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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329437 | Coating method and coating apparatus A coating apparatus comprising a forward bar, a liquid feed passage and a metering device for a coating liquid. The forward bar rotates about its axis in the same direction as the traveling direction of a continuously traveling band-shaped web while touching the web... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7182813 | Production apparatus of multilayer coating film The coating construction has flexibility corresponding to the number of layers of multiple coating layers, by which a multilayer coating film can be produced with small film thickness without adherence of dust to a film surface, a drying fault such as unevenness ind... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7141274 | Substrate processing apparatus and method A substrate processing apparatus and method which employs the so-called batch processing method of processing a plurality of substrates simultaneously, thereby increasing the throughput, and which can carry out processing, such as electroless plating, stably and sec... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141134 | Method and apparatus for automatically transferring pattern to surface of steering wheel A method and apparatus for automatically transferring a pattern to a surface of a steering wheel, automating a series of hydraulic pressure transfer steps, such as steering wheel supply, hydraulic pressure transfer, drying, and cleaning. Since a series of hydraulic ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138014 | Electroless deposition apparatus An apparatus and a method of depositing a catalytic layer comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of noble metals, semi-noble metals, alloys thereof, and combinations thereof in sub-micron features formed on a substrate. Examples of noble me... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7041339 | Coating device and coating method using the device A coating device is disclosed which is provided with a first side bar, which extends along a transverse direction of a conveyance plane, which is a conveyance path of a belt body, and a second side bar, which is located at a downstream side of the first side bar. Al... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6960372 | Coating film drying method, coating film forming method, and coating film forming apparatus The present invention uniformly dries, in a clean room in which down flow is constituted, a coated film formed on a surface of a substrate held in a state that the coated surface faces down. In a coating apparatus including an absorption board holding a substrate in... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953511 | Method for high definition dip transfer printing and article made according to method Method for high definition printing to be dip transferred to a three-dimensional article comprises four color process printing a digital image from a digital image file onto a water soluble polymer film with solvent based ink to form a printed water soluble film and... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953607 | Polar ordering of reactive chromophores in layer-by-layer nonlinear optical materials Thin films exhibiting second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties, as well as materials and methods for producing such films, are provided. The films are formed by depositing, on a substrate, alternate layers of a polyelectrolyte and a low molecular weight chrom... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6939585 | Liquid pressure transfer method for loop-like workpiece and product decorated thereby Liquid pressure transfer capable of applying a decorative pattern to a loop-like workpiece with satisfactory reproducibility. The workpiece is immersed in a transfer liquid to apparently cut crosswise by a surface of the transfer liquid at a transfer initiating site... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6902642 | Hydraulic transfer method Using a hydraulic transfer film wherein a transfer layer is composed of a decorative layer made of a printing ink coating film or a paint coating film, the transfer layer is hydraulically transferred onto a target body for transfer made of a metal substrate having a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6770330 | Method for producing a continuous, large-area particle film A method of forming a particle film on a surface of a solid or liquid substrate involves contacting the substrate, in the presence of a gas, with a liquid medium containing a plurality of particles suspended therein. A liquid meniscus is thereby formed between the s... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6719866 | Liquid pressure transfer printing method of steering wheel rim for automobile A steering wheel rim for an automobile is manufactured by attaching a masking tape to a boundary portion of the steering wheel rim, marking a conjunction line using a blade in a middle portion the masking tape and detaching a lower half portion of the masking tape, ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6554940 | Method of transferring a print pattern composed of a fluoropolymer resin and an inorganic pigment onto an objective body using liquid pressure A pattern-transferring film having a print pattern provided on an upper surface thereof is floated on a liquid surface within a transferring bath and an objective body is immersed into a liquid within the transferring bath together with the pattern transf... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6541074 | Liquid pressure transfer printing method for steering wheel rim of automobile A liquid pressure transfer print method for printing a steering wheel rim of an automobile includes lowering the steering wheel rim up to a boundary line of a primary transfer print portion, without attaching a mask member to the other side surface of the... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6528117 | Method for coating a substance on one side of a substrate using a single miniscus A system for applying a thin coat of a material on one side only of a substrate is disclosed together with a process for applying the thin coat. Coatings of less than one thousand angstroms are attainable on a single surface of the substrate by controllin... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6461466 | Transcribing method of steering wheel rim of automobile using water pressure In a transcribing method for making a steering wheel rim of an automobile using water pressure and a printed transcribing sheet having a different pattern or brightness at the left and right sides, two symmetrical printed transcribing sheets are prepared ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6403154 | Process of applying glue to sheet products Sheet products, such as card stock, envelopes and other paper products (10) are advanced on a vacuum surface conveyor belt (30) beneath a glue applicator drum (35). The glue transfer strips (37 and 38) of the glue applicator drum apply stripes of glue (42... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6258419 | Sonication of monolayer films A process and apparatus for processing a monolayer film and transferring the monolayer film to a substrate are provided. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a process for transferring a monolayer film to a substrate is provided com... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6245388 | Wave coating of articles A process and an apparatus are disclosed for coating at least one surface of an article such as a paper plate with a liquid coating. The surface to be coated is passed through a wave of liquid coating, such as an aqueous dispersion, followed by removal of... