Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying a sealant to a structure. The method comprises scanning a surface of the structure with a vision system to form scanned data. The method further determines a sealant application path for the structure using the scanned data. The method also controls movement of an application tip along the sealant application path using a controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus of manufacturing an aerogel sheet. The apparatus of manufacturing the aerogel sheet includes: a tray device in which a fiber sheet is accommodated; a rotation device including a rotation rod to which the tray device is fixed and a driving member rotating the rotation rod so that the tray device is disposed on an upper and lower portion of the rotation rod; an injection device injecting a silica precursor into the tray device disposed on the upper portion of the rotation rod to impregnate the silica precursor into the fiber sheet; and a surface modification device injecting a coating solution into the tray device disposed on the lower portion of the rotation rod to modify a surface of the fiber sheet in which the silica precursor is impregnated.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a fibrous panel including a basemat and a porous veil disposed on at least one side of the basemat, the veil having a first surface in contact with the one side of the basemat and a second facing surface opposite the first surface, the veil having a patterned coating disposed on the second facing surface, the patterned coating including defined areas without any coating and defined areas with at least a single layer of coating. The disclosure further provides a method of making a fibrous panel according to the disclosure.

Abstract: A process for improving the wet strength of paper or paperboard is disclosed, and compositions, methods, and products related to improved wet strength paper or paperboard are provided. The process includes, for example, contacting at least one side of the paper or paperboard with water or an aqueous composition to wet the paper or paperboard, contacting the wet paper or paperboard with a wet strength resin composition followed by drying the paper or paperboard. The resulted treated or coated paper or paperboard has comparable wet strength properties to that of paper or paperboard containing wet strength resin from a conventional wet end application.

Abstract: A device for coating at least regions of a medical implant including a powder having at least one pharmaceutically active substance or one bone growth-promoting substance such that the powder can be transferred to the medical implant when the medical implant is contacted.

Abstract: The present invention is an imprint system including an imprint unit transferring a transfer pattern to a coating film formed on a substrate using a template having the transfer pattern formed on a front surface thereof to form a predetermined pattern in the coating film, the imprint system including: a substrate carry-in/out station connected to the imprint unit, capable of keeping a plurality of the substrates, and carrying the substrate into/out of the imprint unit side; and a template carry-in/out station connected to the imprint unit, capable of keeping a plurality of the templates, and carrying the template into/out of the imprint unit side at a predetermined timing.

Abstract: An adhesive tape making equipment, includes a coating roll, a spraying member, and a plurality of transporting rolls. A first adhesive is coated on the coating roll. A second adhesive is placed in the spraying member. An adhesive force of the first adhesive is higher than an adhesive force of the second adhesive. The coating roll and the spraying member are located between the plurality of transporting rolls. A method of making the adhesive tape is further provided.

Abstract: A coating apparatus configured to coat a peripheral surface of an endless member with a coating liquid, includes: a holding member configured to hold the endless member; an impregnation member configured to be impregnated with the coating liquid and configured to coat the endless member with the coating liquid in contact with the endless member; a nozzle member configured to eject the coating liquid onto the endless member; a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the holding member relative to the impregnation member and the nozzle member; and a moving mechanism configured to move the holding member relative to the impregnation member and the nozzle member so that the coating liquid is ejected from the nozzle member onto the endless member in a region where the coating liquid is already coated by the impregnation member.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a tampon having an absorbent body that absorbs liquid includes obtaining the absorbent body by compressing and shaping an absorbent-body material, and applying a melted agent to an outer surface of the absorbent body, the outer surface having a temperature lower than or equal to a freezing point of a main ingredient of the agent.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a coating apparatus and method for substantially simultaneously forming a plurality of coatings on a substrate and to a method of analyzing at least one characteristic or property of the coatings.

