Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing adhesive backed components from a carrier tape and applying them onto a substrate which utilizes a retracting blade having a top surface for positioning the adhesive backed components. Extension of the retracting blade and advancement of the carrier occur simultaneously and independently from one another thereby enabling a significant reduction in cycle times.

Abstract: A method for making fluid handling structures by arranging and positioning polymeric tubes spaced on a sheet of foil made of metal, with plastic on at least the side facing the tubes, adding another such foil to bond on the other side of the tubes, and heating the resulting assembly, either before or after adding the second layer of foil, to bond it into a structure with spaced apart tubes encapsulated in foil on both sides.

Abstract: A method for making fluid handling structures, made by positioning multiple polymeric tubes spaced apart by at least 1½ tube diameters measured center-to-center on a sheet of foil made of metal, with plastic on at least the side facing the tubes, adding another such foil to bond on the other side thereof, and heating the resulting assembly, either before or after adding the second layer of foil, to bond it into a structure with spaced apart tubes encapsulated in foil on both sides.

Abstract: A stencil having a porous resin layer provided on one side of a thermoplastic resin film, and a porous fiber layer bonded by an adhesive to the surface of the porous resin layer, wherein the bonding between the thermoplastic resin film and the porous fiber layer is performed by using the amount of the adhesive in a determined amount ranges from 0.05 g/m2 to 15.0 g/m2 by dry basis, so that an interruption of the passing-through the layers by printing ink is eliminated, and a desired degree of the bonding strength to inhibit an undesirable expansion or breaking-down of the printing stencil is ensured.

Abstract: A system for releasing and separating labels from containers has a releaser for mixing the containers with introduced fluids and for providing the containers with a sufficient retention time and agitation to clean the containers and release the labels therefrom. The system further includes a separator for receiving the containers and labels from said releaser. The separator has an inclined base with a plurality of counter-rotating rollers adapted to urge the labels and introduced fluid away from said containers. The rollers are spaced to encourage some of the containers to become wedged therebetween to enhance performance of the separator.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for removing an edge bead from a substrate. The apparatus includes a substrate support member, a plurality of mounting posts positioned along a perimeter of the substrate support member, and a rigid annular capillary ring mounted to the plurality of mounting posts. The rigid annular capillary ring includes a substantially planar upper capillary surface and is configured to maintain the substantially planar capillary surface when attached to the mounting posts.

Abstract: A wafer carrier used for a chemical mechanical device has a polishing head and a pad conditioner. The polishing head has a retainer ring secured to a bottom of the polishing head to hold a wafer. The pad conditioner can be fixed on a surface of the retainer ring, attached to side surfaces of the retainer ring, or embedded in the retainer ring, such that the pad conditioner and the polishing head can be integrally formed.

Abstract: A two piece retaining ring used for chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor substrates. The two pieces of the ring are secured to each other by means of a central thread on the first piece and a mating thread on the second piece.

Abstract: A substrate to be processed in a high temperature processing chamber is preheated to avoid the problems associated with thermal shock when the substrate is dropped onto a heated susceptor. Preheating is effected by holding the substrate over a susceptor maintained at or near the processing temperature until the temperature of the substrate approaches the processing temperature. Thus, wafer warping and breakage are greatly reduced, and wafer throughput is improved because of time saved in maintaining the susceptor at constant temperature without cool down and reheat periods.

Abstract: In a plasma processing method, on a back side of a cathode electrode is provided at least one conductor plate d.c. potentially insulated from the cathode electrode and an opposing electrode, and the cathode electrode and the conductor plate are enclosed with a shielding wall such that a ratio of an inter-electrode coupling capacitance provided by the cathode electrode and the opposing electrode to a coupling capacitance provided by the cathode electrode and a bottom surface of the shielding wall on the back side of the conductor plate is not less than a predetermined value. Thereby, a high-quality, high-speed plasma processing is realized.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for treating a workpiece using a plasma discharge are disclosed in the present invention. In treating a workpiece using a plasma discharge, the apparatus includes at least one plate electrode electrically coupled to a power source, a dielectric body having first and second sides, wherein the first side is coupled to the at least one plate electrode and the second side has at least one capillary extending substantially therethrough in a direction of the first side of the dielectric body, and a counter electrode electrically coupled to the power source.

