With Gas, Vapor, Or Flame Contact Means For Work Patents (Class 156/497)
  • Publication number: 20120187542
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes: (a) forming cutting grooves in an element formation surface of a semiconductor wafer on which semiconductor elements are formed; (b) applying a protection tape on the element formation surface of the semiconductor wafer; (c) grinding a rear surface of the semiconductor wafer to thin the semiconductor wafer and to divide the semiconductor wafer into a plurality of semiconductor chips on which the semiconductor elements are formed; (d) forming an adhesive layer on the rear surface of the semiconductor wafer; (e) separating and cutting the adhesive layer for each of the semiconductor chips; and (f) removing the protection tape. The (e) is performed by spraying a high-pressure air to the adhesive layer formed on the rear surface of the semiconductor wafer while melting or softening the adhesive layer by heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Tetsuya KUROSAWA, Shinya Takyu, Akira Tomono
  • Publication number: 20120175039
    Abstract: A drum for cutting linerless labels from a continuous strip and transferring the labels to a container movable with a given trajectory and speed on a machine, the drum including a side surface suitable for guiding the strip by contacting a non-adhesive surface of the labels, the side surface defining a vertical slit, a coaxial and concentric sleeve for centering the drum on a corresponding support spindle, a cutting blade parallel to a vertical direction of the drum, the cutting blade being displaceable in a radial direction from a position retracted inside the drum to a position at least partially extended through the vertical slit outside the side surface of the drum, a fixed cam relative to which the drum rotates and that is configured to press against the cutting blade so as to cause the cutting blade to extend out in a predefined angular position, and a seat that extends in the vertical direction (Z-Z) and is connected to the cam and which is suitable for engagement with a corresponding fixed reference p
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: ILTI S.r.l.
    Inventors: Tarcisio Scapinelli, Andrea Botrini
  • Publication number: 20120175058
    Abstract: Curling of a laminated film is efficiently corrected. The water vapor is brought into contact with the base layer on the outside of the laminated film in a curled state during the first phase transition process. The glass transition temperature of the base layer is lowered. In the base layer, phase transition from the glass state to the rubber state occurs. Supply of the water vapor to the base layer is stopped in the second phase transition process. In the base layer, phase transition from the rubber state to the glass state occurs. The phase transition creates curling that can correct the original curl. The original curl can be corrected by continuously carrying out the first phase transition process and the second phase transition process. The cooling process for cooling the hard coating layer is carried out while the first phase transition process is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Atsushi KODOU, Hiroyuki YUKAWA
  • Patent number: 8215363
    Abstract: An automatic machine for producing corrugated sheet elements, particularly for packaging, thermal insulation, soundproofing and the like, comprising elements for continuously corrugating a first ribbon that moves longitudinally, a feeder for feeding a second flat ribbon in step with the first ribbon, and a device for joining one another the first and second ribbons in discrete regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Interwave S.R.L.
    Inventors: Fabio Angelo Gritti, Roberto Gritti
  • Publication number: 20120168073
    Abstract: Provided are a device for producing a sheet structure including a flexible sheet and a structure formed on the sheet whereby the sheet structure can be easily produced and a method for producing the sheet structure. The production device 1 includes: a table 10 having in a surface thereof a holding region 12; a formation mechanism 31 for forming a structure 2b; a holding mechanism 25 for holding a sheet 2a on the holding region 12; and a control unit 40. The holding mechanism 25 includes: porous materials 14b and 15b provided so that they are at least partly located within the holding region 12 and having interconnected cells; a negative-pressure generating mechanism 17; and a positive-pressure generating mechanism 20. The control unit 40 allows the negative-pressure generating mechanism 17 to generate a negative pressure to hold the sheet 2a, then allows the formation mechanism 31 to form the structure 2b, and then allows the positive-pressure generating mechanism 20 to generate a positive pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Masahiko Gotoh, Yasushi Nakata, Hitomi Muraoka, Minoru Nakata
  • Patent number: 8196635
    Abstract: According to the invention, a suspended blade (55) is provided as a seal which is active between the plates (1a, 2a), said blade comprising a suspension (52) which can be displaced along the upper edge of the first of the two plates (1a), the distance of the suspension from each plane being changeable. The front side of the first plate (1a) lies in said suspension and the blade (55) is provided, at least on one side, with a reversible yielding sealing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Plus Inventia AG
    Inventor: Karl Lenhardt
  • Publication number: 20120138233
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for applying glue to fibers for the production of fiberboard, especially MDF board or similar wood material board. Said installation comprises a fiber feed unit having at least one fiber feed conduit which opens into a fiber exit tube via a fiber deflection element and receives the air that is used to transport the fibers, a chute which is located downstream of the fiber exit tube, a glue application device which has spray nozzles for spraying the fibers that emerge from the fiber exit tube and enter the chute with drops of glue, and a collection device, located downstream of the chute and having an air-permeable transport belt for collecting and optionally carrying off the fibers and a suction device located below the transport belt for suctioning air from the chute through the transport belt, the suction device having one or more suction boxes to which one or more suction pipes are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Dieter Aengenvoort, Michael Schöler, Klaus Schürmann, Lothar Sebastian
