Patents Examined by Michelle Acevedo Lazor
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Patent number: 6860944Abstract: A process chamber is provided which includes a gate configured to align barriers with an opening of the gate and an opening of the process chamber such that the two openings are either sealed or provide an air passage to the chamber. A method is provided and includes sealing an opening of a chamber with a gate latch and exposing a topography to a first set of process steps, opening the gate latch such that an air passage is provided to the process chamber, and exposing the topography to a second set of process steps without allowing liquids within the chamber to flow through the air passage. A substrate holder comprising a clamping jaw with a lever and a support member coupled to the lever is also contemplated herein. A process chamber with a reservoir arranged above a substrate holder is also provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2003Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Blue29 LLCInventors: Igor C. Ivanov, Welguo Zhang
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Patent number: 6824613Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus can efficiently form, e.g. by electroless plating, an interconnects-protective layer on the surface of a substrate at a low initial cost for the apparatus and a low running cost without the need for a wide installation space. The substrate processing apparatus includes a loading/unloading and cleaning area accommodating a first transfer robot which has a hand adapted for handling a dry substrate and a hand adapted for handling a wet substrate, a loading port which loads a substrate cassette that houses a substrate, and a cleaning unit for cleaning a substrate. A plating treatment area accommodates a second transfer robot which has a back surface-attracting type of hand provided with a reversing mechanism, a pretreatment unit for carrying out pretreatment of a substrate before plating, and a plating treatment unit for carrying out plating treatment of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Naoki Dai, Masaya Seki, Akihiro Yazawa, Toshio Yokoyama, Akira Owatari
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Patent number: 6823919Abstract: A lamination system comprises; a film transfer means for transferring along a film transfer path a laminate film in which small windows are provided, a film detection sensor for detecting the laminate film, a cutting means for cutting the laminate film into a predetermined length. The film transfer means further transfers the cut laminate film along the film transfer path, the lamination system further comprises a card transfer means for transferring a card on the surface of which a terminal of an IC tip is provided along a card transfer path, a positioning mean for making the terminal and the small window into a predetermined positional relation, a thermocompression bonding means for laminating laminate film with the card.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naotaka Sasaki
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Patent number: 6821346Abstract: A powder spray booth (2) with a powder recovery system having an overspray intake (18) communicating with the interior of the booth. A vertically extending duct (20) leads from the overspray intake to a powder recovery system such as, for example, a cyclone. The vertically extending duct may have doors (32) opening to the interior of the booth to provide access to the vertical duct for cleaning. The doors may have holes (120) to aspirate air from the booth interior to optimize air flow patterns within the booth. A diverter plate (26) within the booth (2) defines with the booth floor (10) a floor duct leading to the overspray intake (18). The diverter plate has apertures for allowing oversprayed powder to be collected through the plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: James Ainsworth, Louis Van Den Bergh, Luigi Perillo
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Patent number: 6818063Abstract: A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2002Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventor: Cameron Kerrigan
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Patent number: 6814807Abstract: An apparatus for applying metered fluid such as sizing to an advancing individual yarn in a uniform manner. An elongated member includes at least one slot for receiving the advancing yarn and to bring the advancing yarn into contact with the metered fluid. The slot is defined by a width, a height and a length for affecting the distribution of the fluid on the advancing yarn. The length of the slot is dependent on the speed of the advancing yarn. The advancing yarn has a predetermined residence time in the slot as a function of the length of the slot and the speeding of the advancing yarn in the slot.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corp.Inventors: Wallace W. Carr, Hyunyoung Ok, Joseph D. Brooks, Heungsup Park
