Patents Examined by Yewebdar T Tadesse
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Patent number: 11965107Abstract: A system for applying a coating composition is provided herein. The system includes a first high transfer efficiency applicator defining a first nozzle orifice and a second high transfer efficiency applicator defining a second nozzle orifice. The system further includes a reservoir. The system further includes a substrate defining a first target area and a second target area. The first high transfer efficiency applicator and the second high transfer efficiency applicator are configured to receive the coating composition from the reservoir and configured to expel the coating composition through the first nozzle orifice to the first target area of the substrate and to expel the coating composition through the second nozzle orifice to the second target area of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLCInventors: John R. Moore, Michael R. Koerner, Christian Jackson, Bradley A Jacobs, Michael S. Wolfe
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Patent number: 11963852Abstract: In a method and device for manufacturing an absorbent material, the degree of freedom in design can be increased by expanding a modifiable distribution pattern of an SAP and broadening the range in which the performance of the absorbent material can be modified. Pulverized pulp is suctioned in a predetermined pattern to form a pulp layer in which the pulp is fiber-laminated. A first distribution opening through which a first distribution device discharges a first SAP and a second distribution opening through which a second distribution opening discharges a second SAP are provided facing the pulp layer, and the first and second SAPs are distributed onto the pulp layer through the first and second distribution openings while moving the pulp layer relative to the first and second distribution openings. The first and second distribution devices can control the discharge amounts of the first SAP and the second SAP, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATIONInventor: Hitoshi Satou
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Patent number: 11945964Abstract: A system for applying a first coating composition and a second coating composition is provided herein. The system includes an atomizing applicator and a high transfer efficiency applicator defining a nozzle orifice. The system further includes a substrate assembly comprising a metal-containing substrate and a plastic-containing substrate. The metal-containing substrate is coupled to the plastic-containing substrate. The atomizing applicator is configured to apply the first coating composition to the metal-containing substrate. The high transfer efficiency applicator is configured to expel the second coating composition through the second nozzle orifice to the plastic-containing substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLCInventors: John R. Moore, Michael R. Koerner, Christian Jackson, Bradley A. Jacobs, Shih-Wa Wang, Matthew Irwin, Matthew Boland, Joanne Hardy, Daniel Naugle, Kevin O'Connor, Barry Snyder
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Patent number: 11944103Abstract: A device, comprising a cooker and a topper for auto cooking and or topping of food.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: Muhammed A. Okur
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Patent number: 11942346Abstract: A resin applying machine includes a processing chamber, a temperature measuring unit, and a controller. The processing chamber houses therein a holder for holding the wafer, a table that faces the holder, a resin supply unit for supplying a liquid resin to the table, a moving unit for relatively moving the holder and the table closely to each other, and a hardening unit for hardening the liquid resin that has coated the wafer. The temperature measuring unit measures a temperature in the processing chamber. The controller includes a correlation data storage unit for recording therein correlation data with respect to the temperature in the processing chamber and a moved distance by which the holder and the table are relatively moved by the moving unit at the temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: DISCO CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshikuni Migiyama, Kazuki Sugiura, Yoshinori Kakinuma, Mitsuru Ikushima
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Patent number: 11931754Abstract: The present invention provides an automated system for spraying a wall of a building.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Elid Technology International Pte LtdInventor: Hui Eng Lim
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Patent number: 11920240Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus configured to process a substrate includes a functional component constituting a part of the substrate processing apparatus; a nozzle, provided on a surface of the functional component, allowing a gas to pass therethrough; a nozzle flow path which is connected to the nozzle of the functional component and through which the gas flows; a flow rate sensor configured to measure a flow rate of the gas flowing through the nozzle flow path; and a controller configured to make a determination upon a state of a distance between an interfering object and the functional component based on a measurement result obtained by the flow rate sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Ryo Araki, Junnosuke Maki, Mitsuteru Yano, Masato Hayashi
