Patents Examined by J C
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Patent number: 11164724Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide improved methods for processing substrates with improved process stability, increased mean wafers between clean, and/or improved within wafer uniformity. One embodiment provides a method for seasoning one or more chamber components in a process chamber. The method includes placing a dummy substrate in the process chamber, flowing a processing gas mixture to the process chamber to react with the dummy substrate and generate a byproduct on the dummy substrate, and annealing the dummy substrate to sublimate the byproduct while at least one purge conduit of the process chamber is closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Sang Won Kang, Nicholas Celeste, Dmitry Lubomirsky, Peter Hillman, Douglas Brenton Hayden, Dongqing Yang
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Patent number: 11155983Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a system (100) comprising: a water recirculating device comprising: a heating arrangement (112) arranged in a recirculating path (108); a mixing valve arrangement (122) in liquid communication with an external ON water path arrangement (114), said mixing valve arrangement (122) accepting as inputs hot and cold water from a hot and cold water source respectively, said mixing valve arrangement (122) being configured to form temperature regulated water (120) by combining said hot and cold water, said mixing valve arrangement (122) comprising a user input interface configured to control a proportion of said hot and cold water directed to said external water path arrangement (114); and a reference temperature determining arrangement (130) configured to determine a reference water temperature of said temperature regulated water (120); wherein said heating arrangement (112) is configured to adjust a water temperature of treated water towards said reference water temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: ORBITAL SYSTEMS ABInventors: Richard Bodén, Michael Ridell
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Patent number: 11149351Abstract: A CVD reactor, including a deposition chamber housing a first susceptor and a second susceptor, the first susceptor having a cavity for receiving a first substrate, the first substrate having a front surface and a back surface, the second susceptor having a cavity for receiving a second substrate, the second substrate having a front surface and a back surface, and the first susceptor and the second susceptor are disposed so that the front surface of the first substrate is opposite to the front surface of the second substrate thereby forming a portion of a gas flow channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Matthias Kuenle, Johannes Baumgartl, Manfred Engelhardt, Christian Illemann, Francisco Javier Santos Rodriguez, Olaf Storbeck
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Patent number: 11152196Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus including a chamber; a placing table provided inside the chamber and configured to place a processing target substrate thereon; a pedestal configured to support the placing table from a lower side thereof; an exhaust port disposed below the pedestal; and a collecting member configured to collect a deposition in the chamber. The collecting member is provided on a lower surface of the pedestal.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventor: Shin Matsuura
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Patent number: 11141749Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for dosed dispensing of a fluid, comprising a contain (2) for the fluid and a dispensing device connected therewith, wherein the container comprises a form-retaining outer container (5) and a flexible inner container (4) connected therewith, wherein a space to be brought into fluid communication with the ambient atmosphere can be developed between the inner and outer containers (5, 4), and wherein the dispensing device includes a housing and/or frame of which at least a part is integrally formed with the container. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a system for dosed dispensing of a fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: DISPENSING TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Maas, Paulo Nervo, Josephus Cornelis Snijders
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Patent number: 11134810Abstract: A shower door sweep includes a bottom sweep element which defines an outer trough and an inner trough. The outer trough is sized to receive the bottom edge of a shower door. A drain channel element is inserted into the inner trough of the bottom sweep element and collects water droplets sliding down along the door wall and routes them to the hinge-end of the shower door even when the door is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: 310 TemperingInventors: Greg Lee Abrams, Christopher Andrew Murphy
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Patent number: 11122941Abstract: A wall mounted scrubber apparatus for cleaning and exfoliating includes a base having a front side, a back side, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side defining a base inside. The top side has an intake aperture extending through to the base inside and the front side has a plurality of output apertures extending through to the base inside. The base inside is configured to hold a liquid soap and release said liquid soap through the plurality of output apertures. A cap is selectively engageable with the intake aperture. A plurality of suction cups is coupled to the back side and is configured to secure the base to a shower wall. A plurality of brushes is coupled to the base. Each brush comprises a cluster of bristles coupled to the front side of the base around one of the output apertures.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Inventor: William Palacios
