Patents Examined by Yewebdar Tadesse
  • Patent number: 9757766
    Abstract: A device (1) for applying a coating of hardenable plastic to an inner side of a wall of a tubular construction, for example a sewage pipe, includes a supply chamber (3) for containing a hardenable plastic, a delivery head (2) including an outlet (5) for letting out the hardenable plastic from the delivery head (2), and a pump (11) for transporting the hardenable plastic from the supply chamber (3) to the outlet (5). During use, the outlet (5) is positioned at various angular positions with respect to a rotation axis (40), so that the entire circumference of the inner side of the wall of the tubular construction can be provided with the hardenable plastics coating. The supply chamber (3) includes a flexible wall for optimal maneuverability of the device (1), whereby broad application of the device (1) is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SPRAY-LINER GMBH
    Inventor: Mathieu Christiaan Joseph Bastiaans
  • Patent number: 9759089
    Abstract: Transportable modular coating systems include a first transportable coating module comprising at least one first removable wall, a second transportable coating module comprising at least one second removable wall, wherein the first and second transportable coating modules are joinable when the first and second removable walls are removed, and a plurality of coating components fixed within the first and second transportable coating modules that combine to create a coating operation. The transportable coating module further includes a transportable control module that comprises a control system that operably connects to the plurality of coating components to operably control the coating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Markus Weber, Joseph Garfield Albanese, Michael Anthony DePalma, III, Patrick Thomas Walsh
  • Patent number: 9759999
    Abstract: An imprinting apparatus includes: a coating unit which coats a substrate with ink including a photocurable resin in a diluent; a pressing unit which presses the ink with an imprint stamp including an uneven pattern; and a light source which irradiates light to the ink, which is in a pressed state, and cures the photocurable resin. The coating unit, the pressing unit and the light source move relative to the substrate in a processing direction. The coating unit is located ahead of the pressing unit in the processing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joonyong Park, Dongouk Kim, Bongsu Shin, Daeyoung Lee, Sunghoon Lee, Jaeseung Chung, Gugrae Jo, Sukgyu Hahm
  • Patent number: 9751103
    Abstract: A varnishing plant comprising: a platform on which a plurality of work stations are defined, each of which is adapted to receive a vehicle, a spray booth movable on the platform and positionable on each of said work stations, and an air supply and extraction system associated with the spray booth, wherein said air supply and extraction system comprises a fresh air intake duct and a polluted air exhaust duct, stationary and communicating with an external environment, wherein the polluted air exhaust duct communicates with air suction volumes located below said platform, wherein said fresh air intake duct has a plurality of openings located at respective work stations, and wherein the spray booth comprises a fresh air suction mouth selectively connectable to the opening located at the work station on which the spray booth is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SALVATORE FERRARA
    Inventor: Salvatore Ferrara
  • Patent number: 9728443
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate heating unit arranged to heat the underside of a substrate while supporting the substrate thereon and an attitude changing unit arranged to cause the substrate heating unit to undergo an attitude change between a horizontal attitude and a tilted attitude. In an organic solvent removing step to be performed following a substrate heating step of heating the substrate, the substrate heating unit undergoes an attitude change to the tilted attitude so that the upper surface of the substrate becomes tilted with respect to the horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiko Yoshihara, Kenji Kobayashi, Manabu Okutani
  • Patent number: 9724722
    Abstract: A fluid application device having an applicator head, a slot die assembly and a securing mechanism for securing the slot die assembly to the applicator head is provided. The slot die assembly includes a die extruder comprising one or more fluid input ports configured to receive a fluid from the applicator head, a shim positioned adjacent to the die extruder, and a plate positioned adjacent to the shim on a side of the shim opposite from the die extruder. The securing mechanism includes a securing component at one of the applicator head and the slot die assembly and a corresponding securing component at the other of the applicator head and slot die assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Mel Steven Lessley, Jonathan David Cunningham, Andreas Pahl
  • Patent number: 9724710
    Abstract: In general, according to one embodiment, a film coating apparatus includes a discharge section configured to discharge a film formation material; a voltage application section configured to apply a voltage to the film formation material, and to set the film formation material at a high potential relative to a film formation object which is subjected to film formation; a mask disposed at a position overlapping a non-coating portion of the film formation object along a direction from the discharge section toward the non-coating portion; and a potential adjusting module configured to make a potential of the mask equal to a potential of the film formation object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Masahiro Tokoh
  • Patent number: 9724592
    Abstract: The invention includes an automated device and method for applying wax to snow sporting equipment. This includes skis and snowboards and provides kiosks where skiers and boarders can deposit their equipment in a track and have appropriate wax for current snow conditions applied to the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SKIQUICKY, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hart, Naeem Rahim, Devin Owen Howells, Chris Witham, Fahim Rahim
  • Patent number: 9718083
    Abstract: A fluid application device having a modular nozzle assembly is provided. The fluid application device includes an applicator head and a modular nozzle assembly fluidly coupled thereto. The modular nozzle assembly includes at least one guide slot configured to receive a strand of material, at least one orifice configured to discharge a first fluid onto a respective strand of material, and at least one securing opening extending through the modular nozzle assembly. Each securing opening is configured to receive a releasable securing element. The modular nozzle assembly may be a contact nozzle assembly or a non-contact nozzle assembly, and include fluid or air assist for altering a flow of the first fluid. The modular nozzle assembly may be selectively removed from and secured to the fluid application device so that the modular nozzle assembly may be selectively switched between the contact nozzle assembly and the non-contact nozzle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Mel Steven Lessley, Edward Wayne Bolyard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9718084
