Abstract: A mask having both ends supported on a frame when a tensile force is applied in a first direction includes: a mask main body unit having a band form extended in the first direction; a plurality of pattern units including a plurality of pattern slits extended and opened in the first direction and separately disposed in a second direction crossing the first direction, and disposed in the mask main body unit in the first direction; and a plurality of dummy units including a plurality of dummy slits separated from each other with the pattern units therebetween, disposed in the mask main body unit, extended and opened in the first direction, and separately disposed in the second direction.

Abstract: A profile correction module is comprised of a reinforced convex steel form accurately and firmly held in position to create a metering gap along the face of the pickup roller to control the liquid coating material that is applied to the pickup roller and subsequently transferred to the nip between the pickup and applicator rollers prior to being applied to the substrate or “strip”. By flushing stale material from the metering gap with fresh coating material, edge-to-edge temperature variations are eliminated resulting in a uniform film thickness across the width of the strip.

Abstract: A food product applicator device has a frame on which a slidable die plate is mounted for reciprocating movement created by a pneumatic cylinder. A food hopper mounted on the frame above the die plate has a bottom opening through which food is pressed into apertures in the die plate. Tracks on the frame constrain the die plate to horizontal motion. The frame is about 1.6 times as long as the die plate. The lengths of the frame and die plate are such that when the die plate moves neither the leading edge nor the trailing edge of the die plate extends beyond the ends of the frame. A driver plate laterally spaced from the food hopper has fingers that can be lowered to eject food pieces from the apertures onto a substrate located on a shelf below the die plate.

Abstract: A bridge assembly includes an electrically insulating hollow tube or bridge having a pair of ends, the bridge being supported at one of the ends over the cylindrical side wall and being supported at the other of the ends over the electrode. The bridge assembly further includes a set of conductive rings surrounding the hollow tube and spaced from one another along the length of the bridge, and plural electrically resistive elements. Each of the resistive elements has a pair of flexible connectors, respective ones the resistive elements connected at their flexible connectors between respective pairs of the rings to form a series resistor assembly.

Abstract: Device for carrying out surface treatment on large objects, such as spray-painting of ships. In the prior art, a substantial proportion of the spray mist is deposited elsewhere, which is unwanted. The device proposes an enclosure which is movable along the hull of the ship, from which the spray-painting operation can be carried out through an opening disposed in the enclosure. An air curtain extending to the hull of the ship is present around this opening, through which it is not possible for spray to escape between the enclosure and the ship's hull. An extraction facility for mist is present in the enclosure and supply openings for air are provided. The enclosure consists of a housing which is accessible via a door.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid processing apparatus including a first and a second processing regions provided in a left-right direction, each for accommodating a substrate and performing a process on the substrate by a processing solution from a nozzle; a rotary body rotatable about a vertical axis; a plurality of nozzles provided at the rotary body while kept in a standby state at an outside of the processing regions, commonly used for the processing regions; a nozzle transfer device, having a nozzle holder moving back and forth, provided at the rotary body and configured to transfer a nozzle into a selected one of the processing regions while holding the selected nozzle by the nozzle holder; and a rotation driving unit configured to rotate the rotary body so as to allow a front of the nozzle holder in a forward/backward direction thereof to face the selected one of the processing regions.

Abstract: A modular-construction vacuum-coating system includes a plurality of functional chambers arranged one behind the other along a longitudinal extent in which substrates are moved through the chambers in a substrate-transporting region. To lower the production-related and installation-related outlay involved in supplying media, a functional chamber, as a first submodule, is arranged in a first module and provided with an outer interface which is the same for at least a second module.

Abstract: An ejecting device includes a supporting plate and a balloon member. The supporting plate includes a top surface. The balloon member is fixed on the top surface and includes a main portion and a number of ejecting portions. The main portion is configured for receiving fluid. The ejecting portions are positioned on the main portion. When the main portion is full filled with the fluid, each ejecting portion protrudes from the main portion.

Abstract: The present invention generally provides semiconductor substrates having submicronsized surface features generated by irradiating the surface with ultra short laser pulses. In one aspect, a method of processing a semiconductor substrate is disclosed that includes placing at least a portion of a surface of the substrate in contact with a fluid, and exposing that surface portion to one or more femtosecond pulses so as to modify the topography of that portion. The modification can include, e.g., generating a plurality of submicron-sized spikes in an upper layer of the surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for laser cladding of a curved surface comprising: (a) an elongated arm having first and second ends and defining a chamber through the arm from the first end to the second end; (b) a laser delivery source connected to a focusing lens mounted in a housing within an opening on the first end of the arm for delivering a laser beam through the chamber; (c) a delivery head mounted on the second end of the arm comprised of (i) an enclosure having an inlet for receiving the laser and an outlet for delivering the laser to the curved surface, (ii) a powder nozzle for delivering a cladding powder to an inner surface of the curved surface, and (iii) a reflective surface for reflecting the laser to exit through the outlet; (d) mounting means for rotating the curved surface for the cladding of the curved surface; and (e) indexing means for moving the arm substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the curved surface so as to clad the curved surface during the rotation of

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for embossing of substrates, especially semiconductor substrates or wafers, comprised of: at least one receiving means for holding the substrate in a working space, a calibration means located at least partially in the working space for calibration of the substrate, an embossing means which is located at least partially in the working space for embossing of the structure material onto the substrate in an embossing process, the working space being exposed to a defined atmosphere before and during the embossing process without interruption, and a method for embossing of substrates.