  • Patent number: 8171970
    Abstract: An apparatus for making “shrink sleeve” labels, comprises a carousel provided peripherally with a spindle arrangement shaped for being wound by portions of film made of plastics, a transferring unit arranged peripherally to the carousel for transferring each portion of film made of plastics on a respective spindle, an electrostatic-charge generating device arranged downstream of the transferring unit such as to charge electrostatically the portions of film made of plastics; a method for labelling containers comprises forming a sleeve and covering a container with the sleeve, the forming comprising winding a portion of film made of plastics to a respective spindle and maintaining the portion of film made of plastics adhering to the spindle in an electrostatic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Sacmi Verona S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ireneo Orlandi, Maurizio Pedercini, Matteo Grioni
  • Patent number: 8163126
    Abstract: Disclosed is a film sticking device that sticks a first film substrate and a second film substrate together on a curved-surface shape. The film sticking device includes a mold having a curved attachment surface formed into a desired curved-surface shape; an attracting and holding unit capable of relatively moving on the curved attachment surface and having plural vacuum chambers on which an attracting surface for attracting and holding the second film substrate is provided; and a suctioning unit capable of separately applying suction processing to the plural vacuum chambers. The suctioning unit starts, as the attracting and holding unit moves, the suction processing of the vacuum chamber corresponding to a position opposing the second film substrate and sequentially stops, as the second film substrate is stuck to the first film substrate, the suction processing of the vacuum chamber corresponding to the stuck second film substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tohru Harada, Kazuhisa Mishima, Hirokazu Yamanishi, Yoshiaki Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20120090776
    Abstract: A curved circularly polarized lens is used in a passive 3D system to view 3D multimedia. The lens is created in an advanced delicate process whereby two lens pieces are combined with a special glue and molded to a specific conformation. This unique method of production of curved circularly polarized lenses retains the molecular arrangement of the lens, reduces or eliminates optical distortion and physical warping, and eliminates movement between the lens layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Roger Wen-Yi Hsu
  • Publication number: 20120043007
    Abstract: A method of applying a strip of tape includes directing air pressure at a raised section of a conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventor: Richard S. Malik, JR.
  • Patent number: 8105451
    Abstract: A method and a device to be used in the process of manufacturing plates, such as fiberboards or the like boards, where the raw material in form of bio-mass particles, such as wood fibers or the like, applied with a thermosetting binder is spread onto a forming belt to form a mat, and where said mat by means of a hot press is compressed into the desired thickness of the finished plate and the thermosetting binder is hardened. According to the inventing a system and corresponding method for manufacturing biomass-based products is provided that has enhanced efficiency due to the application of ultra sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: Force Technology, Wesser Og Dueholm Arkitekt-Og Ingeniorfirma V/Sten Dueholm
    Inventors: Niels Krebs, Sten Dueholm
  • Publication number: 20110315657
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a graphene transfer film are provided. The method of manufacturing the graphene transfer film includes: forming graphene on a graphene growth film comprising a carbonization catalyst; disposing a carrier film and the graphene growth film so that the carrier film and the graphene growth film, on which the graphene is formed, face each other; applying air pressure to at least one of the graphene growth film and the carrier film so that the graphene and the carrier film are attached to each other; and removing at least a part of the graphene growth film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-hoon CHO, Young-il SONG
  • Publication number: 20110303354
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a structure comprising solid material and typically a substrate, said apparatus comprising a first moving endless surface and adjacent thereto one or more stationary primary (vacuum) gas containers (chambers), at least one thereof being connected to a secondary (vacuum) gas container, whereby the pressure difference between primary and secondary containers is minimized; and methods using such an apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Harald Hermann Hundorf, Marion Hundorf, Peter Ostle
  • Patent number: 8057621
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are useful to produce a corrugated product. They can be used to produce a corrugated product at low temperature, such as room temperature. A zero-contact roll is used to support a web of medium material on a cushion of air at a location prior to the web entering the corrugating labyrinth. The web is free to move toward or away from the surface of the zero-contact roll, on the cushion of air, in response to small oscillatory changes in downstream tension demand based on the fluting frequency in the corrugating labyrinth. A mechanism is also provided to precisely control the mean tension in the web prior to entering the corrugating labyrinth at a low value. Thus, mean web tension is precisely controlled and is low, tension oscillations can be damped, and low temperature corrugating can be achieved without significant fracturing in the corrugated web. A single-facer useful to apply a high-solids content adhesive, also desirable for low-temperature corrugating, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Inventor: Herbert B. Kohler
