Presses Or Press Platen Structures, Per Se Patents (Class 156/580)
  • Patent number: 6612355
    Abstract: A device for applying an adhesive label to a disk such as a CD or DVD includes a platen and a central hub rising from the platen. The label is centered about the hub on the platen. The hub has three deformable legs that are biased outwardly and that are deformed inwardly when a disk is slid down the hub against the label, with the label adhering to the disk on contact. The disk can then be slid back up the hub to remove the disk with label. Centering structure is provided for engaging the label to hold the label centered about the hub until the disk abuts the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Microvision Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Cook, Jim Mayall
  • Publication number: 20030159783
    Abstract: A manufacturing speed for a laminated member for every layer is increased to improve productivity and at the same time a small-sized manufacturing apparatus capable of being practically realized is provided. A base plate is mounted at a linear predetermined segment path in such a way that it can be reciprocated and moved up and down, each of one to a plurality of an insulating layer forming means for discharging ceramics slurry or insulating resin paste, conductive layer forming means for injecting conductive paste by an ink jet system and drying means for drying said slurry, paste are arranged side by side on the segment path, the thin film layer having a predetermined electrode pattern arranged thereon is formed on the ceramics insulating layer while the base plate reciprocates by once to several times over the segment path, and these operations are repeated to form the laminated member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: UHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Kakimoto, Fumiaki Matsumoto, Hisashi Yasoda, Makoto Furuta
  • Patent number: 6607119
    Abstract: A method of welding two work pieces that define a connecting zone between them is described. A friction pin is fed at a starting point into the connecting zone and into opposite regions of the work pieces on both sides of the connecting zone. The friction pin is moved in a welding direction along the connecting zone resulting in the work pieces being welded. The friction pin is led out of the connecting zone after welding the work pieces. The friction pin is fed into a sacrificial element while lifting the friction pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Framatome ANP GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Engelhard, Rainer Bauer, Dieter Pellkofer, Helmar Adams
  • Patent number: 6601500
    Abstract: A low friction machine for manufacturing corrugated board is described. The machine effectively extends the life expectancy of critical machine components such as the feet used in pressure applicators as well as a conveyor belt by reducing friction. The machine includes a foot operative for applying pressure to the substrate. The foot includes a conduit having a first end and a second end. An actuator attached to the foot and moves the foot between a raised position and a lowered position. The lowered position is proximate the substrate. An air supply connected to the first end of the conduit and supplies air to the foot. A check valve coupled to the second end of the conduit and regulates airflow in the foot. The check valve is opened when the foot is in the lowered position and closed when the foot is in the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Corrugated Gear & Services, Inc.
    Inventor: David Lauderbaugh
  • Publication number: 20030141009
    Abstract: A laser strikes and aseptically heats or sterilizes the end of two flexible tube ends for connection. Tube holders are pushed toward each other to bring the tube ends into contact. A weld detector checks the characteristics of the weld. A laser optics assembly may be used to change the direction of the laser and focus the laser at the tube ends. In addition, a crimping device is used to compress a single flexible tube for disconnection. The laser strikes the compressed area. The crimping device continues to pinch the area and forms a seal in the tube. The tube is separated into two tube segments, each segment has a sealed end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Frank J. Landherr, John A. Biewer, Shahid Din, David Do, Rick Gilbert, James J. Alberti, David W. Pennington, Joe Romack
  • Patent number: 6595258
    Abstract: A device for the positioning of a label, having a central aperture and peripheral edge, onto a surface of a disk, having a central hole and an outer edge including three components: (1) a support base for the label having a central aperture; (2) a centering spindle having a first and second, reduced diameter portions for relatively centering the label and disk, the disk being seated on a shoulder between the first and second diameter portions; and (3) a compressible foam pad, cylindrical in shape adapted to be adhered to the bottom of the second diameter portion of the spindle and positioned in an aperture in the base on which the spindle may be seated. With the disk retained on the shoulder and centered by the second diameter portion of the spindle passing therethrough, the disk is moved towards the label supported adhesive side up on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Fellowes, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter H. Tracy, Selwyn Pires