Abstract: A plasma reactor has a reactor vessel and a pair of electrodes in the form of spaced apart and oppositely disposed metallic surfaces defining therebetween a plasma discharge space. At least one of the metallic surfaces is the surface of a metallic plate having a plurality of gas feed openings extending through the metallic surface towards said discharge space and from a distribution chamber extending along the plate opposite the discharge space. The distribution chamber has a wall opposite and distant from the plate and includes a gas inlet arrangement with a plurality of gas inlet openings distributed along the wall and connected to one or more gas feed lines to the reactor. A gas flow resistant coefficient between the one or more gas feed lines and at least a predominant portion of the connected inlet openings are at least substantially equal.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating foam board to permit it to be accordion folded comprises mechanism for moving an elongate foam board along a longitudinal pathway into a slitting machine, mechanism for stopping the travel of the board and clamping it in stationary position, and powered actuators for laterally moving pairs of longitudinally spaced upper and lower slitters, which produce alternate slits less than through the thickness of the board to leave a foldable thickness, across the board. The board is then released to be accordion folded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for applying a label to a compact disc having a first planar side, a second planar side, the compact disc defining an aperture having an axis bisecting the planes defined by the first side and the second side. The apparatus includes a planar surface defining an aperture, the planar surface for supporting a compact disc label to be affixed to the compact disc first planar side. The apparatus further includes a plunger, having a top surface, disposed within the planar surface aperture for reciprocal movement between a first position where the plunger top surface is above the planar surface and a second position that where the top surface is lower than in the first position with respect to the planar surface. The apparatus further defines means for attaching and holding a compact disc contacting at least a portion of the compact disc second planar side.

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).

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.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hot air welder that consecutively joins sheets of synthetic resin material together to make a large-sized pavilion or a tent fabric, or welds and seals the seam lines of waterproof textiles or the like for waterproofing process. Instead of the conventional table-shaped body, there are provided an upright-standing drive body; hot-air welding means on an upper-side of the drive body; upper and lower drive rollers under the welding means, and wherein the welding work is performed by rotating and using alternatively the upper drive roller or the lower drive roller, according to the kind of fabrics to be welded and the work-substances. Therefore the heat welding and waterproofing process may be performed more easily for more various shaped work-substances, and that the troublesome work-substances such as sleeve or shoulder parts of waterproof clothes that have various positioned and shaped seam lines may be moved and rotated easily by the worker to be heat-welded and become waterproofed.

Abstract: Improved apparatus for bottom up shades to minimize gaps between the shade and the lintel or between the shade and the side of the window. In one apparatus a support rod attached to a cord which is attached to the headrail causes a rotation of the headrail and results in moving the top of the shade to the lintel. In another apparatus a centering cord moves the shade to the side and a side support rod symmetrically hangs the shade ,thus, eliminating the gap on the side. A further improvement of a valance on the bottom acts to hide the mechanism and to act as a cradle for the shade material and headrail when the shade is down.

Abstract: A door frame with a substantially continuous sealing surface supports a door with a substantially continuous sealing member mounted thereon. A stepped U-shapped frame member has an opening at one end that is closed with a square-cut member, such as a threshold. The frame, threshold and hinges mounted on the frame provide a substantially continuous sealing surface. The bores of the hinge knuckles may be matched with bushings in the bores, so that the bushings must be properly oriented. The heads of the bushings may have at least two steps or raised contact surfaces and at least two indentations or depressed contact surfaces. When the doors are opened, the steps on their bushings in the pivoting hinge leaves drop into the indentations in the adjacent fixed hinge leaf and hold the door in position.