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Patent number: 6810934Abstract: A lamination system comprises; a film transfer means for transferring along a first transfer path a continuous film chosen from more than two kinds of films different in width, a cutting means provided along the first transfer path for cutting the film in a predetermined length, a card transfer means for transferring an ID card along a second transfer path that converges with the first transfer path at a predetermined point of conversion, a thermocompression bonding means for laminating the film cut on a surface of the ID card at the downstream of the point of conversion. The lamination system is provided with guide members for restricting the transverse movement of the film within a distance corresponding to the maximum width of the films, and alignment means for aligning the film along a desired side end of the first transfer path.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Japan Servo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naotaka Sasaki, Kenji Sugaya
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Patent number: 6808660Abstract: A method for producing a rail substructure for railroad tracks, for which a rail bed is concreted and dowels are anchored positively in the concrete in order to fasten the rails, such that the dowels are inserted into the still deformable concrete during the concreting of the track bed.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Inventor: Jörg Schwarzbich
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Patent number: 6797063Abstract: Described are dispensing apparatuses and methods of their use, the dispensing apparatuses having one or more process chamber inside of a control chamber, and the volume of the process chamber increases or decreases by adding or removing control fluid from the control chamber, with proper valving, to cause fluid to flow into and out of the process chamber, for use in dispensing fluid, especially in precise amounts.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: FSI International, Inc.Inventor: Kader Mekias
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Patent number: 6793858Abstract: A method and apparatus for continuously forming flexible mat structure in the form of spaced, interconnected concrete panels. The mat structure can serve as an erosion control mat along the banks of waterways and within drainage ditches and channels, and can also be utilized to provide temporary or permanent walkways and roadways. A rotatable drum includes peripherally-positioned mold cavities that receive concrete mix from a trough supplied from a source of concrete mix. A grid is fed against the drum periphery and over the mold cavities before the concrete mix is introduced, and after the mix is introduced a web of fibrous material is brought into contact with the concrete-mix-containing mold cavities to overlie the concrete-containing surface of the drum. As the drum rotates the fibrous material with overlying, interconnected concrete panels is deposited on the ground to provide the a finished mat structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Inventor: James G. Motz
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Patent number: 6793757Abstract: A pressure-sensitive tape substrate is coated with an adhesive, and the adhesive is then printed with an ink or the like that acts as an adhesive-inhibiting masking or barrier along one or more continuous zones or lines. Tapes are formed in whole or in part by slitting along the continuous line or lines so defined. The technique is used to make transfer tapes, diaper fastener tabs, and other products.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Thomas Lee McLaughlin, Carol A. Caldwell
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Patent number: 6789595Abstract: At least when an upper glass substrate 3 held by an upper retention head 10 and a lower glass substrate 4 held by a lower retention head 11 are abutted on each other through a sealing material 5, air cylinders 25, 25 apply a lifting force balancing with a dead weight of the upper retention head 10 to the upper retention head 10 to cancel its dead weight. In this state, the upper glass substrate 3 and the lower glass substrate 4 are abutted on each other through the sealing material 5.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2003Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Shibaura Mechatronics CorporationInventors: Ikuo Hayafuji, Shinichi Ogimoto
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Patent number: 6790281Abstract: The present invention provides a finely-divided powder spray apparatus having a spray nozzle pipe for discharging finely-divided powders from the tip together with a gas stream, which is disposed at a prescribed distance from the member to be sprayed and inclined in a prescribed direction to the member; and a moving-speed control means which controls the moving-speed of the tip of the spray nozzle pipe in accordance with the quadratic function, which indicates the reduction rate of the density of the deposited finely-divided powders based on the distance between a peak point of the density of the finely-divided powders deposited on the member to be sprayed in a trial spray and a spray point at which an extension from the spray nozzle pipe intersects with the member to be sprayed.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Nisshin Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shin Doi, Masaki Ban, Goro Watanabe
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Patent number: 6786174Abstract: A system (100, 100′) and method for robotic manipulation of objects (130) is provided wherein a liquid (110, 110′) is agitated by the transfer of energy thereto for establishing an oscillatory motion instability in the liquid (110, 110′). The energy input into the liquid (110, 110′) forms standing waves (112). The objects (130) align themselves with nodes of the standing waves (112) and thus are dynamically arranged in a configuration established by the location of the standing waves (112). The location of the standing waves (112) can be predetermined by controlling the energy input by energy application system (140) and the size and shape of the container (120). Predetermined waveforms are supplied from the signal source (150, 154) to the energy application system (140).Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: The Mitre CorporationInventor: Johann M. Schleier-Smith