  • Publication number: 20030121472
    Abstract: A binding assembly for a printer includes a support chassis that is mountable to a printer, downstream of a printing zone of the printer. The support chassis defines a glue application and binding zone in which printed sheets of media are received in a feed direction. An elongate glue applicator is mounted on the chassis and is positioned substantially at right angles to the feed direction. The applicator is displaceable towards and away from the sheets of media to apply a strip of glue to a transverse edge of each of said consecutive sheets of media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Tobin Allen King, Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 6585024
    Abstract: A positioning target for a printed circuit board made of base layers and by at least two pressing processes has a first width, a second width formed in the first width, a left margin and a right margin formed on opposite sides of the second width and immediately adjacent to the second width, a first length, a second length formed in the first length, a top margin and a bottom margin. An area formed by a mix of the second width and the second length is for the laminated printed circuit board and multiple positioning holes are respectively defined in two adjacent margins horizontally respective to end sides of two adjacent margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Compeq Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventor: Hsien-Yu Chiu
  • Patent number: 6585147
    Abstract: In a friction agitation joining method for joining two plate-shaped joining members butted against each other with a level difference formed at upper surface sides thereof by a joining tool having a probe rotatable about a rotation axis thereof, the butted joining members are arranged so as to be inclined to a horizontal plane with one of the joining members having a higher upper surface level positioned at a lower side and the other at a higher side. Then, the rotating probe is inserted into a butted portion of the joining members or the vicinity thereof in a state that the rotation axis is parallel to a vertical plane extending along the butted portion. Then, the probe is moved relative to the joining members along the butted portion with the probe inserted into the butted portion or the vicinity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Showa Aluminum Corporation
    Inventor: Shigetoshi Jogan
  • Patent number: 6585021
    Abstract: A CD label applicator kit including a case, a support device and an applicator tool. The case includes a base and cover that provides a label plate. The label forms an opening. The support device includes an alignment post, a hub and a spring. The alignment post is affixed to an outer wall of the cover and extends outwardly through the opening. The hub is slidably disposed about the alignment post and defines a disk-receiving surface. The spring biases the hub to a raised position in which the disk-receiving surface is above the label plate. Finally, the applicator tool forms a central passage sized for selective placement about the alignment post. In one preferred embodiment, the kit includes a label sheet pack and a software disk stored within the base, and a writing utensil secured to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Jon R. Clark, George L. Foster, Richard E. Jewett, Leo W. Spychalla, John W. Swanson
  • Patent number: 6579405
    Abstract: An apparatus fabricating a resonator including a horn member and a plurality of piezoelectric members which are secured together by an adhesive layer, including a support element for holding said horn securely in place; and a plurality of clamping bars for applying a discrete force to each one of said plurality of piezoelectric members, each one of said plurality of clamping bars is in contact and associated with an individual piezoelectric member from said plurality of piezoelectric elements thereby maintaining a substantially uniform adhesive layer thickness between said horn and each of one said plurality of piezoelectric members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: David B. Montfort
  • Patent number: 6575221
    Abstract: An apparatus for adhering a part and a part support with the intermediary of intermediate members is disclosed. The apparatus is capable of assembling the part and part support while easily and accurately maintaining the intermediate members in a positional relation for adhesion relative to the part and part support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Morii, Shigeru Fujita, Hiroshi Takemoto, Shinobu Kanatani, Syunichi Imanari
  • Publication number: 20030098123
    Abstract: The present application discloses a substrate processing apparatus having a pair of pressed together supply rolls for applying pressure to perform the processing operation. The present application also discloses a method for processing a substrate wherein a pair of supply rolls are pressed together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: XYRON, INC.