Abstract: A retractable screen panel installation for a garage door in which the screen panel may be held latched in a position overlying a lowermost section of a garage door, and selectively released to slide down to cover an opening created when the door is partially raised. A one handed operation of two laterally spaced latching mechanisms releases the screen panel by squeezing together two angled end pivoted release levers each connected to a respective cable release element.

Abstract: A portable exhibition frame assembly as an alternative delineation system used for display purposes at trade shows and special events. Fabric sheet material with tubing sewn into the hem is slipped into a horizontal channel at the top and attached to the bottom channel providing a flat taut wall providing a partially enclosed area for display of graphics and products.

Abstract: Guide track assemblies for upward acting doors include identical vertical and horizontal linear track sections and a curvilinear transition track section. The linear track sections include spaced-apart elongated slots formed at acute angles with respect to the longitudinal extent of the track sections for cooperation with retainer members mounted on angle-shaped jamb brackets. A header bracket also includes one or more retainer members thereon for disposition in similar elongated slots formed in the curvilinear track section. The linear track sections fit in telescoping relationship within enlarged end portions of the curvilinear track section. The configurations of the header brackets, jamb brackets and track sections facilitate quick assembly and easy positional adjustment of the track sections with respect to a door opening covered by a door guided by the track assemblies.

Abstract: The present invention provides an attachment system that can be used to interface between dissimilar camouflage systems and is particularly useful with ULCANS and LCSS camouflage systems. The present invention provides such compatibility while simultaneously maintaining quick disconnect capabilities with either system.

Abstract: In a spring-loaded curtain mount, the mount includes a pole interface at a proximal end, a compressive mechanism, and a head at a distal end. The pole interface is adapted to receive the end of a standard length adjustable pole or a painter's pole. The compression mechanism is disposed between the proximal end of the mount and the head. The mount includes a coupling device adapted to receive a portion of a curtain. During installation, the curtain mount is coupled to the end of an extension pole and the length of the pole is adjusted such that the combined length of the pole and mount is slightly longer than the distance between the floor and ceiling. At ground level, a portion of the curtain is attached to the head of the curtain mount. The curtain and mount are raised to the ceiling and the mount and pole are compressed between the floor and the ceiling. This compressive force operates to urge the head toward the ceiling, securing the mount in place.

Abstract: A window covering system for covering a plurality of windows of a vehicle. The window covering system includes a plurality of window coverings sized and shaped to cover each window of the vehicle. Each window covering includes a bottom portion having a substantially rigid perimeter which biases the window covering to a fully extended position. At least one wire is attached to each window covering at its bottom portion. The wires are retracted and extended by a wire retracted apparatus affixed to a top surface of the roof of the vehicle.

Abstract: A retractable window shade system for covering a plurality of windows of a vehicle. The window shade system includes a plurality of window shades affixed above the window frames of the vehicle. The window shades are rolled and stored above the window frames of the vehicle when not in use. When desired, pulling one shade also pulls the other shades to the down (extended position). The retractable window shade system may be affixed either on the exterior or the interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: Wet-laid absorbent pulp sheets suitable for immediate conversion into absorbent products prepared from pulp treated with a cold caustic solution to produce a cold caustic extracted pulp.

Abstract: There is provided a new and useful process for peroxide bleaching of mechanical or high yield pulp, the process comprising adding to a pulp slurry at least one stabilizer for stabilizing low valency states of transition metal ions in the slurry; subsequently adding caustic soda to said slurry simultaneously with or subsequent to adding said at least one stabilizer; adding hydrogen peroxide to the slurry at a preselected point; and subjecting the slurry to preselected conditions to complete the bleaching process.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for adjusting a chemical dosage of a pulp processing stage. The method comprises measuring a change in a variable in dependence on the chemical dosage and the chemical dosage to be added, and determining a model describing the change in the variable as a function of the chemical dosage. A performance index is determined for the new model to be compared with the performance index of certain previously determined models. The model that produced the best performance index is put to use.

