Patents Examined by Laura Edwards
  • Product metering device
    Patent number: 10583453
    Abstract: A metering device is disclosed for regulating the depth of flowable product coating a surface movable relative to the metering device by directing an air curtain towards the surface. The metering device comprises a body (10) having an interior chamber (12), an inlet for connecting the chamber to a source of gas under super-ambient pressure; and an opening (16) communicating with the chamber and having a mouth through which gas is discharged from the chamber towards the surface to form the air curtain. A porous or reticulated membrane (18) is secured to, or formed integrally with, the body of the device to lie in the path of the gas discharged through the mouth of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: LANDA LABS (2012) LTD
    Inventors: Benzion Landa, Anton Krassilnikov
  • Substrate treating apparatus
    Patent number: 10573546
    Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes a front heat-treating block, a front relay block and a solution treating block. The front heat-treating block has heat-treating units and main transport mechanisms. The front relay block has receivers and transport mechanisms. The solution treating block has solution treating units and transport mechanisms for solution treatment. The front heat-treating block and front relay block are connected to be able to transport substrates reciprocally. The front relay block and solution treating block are connected to be able to transport the substrates reciprocally. The front relay block is disposed between the solution treating block and front heat-treating block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukihiko Inagaki
  • Baffled donut apparatus for use in system and method for forming gypsum board
    Patent number: 10569237
    Abstract: A system and method for introducing a slurry mixture for making gypsum board is disclosed. The system includes, for example, a mixer, a foam injector, and a canister for mixing and moving a slurry mixture of foam and gypsum slurry. Also included in the system is an apparatus having a funnel body constructed and arranged to further mix the slurry mixture. The funnel body includes a number of baffles projecting from its inner wall towards a center and that are spaced around the inner wall. The baffles induce turbulence into the slurry mixture as the slurry mixture moves towards its outlet, thus further mixing the mixture and reducing the flow rate of the slurry mixture before its exits from the outlet for depositing onto paper to form the gypsum board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL BUILDING PRODUCTS OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Roger Jones
  • Tire bead lubricating system
    Patent number: 10562063
    Abstract: A tire bead lubricating system for applying lubricant to a tire consists of a frame supporting conveyor belts which form a conveyor opening therebetween. The conveyor belts transfer a tire from one end of the frame to another. A lubricating wick chamber is maintained within the frame and positioned underneath the conveyor opening. A lubricating wick assembly is received in the lubricating wick chamber and moves into the conveyor opening. The lubricating wick assembly has at least one engagement roller and at least one elongate brush that carries lubricant applied to the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: AKRON SPECIAL MACHINERY, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin E. Hillman, Brian D. Mitchell
  • Bare optical fiber coating device and bare optical fiber coating method
    Patent number: 10562814
    Abstract: A bare optical fiber coating device includes: a nipple having a nipple hole through which a bare optical fiber is inserted vertically from above; an intermediate die that has an intermediate die hole through which the bare optical fiber passing through the nipple hole is inserted and that is disposed vertically below the nipple; a first coating die that has a first coating die hole through which the bare optical fiber passing through the intermediate die hole is inserted and that is provided vertically below the intermediate die; and a first resin circulation chamber that is formed by the nipple and the intermediate die, is formed between the nipple hole and the intermediate die hole in an annular shape surrounding the bare optical fiber passing through the nipple hole, and is configured to circulate liquid resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Okada
  • Dual pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for instore signage
    Patent number: 10525687
    Abstract: A tandem system of metering and donor rolls is used to apply two different adhesives to a fully adhesive backed multilayer sheet to produce variably distributed adhesives and properties. Each of the two adhesives is unique and is cured differently to create a layer of adhesive that has differing adhesive properties on the sheet. A clear adhesive is applied to a top portion of cards before they are cut from the sheet and has a higher tackiness than the adhesive applied to the rest of the cards on the sheet in order to reduce glue buildup on blades cutting the cards from the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas K Herrmann, Erwin Ruiz, Paul M Fromm
  • Method and apparatus for load-locked printing
    Patent number: 10519535
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for preventing oxidation or contamination during a circuit printing operation. The circuit printing operation can be directed to OLED-type printing. In an exemplary embodiment, the printing process is conducted at a load-locked printer housing having one or more of chambers. Each chamber is partitioned from the other chambers by physical gates or fluidic curtains. A controller coordinates transportation of a substrate through the system and purges the system by timely opening appropriate gates. The controller may also control the printing operation by energizing the print-head at a time when the substrate is positioned substantially thereunder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Kateeva Inc.