    Inventor: David D. Miller
  • Patent number: 6569283
    Abstract: An inflator/sealer machine useful for inflating and sealing an inflatable cushion having a resistance wire that extends across the inlet of the inflatable cushion. The machine includes an inflation tube, a seal bar, and an anvil. The inflation tube is connected to a source of inflation fluid and has an outlet that is larger than the inflation aperture of the inflatable cushion. The inflation tube and anvil are adjustable between a tube/anvil engaged position and a tube/anvil disengaged position. In the tube/anvil engaged position, the inflation tube outlet opposes the anvil and can engage the inflation aperture of the inflatable cushion between the inflation tube and the anvil to inflate the cushion. The seal bar and the anvil are adjustable between a bar/anvil engaged position and a bar/anvil disengaged position. In the bar/anvil engaged position, the anvil opposes the seal bar to compress the inlet heat seal zone of the inflatable cushion between the anvil and the seal bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)
    Inventors: Charles R. Sperry, Suzanne M. Scott, James M. Corliss
  • Patent number: 6564844
    Abstract: A compact disc labeling device for manual application of a label to a compact disc includes an assembly having a circumferential flange with an upper flange surface, a piston, a first rod having a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the label's central aperture and that extends from the upper surface of the piston, and a second rod having a diameter approximately equal to the diameter of the disc's central aperture and that extends from the first rod. In use, a label is placed on the flange with the first rod projecting through its central aperture and the disc positioned on the second rod through its central aperture. When the piston is moved from an upper first position to a lower second position, the disc is applied to the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Rocky Mountain Traders, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanley I. Grossman
  • Patent number: 6557609
    Abstract: At least one transverse blade (19) is mounted on one end of the body of the pressing device (12) which cyclically acts on the packaging film (1) so as to fix it to an underlying tearing strip (7) which is directed towards the film with an adhesive surface and is supported by a conveyor belt (3), said blade (19) cutting and dividing up to the required dimension the said tearing strip from the continuous tape from which the strip itself is obtained, while the said belt acts as a cutter counter-piece. Auxiliary blades (21, 121) are also mounted laterally and parallel on one end of the body of the pressing device, said blades (21, 121), during the active working phase of the said pressing device, interfering with the edge of the packaging film in order to form, on the latter, incisions located on the sides of the front gripping end of the tearing strip, in order to facilitate tearing of the packaging when the said strip (7) is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: BFB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Fini, Giorgio Tassi
  • Publication number: 20030079829
    Abstract: With a thin film bearing surface of a substrate directed toward an insulation film which is formed on a surface of a quartz plate, the substrate and the quartz plate are moved closer to each other and the insulation film is tightly adhered to the thin film bearing surface (adhering process). The quartz plate alone is then selectively peeled off, thereby completing transfer of the insulation film onto the substrate (peeling process). In this manner, the insulation film is disposed on the thin film bearing surface of the substrate, and a transportation mechanism then houses the substrate in a substrate cassette. Meanwhile, after the quartz plate is transported by the transportation mechanism to a cleaning unit and cleaned by the cleaning unit (cleaning process), the quartz plate is returned to a plate-like member cassette and waits in this cassette until reused next time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Ueyama, Izuru Iseki
  • Publication number: 20030075275
    Abstract: An IC-card manufacturing apparatus manufactures an IC card from a laminated substrate including an electronic component and laminate materials which sandwich the electronic component. The IC-card manufacturing apparatus includes a laminated-substrate sandwiching unit which includes upper and lower sandwiching sections for sandwiching the laminated substrate in a sealed state; an evacuation unit for evacuating air from the interior of the laminated substrate; and an evacuation mechanism section which sandwiches the laminated-substrate sandwiching unit in order to form an upper evacuation chamber above the upper sandwiching section and a lower evacuation chamber below the lower sandwiching section and which evacuates air from the upper and lower evacuation chambers by use of the evacuation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Suinobu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20030075280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a jointing press for jointing a first and second free end of one or more belts which is adapted to raise directly the temperature of the surface of the belt (or belts) thereby decreasing heat-up times and which exploits the unheated platens to act as a heat sink in the cooling step thereby eliminating the need for external water or forced air cooling sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Marshall Wright
  • Patent number: 6550513
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Roland Boss
  • Publication number: 20030070765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for vacuum-pressing of disk-shaped substrates, in particular DVD substrates into a finished DVD, wherein the device has a vacuum chamber with two substrate holders and an intermediate element that can be displaced inside the vacuum chamber; and wherein the intermediate element divides the vacuum chamber into a first low-pressure chamber and a second chamber that can be alternatingly connected to vacuum or to an overpressure, which makes the device particularly suited for use with a hot-melt thermoplastic adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: KRAUSS-MAFFEI KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Eichlseder