  • Patent number: 8056598
    Abstract: An air cushion maker includes a pair of forming rollers that are provided with recesses and electrothermal wires so that two consecutive plastic films passing between the forming rollers are made into air cushions with geometric puffy air cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Inventor: Tung-Lung Chiang
  • Patent number: 8047251
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for selective inhibition of sintering in 3D fabrication. The disclosure provides methods and systems that use selective heating arrangements to selectively sinter areas during fabrication thereby reducing waste improving efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventor: Behrokh Khoshnevis
  • Patent number: 8042271
    Abstract: An aspirating roller (1) for transferring labels, comprising at least a pair of pads (20;21) projecting relative to a lateral surface (1a) of the roller (1). The roller (1) is characterised in that at least a portion of the lateral surface (1a) of the roller (1) present between the pads (20;21) is elastically deformable. A method for removing/mounting an elastically deformable plate-like element (6), of the type present between a pair of pads (20;21) and defining a lateral surface (1a) of a roller (1) for transferring labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sidel Holdings & Technology SA
    Inventors: Alessandro Caprara, James Frederick Robertson Carmichael
  • Patent number: 8042590
    Abstract: A protection mechanism for dry film laminator includes a lower member, and an upper member located above the lower member. The upper member moves downwardly/upwardly relative to the lower member. The upper member has a plurality of through holes defined therein and extending therethrough. An air supply device communicates with the through holes for feeding air into the through holes. A film guide device is disposed above the upper member and includes a supply spool and a take-up spool disposed thereon. A continuous release film movably connected to the film guide device. The continuous release film which is wound on the supply spool is routed from the supply spool to flatly pass between the upper member and the lower member, and is sequentially collected by the take-up spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: C Sum Mfg. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Sen Lai
  • Patent number: 8007617
    Abstract: Provided is a method of transferring carbon nanotubes formed on a donor substrate to an acceptor substrate which may include vertically forming carbon nanotubes on a first substrate, providing a second substrate, aligning the first substrate with the second substrate so that the carbon nanotubes face the second substrate, and transferring the carbon nanotubes onto the second substrate by pressing the first substrate onto the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo-seb Min, Un-jeong Kim, Eun-ju Bae, Eun-hong Lee
  • Publication number: 20110206884
    Abstract: A sheet bonding method includes a closely attaching step and a steam supply step. In the closely attaching step, a thermal adhesive sheet is closely attached to the surface of a workpiece to closely attach an adhesive layer of the sheet to the surface of the workpiece. In the steam supply step, steam is supplied to the space around the workpiece so as to heat the adhesive layer by heat conduction from the steam to bond the thermal adhesive sheet to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: NAVITAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Takashi Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20110198036
    Abstract: An extruder welding shoe, preferably for a manual welding extruder that can be attached to an extruder nozzle of an extruder unit at the outlet side, with a material inlet, a material outlet, and a material flow channel extending in between these for a plastified plastic material that is to be extruded. The material flow channel has at least one material branch point that divides the material flow channel into material flow branch channels each of which has a material outlet. The extruder welding shoe includes an internally arranged air guidance system for the preheating air, with an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air flow channel connecting these. Preferably, the air flow channel has at least one air branch point that divides the air flow channel into air flow branch channels each of which has an air outlet. A manual welding extruder is equipped with an extruder welding shoe and is arranged on a chassis, preferably with spring suspension, that is driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Beat METTLER, Adolf Niederberger, Bruno Von Wyl, Roland Beeler
  • Publication number: 20110186231
    Abstract: A protection mechanism for dry film laminator includes a lower member, and an upper member located above the lower member. The upper member moves downwardly/upwardly relative to the lower member. The upper member has a plurality of through holes defined therein and extending therethrough. An air supply device communicates with the through holes for feeding air into the through holes. A film guide device is disposed above the upper member and includes a supply spool and a take-up spool disposed thereon. A continuous release film movably connected to the film guide device. The continuous release film which is wound on the supply spool is routed from the supply spool to flatly pass between the upper member and the lower member, and is sequentially collected by the take-up spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: C SUN MFG. LTD.