    Inventors: Sass Somekh, Eliyahu Vronsky, Conor Madigan
  • Adhesive applicator
    Patent number: 10512307
    Abstract: An adhesive applicator includes an actuation axle, a first hub unit, a second hub unit, a plurality of elastic members, and a pliable dispenser web. The first and second hub units are mounted on the actuation axle to be spaced apart from each other, and to rotate with the actuation axle about a rotation axis. Each of the elastic members is disposed between the first and second hub units, and has a radial elastic force relative to the rotation axis. The pliable dispenser web is configured to wrap around the elastic members, and can be deformed in compliance with a topology of an attachment region of a shoe component against the radial elastic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: POU CHEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Fong Yang, Han-Cheng Chen
  • Electrostatic chuck assembly and substrate processing apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 10497597
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrostatic chuck assembly and a substrate processing apparatus including the same. The substrate processing apparatus comprises a process chamber including an inner space therein, a gas supply unit supplying a process gas into the process chamber, a top electrode section in the process chamber and generating plasma from the process gas, and an electrostatic chuck assembly below the top electrode section in the process chamber. The electrostatic chuck assembly comprises an electrostatic chuck supporting a substrate, a focus ring surrounding an upper portion of the electrostatic chuck, an electrode ring below the focus ring and including a different material from the focus ring, and a brazed bonding layer brazing the focus ring and the electrode ring together, the brazed bonding layer being between the focus ring and the electrode ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehyun Lee, Sangdong Kwon, Tae-Hwa Kim, Minjoon Park
  • Kneader and manufacturing method of electrode body including electrode active material using the same
    Patent number: 10497926
    Abstract: A kneader has a rotational conveyance member configured to knead the kneading material and convey the kneading material from an inlet toward an outlet by a rotational motion around an axis. The rotational conveyance member has a kneading zone configured to knead the kneading material, a first conveyance zone placed on an upstream side relative to the kneading zone and configured to convey the kneading material, and a second conveyance zone placed on a downstream side relative to the kneading zone and configured to convey the kneading material, and a conveyance force of the second conveyance zone is smaller than a conveyance force of the first conveyance zone in a case where the same conveyance object is conveyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Sugihara
  • Device for application of flavors to collagen casings
    Patent number: 10485241
    Abstract: A device for applying liquid flavors to collagen casing is provided. In one embodiment, the device comprises a cup and a roller for applying liquid flavor to the surface of the collagen casing prior to drying. In another embodiment, the device comprises an applicator having a base plate with a first hole in the base plate to allow the collagen casing to pass through the base plate, a second hole in the base plate in fluid communication with the first hole to inject liquid flavor through the second hole into contact with the collagen casing as it passes through the first hole, a wiper removably attached to the base plate to wipe excess liquid flavor from the surface of the collagen casing, and a liquid flavor injection line attached to the second hole in the base plate. In some embodiments, the cup and roller are combined with the applicator to apply the liquid flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: NITTA CASINGS INC.
