Patents Issued in November 22, 2001
  • Publication number: 20010042559
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for removing a liquid, i.e a wet processing liquid, from a surface of at least one substrate is disclosed. A liquid is supplied on a surface of substrate. Simultaneously or thereafter besides the liquid also a gaseous substance can be supplied thereby creating at least locally a sharply defined liquid-vapor boundary. The gaseous substance and the liquid can be selected such that the gaseous substance is miscible with the liquid and when mixed with the liquid yields a mixture having a surface tension lower than that of the liquid. According to the invention, the substrate is subjected to a rotary movement at a speed to guide said liquid-vapor boundary over said substrate thereby removing said liquid from said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: PAUL MERTENS, MARK MEURIS, MARC HEYNS
  • Publication number: 20010042560
    Abstract: In a dishwasher having a dishwashing compartment and a pump fluidically connected to the dishwashing compartment for channeling liquid to the dishwashing compartment, the pump disposed outside the dishwashing compartment and including a pump housing defining an interior and housing a motor and an impeller, a heater for heating dishwashing liquid includes a heating device disposed on the pump housing in heat-conducting contact with the interior of the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Wolfgang Steck, Helmut Jerg, Ernst Stickel
  • Publication number: 20010042561
    Abstract: To completely disinfect a soft cable and a forceps hole of the used endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Kaketani, Osamu Emoto
  • Publication number: 20010042562
    Abstract: A vented umbrella is resistant to inversion from the wind and effective in ventilation. The umbrella comprises a foldable frame, a lower canopy, and an upper canopy in a concentric covering relation with respect to lower canopy with a small overlapped peripheral area therebetween. A plurality of nonelastic ropes are provided each connected between the center portion of peripheral edge in respective sector of lower canopy and the upper ring. Hence, a plurality of openings are formed at the junction between sectors of upper and lower canopies in a fully extended condition. This also can save cloth and effect a simplified manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Ching-Chuan You
  • Publication number: 20010042563
    Abstract: A fixed geometry shelter system supported above the ground for receiving at least one person is provided. The fixed geometry shelter system comprises a shelter cover supported above the ground thereby defining a covered ground area. A first shelter opening tilts in a first general direction away from the covered ground area and has a first angle less than ninety (90°) degrees relative to the ground. A second shelter opening tilts in a second general direction away from the covered ground area and has a second angle less than ninety (90°) degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Demetrios G.C. Coupounas
  • Publication number: 20010042564
    Abstract: A safety device for shutting off the flow of gas to a gas-fired appliance in the presence of flammable vapors. A flammable vapor sensor is inserted in the circuit supplying a solenoid actuated valve with power from a thermocouple. The sensor responds to the presence of a flammable vapor with an increase in resistance. When a critical concentration of flammable vapors is achieved, the voltage drop across the sensor causes the solenoid actuated valve to close.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: INVENSYS ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony W. Abraham, Raymond Joubran, Kenneth Minkler
  • Publication number: 20010042565
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flow-control apparatus with a check function for controlling the flow resistance of a photoresist solution. The apparatus is connected to a photoresist supply device, the photoresist supply device comprising a tank for storing the photoresist solution, a pipe partially submerged in the photoresist solution in the tank to transport the photoresist solution, and a pump for drawing the photoresist solution from the tank. The apparatus comprises a housing and a sphere. The housing comprises a chamber, a top opening positioned at the top of the chamber, and a bottom opening positioned at the bottom of the chamber, wherein the top opening can be mated to an end of the pipe or to a bottom opening of another apparatus. The sphere is moveably set inside the chamber of the housing and increases the flow resistance of the photoresist solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: WINSTON HSU
    Inventors: Chung-Hsien Kao, Ying-Ming Cheng, Li-Chung Lee, Chia-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20010042566
    Abstract: A poppet valve moves up and down in a valve operating mechanism in an internal combustion engine. A cylindrical fixed electrode is fixed to a support plate on a cylinder head, and a cylindrical moving electrode is mounted to the lower surface of a valve spring retainer which is mounted to the poppet valve via a cotter. The fixed electrode is connected to a circuit which comprises a variable condenser and a resistance. The valve moves up and down during firing operation of the engine. Thus, variation in electrostatic capacity is detected by the two electrodes, transmitted to a circuit via a lead mounted to the fixed electrode, and converted to a voltage by the circuit, thereby detecting valve position exactly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Fuji Oozx, Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Mori, Makoto Adegawa, Haruki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20010042567