    Abstract: A fluid application device having a contact nozzle assembly with a fluidic oscillator is provided. The fluid application device includes an applicator head and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly includes a first conduit configured to receive a first fluid from the applicator head, a second conduit configured to receive a second fluid from the applicator head and an application conduit including a receptacle and first and second branches. The receptacle is fluidically connected with the first conduit and configured to receive the first fluid. The first and second branches are fluidically connected to the second conduit and receptacle and are configured to receive the second fluid. The nozzle assembly further includes an orifice fluidically connected to the application conduit and configured to discharge the first fluid for application onto a strand of material, and a guide slot extending from the orifice and configured to receive the strand of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Edward Wayne Bolyard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9687868
    Abstract: A rolled film formation apparatus including a first chamber in which a first precursor is applied to a substrate, a second chamber in which a second precursor is applied to the substrate such that the first and second precursors react with each other and that an atomic layer is deposited on the substrate, a third chamber in which a purge gas is applied to the substrate, and conveyance roller pairs which are positioned in the first, second and third chambers, and convey the substrate. Each conveyance roller pair includes a first roller and a second roller which sandwich the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate. At least one of the first and second rollers has an outer peripheral surface having a surface unevenness. The substrate is moved back and forth among the first, second and third chambers. The atomic layer is deposited more than once on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sasaki, Mitsuru Kano
  • Patent number: 9689073
    Abstract: A roll-to-roll electroless plating system, including a plating tank containing plating solution, and a web advance system for advancing a web of media along a web-transport path that passes through the plating tank. One or more fluid guides are positioned within the plating tank to redirect plating fluid containing gas bubbles introduced by a gas bubble source away from the web of media as it is advanced through the plating solution in the plating tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Kelvin P. Hill, Robert R. Bettin, James Douglas Shifley, Timothy John Young, Gary P. Wainwright
  • Patent number: 9687864
    Abstract: This disclosure describes the application of a supplemental corona source to provide surface charge on submicrometer particles to enhance collection efficiency and micro-structural density during electrostatic collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: John L. Fulton, George S. Deverman, Dean W. Matson, Clement R. Yonker, C. Douglas Taylor, James B. McClain, Joseph M. Crowley
  • Patent number: 9682401
    Abstract: A method of, and an applicator for, applying a bead of a liquid coating material to a work surface by configuring a reservoir of a liquid coating applicator for viscous retention of the liquid coating material to be applied, and further configuring the reservoir to dispense the liquid coating material via surface adhesion, cohesion, and gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: R. Barrett Kotnik, Dustin Loden
  • Patent number: 9670809
    Abstract: A skinning apparatus and a method of skinning a porous ceramic. The apparatus includes an axial skinning manifold. The axial skinning manifold includes a curved adaptive pipe to flow cement in a circumferential direction from an inlet at a first position and through an adaptive opening along an inner bend of the curve through a land channel disposed along the inner bend. The land channel emits the cement at a constant velocity from a land opening extending proximate the first position to a second position spaced apart from the first position. The land outlet emits cement at a constant velocity around the outer periphery of the porous ceramic to dispose a uniform skin thereon as the porous ceramic moves axially relative to the land outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Richard Chapman, John Paul Bir Singh, Amber Leigh Tremper, Srinivasa Rao Vaddiraju, Kevin Lee Wasson
  • Patent number: 9673395
    Abstract: Provided is an organic thin film forming apparatus, an organic thin film forming method, and a method of manufacturing an organic thin film device using the same, in which an organic light-emitting layer (photoactive layer) and/or an electron transport layer can be formed on a substrate when an organic light emitting diode (OLED) or an organic solar cell is manufactured. The organic thin film forming apparatus includes: a solution spray unit for spraying a solution on a substrate; and a hot gas spray unit for spraying a hot gas onto fine liquid droplets that have been sprayed from the solution spray unit and that are in flight, to thereby evaporate a solvent contained in the fine liquid droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hyoung Lee, Geun Sik Cho, Il Soo Moon, Yong Sul Song
  • Patent number: 9656220
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming an aerosol. An apparatus may comprise an inner chamber, an outer chamber located around the inner chamber, and a wave generating device associated with the outer chamber. The inner chamber may be configured to hold a mixture that is to be converted into an aerosol within the inner chamber. The outer chamber may be configured to hold a fluid. The wave generating device may be configured to generate waves that propagate through the fluid into the mixture to stir the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Robert Johnston, Melody Rose Bennett, Michael Ray Miller
  • Patent number: 9656284
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating system for coating an elongated wood, plastic and/or metal workplace with a coating agent. Said system comprises a pre-treatment station, a coating station and/or a drying station. A transport means transports the workplace along the coating systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Josef Schiele oHG
    Inventor: Stefan Schiele
  • Patent number: 9649670
    Abstract: A pipe conditioning tool comprising a drive unit to move the tool along a pipe and a work head rotatable about an axis of the pipe to condition a surface of the pipe, the drive unit includes a frame extending to opposite sides of the pipe, the frame having legs extending radially beyond the work head to provide support for the tool upon removal from said pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Automatic Coating Limited
    Inventor: Brad Bamford
  • Patent number: 9643201
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for depositing a fluid over an interface. A nozzle may comprise a body having a first end and a second end, an input located at the first end of the body, an output located at the second end of the body, and a plurality of channels located within the body. The input may be configured to receive a fluid. The plurality of channels may have a configuration that causes the fluid received through the input to flow through the plurality of channels and exit the output to form a deposition having a desired shape over an interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Chin H. Toh, Trent Rob Logan, John Walter Pringle, IV, Rodney Stephen Wright