  • Patent number: 6543510
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for synchronously removing coverlay film from an adhesive film and applying an adhesive strip cut from the adhesive film to cover one or more reject die sites and/or functional die sites on semiconductor package support elements are disclosed. Reject die sites on defective substrates are covered prior to encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Casey Prindiville
  • Publication number: 20030062109
    Abstract: A modular reciprocating heat seal jaw assembly is disclosed for sealing reclosable fastener strips to a web of thermoplastic film and for sealing the web of thermoplastic film into a series of reclosable bags. The jaw assembly includes first and second sealing jaws and means for slidably mounting the sealing jaws on a pair of parallel shafts near the lateral ends of the first and second sealing jaws in a horizontal configuration. A mechanical system is providing for selectively effecting reciprocal movement of the first and second sealing jaws together and apart as required. A modular frame is provided for supporting the ceiling jaws and the first and second pairs of parallel shafts and for maintaining the lateral and vertical position of the first and second sealing jaws as they are moved toward or away from each other. The modular frame and heat seal jaw assembly may be inserted into existing form-fill-seal machine to make them more efficient and accurate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Donald K. Wright, Christopher L. Pemberton, James K. Hankins
  • Publication number: 20030056895
    Abstract: A heat tack application involves arranging an adhesive between a strand of conductive material and a strand of insulation material; applying a temperature of about 100-300° C. and a pressure of about 5-100 psi for about 5-120 seconds to tack the adhesive. A stack can thereby be formed, and a plurality of stacks assembled to form a nascent rotor coil that is subsequently arranged in a rotor slot. An applied temperature of about 100-500° C. and a pressure of about 100-1,500 psi can fully cure the adhesive after the coil is arranged within the rotor slot. Depending on the context of use, the conductive material may more generally be a first component, and the insulation material may more generally be a second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Lee Miller
  • Patent number: 6533013
    Abstract: An electric strapping tools and methods therefor having an electric motor with an output shaft coupled to a feed wheel, a modulator circuit coupled to a power input of the motor for controlling strap tension. A magnet is disposed on an end of the motor armature and offset from the rotation axis thereof, and a magnetic field detector is disposed near magnet to detect rotation of the armature. The motor rotates the feed wheel and vibrates a welding jaw when the shaft rotates in the same direction, and tool parameter adjustment potentiometers are isolated from abuse by the tool user by corresponding control knobs coupled thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Nix
  • Patent number: 6535393
    Abstract: A device comprising a circuit, a lead having a first end connected to the circuit and having a second end, and a deformable structure connected to the second end of the lead. The invention may be embodied on a circuit board, so that the circuit board includes a substrate and a deformable structure connected to said substrate. Also disclosed is a device comprising a circuit having an active side and a non-active side, a package enclosing the active side of the circuit and not enclosing a portion of the non-active side of the circuit, and a lead having a first end connected to the active side of the circuit via a lead-over-chip connection, and having a second end extending from the package. Also disclosed is a device comprising a circuit and a lead formed from a flexible conductor, with the lead having a first end connected to the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Salman Akram, Warren M. Farnworth, Alan G. Wood, J. Michael Brooks, Eugene H. Cloud
  • Publication number: 20030047287
    Abstract: A sealing head for a lidding machine is disclosed. The sealing head comprises a ball-and-socket joint that allows the head to provide an even, consistent seal when the orientation of the lid and container is not perfectly perpendicular with the sealing head. The sealing head also comprises an insulator portion that rests against the lid during sealing to protect the contents of the container from excessive heat. Heat is applied to the lid through a rim that extends around the circumference of the insulator portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Samuel M. Massey, Richard Phillips, Jim G. Gardner, Paul D. Balentine
  • Publication number: 20030047288
    Abstract: A vacuum press for bonding a plurality of laminar substrates that features a processing chamber having an interior portion defined by two side walls, front and rear walls, and a chamber floor. A lower bolster member is disposed within the processing chamber and an upper force transfer member is connected to the lower bolster member such that movement in the upper force transfer member and produces concurrent movement in the lower bolster member. A stationary bolster member that defines a chamber ceiling is maintained between the upper force transfer member and the lower bolster member such that distance between the upper force transfer member and the stationary bolster member can vary. An actuator is connected to the upper force transfer member. The actuator moves the upper force transfer member between a load position and a press position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventor: Thaddeus Soberay
  • Patent number: 6527028
    Abstract: The present application discloses a substrate processing apparatus having a pair of pressed together supply rolls for applying pressure to perform the processing operation. The present application also discloses a method for processing a substrate wherein a pair of supply rolls are pressed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Xyron, Inc.