    Abstract: A holding structure for holding a device on a fuel tank can be manufactured by small man-hours, and is simple in construction and excellent in vibration isolating performance. The holding structure holds a device (11) inserted in a fuel tank (10) on the fuel tank (10). The holding structure includes a holding tube (19) formed integrally with the fuel tank (10) so as to surround an opening (18) formed in the fuel tank (10), an elastic boot (21) put on the holding tube (19) so as to be in close contact with the outer circumference (19a) of the holding tube (19) and the outer circumference (15a) of a part of the device (11), extending outside from the holding tube (19), and a fastening device (22, 23) for fastening the elastic boot (21) to the respective outer circumferences (19a, 15a) of the holding tube (19) and the device (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Kuroshita, Yukio Asakura, Atsufumi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20010042568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (with reference to FIG. 1) a sewer pipe structure comprising storage tank (10) connectable at an upstream end to an inflow pipe (14) to receive therefrom an inflow of sewage or sewage/water mixture and connectable at a downstream end to an outflow pipe (15) through which the sewage or sewage/water mixture can flow from the storage tank (10). The sewage or sewage/water mixture is accumulated in the storage tank (10) has a volume which increases during a period of high rate of inflow and which decreases during a subsequent period of lower rate of inflow. The sewer pipe structure is formed from modular prefabricated sections. One prefabricated section is a storage pipe section (10) which has a cross-sectional area greater than the cross-sectional areas of the inflow pipe (14) and the outflow pipe (15) and which forms at least part of the storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Russell Darling Currie
  • Publication number: 20010042569
    Abstract: A layered tubing for use in a motor vehicle composed of a thick outer tubing having an inner and an outer face, the outer tubing made of an extrudable thermoplastic such as a polyamide like Nylon 12; a thin intermediate bonding layer bonded to the inner face of the thick outer layer, the bonding layer composed of an extrudable melt-processible thermoplastic such as poly butylene terepthalate capable of sufficiently permanent laminar adhesion to the polyamide outer tubing; and an inner layer bonded to the intermediate bonding layer, the inner layer composed of an extrudable, melt-processible thermoplastic such as Nylon 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: David L. Noone, Frank L. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20010042570
    Abstract: A reed in a loom is driven or oscillated back and forth to perform the beat-up motion by a direct reed drive that avoids using the main loom drive for operating the reed. The direct drive is an electromagnetic motor which uses as one of its components a reed support shaft (4) either as a rotor or as a stator. The reed support shaft acting as a rotor carries a reed slay which mounts the reed to the rotor. When the reed support shaft acts as a stator, the reed slay is mounted to separate rotor elements. In both instances the reed support shaft is part of a rotary or linear electromagnetic direct drive motor construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Valentin Krumm, Heinz-Peter Loehr, Hans-Joachim Holz
  • Publication number: 20010042571
    Abstract: A new inflating device and method for inflating an inflatable object are described. The inflating device includes two compartments: one containing a gas-generating agent and the other containing an activating agent. When mixed, the gas-generating agent and the activating agent produces a gas in situ. The device further includes an activator connected to both compartments and is capable of effectuating mixing between the two agents upon activation. A hose assembly of the inflating device delivers a the gas generated to an inflatable object, such as a flat tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Pennzoil-Quaker State Company
    Inventors: Jiafu Fang, Troy H. Scriven, Dewey P. Szemenyei
  • Publication number: 20010042572
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to containers with a retaining member disposed within the container which substantially obstructs the opening of the container. In a preferred embodiment of the invention said member enlarges to receive a dispensing instrument that is used to cap the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 1998
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: MICHAEL FAUGHEY, DANIEL A. BACKICH, M. SIMON FREED, BRIAN J. BROZELL
  • Publication number: 20010042573
    Abstract: A gas container having a deformable outer container body, an inner bag, which has a gas barrier characteristic, and an outlet/inlet formed within the inner bag. A gas is charged into the inner bag through the outlet/inlet and discharged there by applying a pressure to the outer container body from outside. According to the invention, all of the gas held in the container can be used without leaving any remaining gas waste. In addition, the container can be re-used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Kunio Komaba
  • Publication number: 20010042574