    Inventor: Chin-Sen LAI
  • Publication number: 20110180203
    Abstract: A laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) apparatus includes a stage configured to support an acceptor substrate and a supporting portion configured to support a donor film and to move the donor film up and down relative to the stage so as to adjust a distance between the acceptor substrate and the donor film. The donor film includes a thin film to be disposed on the acceptor substrate. The stage includes a discharging outlet through which gas between the acceptor substrate and the donor film is discharged to the outside. The LITI apparatus may be used to laminate a film on an acceptor substrate including an organic light emitting display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Jin-Won Sun, Sok-Won Noh
  • Publication number: 20110159224
    Abstract: In accordance with the disclosed principles, a novel thermoplastic profile roofing strip and an apparatus for welding the thermoplastic profile roofing strip to a thermoplastic roofing membrane is disclosed. In one embodiment, the thermoplastic profile roofing strip may comprise a horizontal base extending longitudinally and having a notched profile. In addition, the thermoplastic profile strip may comprise a vertical central portion laterally connected at one edge and normal to the horizontal base. In such embodiments, the vertical central portion extends longitudinally along the horizontal base to provide the improved profile. Related methods of welding a thermoplastic strip to a thermoplastic membrane are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Li-Ying Yang, Thomas J. Taylor, Sudhir Railkar
  • Publication number: 20110139339
    Abstract: A method of flooring installation includes positioning a welding tip having a v-shaped plastic welding rod therein adjacent to a v-shaped joint formed between plastic flooring and plastic trim and heating the flooring, trim, and welding rod to flow the welding rod into the v-shaped joint to form a plastic weld bead and seal the joint. A welding tip and a welding rod are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Oscoda Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Lee, Darren Taylor
  • Publication number: 20110139364
    Abstract: A method and assembly for chemically modifying chromate converted aluminum work pieces to improve adhesion. The chromate converted aluminum work pieces are treated with oxygen plasma within the range of 500 W to 1500 W for approximately 5 to 30 minutes to chemically modify the free cyanide in the chromate coating. The free cyanide is modified into functional groups that chemically bond with silicone based adhesives. Adhesion strength of at least 100% improvement is observed. An aluminum heat sink is attached to modules with a silicone based elastomer containing a thermally enhanced additive. The thermally enhanced adhesive is dispensed onto application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips, memory chips, or laminates of the modules. Subsequently, the assembled device is cured at 150° C. for approximately one hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Luis J. Matienzo, David William Sissenstein, JR.