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Patent number: 6783595Abstract: In a powder coating compartment having at least one manual coating station which is located outside the compartment in front of an aperture in an end wall for the entry and exit of workpieces to be coated, the aperture being designed to be closed by a door which is disposed for swinging movement at the wall of the compartment and, when fully open, forms a sidewall of the manual coating station, it is provided that the door comprises a door panel adapted to be mounted at either side of the aperture by pivot means designed for quick release of the door from the pivot means.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: J. Wagner AGInventors: Johannes Segner, Hanspeter Dietrich, Leopold Von Keudell
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Patent number: 6780248Abstract: A system and method for applying adhesive to at least a first end of a rod-shaped member, such as a cotton swab stick includes a carrier, an adhesive applicator, and a rotator device. The carrier conveys the rod-shaped member or stick in a machine direction and also allows rotation of the rod-shaped member about its longitudinal axis. The adhesive applicator includes an application surface positioned to engage the first end of the rod-shaped member. The application surface includes at least one discharge passage for applying adhesive to the first end of the rod-shaped member. The rotator device rotates the rod relative to the application surface and about its longitudinal axis as the rod-shaped member is conveyed along the application surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Wesley C. Fort, James Keough, Leslie J. Varga
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Patent number: 6780249Abstract: A system (10) produces patterned deposition on a substrate (14) from supercritical fluids. A delivery system (12) cooperates with a partial enclosure environment (30, 100, 200) retaining a movable substrate (14) for receiving precipitated functional material (44) along a fluid delivery path (13) from the delivery system (12). A shadow mask (22) is arranged in close proximity to the movable substrate (14) for forming the patterned deposition on the movable substrate (14).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David J. Nelson, Suresh Sunderrajan, Ramesh Jagannathan, Seshadri Jagannathan, Glen C. Irvin, Jr., Sridhar Sadasivan, Rajesh V. Mehta, John E. Rueping
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Patent number: 6776118Abstract: A system (100, 100′) and method for robotic manipulation of objects (130) is provided wherein a liquid (110, 110′) is agitated by the transfer of energy thereto for establishing an oscillatory motion instability in the liquid (110, 110′). The energy input into the liquid (110, 110′) forms standing waves (112). The objects (130) align themselves with nodes of the standing waves (112) and thus are dynamically arranged in a configuration established by the location of the standing waves (112). The location of the standing waves (112) can be predetermined by controlling the energy input by energy application system (140) and the size and shape of the container (120). Predetermined waveforms are supplied from the signal source (150, 154) to the energy application system (140).Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: The Mitre CorporationInventor: Johann M. Schleier-Smith
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Patent number: 6776843Abstract: A device is provided for spraying a coating product including a moving arm able to perform a tracking movement for tracking an object to be coated which is moving in a horizontal plane along an axis of conveying, a sprayer disposed at an end of the moving arm, and a base on which the moving arm is pivotably disposed, the base is rotatable about an axis generally horizontal and generally perpendicular to the axis of conveying and the base is translatable.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Eisenmann France SarlInventors: Michel Fouvet, Jose Rodrigues
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Patent number: 6773511Abstract: A molded product which is free of flash resulting from application of a coating agent or the like, parting surface covering masks for preventing the flash, and producing methods of these. The mask is mounted to each of a lower mold and an upper mold, so as to cover parting surfaces which are at inner side than a rim molding portion and cover their vicinities. Adjusting portions are attached to a mask body of the mask, and are capable of correspondingly getting tight contact with the parting surfaces. Accordingly, even when the coating agent is applied to the each mold by using a spray gun or the like in this state, the coating agent is not applied to the parting surfaces and their vicinities.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2001Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-SeisakushoInventors: Tomohiro Takefuji, Akio Ono, Koji Ishii, Takemichi Yamauchi