    Abstract: The vehicle (1) has a trailer unit (3) for receiving intermediate bulk carrier (IBC) compartments (4) an integrated liquid recovery system (20), an IBC mounting system (30) and an evacuation system (40) with tapping points (42, 43) along either side of the vehicle (1). Wasted journeys are minimised by optimising the shape and size of IBC for a given delivery and load balancing enhances vehicle stability. The cost and environmental impact of accidental damage is also reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Joseph Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20010042575
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for suppressing growth of an oxide film on a coil which is a spirally wound, rolled strip are disclosed. A rolled strip subjected to rolling by hot rolling equipment is wound spirally by a down-coiler to make a coil. Covers are disposed on the opposite sides of the coil such that heat resistant materials intimately contact the opposite sides of the coil. The covers are fixed by L-bolts and nuts to cover the opposite sides of the coil with the covers. In this state, the coil is naturally cooled for a predetermined time to suppress growth of an oxide film and increase productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junso Fukumori, Akira Kaya, Tsutomu Kawamizu, Kyung Zoon Min, Sung Doo Kim
  • Publication number: 20010042576
    Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising 2.5-4.5% Si by weight and measuring 0.36-1.00 mm in thickness is imparted with a good core loss value for its thickness by controlling its C content, flux density, grain boundary configuration, and deviation degree of crystal orientation in the grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Yasunari Yoshitomi, Hiroaki Masui, Nobuyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20010042577
    Abstract: A temperature fuse for gas-generating mixtures consists of substances or mixtures of substances that have lower detonation points or decomposition points than the gas-generating mixture. In particular, the temperature fuse contains substances or mixtures of substances that thermally decompose exothermically in a narrowly restricted temperature range. The evolution of heat that results ignites the gas-generating mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Klaus Redecker, Waldemar Weuter, Ulrich Bley, Dagmar Schmittner
  • Publication number: 20010042578
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a propellant composition made from a lacquer, the lacquer comprising: (a) from about 15 to about 70 wt % of an organic solvent; (b) from about 0.1 to about 2.5 wt % of a stabilizer; (c) optionally, from about 0% to about 40 wt % of an energetic plasticizer; (d) optionally, from about 0 to about 10 wt % of a nonenergetic plasticizer; (e) optionally, from about 0 to about 10 wt % water; (f) optionally, from about 0 to about 15 wt % of additional additives; and balance being nitrocellulose; all weight percents based on the total weight of the composition, and wherein the lacquer has a viscosity of less than 10 million centipoise when processed. The present invention is also directed to an efficient and safe method of making perforated propellant grains using the above lacquer composition, as well as propellant grains having ellipsoidal cross sections or outwardly extending ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: William L. O'Meara, Jonathon M. Howard, Antonio F. Gonzalez, John J. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20010042579
    Abstract: A rim structure for a bicycle wheel that includes, at its periphery, an annular channel designed to receive a tire, such channel being demarcated by an upper bridge devoid of openings with the exception of the valve opening, and two lateral flanges, such flanges having end butts for gripping the tire. The upper bridge has a narrow and recessed central rim well demarcated by a base and two lateral walls, the rim well being bordered by two bead seats that are oblique from the rim well towards the flanges. The invention is also related to a wheel having such a rim and a wheel equipped with a tire mounted without an air tube and having such a rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: SALOMON S.A
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Lacombe, Jean-Mierre Mercat
  • Publication number: 20010042580
    Abstract: There is a tire capable of stably running even if the tire is subjected to external injury without sacrificing rolling resistance and ride comfort in the usual running before being subjected to external injury, wherein a composite body consisting of a continuous phase of a resin and closed cells is arranged in an inside of a hollow doughnut-shaped tire and the composite body has a cell content of 80.00 vol % to 98.75 vol % and an internal pressure at 25° C. in the closed cell included therein is not less than 150 kPa as an absolute pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Teratani
  • Publication number: 20010042581
    Abstract: Reinforcing fabric for articles made from elastomeric material, particularly for pneumatic tires, comprising a plurality of filamentary elements having at least tensile strength, parallel and adjacent to each other in a plane, lying in a predetermined direction. The reinforcing elements, preferably cords, are incorporated in an elastomeric material and constitute at most the 40% of the volume of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: PIRELLI COORDINAMENTO PNEUMATICI S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Boiocchi, Gurdey Orjela
  • Publication number: 20010042582
