor which continuously transports substrate carriers. A substrate carrier handler that is part of the substrate loading station operates to exchange substrate carriers with the conveyor while the con... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7052225 | Apparatus for handling mass produced work pieces A high speed device and method for transporting work pieces from one container to another is disclosed. This high speed device utilizes a rotary wheel having a number of pick heads located along the circumference of the rotary wheel. These pick heads are utilized to... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6994497 | Method and apparatus for treating high pressure particulate material An apparatus for pneumatically conveying particulate material containing reaction products of a high pressure reactor from a supply vessel at a pressure of at least two bar to a receiving vessel at a considerably lower pressure. The apparatus includes a conveyor lin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966466 | Rotary airlock valve A rotary airlock valve has a plurality of material receiving pockets having leading edges that are narrower than the trailing edges thereof, preferably having walls tapering inwardly so as to define a narrowed pocket opening for directing any material expansion due ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6830623 | Method of liquid deposition by selection of liquid viscosity and other precursor properties A plurality of liquids, the flow of each controlled by a volumetric flowrate controller, are mixed in a mixer to form a final precursor that is misted and then deposited on a substrate. A physical property of precursor liquid is adjusted by adjusting the volumetric ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6491188 | Revolver valve for discharging a pressurized vessel in a fiber stock preparation system A revolver valve includes a housing with a cylindrical inner chamber, and a pair of end caps respectively attached to each end of the housing. One of the end caps includes an inlet opening and the other end cap includes an outlet opening. A cylindrical ro... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6257820 | Atmospheric rotary feed and discharge turret valve and method A transfer valve assembly (10) for use as a feed valve or a discharge valve includes a series of open-faced pockets (46) biased by leaf springs (48) off of a central hub (44) and an arcuate saddle piece (22) mounted at an opening (14) of a sterilizer vess... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6210533 | Revolver valve for discharging a pressurized vessel in a fiber stock preparation system A revolver valve includes a housing with a cylindrical inner chamber, and a pair of end caps respectively attached to each end of the housing. One of the end caps includes an inlet opening and the other end cap includes an outlet opening. A cylindrical ro... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206247 | Rotary valve for particulate materials A rotary valve consisting generally of a housing having a cylindrical chamber provided with radially disposed inlet and outlet passageways; a shaft journaled in the housing extending through and disposed coaxially relative to such chamber; and a rotor mou... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6196154 | Air lock for introducing substrates to and/or removing them from a treatment chamber In an air lock for continuous introduction into and/or removal of workpieces from spaces (1,4) separated atmospherically, the individual substrates (3,13) are transported through a transfer channel (24). At least one lock chamber (7a-7m) serving to accomm... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6062439 | Rotary valve with improved sealing means A rotary valve with a rotor shroud and a cylinder wall. The rotary valve is sealed by injecting a fluid to compress a packing seal into sealing engagement with the rotor shroud and the cylinder wall.... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6007675 | Wafer transfer system and method of using the same An apparatus and method are described for stripping the photoresist from a wafer while in a substantially parallel manner, another wafer is being transferred between a load lock chamber and a transfer chamber, where the processing occurs. Further, a syste... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5819992 | Multi chamber transfer device A transfer device for passing material between two different fluid environments which uses a multi-passageway rotor member rotatable about a vertical axis and interposed between upper and lower ported members. Each passageway (or chamber) passes through t... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5772081 | Low leakage rotary valve A low leakage rotary valve composes of a housing, a rotor, a driving end valve cover and a washing end valve cover. The driving end valve cover and the washing end valve cover are to secure the rotor in the housing. The driving end valve cover houses a de... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5707198 | Method and device for discharging particulate material from a pressurized container A method of discharging particulate material from a first container to a lower positioned storage area being under a lower pressure than the first container. Particulate material is discharged via an upper tube section of a discharge tube communicating wi... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5630691 | Rotary airlock valve A rotary airlock valve is provided with a ring seal. The airlock includes a tapered tubular housing formed about a longitudinal axis. The housing includes inlet and outlet ports to receive and discharge the material. The housing further includes end plate... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5544995 | Rotary valve apparatus A rotary valve apparatus comprises a rotor housing having an inlet and an outlet, a rotor rotatably fitted in the rotor housing, a plurality of pockets arranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface of the r... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5538383 | Sealed rotary feeder An object of this invention is to provide a sealed rotary feeder for use in an apparatus which continuously processes chips made of synthetic resin with a coating under high pressure and temperature without degrading its material strength. The sealed rota... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5472305 | Sealed rotary feeder An object of this invention is to provide a sealed rotary feeder for use in an apparatus which continuously processes chips made of synthetic resin with a coating under high pressure and temperature without degrading its material strength. The sealed rota... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5409034 | Electrically actuated valve for a pressurized fluid An electrically actuated valve for control of a pressurized fluid, particularly a sanitary valve, comprises a rotor (15) arranged in a housing (1) between an inlet passageway (6) and an outlet passageway (7). The rotor (15) is rotatable under the action o... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5405231 | Conveyor with rotary airlock apparatus An apparatus for transferring objects from a first region to a second reg, the first and second regions having differing atmospheric environments. The apparatus includes a shell having an entrance and an exit, a conveyor belt running through the shell fr... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5392964 | Rotary feeder for flowable materials A rotary feeder wherein a housing defines a cylindrical internal chamber with an inlet for a flowable material and an outlet spaced from the inlet in the circumferential direction of the chamber. The chamber receives a rotor with a shaft having stubs jour... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5353960 | Gravimetric metering apparatus for pourable materials An apparatus for continuous gravimetric metering of pourable material includes a housing having arranged therein a rotor. The material is supplied to pockets of the rotor through a charging inlet and blown out of the pockets at a discharging outlet arrang... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5213775 | Device for passing objects between two environments separated from each other under sealed conditions, in particular for sterilization or pasteurization plants The device comprises an external fixed hollow casing (20) provided with a concave surface (21) of revolution about a central axis A and with two apertures (22') and (22") for passage of the objects, each aperture communicating with a respective environmen... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5131797 | Swipe transfer assembly The swipe transfer assembly is a mechanical assembly which is used in conjunction with glove boxes and other sealed containments. It is used to pass small samples into or out of glove boxes without an open breach of the containment, and includes a rotatio... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5002084 | Quick clean rotary valve A rotary valve and associated method of cleaning, including a generally cylindrical housing (104) defining a central axis, and a rotatable shaft (106) mounted in a first end plate (130) of the housing for rotation by a drive system (108) operating adjacen... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4958649 | Apparatus for treating articles with a gaseous and/or liquid medium The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating a plurality of articles with a gaseous or liquid medium. The apparatus includes a cylindrical chamber in which the articles (14) are arranged in an ordered array in channels (16) which are configu... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4948017 | Rotary feeder A rotary feeder includes a housing in which a rotary member is supported between two lateral bearing caps, with one journal fixedly supported in one bearing cap and the other journal loosely supported in the other bearing cap. For facilitating maintenance... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4906144 | Eccentric rotary feeder and pressurized pneumatic conveying system A rotary feeder having a cylindrical casing having an upper inlet port and a lower outlet port in the vertical direction and a rotor disposed within said cylindrical casing and having a center axis being made eccentric with respect to a horizontal rotor d... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4565305 | Rotary vane valve A rotary vane valve having a cylindrical housing with a pair of opposed end bells and an interior axial shaft. Opposed inlet and outlet openings on the side of the cylindrical housing allow transverse fluid flow through the housing and radial vanes projec... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4556079 | Rotary vane valve including means for ensuring uniform distribution of purge gas A rotary vane valve having a cylindrical housing with a pair of opposed end bells and an interior axial shaft. A pair of spaced shroud structures are fixed to the shaft at the ends of the vanes to generally separate the interior of the cylindrical housing... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4536121 | Divided rotary valve feeder A divided rotary valve feeder includes an inlet conduit, an outlet divided into a plurality of passages by webs, and rotor mounted between the inlet conduit and the outlet. The rotor includes vanes defining troughs and partitions dividing the troughs into... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4501286 | Rotary valve A valve structure including a valve body defining a valve chamber with a tapered bearing surface and a tapered valve member journaled in the tapered bearing surface. A spring-biased plunger mechanism constantly urges the valve member into slidable sealing... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4427136 | Rotary valve A rotary valve adapted to be used in regulating the flow of a particulate material comprises a casing with inlet and outlet conduits and a rotor mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis in the casing. The rotor has a ring of partially closed pockets t... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4427135 | Rotary valve A rotary valve adapted to be used in regulating the flow of a particulate material comprises a casing with inlet and outlet conduits and a rotor mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis in the casing. The rotor has a ring of open and closed pockets to... | 01/24/1984 |