  • Patent number: 7954533
    Abstract: A sheet cutting table 13, after sticking an adhesive sheet S to a semiconductor wafer W, for cutting the area outside the semiconductor wafer W as an unnecessary adhesive sheet S1 with a cutting device 15. The table 13 includes an inner table 52 which supports the semiconductor wafer W, and an outer table 51 corresponding to the unnecessary adhesive sheet S1 outside the semiconductor wafer W. The upper surface of the outer table 51 is provided with a non-adherable treatment surface 51A, and an adherable member formed with a ring member 53 or a plate member 63 for sticking the adhesive sheet S thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Nonaka, Kenji Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Sugishita
  • Patent number: 7950433
    Abstract: A machine for inflating and sealing an inflatable web comprising a series of pre-formed flexible containers, each of the pre-formed containers being capable of holding therein a quantity of gas and having an opening for receiving such gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventors: Laurence Sperry, Eric Kane
  • Publication number: 20110114266
    Abstract: A device for applying adhesive having both an adhesive distribution housing comprising a plurality of adhesive discharge nozzles and at least one gas discharge nozzle disposed in the longitudinal axis of the adhesive distribution housing. Fundamental advantages are created by a simple, inexpensively-implemented constructive design for the device, thereby enabling expensive ancillary equipment either to be eliminated or at least significantly reduced in scope. Due to the advantageous manner of application, the invention succeeds in avoiding material wastage, while also achieving to the greatest extent possible a full-coverage, homogenous distribution of the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Lars Petersen, Sten Thornberg
  • Patent number: 7931765
    Abstract: A method and a device to be used in the process of manufacturing plates, such as fiberboards or the like boards, where the raw material in form of biomass particles, such as wood fibers or the like, applied with a thermosetting binder is spread onto a forming belt to form a mat, and where said mat by means of a hot press is compressed into the desired thickness of the finished plate and the thermosetting binder is hardened. According to the invention the thermosetting binder is applied to the dried biomass particles in an airborne process, where the intense and homogeneous contact of the biomass particles and the droplets of fluent binder are facilitated by the use of ultrasound generated by the use of compressed air, water steam or another gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignees: Force Technology, Wesser Og Dueholm Arkitekt-Og Ingeniorfirma V/Sten Dueholm
    Inventors: Niels Krebs, Sten Dueholm
  • Publication number: 20110083810
    Abstract: A sealing machine for a fresh-keeping and cooking container is provided. The sealing machine includes a lidding-film processing unit, a bonding unit, and a heat-sealing unit. The lidding-film processing unit includes die cutters and hot needles for forming line-segment-shaped, spaced slits and dot-shaped atmosphere-modifying breathing holes on a surface of a lidding film passing through the lidding-film processing unit. The processed lidding film then enters the bonding unit and is bonded with an airtight sealing strip whose bottom is provided with adhesive. Afterward, the lidding film bonded with the sealing strip enters the heat-sealing unit so as to cover an opening of a container and be heat-sealed to a heat-sealable rim of the opening. Thus, the lidding film is processed and sealed to the container in a continuous manner to simplify sealing of the container and removal of scraps cut from the used lidding film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: David Lin, Irene H. Lin
  • Patent number: 7918954
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing a substrate assembly by applying a force to the assembly while simultaneously exposing the substrate assembly, and in particular a sealing material disposed between two substrates of the substrate assembly, to an irradiating beam of electromagnetic energy. The beam heats, cures and/or melts the sealing material, depending upon the sealing material to form the seal. The force is applied by directing a flow of fluid against the substrate assembly, and beneficially improves contact between the substrates of the substrate assembly and the sealing material during the sealing process, therefore assisting in achieving a hermetic seal between the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Amsden, James Joseph Bernas, John Joseph Costello, III, Margaret Helen Gentile, Mark Andrew Stocker, Lu Zhang
  • Patent number: 7905267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handheld welding tool with external air supply for welding thermoplastic synthetic material, with a preferably wand-shaped housing containing at least one hot air generating device, and with flexible supply lines for air and power supply that are combined in a supply line package. The supply lines of the supply line package are connected with rear connection elements on the housing, to the supply line for the air supply encasing the power supply line as a sheath. The invention proposes to connect the supply line package rotatably to a common rear non-rotatable connection piece of the housing. This makes it possible to rotate the handheld welding tool with little force in relation to the supply line package in order to facilitate the handling of the handheld welding tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: LEISTER Process Technologies
    Inventor: Hans Arnold
  • Publication number: 20110024055
    Abstract: An air cushion maker includes a pair of forming rollers that are provided with recesses and electrothermal wires so that two consecutive plastic films passing between the forming rollers are made into air cushions with geometric puffy air cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventor: Tung-Lung Chiang