    Abstract: A heavy load truck or bus tire for mounting on a 15° drop center rim has a rounded bead toe that eliminates mounting problems and saves on material. The bead toe is defined by the bead seat and bead toe end surface forming an included angle in a range of 105° to 150°. In addition, a transition point between the bead seat and bead toe end surface is located relative to the bead seat point as in a range of 0.95 to 0.97 of the axial distance from the tire center and at least 0.78 of the bead seat point radius. A mold for forming the tire is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Kenneth Knox Bumpas, Juan-Pablo Gallego
  • Publication number: 20010042583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tire with a chafer rubber composition positioned around at least a portion of the tire's bead component, where the chafer is intended for contacting a rigid rim of a wheel on which it is intended that the tire be mounted. In such assembly, the chafer becomes an interface between the tire bead portion and the rim. For this invention, the chafer is a matrix composition composed of at least one elastomer where the matrix composition contains a dispersed micro inclusion made of a particulate, high molecular weight thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: FILOMENO GENNARO CORVASCE, MANUELA POMPEI
  • Publication number: 20010042584
    Abstract: A method is provided for continuous mass production of winged absorbent articles, including T-shaped absorbent articles, by attachment of wing portions to the chassis of the absorbent article which comprises a topsheet, a backsheet and a core sandwiched between the topsheet and the backsheet. The method comprises feeding at least one web of wing-making material, which may be at least partly elasticated, simultaneously attaching landing zones in spaced apart relationship on a surface of the web, attaching tape tabs on the edge of the web, folding the web longitudinally in a generally Z-fold configuration, feeding the chassis of the absorbent article in the general direction of the web, severing individual folded wing portions from said web and attaching the winged portions to the chassis at predetermined spaced intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: First Quality Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamzeh Karami, Donald Roy Dodelin
  • Publication number: 20010042585
    Abstract: The present document describes a process for manufacturing a pane of laminated glass without recourse to an autoclave. The pack of layers are composed of stacked layers (6, 7, 8), is raised to the softening temperature of the thermoplastic interlayer of the pack of layers in a preheat channel (1). The preheated pack of layers is put under vacuum in a vacuum assembly station (2) for the purpose of extracting the gas from the spaces separating the layers (6, 7, 8). After the gas has been extracted, the edge of the pack of layers, which is held under vacuum, is mechanically compressed inside the vacuum box and is thus sealed. Finally, the pack of layers is brought to atmospheric pressure and its temperature further increased in a postheat channel (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN VITRAGE
    Inventors: Michael Balduin, Hubert Havenith, Michael Labrot
  • Publication number: 20010042586
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing components for a tire for vehicle wheels includes the steps of picking up a toroidal support using a robotized arm, feeding at least one elongated element from a delivery member disposed adjacent to the outer surface of the toroidal support, giving the toroidal support a rotatory motion around a geometric axis of rotation of the toroidal support so that the at least one elongated element is circumferentially distributed onto the toroidal support, and carrying out controlled relative displacements, for transverse distribution, between the toroidal support and the delivery member to form with the at least one elongated element a plurality of coils disposed mutually in side-by-side relationship in order to define a tire component. A method of manufacturing a tire, an apparatus for manufacturing components for a tire, a plant for making tires, and a tire including the manufactured components are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Renato Caretta, Osvaldo Scarzello, Maurizio Marchini
  • Publication number: 20010042587
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a carcass structure for vehicle tires includes the steps of making at least one carcass ply by deposition of elongated sections circumferentially distributed on a toroidal support and applying annular reinforcing structures to a region close to inner circumferential edges of the at least one carcass ply. Each of the elongated sections extends in a U-shaped configuration around a cross-sectional outline of the toroidal support to define two side portions mutually spaced apart in an axial direction and one crown portion extending at a radially outer position between the side portions. Each of the elongated sections is laid down substantially in a plane parallelly offset relative to a meridian plane of the toroidal support. A related carcass structure and tire are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Renato Caretta, Maurizio Marchini
  • Publication number: 20010042588
    Abstract: In a composite roll for manufacturing heat transfer tubes that has two or more grooving rolls having protrusions where at least one of cross sectional shapes, lead angles relative to a rotation direction and sizes is different, by coaxially combining the rolls to form multiple types of grooves on a surface of metallic strips by pressing against the metallic strips, the composite roll for manufacturing heat transfer tubes of the present invention is characterized in that the two or more grooving rolls are joined in one body in a mutually surface contacting state. It is also preferable that the two or more grooving rolls are joined by diffusion bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Fuji Die Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Nakada, Takao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20010042589