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Patent number: 11919033Abstract: Described herein is a coating system comprising an applicator head that is configured to apply a coating to a surface of a workpiece, a shroud comprising a housing and an internal cavity located inside of the housing, and a humidifying apparatus comprising an output that is fluidly coupled to the shroud, wherein the humidifying apparatus configured to introduce a quantity of humid air to the internal cavity of the shroud.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: AWI Licensing LLCInventors: James M. Pohl, Christine J. Baldwin, Jeffrey A. Hake, William H. Frantz
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Patent number: 11911735Abstract: The invention relates to a multiple-chamber container (1, 1*) for storing and mixing a multi-component liquid coating or adhesive system (M), comprising a first chamber (10) for a first mixing component (B) and at least one other chamber (20) for another mixing component (H), the first chamber (10) and the at least one other chamber (20) being separated by at least one separating wall (30) in liquid-tight fashion and the separating wall (30) comprising a pierceable separating layer (40). The multiple-chamber container further comprises at least one piercing element (50) for piercing the pierceable separating layer (40) in such a way that the first and the one other mixing component (B, H) mix in the first or the at least one other chamber (10, 20). The multiple-chamber container (1, 1*) is characterized in that the at least one other chamber (20) is coaxial to the first chamber (10), the separating layer (40) being partially formed in the separating wall (30).Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AGInventors: Marc Schreiber, Jan Weikard, Holger Mundstock, Robert Maleika, Sascha Frischke, Wilfred Teunissen, Herman Van Der Vegt, Michiel De Haan
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Patent number: 11911789Abstract: A material application device has a pushing part, and a driving part. The driving part includes a first driving part capable of imparting a driving force to the pushing part by a motor, and a second driving part capable of imparting a driving force to the pushing part by supplying a fluid into an inner space S isolated from the outside.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: THREEBOND CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryohei Uchino
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Patent number: 11911781Abstract: The disclosure relates to a supply system for supplying multiple consumers with a substance to be applied, preferably paint, for application to motor vehicle bodies and/or add-on parts thereof. The supply system comprises a feed line, a return line, a first consumer device which comprises a first consumer, the first consumer being connected to the feed line and the return line and preferably forming a first consumer of the feed line in the flow direction of the substance to be applied, and a further consumer device which comprises a further consumer, the further consumer being connected to the feed line and the return line and preferably forming a last consumer of the feed line in the flow direction of the substance to be applied and/or being arranged after the first consumer in the flow direction of the substance to be applied. The supply system is distinguished in particular in that the feed line is connected to the return line via a connecting line.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Dürr Systems AGInventor: Alexander Rüger
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Patent number: 11905597Abstract: A controller performs an adjustment processing including: forming a film on a surface of a substrate by a film forming unit; removing a peripheral portion of the film by the film forming unit; acquiring surface information indicating a state of the surface of the substrate including the film, from which the peripheral portion has been removed, by a surface inspection unit and adjusting a cut width of the peripheral portion based on the surface information; and peeling the film, from which the peripheral portion has been removed, by the film forming unit, and a process processing including: forming the film on the surface of the substrate by the film forming unit; and removing the peripheral portion by the cut width adjusted in the adjustment processing in the film forming unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Tetsuro Shirasaka, Naoto Nakamura
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Patent number: 11904348Abstract: The present disclosure provides a self-traction wire coating robot and a wire routing and wire hanging method, wherein the robot includes a mounting plate, a material pushing module, a winding traction module, a coating module, a walking module and a power supply and control module, wherein the coating module and the walking module are rotatable in the extension direction of the non-overhead bare wires, when hanging wires, the coating module and the walking module are first rotated and swung to the side of the robot, an unmanned device is then used to hang a traction belt on the overhead bare wires, the winding traction module tightens the traction belt to hang the robot under the overhead bare wires, and then the coating module and the walking module are controlled to rotate and recover to the top of the robot and hang the robot on the overhead bare wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Guangdong Crownpower Electric Power Science And Technology Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wanqing Zhang, Zhijan Huang, Binchang Lai
