Patents Examined by Jethro M Pence
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Patent number: 11033925Abstract: A device for performing a surface coating of pieces is disclosed. The device comprises a housing including one leak-tight cavity containing a drum, heating means, at least one water inlet conduit and one dyeing agent inlet conduit, and a recovery tank and a fluid recirculation circuit from said recovery tank to said leak-tight cavity and drum. The leak-tight cavity includes a first level sensor connected to a control device, such that the entry of water to the leak-tight cavity is interrupted when a specific level is reached inside the cavity, and the recovery tank includes at least a second level sensor connected to the control device, such that the entry of water and dyeing agent to the leak-tight cavity is interrupted if a specific level is exceeded inside the recovery tank.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Inventors: Adam Juvert Vila, Xavier Perpinya Zarza
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Patent number: 11028472Abstract: An apparatus and method for metallizing parts in an efficient manner. The apparatus includes a plurality of plates stacked vertically and spaced from one another, wherein each plate has an outer perimeter. There is a plurality of part supports arranged about the outer perimeter of each plate. A support frame is secured to the plurality of plates such that it may rotate about the outer perimeter of the plates while maintaining substantially the same distance from the outer perimeter of each plate. There is one or more rotation drive systems attached to the support frame and positioned such that one or more compliant drive fingers are in close proximity to the outer perimeter of each plate. The stacked plates may be moved between a metallizer and parts loading and unloading stations in a convenient manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Inventors: Donald G. Parent, John F. Feeley
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Patent number: 11020762Abstract: A coupling is provided for the connecting of lines and includes a first coupling disc with first line connectors and a second coupling disc with second line connectors. Moreover, a first drive is provided in order to be able to move the two coupling discs axially with respect to each other. Moreover, a second drive is provided in order to be able to rotate the two coupling discs with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Wagner International AGInventors: Gilbert Lutz, Roman Schmid
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Patent number: 11001928Abstract: In a flow down type surface treating apparatus, a scattering amount of a processing solution is reduced. A film forming mechanism 110 is provided on an inlet side and an outlet side of each treatment chamber. The film forming mechanism 110 ejects a continuous laminar liquid under pressure of about 0.01 MPa at a flow rate of 5 to 10 L/min. Such a liquid film prevents droplets reflected on a surface of an antiscattering member 60 from splashing and entering the adjacent treatment chamber. When a plate-like work 10 is shaken to collide with the liquid film, the film flows down along the plate-like work 10 since the film formed by the film forming mechanism 110 is liquid. Thereby, a shake of the plate-like work 10 is converged. An amount of air flowing in toward a transport direction in each treatment chamber is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: C. Uyemura & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Utsumi, Masaharu Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11001929Abstract: To provide surface treatment that can reduce occurrence of defects caused by incorporation of dust. Rollers 40 are rotatably fixed to rotating shafts 72 provided to protrude from lateral protective walls 49. The lateral protective walls 49 are fixed perpendicularly to lower protective walls 47 fixed to outer walls 39. Hanging plates 64 of a hanger 50 extend through a space 43 between both lower protective walls 47 and support clips 52. A liquid 41, such as water, is filled in spaces defined by the lateral protective walls 49, the lower protective walls 47, and the outer walls 39. The liquid 41 is filled to cover about half of each rotating shaft 72. Thus, fine dust generated by a transferring mechanism is captured by the liquid 41 and prevented from drifting from the space 34 toward the substrate 54.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: C. Uyemura & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Utsumi, Nobuhiko Naka
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Patent number: 11004709Abstract: A method for monitoring gas in a wafer processing system is provided. The method includes producing an exhaust flow in an exhausting conduit from a processing chamber. The method further includes placing a gas sensor in fluid communication with a detection point located in the exhausting conduit via a sampling tube that passes through a through hole formed on the exhausting conduit. The detection point is located away from the through hole. The method also includes detecting a gas condition at the detection point with the gas sensor. In addition, the method also includes analyzing the gas condition detected by the gas sensor to determine if the gas condition in the exhausting conduit is in a range of values.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Wen-Chieh Hsieh, Su-Yu Yeh, Ko-Bin Kao, Chia-Hung Chung, Li-Jen Wu, Chun-Yu Chen, Hung-Ming Chen, Yong-Ting Wu