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for producing a transfer member to be used in a transfer system by which a toner image formed on a first image-bearing member is transferred to a second image-bearing member. The process comprises the steps of melt-extruding an extrusion material from a circular die of an extrusion/forming apparatus into a cylindrical film; and measuring the circumference of the cylindrical film and sending the resultant information to the extrusion/forming apparatus to adjust the circumference of the cylindrical film. Also disclosed are a transfer member produced by such a process, and an image-forming apparatus having the transfer member. The transfer member can be produced as an intermediate transfer belt or a transfer belt which have a stable peripheral length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Horiyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20010042590
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and device for making a magnetically mountable substrate construction from a selected substrate for magnetic mounting to a structure including magnetizable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Carl D. Neuburger
  • Publication number: 20010042591
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for separating a discrete element from a first substrate web, moving at a first speed, and placing the discrete element on a second substrate web, moving at a second speed. The apparatus includes a first station, wherein perforations are made in the first substrate web, and a second station, wherein the discrete element is separated from the first substrate web at a line of perforations and the discrete element is transferred to a positioned on the second substrate web. The first station includes a perforation cutter assembly and conveyer assembly. The perforation cutter assembly includes first and second rollers with a cutting blade, with a discontinuous edge, and an anvil surface, respectively, to make perforations in the first substrate web. The second station includes a separation and transfer mechanism having separation and transfer segments for separating and transferring the discrete element from the first substrate web to the second substrate web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: James Dell Milner, Robert Herrick Collins, James Grant Lee, David Allen Palzewicz
  • Publication number: 20010042592
    Abstract: A novel five-layer tape is provided for applications such as bonding, interconnection and insulation of different parts of a semiconductor package at the same time. The five layer tape includes a metal conductive layer that is sandwiched between two insulative layers, that are themselves in turn sandwiched by two adhesive layers. Windows cut into the insulative and adhesive layers on either the top or bottom of the tape permit electrical connection to the metallic conductive layer. The tape may be made from two insulation sheets that have an adhesive layer and a metallic interconnect. In turn, the tape enables the manufacturer to overcome physical limitations in forming conduction paths, including permitting the connection of multiple die where the terminals of the one die are obscured by the other die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: International Rectifier Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence Kulinsky
  • Publication number: 20010042593
    Abstract: Resin compositions are provided which are used in combination with fibers to form self-adhesive prepreg sheets that are applied to core materials to form sandwich panels. The prepreg resin includes a thermoset resin, a curing agent and a viscosity control agent. The prepreg resin further includes certain thermoplastic particles which are used to control the flow characteristics of the prepreg resin and the formation of fillets during bonding of the prepreg to the core material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Ligui Zhou, Philippe D. Christou
  • Publication number: 20010042594
    Abstract: A temperature control system 145 is used to control the temperature of a process chamber 25 during processing of a semiconductor substrate 70. The temperature control system 145 comprises a heat exchanger plate 155 for removing heat from the chamber 25, and a heat transfer member 158 for conducting heat to the heat exchanger plate 155. The heat transfer member 158 comprises a lower heat conduction surface 205 bonded to an external surface of the chamber 25, and an upper heat transmitting surface 210 thermally coupled to the heat exchanger plate 155. Preferably, the temperature control assembly comprises a heater 150 for heating the chamber 25, and a computer control system 165 for regulating the heat removed by the heat exchanger plate 155 as well as the heat supplied by the heater 150, to maintain the chamber 25 at substantially uniform temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: SHAMOUIL SHAMOUILIAN, ANANDA H. KUMAR, KADTHALA R. NARENDRNATH, ERIC ASKARINAM, EDWIN C. WELDON, MICHAEL RICE, KENNETH S. COLLINS
  • Publication number: 20010042595