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Patent number: 11896995Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an applicator for applying a coating agent (e.g. sealant) to a component (e.g. motor vehicle body component), having a nozzle for dispensing the coating agent and an elongate nozzle carrier which supports the nozzle. The invention provides that the nozzle carrier has a yield region in which the nozzle carrier is substantially less bend-resistant than in the remainder of the nozzle carrier in order to be able to yield elastically to contact forces in the event of contact between the applicator and the component to be coated.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Dürr Systems AGInventors: Bernd Kraft, Martin Halbgewachs
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Patent number: 11896985Abstract: A system for analysing drops capable of being ejected by a coating product applicator, includes a light source configured to illuminate a drop ejection zone, designated observation zone; a first image acquisition device configured to acquire an image of the observation zone; and an image analyser configured to determine, from the image of the observation zone, the presence of drops at a given distance from the applicator, the size of the drops and the absence of satellite; the light source and the first image acquisition device being situated on a same side of the observation zone.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: EXEL INDUSTRIESInventors: Cédric Le Strat, Juan Guillermo Palacio
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Patent number: 11890864Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a chemical liquid may include a stage on which a substrate is placed, a chemical liquid discharging member and a direction changing member. The chemical liquid discharging member may supply the chemical liquid onto at least two first regions of the substrate for first pixels along a first direction. Additionally, the chemical liquid discharging member may supply the chemical liquid onto at least two second regions of the substrate for second pixels along a second direction. The direction changing member may change a direction of the substrate from the second direction to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SEMES CO., LTDInventors: Inseok Ha, Jinhyuck Yang, Jaeyoung Jang
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Patent number: 11890630Abstract: The disclosure relates to a paint supply system for a coating installation (e.g. painting installation) comprising a ring line for circulation of a coating agent, a ring line tapping point in the ring line for extraction of the coating agent from the ring line, a consumer and a tap line leading from the ring line tapping point to the consumer. The disclosure provides a device for alternately moving the coating agent forward and backward in the tap line to avoid settling of the coating agent in the tap line.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Dürr Systems AGInventors: Alexander Rüger, Sascha Hermann, Luis Jimenez Cadenas, Eduard Frühsorger
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Patent number: 11883841Abstract: A device for scraping caulk is adapted to be used with a caulk gun. The device includes a base plate having a central void and an elongated portion extending from the base plate along an axis perpendicular to the base plate. The device can be fitted between a caulk tube and a caulk gun to allow the application of caulk and the scraping/reshaping of the caulk in a single run. The device can include different replacement tips useful for different applications and different desired results.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventors: Khaled Shahriar, Armando Aguilar, Nhut Pham
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Patent number: 11883838Abstract: Apparatus for painting mainly flat products including a spray booth, in its turn including a plenum, a conveying belt for conveying products at least a device for applying paint, and at least one suction plant, wherein the plenum of the spray booth has a symmetric M-shape including, from the respective peripheries to the centre of the plenum: two first descending surface portions tilted towards the periphery; two second lateral surface portions parallel to the belt; two third descending surface portions, with a tilt towards the centre, opposite the tilt of the first portions; a fourth central surface portion parallel to said belt, the fourth central surface portion being closer to the conveying belt than the lateral parallel sections.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventors: Cristian Pungetti, Angelo Carriero, Stefano Chiarini, Samuel Montefiori
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Patent number: 11883837Abstract: Light can be used to monitor coating a liquid on a substrate. By directing the light to a spot on the substrate, when the liquid passes through the spot, some light will be reflected, while some light will be scattered. Monitoring this behavior can indicate whether a substrate has been successfully coated with the liquid, as well as identifying defects. Further, coating times can be monitored to make process adjustments.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Mirko Vukovic, Daniel Fulford, Anton J. Devilliers