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Patent number: 10995407Abstract: In a flow down type surface treating apparatus, a scattering amount of a processing solution Q is reduced. A honeycomb member 60 is provided vertically below a transport hanger 16. The honeycomb member 60 consists of a plurality of tubular members with hexagonal holes connected together. When the processing solution Q falls in a vertical direction (in the direction of an arrow ?), the processing solution Q passes through through-holes of the honeycomb member 60. When the processing solution Q hits liquid level H, a part of it is reflected. Since a part of the reflected processing solution Q is reflected obliquely, it collides with an inner wall of the through-hole of the honeycomb member 60. As a result, the amount of the treatment liquid Q that emerges again on an upper surface of the through-holes is reduced. Thereby, the honeycomb member 60 exhibits a scattering prevention function.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: C. Uyemura & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Utsumi, Masaharu Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10989841Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lens coating fixture which comprises an upper plate and a lower plate disposed opposite to the upper plate and holding the lens to be coated together, the upper plate is provided with a plurality of first lens receiving holes, the lower plate is provided with a second lens receiving hole corresponding to each of the first lens receiving holes, and the upper plate is provided with a recessed portion surrounding the first lens receiving hole, the recessed portion communicating with the first lens receiving hole, the lower plate is provided with a convex portion at a position corresponding to the concave portion, and the convex portion is embedded in the recessed portion and abuts against the object side or the image side of the non-image-forming area of the lens to be coated.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Chuandong Wei
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Patent number: 10987694Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lens coating fixture. The lens coating fixture includes: a fixture upper plate and a fixture lower plate that is arranged to be opposite to the fixture upper late and clamps a lens to be coated together with the fixture upper plate; wherein the fixture upper plate is provided with a plurality of first lends receiving holes, the fixture lower plate is provided with a plurality of second lens receiving holes that correspond to the first lens receiving holes and have the same size with the first lens receiving holes, the fixture upper plate is provided with recess portions surrounding the first lends receiving holes, protrusion portions are arranged at positions of the fixture lower plate corresponding to the recess portions, the protrusion portions being configured to be received in the recess portions when the fixture upper plate and the fixture lower plate are attached.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Chuandong Wei
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Patent number: 10981128Abstract: Systems for producing, applying and evaluating coating compositions are disclosed. An automatic color matching system includes an automatic coating component dispenser, a container, a mixer for mixing the components of the coating composition and a solvent, an automatic pressurization station to apply pressure to the mixed coating composition, and a robotic arm to transport the container to and from the mixer. A coating composition dispensing system includes a computer to provide a target formulation for a coating composition, an automated component dispenser containing the components of the coating composition, a container positionable adjacent to the component dispenser to receive the components of the coating composition, and an automated component sensor to measure the amounts of each of the components dispensed into the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Lewis, Walter J. Robertson, Mary Kimbro, Nathan Goodnow
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Patent number: 10981159Abstract: The present invention comprises: a separable material injection part for injecting a material therein; a mixing part for mixing the material injected in the material injection part; an aging part for aging, at a high temperature, the material mixed in the mixing part; and a firing part for supporting, on a support, the material aged in the aging part.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: Ji-chan Park, Dong Hyun Chun, Jung-il Yang, Heon-do Jeong, Heon Jung, Ho-tae Lee, Dong-wook Lee, Chan-woo Lee, Shin Wook Kang
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Patent number: 10984990Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus is provided including a radio frequency power source; a direct current power source; a chamber enclosing a process volume; and a substrate support assembly disposed in the process volume. The substrate support assembly includes a substrate support having a substrate supporting surface; an electrode disposed in the substrate support; and an interconnect assembly coupling the radio frequency power source and the direct current power source with the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Ramesh Bokka, Jason M. Schaller, Jay D. Pinson, II, Luke Bonecutter