    Inventor: David D. Miller
  • Publication number: 20030037873
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for simultaneously pressing together longitudinally a plurality of individual strips of wood, each strip being provided with a finger joint at each end. The strips are jointed end to end in a number of rows to form a floorboard. The apparatus includes a mechanism for simultaneously applying longitudinal pressure to each of the rows of wood strips during the curing process. The resulting floorboard is mechanically improved, has greater protection against humidity and increases the fatigue resistance of the floorboard, which can be used for trailer floors or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: PROLAM, SOCIETE EN COMMANDITE
    Inventor: Benoit Risi
  • Patent number: 6523593
    Abstract: A device for applying a label to a disc includes a support member, preferably in the form of a plate for supporting a label on its upper surface, the plate having a central opening through which projects a disc positioning member, for example, in the form of a rod and a carriage member, preferably in the form of a plurality of bearings mounted on resilient arms. The bearings are adapted to move under pressure from above from a first position in which the bearings project upwardly through the opening to support the disc in spaced apart relationship to the label and to retain the label through its central aperture in concentric alignment with the disc to a second position in which the bearings are retracted below the upper surface of the plate for lowering the disc onto the label whereupon the label is adhered to the disc and is no longer retained by the bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Rocky Mountain Traders, Ltd.
    Inventor: Howard Miller
  • Publication number: 20030029553
    Abstract: A method for transferring a three-dimensional structure onto a substrate, which includes filling a plurality of concaves arranged on a sheet-form mold with a paste-like structural material, temporarily fixing the mold to a support member, contact-bonding the structural material in a state in which the structural material has the adhesion property or bonding property to the substrate together with the mold, releasing the temporary fixation of the mold by the support member after the contact-bonding, and removing the mold from the substrate, thereby transferring a three-dimensional structure onto the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Fujitsu, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Toyoda, Akira Tokai, Motonari Kifune, Keiichi Betsui
  • Patent number: 6516851
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for automatically and with precision applying each of a series of individual self-adhesive labels from a continuous liner transporting labels at a first linear speed, each label being applied to one of a series of individual cartons moving at intervals at a second linear speed different from the first linear speed and wherein each label is applied at a selectable and reproducible preset distance from the leading edge of each carton. Each label is advanced to a parked position on a fan box, being partially dispensed thereon and further advanced by the liner to a pinch point for wiping the label onto a passing carton, this second advancing being timed for “just-in-time” delivery of the label to the pinch point to position the label along the length of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Tharo Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Thatcher, Jason Ashworth, Joseph Yatsko
  • Patent number: 6517652
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for connecting at least two thermoplastic elements. The elements are pressed together and welded elements whereby at least two welds are produced. This method may be used for friction welding of two overlapping sections of a thermoplastic strip. Also disclosed is a system for wrapping the strip around a package. The strip is passed around the package to form a loop whereby the sections are arranged at each end of the loop. The strip is tightened and secured by at least one clamping plate of the system. The strip is pressed against an abutment plate of the system pressing the overlapping sections together by a vibrating plate of the system. The overlapping sections are pressed against the abutment plate by the vibrating plate welding the overlapping sections by the vibrating plate whereby at least two welds are A produced one behind each other in longitudinal direction of the strip and separated from one another by an unwelded area of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Gerd Mosca AG
    Inventor: Michael Gratz
  • Patent number: 6516852
    Abstract: A label applying apparatus and method for concentrically applying annular labels (having adhesive on one side) to compact discs. The apparatus has a similar size and shape as that of a conventional jewel case and has first and second platforms capable of hinging relative to each other between open and closed positions. When in the open position, a compact disc may be mounted on the first platform, and an annular label delicately retained on the second platform with the adhesive side up. Preferably, the annular label is retained on the second platform by means of several centrally located fingers which contact an inner circumference edge of the annular label. When the first and second platforms are hinged to the closed position, the annular label and the compact disc are concentrically aligned and joined together in a bonding relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Codax Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Sandor
  • Patent number: 6514372