  • Publication number: 20110024038
    Abstract: A resin component welding apparatus and method are for welding joint faces of resin components with each other. The apparatus has supporting members which support respective resin components in an axial direction with the joint faces movable to each other along the axial direction; a hot air die having nozzle faces and moveable from an inserting position to a retracting position between both resin components; first driving means for moving said supporting members to a heating position wherein joint faces of respective resin components come close to the nozzle faces of said hot air die located at an inserting position, or to a welding position wherein joint faces of respective resin components are pressure-contacted to each other under the condition of said hot air die located at the retracting position; and second driving means for moving said hot air die between inserting and retracting positions, wherein said hot air die provides a hot air circuit that has a hot air generating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventor: Atsuhiro Mori
  • Publication number: 20110017404
    Abstract: A method for assembling insulating glass panes from two or more glass sheets filled with a gas other than air, two plates facing each other, arranged parallel to each other vertically or inclined with adjustable mutual distance, a horizontal conveyor arranged near the lower edge of the plates, a first sealing device and a second sealing device, positioned at the protruding edges of both the plates or near these edges or between the plates and can extend between the horizontal conveyor and a point lying above the horizontal conveyor, and having means for feeding a gas other than air into a chamber, delimited on both the sides by the two plates and by the two sealing devices. For assembling overlong insulating glass panes, the glass sheets, at one of which a frame-like spacer is attached on both the sides, are positioned between the plates opposite each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: BYSTRONIC LENHARDT GMBH
    Inventor: Peter SCHULER
  • Publication number: 20110000612
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for bonding two substrates, in particular two semiconductor substrates which, in order to be able to improve the reliability of the process, provides the step of providing a gaseous flow over the bonding surfaces of the substrates The invention also relates to a corresponding bonding equipment
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Gweltaz Gaudin, Fabrice Lallement, Cyrille Colnat, Pascale Giard
  • Publication number: 20110002788
    Abstract: A method of forming an internal structure within a hollow component (2), the component comprising first and second panels (4, 6) and at least one membrane (8; 10) disposed between the first and second panels (4, 6), the method comprising: selectively bonding the at least one membrane (8; 10) to the first and/or second panels (4, 6); inflating the component (2) by passing a pressurised fluid between the first and second panels (4, 6) such that the first and second panels (4, 6) are inflated into contact with a die assembly (38) and such that the membrane (8; 10) forms an internal structure between the first and second panels (4, 6); and deforming the internal structure by applying the pressurised fluid at a first pressure (P1) on one side of the membrane (8; 10) and at a second pressure (P2) on the other side of the membrane (8; 10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: John H. Mason
  • Patent number: 7858179
    Abstract: In the manufacturing method of the laminated metal plate, a fluorine resin film is used as a plastic film. Prior to a flame treatment, a joint surface of the metal plate is heated with a direct flame of 900° C. to 1200° C. for 1 to 5 seconds so that the joint surface is preheated to 40° C. to 70° C. After that, the joint surface of the metal plate is heated to 250° C. to 450° C. by the follow-on flame treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Laminate Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Watanabe, Isamu Matsuura
  • Publication number: 20100266834
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process to foam a water-base adhesive wherein a gas is dissolved or generated under pressure in the water phase essentially without the formation of foam. To apply the adhesive in the form of foam, the pressurized adhesive is released through a valve onto a substrate at atmospheric pressure, whereby the dissolved gas separates as gas bubbles. The invention relates further to an apparatus for the implementation of said process comprising a pressure-tight container for the adhesive wherein an overpressure is provided through a first valve, and at the outlet of said container a drain valve is placed. The apparatus further comprises a pressure-tight acid vessel for the acid which is furnished with a second valve at its inlet The outlet of said vessel is connected through a third valve to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: Ottó SZILÁGYI
  • Patent number: 7810537
    Abstract: A device forms a radial flange on a bottom opening of a conate member having a longitudinal axis. The device has a die for receiving the conate member with the bottom opening extending from an open end of the die, a seal-forming cone having at least two radially-extendable sections and being removably located in the open end of the die, inside the conate member, and a handle, axially movable in the cone to extend the movable sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Steven R. Mayle
  • Patent number: 7785432