Abstract: A tire coating apparatus for applying fluid to vehicle tires in a vehicle washing system, includes a pair of mechanical applicators, which each have at least one coating applicator disposed thereon for contacting the vehicle tires to apply the fluid. One mechanical applicator is intended to engage the tires on a right side of a vehicle while the other mechanical applicator is intended to engage the tires on a left side of the vehicle. The mechanical applicators also include a guide portion for guiding the vehicle wheel when a patron had elected not to have a coating fluid applied to the vehicle wheels. The mechanical applicators are rotatable between an initial position where the coating applicators are in a non-coating position to a second position where the coating applicators are intended to contact a vehicle tire.

Abstract: An apparatus for extrusion forming a sheet product having an extruder assembly with a sheet die through which a flowable material is delivered and a roll stand assembly made up of a roll stack sub-assembly and a sheet take-off sub-assembly. The roll stack assembly has first and second rolls between which a nip location is defined at which flowable material from the sheet die is delivered. The sheet take-off sub-assembly produces an advancing force upon a first sheet component made up of at least the first sheet layer. The roll stand assembly further has a coating system for applying a coating component to a surface on at least one sheet component advancing through the apparatus. The roll stand assembly is constructed to be reconfigured thereby to change a path traveled by the at least one sheet component and facilitate selective application of the coating component.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a working electrode of a dye-sensitized solar cell is provided. The apparatus includes a columnar body, a rotatable mechanism rotatably received in the columnar body, and a cover enclosing the columnar body. Accommodating grooves are formed in the columnar body configured to accommodate substrates. The rotatable mechanism includes a containing chamber, rollers, and nozzles. The nozzles are configured for jetting the slurry from the containing chamber to the accommodating grooves. The rollers are independently rotatable and configured for rolling the slurry on the substrates. The cover has feeding tubes and exporting tubes extending therethrough. The feeding tubes are in communication with the containing chamber and configured for feeding the slurry to the containing chamber. The exporting tubes are in communication with the columnar body and configured for evacuating excess slurry from the columnar body.

Abstract: A flow-thru liquid coating applicator comprises a handle and an applicator head including a blade having a filament bundle extending crosswise adjacent the distal end of the blade. A cover surrounds the distal end of the blade and a substantial portion of the length of the blade and has side openings through which opposite end portions of the filament bundle extend.

Abstract: Provided are methods of and apparatuses for forming a metal pattern. In the method, an initiator and a metal pattern are sequentially combined on a previously-formed bonding agent pattern improving adhesion and/or junction properties between the substrate and the metal. The bonding agent pattern may be formed using a reverse offset printing method. The metal pattern may be formed using an electroless electrochemical plating method. The metal pattern can be formed with improved uniformity in thickness and planar area.

Abstract: A composite patterning device includes a stiff first layer having a Young's modulus in a first range, a flexible second layer having a Young's modulus in a second range, a fluidic layer interposed between the first and second layers and having a Young's modulus in a variable range, and a relief pattern in the second layer. The device can be used for establishing conformal contact between the relief pattern in the second layer and a contact surface of a host substrate with attached elements. Then, a magnetic field is applied to the device so as to increase the Young's modulus of the fluidic layer to be similar to that of second layer after which a force is applied to the contact surface so as to release and remove the elements from the host substrate by withdrawing the device.

Abstract: A system and associated method applies a fluid to a surface. In particular, the system applies a roof surface covering to an existing roof location of a building. The system includes a pump for providing a pressurized source of fluid, a fluid conduit for extending from the pump to the roof location and delivering the fluid to the roof location, and an applicator device for applying the delivered fluid to the roof location to provide a portion of the applied roof surface. The system also includes a granule supply device for proving loose granules, a granule conduit for extending from the granule supply device to the roof location and delivering the loose granules to the roof location, and a dispenser for dispensing the loose granules onto the applied fluid on the roof location to provide another portion of the applied roof surface. The pump may be a peristaltic pump and the fluid does not directly engaging any surface of the pump. The applicator device may include a roller.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to the conditioning of bowling lanes, and, more particularly to an apparatus and method for automatically applying a predetermined pattern of dressing fluid along the transverse and longitudinal dimensions of a bowling lane.