Abstract: A roll-to-roll rapid thermal processing (RTP) tool with multiple chambers for forming a solar cell absorber by reacting a precursor layer on a continuous flexible workpiece. The RTP tool includes an elongated housing having a heating chamber with a predetermined temperature profile, a supply chamber and a receiving chamber. The heating chamber includes a small process gap in which the precursor layer is reacted with a Group VIA material to form an absorber layer. The continuous flexible workpiece is unrolled and advanced from the supply chamber into the heating chamber, and the processed continuous flexible workpiece is taken up and rolled in the receiving chamber.

Abstract: Method and system to coat an expandable member of a medical device comprising a support structure to support the expandable member and an applicator positioned with at least one outlet proximate a surface of an expandable member. A drive assembly establishes relative movement between the at least one outlet and the surface of the expandable member to apply fluid on the surface of the expandable member along a coating path. A tracking mechanism maintains a substantially fixed distance between the at least one outlet and the surface of the expandable member during relative movement therebetween by displacing the at least one outlet relative to the expandable member.

Abstract: When paint is supplied from a first cylinder device (16) to an application part (14) and the application part (14) performs an application, next applied paint is fed from a supply valve part (20) to a second cylinder device (18). The first cylinder device (16) and the second cylinder device (18; 93) are connected to each other after the application by the application part (20), and the paint in the second cylinder device (18) is supplied to the first cylinder device (16).

Abstract: The repainting head is designed to be installed on a workbench of a repainting machine for repairing circular lids. It is characterized in that it comprises a repainting device (1) moveable by means of an elevation device (2), this repainting device (1) having a main rotary shaft (13) to which are attached one/two axial shafts (18) on which are mounted one/two painting arms (19) that are constrained to rotate with the main rotary shaft (13). Each repainting arm (19) is connected to the respective painting gun (20), the distance of which from the geometric center of the main rotary shaft (13) is variable, each arm (19) rotating about the axial shaft (18), the required position of each repainting arm (19) being set using anchoring means that prevent any relative movement between the main rotary shaft (13) and the axial shaft (18).

Abstract: An electro-mechanical system for the collection and recovery of materials inside thin-film deposition facilities, comprising multiple elements able to intercept the wasted particles of material during a coating process. These elements are disposed in individual modules (1, 5), possibly combined in multiple configurations according to the shape of the deposition chamber; swivel, depending on the material to be recovered, thanks to a power unit (4), a transmission system (6, 10, 15a, 15b), an electronic interface (9) to automate the rotation of the elements. These elements can be palettes (3) placed vertically in each of the modules (1, 5), made of a composite material, characterized by a core of metallic material or alumina and by two surface polymeric layers with low adhesion to the selected core and therefore easily removable, but at the same time resistant to the temperature and pressure conditions inside the deposition chamber.

Abstract: A rotary atomizing head is mounted on a fore end side of a motor. A shaping air ring having a plurality of air outlet holes at fixed intervals is provided on a rear side of the rotary atomizing head. Outer surfaces of the air motor and outer surfaces of the shaping air ring are enshrouded over the entire circumference by a cover member formed of an electrically insulating material. An external electrode assembly is provided radially outwardly of the cover member. An annular projecting portion which projects forward is provided on the shaping air ring over the entire circumference. The air outlet holes are open in a fore distal end of this annular projecting portion. As a result, a corona discharge can be generated by allowing an electric field to be concentrated at the fore distal end of the annular protecting portion.

Abstract: A coating machine for coating fiber yarns includes: a yarn supply device; a coating device including a tank, a drum rotatably disposed in the tank, and at least one annular groove formed circumferentially in an outer surface of the drum; a thickness adjuster disposed downstream of the coating device and including an adjuster support and at least one adjusting die mounted movably to the adjuster support, the adjusting die having a through hole, the through hole having an upstream inlet end and a downstream outlet end and being tapered from the upstream inlet end to the downstream outlet end; a shape-setting device disposed downstream of the thickness adjuster and having a heating unit controllable to operate at a predetermined temperature; a cooling device disposed downstream of the shape-setting device; and a yarn pick-up device disposed downstream of the cooling device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming an electrochemical layer of a lithium ion battery is provided. A precursor mixture in a carrying medium is activated in a reactor chamber by application of energy to synthesize active materials. The activated precursor mixture is then spray deposited on a substrate. A binder and conductive materials may be blended, or sprayed separately, with the nano- or micro-crystals as they deposit on the surface to enhance adhesion and conductivity.

Abstract: Discs (7) arranged along a shaft and having holders (8) distributed over the circumference, inclined outwards and intended for workpieces are supported on a ring (5) surrounding the discs (7). Successive rings (5) form an approximately cylindrical cladding which prevents undesired coating of the discs (7). Cladding has openings for the holders (8) of a disc (7) which are uniformly distributed over the circumference at the same height, each formed by an upper recess (14) in the ring (5) carrying the disc (7) and an adjacent lower recess (15) of the following ring. Boundary lines (17) between successive rings (5) start somewhat below the narrowest points of the webs separating adjacent openings, so that the lower recesses (15) do not narrow towards the edge of the ring (5) and the upper recesses (14) narrow at most slightly so that the workpiece carrier can be assembled from bottom to top.