    Abstract: The invention describes a method and a device for positioning insulating glass panes (24, 25) that are arranged in pairs one opposite the other in a vertical assembly and pressing device for insulating glass panes which is part of a production line for insulating glass panes, in which a first glass sheet (24) and a second glass sheet (25) carrying a spacer (27), intended for one insulating glass pane, are fed into the assembly and pressing device in upright position, standing on a horizontal conveyor and leaning against a first supporting device (1, 31), the assembly and pressing device comprising an arrangement consisting of two pressure plates (la, 2a) that can be transferred from a first position, in which they are inclined in opposite directions, to a second position in which they are positioned one in parallel to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Karl Lenhardt
  • Publication number: 20100200169
    Abstract: A machine for inflating and sealing an inflatable web comprising a series of pre-formed flexible containers, each of the pre-formed containers being capable of holding therein a quantity of gas and having an opening for receiving such gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Laurenee Sperry, Eric Kane
  • Publication number: 20100193118
    Abstract: A method is provided for heat welding plastic material. A welding tip is provided and is configured to slidably receive a welding rod and to direct a flow of hot air toward such a welding rod from a hot air source to melt a leading end of the rod as the welding rod is advanced therethrough. Plastic sheets are positioned edgewise adjacent one another to form a seam therebetween. A v-shaped groove is cut into and along the seam, and the sheets are then welded together along the seam by feeding a welding rod through the welding tip while positioning and moving the welding tip adjacent and along the seam as the welding tip directs hot air to heat the welding rod and the sheets along the groove such that the welding rod flows into the groove and welds to respective sheet surfaces defining the groove. Also provided is an insert for making the v-shaped groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: John D. Rouse, Jeremy R. Lee
  • Publication number: 20100187039
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sandwich panel includes, but is not limited to the steps of providing at least one air-permeable core layer and at least one porous cover layer, applying an adhesive onto a first area of the core layer, pressing the cover layer onto the first area of the core layer to connect the cover layer to the core layer, and applying an airstream that from the outside is directed onto the cover layer and that moves through the cover layer and the core layer. By means of such an airstream it is possible to prevent excessive accumulation of adhesive on the cover layer, which otherwise would result in partial blocking of the cover layer. By varying the intensity of the airstream the flow resistance of the arrangement including, but not limited to, the cover layer and the core layer may be determined and set during the bonding process. In this way a sandwich panel with precise sound-absorption behavior can be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Joakim HOLMGREN
  • Patent number: 7743809
    Abstract: A hot-air fabric welder for waterproofing tape is invented for selectively welding straight portions and arc portions. The hot-air fabric welder for waterproof tape is comprised of: a lower roller unit including a flat roller portion and a tapered roller portion mounted to the upper end of a support. The lower roller unit is divided into a flat roller body and a tapered roller body for selectively positioning into contact with the upper roller, so that the surface of the lower roller unit contacts the upper roller. A driving means is provided for rotating the lower roller unit. A pivoting means is provided for rotating the support on which the lower roller unit is mounted for selective use of the flat roller portion or the tapered roller portion. A hot-air generating unit is linked to the lower roller unit, driving unit and pivoting unit, and an upper roller is arranged above the lower roller unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Inventor: Gi-Won Seo
  • Patent number: 7721781
    Abstract: An inflatable web, and method and apparatus for inflating the web, which generally includes two sheets having inner surfaces sealed to each other in a pattern defining a series of inflatable chambers of predetermined length, each of the chambers having at least one change in width over their length; an inflation port located at a proximal end of each chamber, the inflation ports being formed by intermittent seals between the sheets; and longitudinal flanges formed by a portion of each of the sheets that extend beyond the inflation ports and intermittent seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation
    Inventors: Charles R. Sperry, Suzanne Scott
  • Publication number: 20100122762
    Abstract: An improved wafer-to-wafer bonding method includes aligning an upper and a lower wafer and initiating a bond at a single point by applying pressure to a single point of the upper wafer via the flow of pressurized gas through a port terminating at the single point. The bond-front propagates radially across the aligned oppositely oriented wafer surfaces at a set radial velocity rate bringing the two wafer surfaces into full atomic contact by controlling the gas pressure and/or controlling the velocity of the motion of the lower wafer up toward the upper wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: SUSS MICROTEC INC
    Inventor: GREGORY GEORGE
  • Patent number: 7717150
    Abstract: A shuffling hand feeling and unwanted non-uniform absorption characteristics in the case of using a tow (fiber bundle) are prevented. An absorbent body includes a fiber aggregate 21 formed by opening the tow, a super absorbent polymer 54, and a sheet covering these components; and includes the super absorbent polymer 54 bonded to the sheet 58 with an adhesive that is applied in a continuous plane to the entire surface or the substantially entire surface of at least the portion to be provided with the super absorbent polymer 54 in this sheet 58.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Daio Paper Corporation
    Inventors: Sadanao Manabe, Hiroyuki Hanao, Takeshi Furudoi, Akinori Fukae, Toshikazu Maeda, Hiroyuki Yano, Taira Kubo, Yoshiharu Miyashita, Tomotsugu Matsui