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Patent number: 11124012Abstract: A multifunctional writing instrument comprising a body housing at least two writing elements, each writing element comprising a writing tip, a selection device configured to select one writing element from the at least two writing elements and a retraction device configured to move a selected writing element between a writing position in which the writing tip of the selected writing element protrudes from the body and a retracted position in which the writing tip of the selected writing element is retracted.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Societe BICInventors: Franck Vadenne, Etienne Michenaud
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Patent number: 11127619Abstract: A workpiece carrier suitable for high power processes is described. It may include a puck to carry the workpiece, a plate bonded to the puck by an adhesive, a mounting ring surrounding the puck and the cooling plate, and a gasket between the mounting ring and the plate, the gasket configured to protect the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Kartik Ramaswamy, Chunlei Zhang, Haitao Wang, Vijay D. Parkhe, Jaeyong Cho
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Patent number: 11116363Abstract: The present invention relates to dispensing systems that include containers used to contain fluids that need to be dispensed in controlled quantities. In particular, the present invention relates to a dispensing system which can be readily and securely fastened to the walls and other operating surfaces associated with bathrooms, changing rooms, machine shops and the like. In water closets at places of work, hospitals, laboratories, workshops and similar places, there are many individuals who require access to liquids such as liquid soap, oils and production process chemicals etc. usually have a reservoir that must be filled from a larger supply container. The filling operation tends to be complicated and thus time-consuming and with the likelihood of the creation of a mess. It is often difficult to feed the product directly into the dispenser container by pouring the liquid from a big supply tank.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Inventor: Mark Anthony Bradley
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Patent number: 11110485Abstract: An applicator system for extrusive dispensing of work material from a flexible pre-charged portion of a cartridge unit is provided. The system comprises a body portion having an actuator and a housing coupled thereto. The housing includes a cartridge bay and an arresting member displaceably coupled thereto. The cartridge bay is configured to receive the cartridge unit and defines at least one containment compartment for receiving the pre-charged cartridge. The arresting member is displaceable between open and closed configurations for releasably retaining the cartridge unit. The actuator, coupled to the housing in communication with the cartridge bay, includes a drive member engaging the pre-charged cartridge within the containment compartment. The body includes a handle and an activation member coupled thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignees: Patent & Investment, LLC, Nordson CorporationInventors: Albert Lee, Brian Glass, John Hunter, Brian Dauphinais, Brent Giansanti
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Patent number: 11109660Abstract: Provided is a cosmetic tool, including: an external shape part having a core-type cosmetic product accommodated therein, having an exit arranged on one side thereof, and having at least one through-hole; a cover part arranged to be adjacent to the exit, and having an openable or closable structure; a button part arranged on the other side of the external shape part, and having a stopper exposed to the outside through the through-hole; a pressurizing part located inside the external shape part, and arranged to be movable to the exit by pressurizing the button part; an opening and closing part for opening the cover part by pressurizing the button part; a piston part for pushing out the cosmetic product; and a push part having, on one side thereof, a plurality of leg parts that are widened, and pushing the piston part to the exit while the leg parts are widened when moving to the exit by the pressurizing part.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoon Hee Lee, Jae Sam Byeon
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Patent number: 11110472Abstract: The present invention relates to a pump head that enables a metered dispensing of fluids. The present invention also relates to a metering apparatus that can, for example, be configured as a squeeze bottle, wherein the metering apparatus comprises a pump head in accordance with the invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: F. Holzer GmbHInventors: Hyek Hee Lee, Ute Steinfeld, Markus Mahler, Frank Holzer