Abstract: The present inventions relate to top dressing vehicles for coating, mixing, and dispensing compositions of top dressing materials comprising agriculturally active ingredients (A.I.s). More particularly, these inventions relate to apparatus for spraying liquid formulations comprising active ingredients A.I.s onto top dressing materials prior to and during delivering top dressing applications. Further, these inventions relate to applying liquids comprising A.I.s to top dressing materials at a point-of-application. Even further, these inventions relate to delivering treated top dressing, specifically, to broadcast spreading of top dressing comprising sand and agriculturally active ingredients as moist and dry compositions.

Abstract: The application of a coating liquid, wherein a coating liquid being supplied is applied on the upper surface of a running web by the use of an application bar, to thereby form a coating film having a desired thickness, characterized in that in the upstream side from the application bar, the coating liquid is directly supplied to a standing liquid being formed in contact with both of the application bar and the web, or the coating liquid is allowed to flow down on a smooth surface in a such a state that its upper side is open to the outside and is supplied for the web.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for making an abrasive product comprising providing a substantially horizontally deployed flexible backing having a first surface bearing an at least partially cured primer coating and an opposite second surface; providing a dry flowable particle mixture comprising abrasive particles and particulate curable binder material; depositing a temporary layer comprising said particle mixture on the at least partially cured primer coating of the first surface of the backing; softening said particulate curable binder material to provide adhesion between adjacent abrasive particles; embossing the layer comprising softened particulate curable binder material and abrasive particles to provide a pattern of raised areas and depressed areas and curing the softened particulate curable binder material to convert the embossed layer into a permanent embossed layer comprised of cured particulate binder material and abrasive particles and cure the at least partially cured primer coati

Abstract: A coating apparatus comprising a forward bar, a liquid feed passage and a metering device for a coating liquid. The forward bar rotates about its axis in the same direction as the traveling direction of a continuously traveling band-shaped web while touching the web. When coating the web with the coating liquid, the liquid feed passage feeds the coating liquid to an area between the upstream side of the forward bar and the web with respect to the traveling direction of the web. The metering device is arranged on the downstream side of the forward bar for metering the coating liquid to a predetermined coating thickness as applied to the web by the forward bar.

Abstract: A coating apparatus for a traveling web comprising two coating heads and a traveling path changing roller is disclosed. A bar coater is arranged close to a pass roller. The bar coater is fixed at such a position as to contact the web when the pass roller is moved down. An extrusion coater is arranged below a backup roller in such a manner as to move up and down. If the pass roller moves up and bends up the traveling path of the web, the web separates from the bar coater. Then, if the extrusion coater moves up, the web is coated with the coating solution by the extrusion coater. If the pass roller and the extrusion coater move down, the web is coated with the coating solution by the bar coater.

Abstract: A mechanism and method for depositing oil paints, acrylics, or other textural paints provides a means for automating the process of painting a picture. The process can be programmed into a data base which is stored and used at will, or the artist can utilize control means such as a joy stick to provide real-time input.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to the conditioning of bowling lanes, and, more particularly to an apparatus and method for automatically applying a predetermined pattern of dressing fluid along the transverse and longitudinal dimensions of a bowling lane.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for making an abrasive product comprising providing a substantially horizontally deployed flexible backing having a first surface bearing an at least partially cured primer coating and an opposite second surface; providing a dry flowable particle mixture comprising abrasive particles and particulate curable binder material; depositing a plurality of temporary shaped structures comprised of said particle mixture on the at least partially cured primer coating of the first surface of the backing; softening said particulate curable binder material to provide adhesion between adjacent abrasive particles; and curing the softened particulate curable binder material to convert said temporary shaped structures into permanent shaped structures and cure the at least partially cured primer coating on the first surface of the backing. The invention also provides an abrasive product made by the method.