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6214154 | Method for manufacturing rim of steering wheel for vehicles A rim of a steering wheel is manufactured by forming a molded member of a urethane material as a part of the rim of a steering wheel; attaching a first mask member to a part of a surface of the molded member; forming a first transfer surface by hydraulic ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6143369 | Process of impregnating substrate and impregnated substrate Process of impregnating a layer substrate having openings which is substantially defined by opposing two main surfaces with a resin composition in the form of liquid, and the process is characterized in that one of the main surfaces and the resin composit... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6114031 | Polarized films from pairwise-deposited semi-ionomeric syndioregic polymers This invention is comprised of new nonlinear optic polymers and a new Lanir-Blodgett (LB) film deposition scheme for which these polymers were designed. The invention is unique because it produces an electro-optic film which has never undergone electric-... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6068878 | Methods of forming layers of particulates on substrates A method of forming a layer of particulates on a substrate includes fastening the substrate to a support and submerging at least a portion of the substrate in a liquid. The liquid has particulates suspended on an upper surface thereof. The submerged subst... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6042712 | Apparatus for controlling plating over a face of a substrate According to one aspect of the invention, a plating system is provided which includes a tank for containing a plating solution, a substrate holder, and a temperature control device. The substrate holder is configured to support a substrate in position so ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036778 | Apparatus for producing Langmuir-Blodgett film The present invention provides an apparatus for producing a Langmuir-Blodgett film including a water bath having a spread region for spreading a material for forming a single molecular film on a liquid surface, a compression region for compressing the mat... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5976633 | Dip coating through elevated ring The bottom of a dip coating bath (5a) is perfluoro(methylcyclohexane), a dense, inert liquid. A much thinner layer of coating solution occupies the top (5b) of the bath. An aluminum drum (1) to be coated is moved into the bottom bath until the top of the ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5965209 | Liquid application method and application apparatus In an apparatus and method for forming an applied layer of a photosensitive resin on a large glass substrate for an LCD color filter, a substrate (S) is suctioned and held by a movable holder (8) with a main surface thereof to be processed oriented downwa... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5935653 | Methods for coating a substrate A method for coating flat substrates with a liquid, the method comprising: pressurizing liquid within a coat head wherein the liquid has a viscosity of at least thirty centipoises; forming a meniscus of liquid at an orifice in the coat head; contacting th... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5916400 | Method and apparatus for manipulating an article for applying a decoration thereon A method and apparatus for applying a decoration onto an article using a robot which immerses the article into a liquid on which the decoration is floating. During the immersion operation the article to be decorated may be moved in three dimensions.... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5908666 | Process for producing Langmuir-Blodgett film A process for producing a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film, comprising the steps of: developing a monomolecular film of a film forming molecule on the surface of water and transferring the monomolecular film on a substrate, wherein a film forming solution cont... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5900273 | Method for coating a substrate covered with a plurality of spacer members The object to be coated is exposed to a controlled rate of dispensing of liquid coating material and the rate of movement of the object is controlled with respect to the dispensing so that it is possible to control the coating thickness and rate of deposi... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5882785 | Nonlinear optical films from pair-wise-deposited semi-ionomeric syndioregic polymers This invention is comprised of new nonlinear optic polymers and a new Lanir-Blodgett (LB) film deposition scheme for which these polymers were designed. The invention is unique because it produces an electro-optic film which has never undergone electric-... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5879738 | Method for fluid transport for the surface treatment of planar substrates An apparatus and method for treating the walls of apertures passing through a planar substrate with a fluid treatment solution. The method comprises placement of a pressurized fluid wedge beneath, above, or both beneath and above a planar substrate as it ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5879742 | Surface coated object and method for coating the surface A method for decorating the surface of an object by transferring a powdered material to the surface of the object from or with a liquid material. The powdered material is a material that will float on the surface of a liquid bath or will be transportable ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5776546 | Method and apparatus for impregnating a porous substrate with a solids-bearing saturant A method and apparatus for impregnating a porous substrate with a solids-bearing saturant first introduces the saturant into the substrate from a first side, and then introduces a displacement material into the substrate from the first side. This displace... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5702503 | Composite gas separation membranes and making thereof A composite membrane made of an asymmetric porous support and an ultrathin layer having a thickness of less than 100 nm is provided. A method of making the membrane and method for carrying out gas separations using the membrane are also provided.... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5695833 | Method for uniform film coating of substrates Method and apparatus for applying thin films of coating material with a high degree of uniformity, high utilization of coating fluid and superior adhesion characteristics are disclosed. According to the method, an inverted substrate is moved horizontally ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5688562 | Method for modifying uncoated synthetic polymer fibers using a Langmuir-Blodgett film coating process Method for modifying the surface properties of synthetic polymer fibers by coating the fibers with ultrathin organic monolayer films according to the Langmuir-Blodgett coating technique. The inventive method substantially reduces the amount of coating nec... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5654041 | Method and device for lacquering or coating of a substrate by a capillary slot A device for coating substrates with a capillary slot includes a component having a capillary slot with an outlet opening. A container filled with a coating fluid is provided. The component is positioned in the container such that the capillary slot commu... | 08/05/1997 |