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Patent number: 10982384Abstract: A system, a method and a machine for treating threads or parts thereof, the machine having one or more cartridges each configured for containing thread treatment-material therein; one or more injectors, each injector being configured for applying treatment-material from its respective cartridge over a passing portion of the thread; drive means for operating the one or more injectors; and a communication and control unit for receiving treatment plan data indicative of at least one machine readable treatment related parameter associated with at least one treatment effect for each thread portion to be treated for controlling the treatment effect of each passing thread portion, according to the received treatment plan data. A designated application of the system may be used having a unique user interface allowing creating treatment plans.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: TWINE SOLUTIONS LTD.Inventors: Ilanit Mor, Yoram Zilberberg, Alon Navon, Gilad Gotesman, Alon Moshe
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Patent number: 10974264Abstract: A conditioning apparatus (2) for providing a carrier gas (6), the apparatus including: an inlet (4) for a pressurized inlet gas (6); a cleaning unit (10) to provide clean pressurized gas (6), the cleaning unit (10) including one or more filters to remove solid and/or liquid contamination particles from the pressurized gas (6) and a drying station to remove moisture from the pressurized gas (6); an ionization chamber (16) which ionizes the clean pressurized gas; and an outlet for clean, pressurized, ionized gas; wherein the gas ionized in the ionization chamber (16) has a chemical composition which is substantially the same chemical composition as the inlet gas.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Inventor: Michael Haydell
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Patent number: 10960442Abstract: The invention relates to a coating line (1) cleaning apparatus (20) and a method for cleaning at least a selected part of a coating line.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: ITW LIMITEDInventor: Sheila Hamilton
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Patent number: 10959581Abstract: Described and recited herein are example embodiments and implementations of a paper product dispenser by which the paper product may be dampened or moistened as it unrolls, based on at least the angle at which the paper product is unrolled.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Inventor: James Mendenhall
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Patent number: 10960419Abstract: A coating device is equipped with a rotary head, a drive unit, and an electric power supply unit. The rotary head is configured to be supplied with a coating material. The rotary head includes a diffusion surface that is configured such that the coating material is diffused toward an outer edge portion of the diffusion surface by a centrifugal force, and a plurality of groove portions that are included in the outer edge portion. The rotary head is configured to discharge a threadlike coating material from the groove portions. Also, the coating device is configured such that a diameter of the threadlike coating material is set equal to or larger than 0.03 mm and equal to or smaller than 0.1 mm and that the threadlike coating material is electrostatically atomized.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Trinity Industrial CorporationInventors: Shinji Tani, Akira Numasato, Atsuo Nabeshima, Takahito Kondo, Yuki Murai, Takao Ueno, Katsuhiro Ishikawa, Takatoshi Okuta, Kota Harada
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Patent number: 10960427Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for applying a viscous material to a workpiece, in particular for applying an adhesive or sealing material to a motor vehicle body component, comprising: an application nozzle (14) with a material outlet opening (20); and a nozzle support (16) that supports the application nozzle (14), on which nozzle support the application nozzle (14) is releasably attached, wherein an application channel (18) extends through the nozzle support (16) and the application nozzle (14) up to the material outlet opening (20). According to the invention, the nozzle support (16) and the application nozzle (14) each have a connection part (22, 24), wherein a first connection part (22) is inserted into a second connection part (24) and is encircled thereby, and the connection parts (22, 24) can be moved relative to each other in a limited extent from a starting position against the restoring force of an elastic restoring element (38).Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Atlas Copco IAS GmbHInventor: Michael Sauer
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Patent number: 10953427Abstract: Provided are an adhesive application device and method used in the production of a laminated core, wherein the device and method are capable of stably applying an adhesive to a thin steel strip regardless of the transfer speed of the thin steel strip that is to be punched, and contribute to the improvement of the productivity of a laminated core.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: TANAKA SEIMITSU KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Eiichi Kurosaki
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Patent number: 10946406Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for metering a medium comprising a base element provided for fastening to a robot, a metering valve movably supported at the base element, and at least one piezo actuator by which the metering valve is movable relative to the base element.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventors: Martin Reuter, Paul Reuter