    Abstract: This invention relates to a manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of thin film article by cutting a thin film sheet conveyed as being mounted on a conveying medium of thin film shape into a special size to obtain a thin film sheet piece, and conveying and laminating said thin film sheet piece at a laminating position by a ball-screw mechanism, wherein the cutting position of said thin film sheet is determined on the basis of an image taken by imaging means moving in synchronism with conveyance of said thin film sheet piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: New Create Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20030019566
    Abstract: A roof membrane welding apparatus capable of applying a weld to a first membrane and an overlapping second membrane. The apparatus includes a movably supported chassis, a welder attached to the chassis for heating the top membrane to at least the vicant softening point to weld the overlapping second membrane and the first membrane, and at least one weld wheel rotatably attached to the chassis and located rearward of the nozzle relative to the direction of movement of the apparatus, the weld wheel including a marker having an indicia thereon that is transferred to a top surface of the second membrane only where the first membrane and the second membrane have undergone a phase change during heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Harold T. Pate, Dave Scott
  • Publication number: 20030015295
    Abstract: This invention relates to a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus of friction plate for clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: AISIN KAKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukiharu Honda, Hideto Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20030015281
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a frame, first and second supply rolls and a substrate processing assembly including a resiliently deformable structure configured to apply pressure to the first and second supply rolls to perform a substrate processing operation. A method for processing a substrate includes providing first and second supply rolls rotatably mounted to the substrate processing apparatus, wherein at least one of the first and second supply rolls has pressure-sensitive adhesive provided thereon. The selected substrate is enabled to be fed in a substrate receiving opening with the first and the second substrates positioned on opposing sides thereof. The first and second substrates are advanced through the substrate receiving opening. A resiliently deformable structure deforms to apply pressure to the selected substrate and the first and second substrates as they are advanced through the substrate receiving opening, thereby bonding the adhesive to the selected substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: XYRON, INC.
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Kvamme, Ronald J. Hoffman, Cory W. Worth, Daniel G. Reed
  • Publication number: 20030015276
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for adhering a flexible film to a ventilated platen without air entrapment problems are described. In the apparatus, a tool body and a tool lid are connected together by a hinge means in a clam-shell configuration. The tool body has a cavity formed such that a ventilated platen can be tightly positioned therein with a top surface of the platen exposed. A flexible film is mounted to an inner surface of the tool lid facing the tool body and pushed down onto the ventilated platen while air is being withdrawn from the ventilated platen. The adhesion process for the flexible film to the platen can be completed without any air entrapment problem existing between the film and the platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Xian Wu, Ming-Guo Yu
  • Patent number: 6508914
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for the accurate centrical placement of a self-adhesive label (12e) onto a disk-shaped object (11), particularly a compact disk (11a), comprising a first housing part (2) provided with a locating device (4) for the label (12e), as well as a second housing part (3) provided with a locating device (3b) for the disk-shaped object (11), whereby the housing parts (2, 3) are connected with each other to swivel about a common swivel axis (C) and are conveyable from an open position into a closed position such that, in this closed position, the locating devices (3b, 4) are placed in a position arranged to face one another and that, in this closed position, at least one of the two locating devices (3b, 4) is movably arranged in the respective housing part to move in the direction toward the opposite locating device, in order to bring the disk-shaped object (11) into contact with the label (12e). The labels (12e) are adaptedly structured according to the apparatus (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Dynosys AG
    Inventors: Edwin Schwaller, Andre Schwaller
  • Patent number: 6508289
    Abstract: A surface skin holding means in a lower mold for holding a folded part of a surface skin member includes a planar support frame and a support post for supporting it and prevents the folded part from a load by elevation of the support post with the elevation of an ejector plate. Also, when the support post moves upward to the uppermost position at the support frame, the support post is retained with a support-post retaining means including ball plungers to facilitate placing the surface skin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Kasai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuro Hagai
  • Publication number: 20030000633