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Patent number: 11110738Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure can include writing instruments, nibs for writing instruments, and methods of making the same. In one embodiment, the writing instrument includes a reservoir; an ink solution comprising a pigment, the ink solution being housed within the reservoir; a nib disposed at an end of the reservoir and plugging an opening of the reservoir such that the reservoir is closed, wherein a tip of the nib extends outside of the reservoir; and a filament extending within the reservoir, the filament being in fluid communication with a portion of the nib within the reservoir, such that the ink solution travels along the filament and through the nib, by capillary action, wherein the nib and filament are formed such that no more than 50 percent of the pigment present in the nib and filament flow into the reservoir outside of the nib and filament when the writing instrument is stored with the nib up for a period of one day.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SANFORD L.P.Inventors: Bret Ryan Marschand, Wing Sum Vincent Kwan
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Patent number: 11103953Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for the additive production of three-dimensional objects (2) by successive, layered, selective exposure and accompanying successive, layered, selective solidification of construction material layers of a construction material (3) that can be solidified by means of an energy beam (4), comprising a flow device (11), which is designed to form a first fluid flow (FS1) that flows, particularly in a circuit-like manner, along at least one functional component of the device (1), wherein the first fluid flow (FS1) is laden with contaminants, particularly particulate contaminants, which are process-created, wherein the flow device (11) is designed to form a second fluid flow (FS2), wherein the second fluid flow (FS2) flows between the first fluid flow (FS1) and the at least one functional component of the device (1), directly along the surface of the at least one functional component of the device (1).Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: CONCEPT LASER GMBHInventor: Florian Pilzweger
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Patent number: 11097938Abstract: A system and method for dispensing fluids is introduced. A preferred embodiment comprises a sealed tank, a bag containing fluid inside the sealed tank, an outlet for dispensing the liquid in the bag, and a pressure generating device to create pressure in the sealed tank.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: fairlife, LLCInventors: Timothy Peter Doelman, Vincent A. Baxter
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Patent number: 11096470Abstract: Provided is a sealed packaging for cosmetics, defining a longitudinal axis and a normal plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis and including a first containing body, a second containing body and a central body, including a base and an applicator.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Inventors: Wensheng Chen, Andrea Perego
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Patent number: 11090969Abstract: A mechanical pencil includes a writing lead, a chuck that chucks the writing lead and feeds the writing lead forward, and a shaft tube for housing the writing lead and the chuck. When a click operation for feeding the chuck forward is performed, a jet stream flowing forward is generated inside the shaft tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignees: KOTOBUKI & CO., LTD., PICA-MARKER VERMÖGENS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Hidehei Kageyama, Tadao Odaka, Toshikazu Sasaki
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Patent number: 11085113Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a rotary table having a loading area at a first surface side thereof and revolving a substrate loaded on the loading area, a rotation mechanism rotating the loading area such that the substrate rotates around its axis, a processing gas supply mechanism supplying a processing gas to a processing gas supply area so that a thin film is formed on the substrate which repeatedly passes through the processing gas supply area the revolution of the substrate, and a control part configured to perform a calculation of a rotation speed of the substrate based on a parameter including a rotation speed of the rotary table to allow an orientation of the substrate to be changed whenever the substrate is positioned in the processing gas supply area, and to output a control signal for rotating the substrate at a calculated rotation speed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Hitoshi Kato, Shigehiro Miura, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Katsuyoshi Aikawa
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Patent number: 11078654Abstract: A kitchen sink and the method of installing the kitchen sink is disclosed. The kitchen sink for flush mounting onto a counter top having a recess for the sink, comprising one or a plurality of sink basins thereon; a deck having a substantially horizontal top surface and edges having a recess formed into a rim around the perimeter of the kitchen sink, wherein the top surface of the deck is adapted to be substantially flush with the counter top upon the sink is being mounted to the counter top, and the edges of the rim is being formed into a flange; four corners of the sink being formed rounded such that when the sink is installed into the recess on the edge of the hole opening in the counter top, the flange is substantially flush with the counter top at a level surface thereof, whereby the kitchen sink is being mounted in flush fit of the deck and the counter top.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Inventor: Poh Yong Tony Chia