Abstract: Methods of applying a polymer coating to a substrate are disclosed. By disrupting a bank of polymer precursor, a smooth coating of fast setting polymer can be applied to a substrate. Apparatus for applying a polymer coating is also disclosed. In one embodiment, an oscillating dispenser is used to apply polymer precursor onto to a dispersive surface. The polymer precursor flows down the surface and is transferred to a moving web. Flowing solvent downwardly through the dispenser can provide efficient cleaning without the need for disassembly or production delays.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided to apply a polymeric coating to the ends of a fuser roll. A wiper arm is constructed having a wiper edge with may be rotated into contact with the end to be coated. Coating solution is applied to the wiper edge and allowed to flow onto the end surface of the roll.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making disposable absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, catamenials, incontinence inserts perspiration pads, and diapers for adults or babies. In particular the present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles comprising two component materials which are adhered to each other which utilizes an improved gravure roll printing process (30) to provide the adhesive, wherein the adhesive is applied to the gravure print roll (31) such that the gravures (32) are only partly filled.

Abstract: Disclosed are a film coating nozzle, and an apparatus and a method for coating a compressor piston using the same. The film coating nozzle comprises a nozzle body configured to supply coating material; and coating material spreading means defined with a coating material injection hole which is communicated with the inside of the nozzle body, and formed integrally with the nozzle body to spread to a uniform film thickness coating material applied to a surface of a product, in such a way as to remove excess coating material.

Abstract: A vehicle tire dressing apparatus according to the present invention comprises left and right dressing applicators situated alongside a vehicle conveying track, the dressing applicators being moveable individually into contacting engagement with tires on left and right sides of a vehicle in the track. Each applicator has an applicator pad mounted to a mount bar and the mount bar is hinged to a frame which allows articulation of the applicator pad into and out of contact with the tires. The applicator pad is configured with a plurality of orifices, each of which orifices receives fluid sprayed from a complimentary spray nozzle. Each orifice has an elongated capillary which assists dispersing fluid into the pad. The spray nozzles emit fluid into the pads for a predetermined amount of time, the spraying being initiated by movement of the vehicle into proximity with the tire dressing assembly.

Abstract: A squeegee unit comprises a paste pressurizing slope and a squeegee. The paste pressurizing slope is inclined at an angle narrower than 90° to a surface of a screen mask in a printing direction. As solder paste is pressurized by means of the paste pressurizing slope, the solder paste is filled into a mask hole. The squeegee has a paste scraping surface for scraping off the solder paste on the screen mask. The paste scraping surface extends at an angle of 90° or more to the surface of the screen mask in the printing direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for application of a liquid or pasty coating medium onto a substrate moving past it, for instance a material web of paper, cardboard or boxboard or an applicator roll, includes a back-up chamber which is bounded on its substrate entrance end by a back-up chamber entrance bounding element and on its substrate exit end by a back-up chamber exit bounding element. The apparatus also includes a feed device for feeding the coating medium. In the applicator according to the invention for achieving a uniform coating application, the feed device, viewed in the direction of travel of the substrate, is arranged before the back-up chamber entrance bounding element.

Abstract: A coating apparatus and coating method include a device for conveying an object to be coated; a coating device which is disposed in a vicinity of a conveyed surface of the object, and which discharges a coating liquid, and which forms a bridge of the liquid between the device and the object which is conveyed by the device for conveying an object to be coated, and which coats the liquid on at least one surface of the object; and a gas stream blowing device which, immediately after starting of coating, blows out a gas from a direction substantially opposite to a object conveying direction, toward a portion of the object where coating starts.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for embedding a multiplicity of discrete masses of material in a resinous coating on a sheet of metal in a coil coating system. The sheet is coated, the masses are embedded in the wet resinous coating, and the coating is dried in a one-pass system. The resinous coating and the embedded masses are preferably resistant to ultra-violet radiation. The wet resinous coating, therefore, is preferably a liquid fluorocarbon resin. The discrete masses comprise pigmented particulate minerals and resins in the form of granules, beads, vesiculated beads, pellets, flakes, platelets, cylinders, coating powders, and coating powder precursor chips. The minerals include glass, quartz, mica, pebbles, and ceramics. The particulate resins include polyesters, acrylics, nylons, polyurethanes, polycarbonates, solid fluorocarbon resins, and solid mixtures of a fluorocarbon resin and an acrylate or methacrylate polymer or copolymer.

