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A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| 7381052 | Apparatus and method for heating substrates An apparatus for processing substrates is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of stacked cell structures in the housing. An actuator is adapted to move the plurality of stacked cell structures inside of the housing while su... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7335019 | Firing container for silicon nitride ceramics A firing container for silicon nitride ceramics, which is a hermetically sealed container having a gas inlet and a gas outlet, characterized in that the interior of the hermetically sealed container is partitioned by a gas supply chamber partition plate into a gas s... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7048488 | Apparatus for transferring wafer and ring For wafer processing, wafers are transferred between a thermal treatment chamber and a thermal treatment installation. The treatment chamber has a top section and a bottom section between which the wafer is accommodated during treatment. The thermal treatment instal... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6964751 | Method and device for heat treating substrates Method and device for the heat treatment of substrates, wherein the substrates are positioned in the vicinity of a heated, essentially flat furnace body extending over the surface of the substrate. In order to provide a reproducible treatment when treating a number ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6918238 | Preloadable, externally installable and removable bearing and shaft assembly An externally installable and removable bearing and shaft assembly for supporting an end of a rotatable member for rotation relative to a support member or structure, which when installed, applies an axial preload force against a shaft of the assembly, for reducing ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6808391 | Baking apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device A baking apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device remarkably enhances the uniformity of the CD (Critical Dimension) of a wafer by creating a uniform temperature distribution. The apparatus includes a processing having an open upper part, a hot plate dispos... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6761301 | Soldering machine A soldering machine using lead-free solders is provided which can uniformly heat a printed circuit board and electronic parts to be mounted thereon, and which can solder the electronic parts without thermally damaging them. A porous member having a number of holes f... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6702173 | Reflow apparatus in continuous printing and mounting apparatus for film-like printing body When a movement of a film-like printing body is stopped for a longer time than the normal time because of generation of trouble or the like, heat of hot plates for full heating is prevented from being transmitted to the film-like printing body. All of the... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6692249 | Hot liner insertion/removal fixture A fixture (30) adapted to permit the heated exchange of a liner (14) from an operating vertical furnace (10). The fixture is adapted to secure to the base of the liner (14) to both unlock and lower the heated liner, such as a silicon carbide liner, at an ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6637637 | Reflow apparatus A reflow apparatus includes at least one heating unit. Each of the at least one heating unit includes an air blower for circulating air; a partition for defining an air circulating path; at least a first slit heater and a second slit heater for heating a ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6576064 | Support apparatus for semiconductor wafer processing A support apparatus for minimizing gravitational stress in semiconductor wafers, and particularly silicon wafers, during thermal processing. The support apparatus comprises two concentric circular support structures disposed on a common support fixture. T... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6561798 | Apparatus for processing a wafer An apparatus for thermally processing a wafer at an elevated temperature, in which a processing position is bounded at least on one side by a housing part which, in use, is at an elevated temperature, the apparatus being provided with measuring means for ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6503078 | Natural convection type heating furnace A heating furnace of convection type is provided for improving rising characteristics at an operation start-up time to stabilize conditions within the heating furnace in a shorter time and maintaining a uniform temperature in the furnace. The heating furn... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6503079 | Substrate processing apparatus and method for manufacturing semiconductor device An apparatus and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device can provide a good quality film growth in a highly clean reaction atmosphere unaffected by contamination from a furnace opening portion. A reverse-diffusion preventing body 8 is provided b... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6250914 | Wafer heating device and method of controlling the same The present invention provides a wafer heating device which can improve uniformity of a temperature distribution within a surface area of a wafer, with a relatively simple structure. A wafer is supported on a susceptor of annular shape. A first heater of ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6120285 | Dimpled thermal processing furnace and method for processing semiconductor wafers A tube for use in a thermal processing furnace. The tube comprises an elongated cylindrical tube having an inner surface with a plurality of dimples disposed thereon. In one preferred version of the invention, the dimples are formed as an integral part of... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6116898 | Oven having built-in gas biasing means An oven which has a floor, a side wall extending upwardly therefrom to define a combustion chamber, and a top having an opening for combustion gases, a fuel support member mounted in a lower part of the combustion chamber, the fuel support member having a... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6056544 | Apparatus for baking resists on semiconductor wafers An apparatus for baking resists on semiconductor wafers, which is capable of preventing cold air from entering the interior of the baking chamber while a baking process is carried out, by controlling the temperature of ambient air surrounding the baking c... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6027339 | Ring furnace with central tubular flow The furnace for baking carbonaceous blocks comprises, along the longitudinal X direction of the furnace, a series of sections, each section comprising, in the transverse Y direction, hollow walls (3) through which a heating gas flow comprising combustion ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5676540 | Flue walls using interlocking bricks A refractory brick and system of bricks for constructing flue walls of a ring furnace. The brick and the bricks of the system have opposed sides and upper and lower surfaces when disposed in a vertical wall structure, with one of the surfaces having at le... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5619613 | Heating chamber with insulative shield panel and electric heating panels mounted on guard frames A heating chamber for maintaining processed foods warm for extended periods while not sacrificing food quality or causing a secular change in the chamber's insulating member. The heating chamber has side walls formed by outer and inner walls made of relat... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5340399 | Apparatus for the heat treatment of ophthalmic lenses, especially contact lenses In an apparatus for the heat treatment of ophthalmic lenses, especially contact lenses, which comprises an approximately cylindrical housing of closed design having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, transport device for transporting the ophthalmic l... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5336085 | Multi-layer fluid curtains for furnace openings An apparatus and method for providing a selected atmosphere at and within an opening to the interior volume of a furnace. Two or more paralleled diffusers adjacent to the furnace opening laminarly emit different fluids and provide a multilayer fluid curta... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5332116 | Ceramic fiber insulation structure with readily repairable perimeter insulation An insulation structure such as a cover provides desirable heat insulation for a heated metal container such as a ladle. The insulation structure is assembled in a manner affording ease of subsequent repair in high-wear areas of ceramic fiber insulation. ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5302178 | Hardening furnace for sheets of glass and the like The invention relates to a hardening furnace, in particular for sheets of glass (2) and the like. In the furnace, the glass sheets (2) are sustained and transported by a conveyor plane (1) of the roller type above and beneath which plane an upper radiatin... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5277580 | Wall construction system for refractory furnaces An improved wall construction system for refractory furnaces is disclosed. The system includes an outer support structure into which are incorporated a plurality of connecting pin receiving sleeves or apertures. The system further includes a plurality of ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5213497 | Semiconductor processing gas diffuser plate Disclosed is a baffle apparatus for insertion into a semiconductor wafer processing furnace to diffuse processing gases that are injected into the furnace by an injector nozzle. The baffle apparatus comprises: a diffuser plate assembly having an upper end and ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5183402 | Workpiece support An apparatus for supporting a workpiece has an enclosure, a means for reducing the pressure and a platen on which the workpiece is mounted. A heating mechanism is located within the platen and the platen is coated with a high emissivity material, which fa... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5169310 | Hermetic package for an electronic device and method of manufacturing same A hermetic package for an electronic device is manufactured by providing a green glass ceramic body with a green via to produce a workpiece. The workpiece is sintered at a temperature at or above 500° C., while compressing the workpiece at a pressure at... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5154984 | Metal-ceramic composite The present invention relates to a metal-ceramic composite for use in a high temperature and a abrasion-resisting member such as a supporting member of a heating furnace having a construction, in which ceramic particles having superior abrasion resistance... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5123832 | Hot isostatic press The invention relates to a device for cooling of the furnace chamber (4) in a hot isostatic press by means of devices (7, 8) for circulation of a coolant in the furnace chamber (4), the coolant having a temperature which is lower, but not considerably low... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5024599 | Semiconductor processing apparatus for creating back pressure within a quartz furnace tube Disclosed is a semiconductor processing furnace flow restricting apparatus for insertion into a longitudinally elongated semiconductor wafer processing furnace to create back pressure to increase residence time of processing gases within the furnace. The ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4964799 | Heating furnaces A heating furnace comprises a horizontal body portion, a source of heat located at an intermediate portion of the body portion for forming hot gas which circulates in the body portion by natural convection, a gas discharge port formed in the wall of the b... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4925390 | Apparatus for retaining the configuration of an aperture formed through a coil This invention relates to an apparatus and method for retaining the configuration of an aperture formed through a coil when the coil is supported on a saddle. The saddle has a pair of spaced apart upstanding legs. The apparatus includes a first and a seco... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4884967 | Steel reheating furnace A steel reheating furnace is characterized by a plurality of elongated, longitudinally extending, heating elements and associated skid rails, the skid rails having primary portions laterally offset with the portions supporting respective of laterally offs... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4854860 | Convective heat transfer within an industrial heat treating furnace An improved heat transfer arrangement for use in a unique multi-function, industrial heat treat furnace which employs a sealed, closed end, heat exchanger shell member containing the work. The heat transfer arrangement includes a totally contained, intern... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4854863 | Convective heat transfer within an industrial heat treating furnace An improved heat transfer arrangement for use in a unique multi-function, industrial heat treat furnace which employs a sealed, closed end, heat exchanger shell member containing the work. The heat transfer arrangement includes a totally contained, intern... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4850863 | Sealed insulating wall for a furnace The present device comprises an enclosing structure for a vacuum furnace hot zone. The enclosing structure, in a preferred embodiment, includes an outside wall (usually fabricated from stainless steel), and inside wall (usually fabricated from laminated g... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4787844 | Seal arrangement for high temperature furnace applications A seal arrangement is disclosed for use in a furnace which utilizes a thin, cylindrical imperforate shell member which is heated from an external source to heat work placed within the shell. An insulated arrangement within and outside of the shell extends... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4786249 | Spring heat treating furnace A spring heat treating furnace in which untreated springs are charged through a charging port in the body thereof, the springs being heat-treated while being conveyed along a conveyance passageway inside the body. The heat-treated springs are discharged f... | 11/22/1988 |