Abstract: A novel method for producing pulp and energy from grasses is disclosed. The invention relates to producing grass plants and harvesting, handling and processing the harvested plant material.

Abstract: Paper sheets useful for tissues, paper towels, napkins, disposable absorbent products and the like can be made to exhibit a high degree of wet resiliency. This property is achieved by using a combination of high yield pulp fibers (such as bleached chemithermomechanical pulp fibers) and a wet strength agent in an uncreped throughdrying process. The resulting product, when wetted, can spring back after being crumpled in one's hand.

Abstract: A tissue sheet is made using a modified wet pressing process employing an integrally sealed air press. After initial formation and conventional vacuum dewatering, the wet web may be conformed to the surface contour of a relatively coarse fabric to give the web a textured surface. By creating a pressure differential across the web, the air press noncompressively dewaters the wet web to a consistency of about 30 to about 40 percent prior to a heated drying cylinder. The web may be dried to substantially preserve its three-dimensional, throughdried-like texture. The process provides a web having an exceptionally high degree of bulk and absorbency not expected in wet-pressed products.

Abstract: A method of reducing the level of malodorous amines emitted by paper when exposed to an alkaline environment is provided, which comprises making the paper so that it does not contain ammonium groups that are bonded to any polymer contained in the paper by only one chemical bond. Laminates which emit reduced levels of amines and which are comprised of this paper are also provided. In a preferred embodiment, the paper is sized with a sizing emulsion comprised of alkenyl succinic anhydride and a cationic water-soluble polymer having ammonium groups that are attached to the polymer by at least two chemical bonds.

Abstract: Processes for rendering a polyamine-epihalohydrin resin storage stable, including processes that prepare a storage stable resin and/or processes that treat resins. A composition containing a polyamine-epihalohydrin resin with a solids content of at least 15 wt % treated with at least one enzymatic agent under conditions to at least one of inhibit, reduce and remove the CPD-forming species to obtain a gelation storage stable reduced CPD-forming resin so that the composition containing the reduced CPD-forming polyamine-epihalohydrin resin when stored for 24 hours at 50° C., and a pH of about 1.0 releases less than about 250 ppm dry basis of CPD for wet strength polyamine-epihalohydrin resin and less than about 100 ppm dry basis of CPD for creping polyamine-epihalohydrin resin.

Abstract: A die-clamping system has a die and a clamping means. The die includes a first engaging portion in a first predetermined shape. The die is transferred in a first direction from a first position toward a second position. The clamping means has a second engaging portion in a second predetermined shape that is complementary to the first predetermined shape. The second engaging portion of the clamping means at the second position completes engagement with the first engaging portion by the time when the die arrives at the second position in the first direction.

Abstract: A method for injection molding a metallic material is disclosed in which an injecting material comprised of a half-solidified metallic material and a molten metallic material is injected into a cavity of a die from an injection cylinder through a gate thereof. A non-product portion remaining at the gate of the die is separated from a product portion while it is still hot. The separated high-temperature non-product portion is press-formed into a billet in the injection cylinder. Utilization of heat from the injecting material in melting the high-temperature billet enables reuse of the non-product portion remained at the gate and reduction of heat energy required in melting the billet.

Abstract: A billet produced by continuous casting having little central segregation, in particular a billet of high carbon steel produced by continuous casting, and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. In the continuous casting billet, the size of the dendritic equiaxed crystal in a billet central portion is reduced to be not more than 6 mm. For this purpose, electromagnetic stirring is performed so that the inclining angle of the primary dendrite within 10 mm of a billet surface layer is increased to be not less than 10°. Furthermore, the mechanical soft reduction is performed during continuous casting so that the diameter of the center porosity in the billet central portion is reduced to be not more than 4 mm. Thereby, in particular in the manufacturing of the continuous casting billet having a carbon content of not less than 0.