    Abstract: A plasma is generated by feeding an antenna with radio-frequency electric power generated by a radio-frequency power source, and one end of the antenna is grounded to the earth through a capacitor of variable capacitance. A Faraday shield is electrically isolated from the earth, and the capacitance of the variable capacitor is determined to be such a value that the voltage at the two ends of the antenna may be equal in absolute values and inverted to reduce the partial removal of the wall after the plasma ignition. At the time of igniting the plasma, the capacitance of the capacitor is adjusted to a larger or smaller value than that minimizing the damage of the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kazumi, Tsutomu Tetsuka, Ryoji Nishio, Masatsugu Arai, Ken Yoshioka, Tsunehiko Tsubone, Akira Doi, Manabu Edamura, Kenji Maeda, Saburo Kanai
  • Publication number: 20010042596
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for endpointing a planarization process of a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include a species analyzer that receives a slurry resulting from the planarization process and analyzes the slurry to determine the presence of an endpointing material implanted beneath the surface of the microelectronic substrate. The species analyzer may include a mass spectrometer or a spectrum analyzer. In another embodiment, the apparatus may include a radiation source that directs impinging radiation toward the microelectronic substrate, exciting atoms of the substrate, which in turn produce an emitted radiation. A radiation detector is positioned proximate to the substrate to receive the emitted radiation and determine the endpoint by determining the intensity of the radiation emitted by the endpointing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Vishnu K. Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20010042597
    Abstract: Apparatus for welding plastic workpieces together includes a heater block having first and second surfaces; a first heating element for radiating heat from the first surface; and a second heating element for radiating heat from the second surface; wherein the first and second heating elements being separately controlled for temperature. Temperature sensors are provided for detecting temperature of the workpieces at the weld sites. The heating elements preferably are laid out in a non-planar manner such as a parabolic, convex or other curved or angled configuration so as to focus, direct or otherwise concentrate the radiated heat toward the weld site on the workpiece. The invention is particularly suited for welding a part made of a melt processable material such as PFA to a part made of a non-melt processable material such as modified PTFE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Glenn A. Evans
  • Publication number: 20010042598
    Abstract: A substrate on which a plurality of thin films having a plurality of cross-sections corresponding to the cross-section of a micro-structure are formed is placed on a substrate holder. The substrate holder is elevated to bond a thin film formed on the substrate to the surface of a stage, and by lowering the substrate holder, the thin film is separated from the substrate and transferred to the stage side. The transfer process is repeated to laminate a plurality of thin films on the stage and to form the micro-structure. Accordingly, there are provided a micro-structure having high dimensional precision, especially high resolution in the lamination direction, which can be manufactured from a metal or an insulator such as ceramics and can be manufactured in the combined form of structural elements together, and a manufacturing method and an apparatus thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamada, Mutsuya Takahashi, Masaki Nagata
  • Publication number: 20010042599
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for binding documents by individually binding each media sheet to previously bound media sheets using imaging material as the binding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Roland Boss
  • Publication number: 20010042600
    Abstract: A label stuck device for disks comprises a base part and a cover part. The base part provides upright rim projections on the periphery. An inner diameter enclosed by the rim projection or the rim projections corresponds to an outer diameter of a standard disk. An integral locating post extends upright from the center of the base part with an outer diameter thereof corresponding to a central hole of the standard disk. The cover part has an outer diameter thereof corresponding to the outer diameter of the standard disk. A central axial hole of cover part has a diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the locating post and the cover part provides two opposite upright edge parts. The edge parts equally space apart to each other with respect to the axial hole with a distance between the edge parts corresponding to a width of a second one of the disks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Jui Chin Liao
  • Publication number: 20010042601
    Abstract: An automatic bead release device for tire removal machines, comprising, for supporting the wheel rim complete with tire, rotary means associated with a frame which supports a bead release disc in contact with the tire just external to the flange of the wheel rim, a shaft parallel to its axis of rotation, on which said frame slides to approach and withdraw from the wheel rim, means for moving said frame along said shaft, and means for lightly inserting said disc below the flange of the wheel rim after it has come into contact with it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Remo Corghi
  • Publication number: 20010042602
