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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173223 | Method for discharging liquid material, method for manufacturing color filter, and method for manufacturing organic EL element A method for discharging a liquid material includes performing a scan by moving a discharge target having a film formation area and a plurality of nozzles forming a nozzle row, and discharging a liquid material containing a functional material from the nozzles onto ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8158210 | Systems and methods for tape flaw and splice avoidance in manufacturing Systems and methods for avoidance of tape flaw or splices in manufacturing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of applying a tape onto a workpiece includes feeding the tape from a tape supply using a tape application assembly, and applying the tape onto the w... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8124190 | Method for discharging liquid material, method for manufacturing color filter, and method for manufacturing organic EL element A method for discharging a liquid material includes performing a scan by moving a discharge target having a film formation area and a plurality of nozzles forming a nozzle row with respect to each other, and discharging a liquid material as droplets from the nozzles... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8101244 | Apparatus and method for producing or processing a product or sample An apparatus and method are provided for producing a plurality of products or processing a plurality of samples via dispensing. The apparatus and method provide real-time monitoring of the products/samples and can provide real-time control. The apparatus and method ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8057862 | Method for jetting color ink A method for jetting color ink includes determining an initial voltage value of a nozzle, wherein the initial voltage value corresponds to a predetermined jetting volume of the nozzle; determining a maximum adjusting voltage value of the nozzle, wherein the maximum ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7981479 | Multi-station rotation system for use in spray operations A system and method for use in applying a coating of a desired material onto one or more medical implant components. The system may include one or more thermal sprayers and a rotatable holding fixture having a plurality of mounting stations each operable to hold at ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972658 | Control of a coating process Devices, systems and methods for controlling the coating of a sample are disclosed. The exemplary system may have a manufacturing device for providing a sample with one or more sample characteristics associated with one or more coating characteristics. The exemplary... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7935389 | Liquid spraying apparatus and method A printer is provided which sprays ink from nozzles to print recording paper P. It includes a paper feed/delivery mechanism (72) to carrying the paper P to which the ink is to adhere, nozzles (52a) to spray the ink as droplets, an ink-spraying h... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7910174 | Apparatus and method of fabricating flat panel display device An apparatus for fabricating a flat panel display device includes a substrate on which a picture display section is formed and a stage on which the substrate is loaded. A dispenser applies a sealant along an outer line of the picture display section in the substrate... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7892608 | Method and device for digitally coating textile A method is disclosed for digitally forming a coating on a fibrous textile having mesh openings between adjacent fibers. According to the method, textile is fed continuously along a treatment path having a row of static coating nozzles arranged generally transversel... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7867576 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a pattern of an applied liquid A method for monitoring the quality of a pattern of fluid beads applied to a moving substrate measures time delays between the passage of a reference point on a substrate element and leading and trailing edges of a bead, the quality of which is to be measured. A tim... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7842350 | Method and apparatus for coating a photosensitive material In a method and an apparatus for coating an object with photosensitive material, a roller stabilizes a supply amount of the photosensitive material and is disposed between the object and a slit coater, so that the stabilized photosensitive material is supplied to th... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7622158 | Compact robotic painting booth A system for painting an article, such as an automotive vehicle body, includes a painting booth, a conveyor for transporting articles through the painting booth, a first rail located beside and extending along the conveyor, a second rail located beside and extending... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7462377 | Methods for regulating the placement of fluid dispensed from an applicator onto a workpiece Methods for operating a material dispensing system. The method includes measuring numerical values of an operating parameter, such as line velocity, material pressure, or material temperature, of the dispensing system to predict a future numerical value of the opera... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7435447 | Method and system for determining flow conditions in a high pressure processing system In a high pressure processing system configured to treat a substrate, a flow measurement device is utilized to determine a flow condition in the high pressure processing system. The flow measurement device can, for example, comprise a turbidity meter. The flow param... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422773 | Method and apparatus for creating an enhanced electrical field to improve paint transfer efficiencies A cover for a robot which includes an electrostatic spray gun with a nozzle which sprays charged material. The cover includes an insulating layer adapted to generally surround the robot except at an aperture where the nozzle extends from the cover. The cover also in... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7404860 | Thermal spraying instrument The invention relates to a device and method for controlling the operation of a thermal spray torch (12). The inventive device and method are characterized in that an on-board camera (54) and pyrometer (70) are used to measure the properties of ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7364775 | Closed loop adhesive registration system An apparatus and method use closed loop control processes to automatically adjust a command signal used to change an operating state of a fluid dispensing gun. Proportional, integral and/or derivative control processes are used to determine an operating parameter co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7332036 | Thermal projection device The invention relates to a device and a method for control of the operation of a thermal projection torch (12), characterized in that the characteristics of the jet (16) and the temperature of the deposit (24) on the piece (22) are measur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323061 | Thermal spraying instrument The invention relates to a device and method for controlling the operation of a thermal spray torch (12). The inventive device and method are characterised in that an on-board camera (54) and pyrometer (70) are used to measure the properties of ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323062 | Thermal projection device The invention relates to a device and a method for control of the operation of a thermal projection torch (12), characterized in that the characteristics of the jet (16) and the temperature of the deposit (24) on the piece (22) are measur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320814 | Methods for applying a liquid to a web A method of spraying patterns on a web that includes directing at least one intermittent spray of liquid onto the web to form a pattern on the web; sensing a position of a leading edge of at least one of the spray and the pattern relative to one or more references o... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7291364 | Hi-resolution three-dimensional imaging apparatus for topographic and 3d models The present invention is directed to an automated system that includes a hi-resolution three-dimensional imaging apparatus for topographic modeling that is electronically coupled with a computer. The system incorporates one or more algorithms for converting the comp... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7189434 | Photoresist supply apparatus and method of controlling the operation thereof A photoresist supply apparatus of semiconductor coating equipment fills a supply pipe with new photoresist when a used photoresist bottle is replaced. The photoresist supply apparatus includes first and second photoresist bottles, first and second gas supply pipes c... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7131372 | Miniature fluid dispensing end-effector for geometrically constrained areas An end-effector precisely marks location lines (or dispense fluids) on surfaces as part of an automated part marking system. The automated part marking system that includes a multi-axis gantry robot, a calibration stand, vision or location system(s), and a series of... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125584 | Method for forming a liquid film on a substrate A liquid film forming method of dropping a liquid adjusted to be spread into a give amount on a substrate to be processed from a dropping nozzle or dropping nozzles of a dropping unit onto the substrate, and then moving the dropping unit and the substrate relatively... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112350 | Method for applying liner to air duct A system for sealing an air duct by coating the interior of the duct with a material similar to the coating used for spray-on truck bed liners. A spray device applies the liner material to the interior surface of the ducts and the spray device is held in the center ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7105203 | Intermittent coating apparatus and intermittent coating method The intermittent coating apparatus which includes a nozzle 1 which applies a paint 6 to a base material, a feeding side two-way valve 10 which repeats feeding of the paint 6 to the nozzle 1 and stop of the feeding, a return side tw... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7028921 | Catalyst solution dispenser for a hand-held liquid spraying apparatus A dispenser for dispensing a polymerization catalyst solution into a liquid coating formulation has a cross sectional area “a” given by the relationship: a≅P·A·[W/w]·10−6, where ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6998147 | Method for simultaneously coating and measuring parts A method and apparatus for simultaneously coating and measuring a part. The apparatus includes a part support, a sprayer and a part measurer positioned adjacent to the part support and a display device positioned adjacent to the part support. The sprayer applies a c... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989176 | Device and method for supplying atomizers, and spraying installation equipped with such a device This device for supplying coating products to the atomizers of an installation for spraying coating products on objects displaced by a conveyor, comprises at least one principal tank adapted to supply secondary tanks each intended for an atomizer, and means for disp... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6958170 | Process for coating drawn metal parts Process for using coating guns to apply a conductive layer to the inside of battery cans moving on a conveyor with intermittent move and dwell times. Pats are automatically inspected. If a layer is defective due to a disabled coating gun, the process includes firing... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6627266 | Color customization for paint application assembly A method of painting a product in a production painting facility includes the steps of selecting a hue and a chroma corresponding to the hue. The production painting facility utilizes a plurality of base paints that are mixable to constitute the hue and c... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6245475 | Process of spray forming photoreceptors with ink nozzles A method of forming one or more polymer containing layers on a substrate using ink jet nozzles. The method is particularly suited to forming one or more polymer containing layers of a photoreceptor. The polymer containing layers may be formed by moving a ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6238746 | Method of and apparatus for painting vehicle bodies with various color paints A painting method and a painting apparatus are disclosed, in which a few kinds of five to eight primary color paints are transferred along corresponding paint-transferring lines, and at a primary color paint selecting/extracting unit 6 provided at an inte... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6136379 | Method for applying metal-filled solventless resin coating A convergent spray gun which combines a liquid resin and dry metallic powder externally of the nozzle of the spray gun that utilizes a pair of diametrically opposing passages disposed at 0° and 90° relative to the central resin discharging orifice where... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6132809 | Conformal coating using multiple applications A robotic conformal coating system has a end effector and multiple tiltable valves coupled to the end effector. The end effector is capable of X, Y and Z axis motion, as well as rotation about the Z axis. A programmable controller controls the movement of... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6117256 | Method of applying spray-applied foam to roofing and other surfaces A method and an industrial robotic device for uniformly applying coatings at appropriate thickness and pitch upon a surface moves a spray applicator foam dispenser between two parallel tracks. The uniform application of foam at each pass is assured, by ac... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6090450 | Method and apparatus for spray coating a workpiece An apparatus and method for painting a workpiece while switching paint colors between successive painting cycles includes a paint supply switching device, a paint feed line connected to the paint supply switching device, a separating element adapted to mo... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6071558 | Vehicle powder coating system An apparatus for applying powder coating material onto large objects such as automotive, truck or other vehicle bodies includes a powder spray booth defining a controlled area within which to apply powder coating material onto the vehicle bodies, a powder... | 06/06/2000 |