Abstract: In a device for the coating of a running web of paper or cardboard, provisions are that in a press gap formed between two rolls a coating substance applied in a very small quantity on the surface of the one roll is first pressed on the web leaving a very thin coat on the web which, however, covers all spots including the "mounds" of microroughness. Next, the second coat can be applied and dosed on the still moist first coat with the usual means. In the process, the first coat is preferably dosed on the shell of the first roll, by means of the peripheral grooves of a rotary doctor. The same may be performed also as regards the second coating on the web.

Abstract: A method of coating at least one liquid medium onto a moving material web, in particular of paper or cardboard, in which method the material web is led either in a first mode of operation along a first treatment path or, in a second mode of operation, along a second treatment path, the material web being led along the first treatment path through a roll gap formed by a primary roll and a secondary roll for indirect coating of the liquid medium via the shell surface of the primary roll, or along the second treatment path over a region of the shell surface of the primary roll remote from the roll gap for directly coating the liquid medium onto the material web in the mentioned region of the shell surface of the primary roll, wherein the primary roll is driven in the one rotational direction in the first mode of operation and in the other rotational direction in the second mode of operation, and the respective general run-in and run-out direction for the material webs is substantially the same in the region of t

Abstract: A method for impregnating a flat, fibrous substrate penetrated by a low viscosity, fluid synthetic resin, the substrate web 1 being preheated by known device 2 and thereupon being made to pass over a friction roller 3 which is heated where called for and which is uniformly wetted at its surface 6 with the low viscosity, aqueous synthetic resin solution based on an aminoplastic resin, substantially a melamine resin 5 or based on a phenolformaldehyde resin 5' present in a bath, the low viscosity, aqueous synthetic resin solution being uniformly heated and at least part of it penetrating the surface of the substrate web 1, whereupon the substrate web 1 loaded with synthetic resin is fully impregnated in the bath 4.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for coating traveling webs of paper or board having two web guide rolls closely adjacent each other. Each roll has an applicator associated on its periphery. The applicators cooperate with each other at least in part for the coating of the web directly one after the other, preferably within at most 0.15 seconds. The rolls are arranged one above the other--possibly somewhat laterally shifted from each other. The lower roll has an applicator chamber of a nozzle applicator in the region of its periphery remote from the upper roll. The upper roll has at least one of the following on its web-entrance side--with respect to the lower roll--a sump chamber for coating composition formed of a doctor element and its mount and on its other side, an applicator chamber of a nozzle applicator. The lower roll may be adapted to be swung or lowered away from the upper roll and/or the upper roll may be liftable away from the lower roll.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for pretreating plastic sheets having poor adhesive properties, with a primer treatment. The primer treatment includes a sheet conveyor for conveying plastic sheets in one direction at a constant speed. A flexible, porous friction member is arranged so as to come into contact with adhesive areas of the plastic sheets. A press confronts the friction member and presses the plastic sheet against the friction member. A primer solution is supplied to the friction member where it is transmitted to the plastic sheet.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for applying coating to products such as medicaments are disclosed. The present invention provides a apparatus comprising product holders and plates which interact with vacuum tubes to retain the product being coated in place while inverted and dipped into a tank of coating material. The vacuum tubes may be designed to hold product of nearly any shape or in any orientation. In a preferred embodiment, methods and apparatus for creating a two-color gelatin coating on a tablet are disclosed. In certain embodiments, additional apparatus are provided whereby the vacuum tubes rotate about their longitudinal axes and are placed in contact with a coating applicator, thereby applying a band or stripe of a coating material to a specified section of the product.

Abstract: A coating section for coating a traveling web of material, such as paper, wherein the web to be coated travels along a selected one of two different web paths. There is a lower counter roll and an upper press roll which define a nip between them and the distance apart of the two rolls is adjustable. A respective applicator for coating composition is on each of the first and second sides of the lower roll and on the third side of the upper roll, and the third side is the same side of the coating section as the first side of the lower roll. First web guide rollers guide the web from below, past the counter roll and the first applicator and not through the nip. Second guide rollers guide the web through the nip.