    Abstract: A wheel rim locking device for tire removal machines, comprising, for supporting the wheel rim, an upper plate provided with an axial hole and supported at the top of a hollow vertical rotary shaft, conical means to be inserted axially into said hole and into the cavity of said shaft to lock the wheel rim in a centered position, means driving said conical means towards the wheel rim and axially locking them, and means for rotatably locking said hollow shaft relative to said wheel rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Remo Corghi
  • Publication number: 20010042603
    Abstract: The rolled screen drawer of the invention comprises a take-up roll (1) rotatably mounted on a support member (2), a first screen (3) wound on the outermost periphery of the take-up roll, at least one additional screen (4) wound on an inside of the first screen, engagement means (5a, 5b, 5c) capable of engaging the inside of the leading end of at least one additional screen with the outside of the first screen, and a leading member (6b, 6c) provided at the leading end of at least one additional screen. It is thus possible to selectively expose any desired screen to view in an easy, smooth manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Kenichi Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20010042604
    Abstract: A universal head rail assembly includes a front wall and a back wall, wherein the front wall includes a first contour formed on an outer face thereof and the back wall includes a second contour formed on an outer face thereof. A reversible rotator assembly includes a tilt control wand coupled to a gear box configured to selectively rotate a rotator element. The reversible rotator assembly and the tilt control wand are in a first position when the first contour of the front wall is displayed and the reversible rotator assembly and the tilt control wand are in a second position when the second contour of the back wall is displayed. The gear box includes a first universal socket coupled to a gear train positioned on an opposed side of the head rail from a second universal socket that is coupled to the gear train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Newell
    Inventor: Zazu Ciuca
  • Publication number: 20010042605
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to a process for recycling paper containing wet strength additives. The process generally includes the step of mechanically fiberizing the paper in order to reduce the paper into substantially discreet fibers. The paper can be fiberized in various devices, including mills and pulverizers. Once the paper has been converted into substantially discreet fibers, the fibers can then be used in forming various paper products, including wipers and tissues. Of particular advantage, it has been discovered that fibers produced according to the process of the present invention produce paper webs having high bulk, high brightness, high porosity, and high opacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: MIKE T. GOULET, ROBERT J. MAKOLIN
  • Publication number: 20010042606
    Abstract: Single-ply absorbent tissue paper wherein of the fibers incorporated in the web: (a) at least 20% by weight have a coarseness exceeding 23 mg/100 m; (b) at least about 20% by weight have a coarseness of less than about 12 mg/100 m; and (c) the weight average fiber coarseness to length ratio is less than about 8.5 mg/100 m/mm. The single-ply tissue having: a serpentine configuration; low sidedness; a basis weight of at least about 12.5 lbs. per 3000 square foot ream; specific total tensile strength between 40 and 200 g/3 inches/lb per 3000 square foot ream; a cross direction specific wet tensile strength between 2.75 and 20.0 g/3 inches/lb per 3000 square foot ream; an MD tensile to CD tensile ratio between 1.25 and 2.75; a specific geometric mean tensile stiffness between 0.5 and 3.2 g/inch/% strain per pound per 3000 square foot ream; a friction deviation less than 0.250; and a sidedness parameter less than 0.30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Frank D. Harper, Taiye P. Oriaran, John D. Litvay
  • Publication number: 20010042607
    Abstract: To produce a thermally highly loaded casting (1, 14, 16, 17) of a thermal turbomachine which is produced using a known casting process, the casting mold is produced from a slurry using a wax model and a polymer foam which is fixed to the wax model or has been introduced into a cavity. In this way, during the casting process the liquid superalloy also penetrates into the open-cell structure of the casting mold, so that an integral cooling structure (7) is formed during the solidification of the casting (1, 14, 16, 17). A single-crystal or directionally solidified casting (1, 14, 16, 17) is advantageously produced. It is also conceivable to vary the cell size of the polymer foam, to produce cooling structure (7) and base material separately and to coat the cooling structure (7) with a ceramic protective layer (thermal barrier coating) (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Roesler, Alexander Beeck, Peter Ernst, Reinhard Fried
  • Publication number: 20010042608
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled plate mold for continuous casting of metals has highly heat-conductive mold plates of copper or a copper alloy. The mold plates have a water side. A fastening support for each mold plate is provided for securing the mold plate thereon. The fastening support is in the form of a water box or a support plate. Fastening elements for securing the mold plates to the fastening supports are provided. Shaped parts having a thread are arranged on the water side of the mold plates. The shaped parts form fastening pieces that are non-positively connected by soldering connections or welding connections to the mold plates, wherein the fastening elements engage the fastening pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Hans Streubel, Albrecht Girgensohn, Michael Poran