    Inventors: Eugene Goldfarb, David Mathews, Masaya Shinoda
  • Device for preparing and applying adhesive
    Patent number: 10471459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for preparing and applying adhesive, comprising a feed unit, a preparing unit, and an application unit, wherein the feed unit is used to feed a basic component of the adhesive and/or of at least one additive, wherein the preparing unit effects continuous mixing of the basic component of the adhesive with the one or more fed additives to form the prepared adhesive and continuous conveying of the prepared adhesive, wherein the adhesive prepared in such a way is conveyed from the preparing unit into the application unit and can be applied to a workpiece by the application unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: HOMAG GMBH, HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Knut Hoffmann, Jürgen Lotz
  • Substrate processing apparatus
    Patent number: 10475641
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes an inner tube installed to accommodate a plurality of substrates and having a first opening, an outer tube configured to surround the inner tube, a movable wall installed inside the inner tube or between the inner tube and the outer tube, configured to be movable, and having a second opening, a gas supply part configured to supply a process gas to the substrates and an exhaust part installed outside the movable wall and configured to exhaust the process gas supplied to the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Kohei Fukushima, Hiromi Nitadori
  • Coating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10464101
    Abstract: A component such as a door is coated by immersion in a fluidized bed. The component is supported by a hook assembly that moves the component within the fluidized bed during coating. The movement is cyclical and inhibits bridging of the coating material when applied to intricate articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Automatic Coating Limited
    Inventor: Brad Bamford
  • Hinge/taper clamp rod holder insert
    Patent number: 10465342
    Abstract: A metering rod holder assembly for supporting a metering rod in compressive engagement with a surface from which a fluid is to be metered. The rod holder assembly includes a base member having a channel opening to a first face thereof, and a rod bed insert at least partially received in the channel of the base member in spaced relation to a base wall of the channel. The rod bed insert includes a metering rod slot for receiving a metering rod, and a flank engaging surface engaged with at least one flank surface of the base member, the rod bed insert movable from a first position to a second position within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Buschman Corporation
    Inventor: Westlake David Buschman
  • System for treating the surfaces of three-dimensional (3D) objects prior to printing the surfaces
    Patent number: 10457070
    Abstract: An object surface treatment system facilitates the treatment of articles of manufacture before they are printed. The system includes a chamber having walls and a lid configured to close the chamber, a flexible member mounted to the lid of the chamber, a vacuum source operatively connected to an interior volume of the chamber, and a plurality of actuators. A controller is configured to operate the actuators and vacuum source to move the applicator to apply a chemical to the flexible member, move the lid to close the chamber, produce a vacuum within the chamber and move a portion of the surface of the flexible member into engagement with a surface of an object within the chamber, cease operation of the vacuum source to enable the flexible member to return to a position adjacent the lid, and remove the lid from the chamber for removal of the object from the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jason M. LeFevre, Paul J. McConville, Chu-heng Liu, Erwin Ruiz, James A. Winters
  • Systems and methods for high humidity curing within tablet coating system
    Patent number: 10441508
    Abstract: The disclosure encompasses systems and methods for performing high temperature and high humidity curing of tablets using air flow delivered from a recirculating air handler to a pan coater of a tablet coating device. The recirculating air handler may be integrated into a preexisting tablet coating device so that the air flow may be delivered by the preexisting air handler or by the recirculating air handler as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SPECGX LLC
    Inventor: Greg Bengard
  • Doctor blade, coating device, and method for producing laminated separator
    Patent number: 10421094
    Abstract: Wearing down of a doctor blade by a filler contained in a coating solution is prevented. The doctor blade is for scraping off the coating solution, containing the filler, from a circumferential surface of a coating roller, the coating roller being for applying the coating solution to a battery member being conveyed. A surface of the doctor blade is made from an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryutaro Shiba, Toshiki Innami
  • Adhesive transfer system
    Patent number: 10412992
    Abstract: An adhesive transfer system for applying a pattern of adhesive to a web of tipping paper as it is being fed through a smoking article filter assembly unit including a transfer roller and an applicator roller, the transfer roller having an engraved pattern on its surface that corresponds to the pattern of adhesive to be applied to the tipping paper web, the applicator roller being nipped with the transfer roller so that adhesive received on its surface is transferred from said engraved region onto the applicator roller as the transfer roller and applicator roller rotate to form an adhesive pattern on the applicator roller for subsequent transfer onto a moving web of tipping paper in contact with said applicator roller, where the engraved pattern includes individual adhesive containing cells to break up adhesive that coats the engraved region of the transfer roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Fallon, Sam Whiffen
  • Powder coating booth, powder coating installation and method for operating the powder coating booth
    Patent number: 10406550
    Abstract: A powder coating booth includes booth walls and a roof which can be lowered between the booth walls, wherein a gap is provided between the roof and the booth walls. The roof has compressed air nozzles for spraying the booth walls. In addition, a supporting device is provided, which supports the roof. In at least one of the booth walls a vertical slot is provided through which the supporting device protrudes into the booth and in which the supporting device is movable. In addition, the booth includes a bottom (19) with a suction, which is connectable with the suction inlet of a cyclone separator via a suction pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Wagner International AG
    Inventor: Alessio Volonte