Abstract: A machine for applying tire paint and tire sealant to recapped tire sidewalls and interiors, respectively. The machine includes a pair of tire paint applicator pads which are carried by a frame and carriage capable of reciprocal motion in three different directions to bring the applicator pads into selective engagement with tire sidewalls. The machine also includes spray nozzles carried by an associated frame and carriage for bringing the nozzles into a position to direct tire sealant into the interior of an associated recapped tire.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating the flat surface of a substrate with a coating material is disclosed in which only a minimum amount of coating material is required for uniformly coating the entire surface of the substrate in an efficient manner under a variety of coating conditions, even if the substrate surface takes a non-circular configuration. According to one embodiment, the flat surface of the substrate is first coated with a coating material, and the substrate thus coated is then spunned at predetermined number of revolutions per minute. According to another embodiment, the apparatus includes a support table on which the substrate is fixedly mounted. A plurality of shaping members are slidably mounted on the support table for forming with the flat non-circular-shaped surface of the substrate a flat continuously extending circular-shaped surface.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying a liquid coating onto a moving web has one or preferably two rotatable rollers. In the two roller embodiment both rollers lie on the same plane which is at or near the horizontal. The two roller embodiment positions the rollers adjacent each so as to form a press nip between them. The moving web makes contact with one of the rollers, or the single roller along an extended circumferential arc of the roller. Adjacent each roller is a supply apparatus for depositing a liquid on to a portion of the roller jacket not in contact with the web. Wiper rods are associated with each supply apparatus and are biased against the jacket of the roller to make the coating of liquid uniform. Surplus liquid is used to wash the rollers to remove web fibers and glue and pigment particulate to avoid contamination thereby of the supply apparatus and wiper rods. The surplus liquid and fibers and particulate are collected in sumps.

Abstract: An appliance for a double-sided coating of a moving web by means of two coating substance applicators and a smoothing nip comprising a back-up roll on one side of the web and a adjustable levelling blade or the like on the other side of the web. The coating substance is supplied on the web directly on the side facing the levelling blade and on the surface of the back-up roll or the web on the other side of the web. The smoothing nip and the both applicators are located within a 30 degrees sector of the back-up roll, preferably within a 20 degrees sector.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing elastomer coated bias fabric are disclosed wherein the fabric is conducted in a horizontal path as it is transversely stretched and coated with an elastomeric composition; using an externally driven roll coater, the elastomeric composition is applied to one surface of the fabric from where it is forced through the interstices of the fabric to the opposite surface whereby both surfaces of the fabric are coated with elastomeric composition.

Abstract: A sealing apparatus wherein the nozzle on the forward end portion of a sealing gun on a programmable industrial robot includes a nozzle holder and a nozzle body made of a flexible material. The forward inner end of the nozzle body can gradually diverge and a reinforcement pipe can be provided in the nozzle holder. The nozzle body can be in the form of a tubular brush made of nylon bristles, a solid tubular body of polyurethane foam or a solid tubular body of silicone rubber.

Abstract: A process for effecting the high speed coating (as herein defined) of both sides of a lightweight paper sheet (as herein defined) with coatings of low dry coatweight (as herein defined), while maintaining good coating pattern and control over the degree of curl in the sheet when dried, comprising the steps of:moving an endless transfer surface sequentially through first, second and third stations,at first station, forming on said transfer surface a smooth continuous film of a first coating mix having a predetermined fluid content and rheology,at the second station, bringing a first side of said paper sheet into contact with said transfer surface and simultaneously subjecting the sheet to pressure against said transfer surface without substantial sheet distortion, so as to promote substantially complete absorption by the sheet of the solvent or dispersion medium of the first coating mix while in engagement with the transfer surface and prior to passage of the sheet and transfer surface through the third statio

Abstract: Steel strip is run towards container containing liquid zinc, and is either deflected before reaching the surface or from an immersed position, by a second deflection roll; in the first case, a scooping roll flushes liquidous zinc against the strip. The strip is either run through a protective gas containing cooling path or through the outer atmosphere.