    Abstract: A method and device for applying a graphic from a carrier sheet to a receiving substrate. A press roll, mateingly aligned to a support surface, is made to traverse the support surface in a reciprocating manner while applying controlled pressure. A flexible web is attached and held stationary at one end of the support surface, wrapped around the press roll, and fixed to a tensioning device that allows movement of the web under tension. The web is adhesively coated on the side opposite the press roll. When pulled across the work surface by the press roll, the adhesive face of the web comes in contact with the graphic and is removed from the carrier sheet. The web is reversed and the graphic is peeled away from the work surface and the carrier sheet by the tensioning device. The carrier sheet is removed, replaced by the receiving substrate, and the cycle is repeated applying the graphic to the receiving substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Brian J. Slone
  • Publication number: 20030000649
    Abstract: An assembly (10)comprising a battery box (11) and a lid (12). The lid (12) defines a well (13) for receiving a secondary closure (14), with the well providing fining access to the battery box (11). The secondary closure is applied to a battery box lid by a secondary closure applying apparatus. This comprises essentially three units: a lid and battery box assembly locating unit (16), a heated platen unit (17) and a closure applicator (18). By engaging lid (12), rather tan box (11), any offset positioning of the lid relative to the box, is substantially removed. Orientation of platen and closure (14) is made in response to the detected position of the well (13) and/or lid (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher Stephen Barge, Laurie Gardener
  • Patent number: 6499526
    Abstract: A bonding tool includes an aluminum metal alloy bar member of a predetermined width, the bar having an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposing longitudinal edges. A resilient material is adhesively joined with the bar, the resilient material having an upper surface, a lower surface and opposing longitudinal edges. The joining of the resilient sponge material to the bar is such that an entire upper surface of the sponge material is coextensive with an entire lower surface of the bar member. The bonding tool is made in several, for example five, sections and is laid on a cable for bonding the cable to a capsule or the like in a separate process. The sections are keyed so as to interlock one to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Raymond A. St. Amand, Ronald E. Sprague, John H. Pelto
  • Patent number: 6499525
    Abstract: A tape support for an automatic wrapper includes a main frame and an internal frame. The internal frame is keyed onto the main frame and has four corners. A corner block is keyed to each corner of the main frame. A guide blade assembly is pivotally keyed onto two vertical sides of the main frame, and an adjustment assembly is keyed onto two vertical sides of the main frame. The corner block has three sides. One is concave, and the others form a right angle. The guide blades face each other and wrap around the internal frame. The arms of the adjustment assembly face each other and wrap around the blade assembly. A brush is mounted on the free ends of the adjustment assembly to guide the tape to the middle by its retaining force when the tape passes through the brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Inventor: Chien-Fa Lai
  • Publication number: 20020195206
    Abstract: The invention relates to an wood-gluing system enabling the continuous production of glued pieces of lumber for panels and the like. The system includes a deck, a horizontal displacement system for advancing lumber across the deck, a braking system, a one-way clamping system and an upstream pressure system. The system may be used in conjunction with finger-jointing processes or with single pieces of lumber and may be used for the production of both furniture grade and construction grade wood products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Eric Cable
  • Publication number: 20020189754
    Abstract: A press assembly includes multiple pressing mechanisms for pressing a composite from multiple non-parallel directions simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: David A. Hill
  • Publication number: 20020189767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chip bonding apparatus for bonding a chip to a substrate, with a support structure for preventing a deviation or error in parallelism of a head 1 holding the chip. A first support mechanism 4 supports a pressure cylinder 3 for pressing the head 1 toward a substrate 2. A second support mechanism 5 is provided separately from and independently of the first support mechanism 4 for supporting a reactive force acting on the pressure cylinder 3 when the head 1 is pressed toward the substrate 2. The second support mechanism 5 is in contact with the pressure cylinder 3 through a spherical point of contact 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Akira Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20020189766
    Abstract: Drive device for a handheld heater unit for welding plastic sealing webs and sheets, which is equipped with a heater device for heating the plastic sealing webs and sheets which are to be welded. The drive device has an elongate housing with a pressure-exerting and driving roller, by means of which the joining force can be applied in the vertical direction with respect to the plastic sealing webs and sheets. Furthermore, there is a coupling unit for joining the housing to the heater unit, in such a manner that the longitudinal axes of the housing and of the heater unit run substantially parallel to one another. In the housing there is a motor, which drives the pressure-exerting and driving roller, the height and/or distance of which with respect to the heater device is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Walter Zurmuehle, Bruno von Wyl