Abstract: A heat recovery arrangement. The arrangement comprises a housing including a bathroom exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a bathroom exhaust airflow path through the housing from the bathroom exhaust inlet to the exhaust outlet, a return air inlet, a return air path through the housing from the return air inlet to the exhaust outlet, an outside air inlet, a supply air outlet, an outside air path through the housing from the outside air inlet to the supply air outlet; and a heat recovery device extracting heat from the exhaust airflow path and the return airflow path and transferring heat to the outside airflow path.

Abstract: A non-prismatic heat exchanger with a modular construction for use with an engine which utilizes a coolant fluid. The heat exchanger includes a pair of unitary, non-prismatic-shaped headers spaced from one another and connected by a plurality of unitary, extruded heat exchanger modules. The headers and modules enclose a rotary fan within the interior of the heat exchanger. The fan is mechanically driven by the engine to draw cooling air into the interior of the heat exchanger and to concurrently force the cooling air outwardly between the heat exchanger modules to thermally contact and remove heat from the heated coolant fluid flowing through the modules.

Abstract: A refrigerated oven comprising a cooking chamber in which is provided a heating elements and a refrigeration unit chamber in which is provided a refrigeration unit. The refrigeration unit is fluidly connected to the cooking chamber. Both the heating element and the refrigeration unit are selectively operable to either cool or heat the cooking chamber to thereby cool or heat a food item located therein. The refrigeration unit as preferably modular refrigeration unit that the slid into and out of the refrigeration unit chamber. Preferably, the refrigeration unit includes an evaporator that is thermally isolate is from a condenser. The condenser as preferably conductively coupled to a base supporting the elements of the modular refrigeration unit.

Abstract: A heat sink/clip assembly includes a clip (10) attaching a heat sink (30) to a chip (40) which is mounted on an electronic card (50). The clip includes a middle portion (11), two spring arms (14), and first and second legs (16, 18). First and second catches (17, 19) extend horizontally inwardly and toward each other from bottom ends of the first and second legs respectively. The first catch is longer than the second catch. The middle portion of the clip is accommodated in a channel (36) of the heat sink. A pair of notches (52) is defined in opposite side surfaces of the electronic card. The first catch is inserted into one of the notches. Then an opposite end of the clip is depressed, and the second catch is engaged in the other notch. Therefore the clip firmly attaches the heat sink to the chip.

Abstract: A heat sink module has a heat dissipation performance by a thermal conducting tube with a vacuum and a cooling fluid therein. The thermal conducting tube corresponds to a center of a CPU, so most of the heat from the CPU is able to be dissipated quickly to keep the CPU in a normal operating temperature range.

Abstract: In a cooling device, a condensation unit is constructed by stacking plural unit plates and two outer plates. The plural unit plates are superimposed in a plate-thickness direction between the outer plates, and three sheets of unit plates are also arranged in the planar direction. The radiating fins are provided such that the width of the base is substantially equal to the width of the unit plate, and are arranged in parallel on one of the outer plates in the same manner as the unit plate. According to this structure, the number of the unit plates arranged in parallel with the outer plates and the number of the radiating fins are increased or decreased, so that it is possible to easily change the size of a radiating unit in accordance with a necessary cooling capacity.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly designed for use as a fluid cooler formed of a first metal that includes a dissimilar metal connection allowing the exchanger to be utilized and reliably secured to another structure formed of a second metal. The assembly provides an easy way to cool engine exhausts, oil or another fluid flowing through the exchanger by transferring its heat to a cooling fluid flowing around the exchanger, or vice versa. The exchanger of the assembly is formed from a number of heat exchanger modules. In an embodiment intended particularly to cool diesel engine exhaust for a turbocharger, a steel or stainless steel exhaust inlet/outlet cap which is exposed to the high temperature exhaust is demountably attached to an all-aluminum heat exchange unit connected to the engine cooling system. The high temperature exhaust and the engine coolant follow generally parallel vertical paths through the heat exchanger in a generally U-shaped path that permits a short compact construction.

Abstract: A heat exchanger having an intermediate heating medium is provided. A multiplicity of inner tubes 2 are disposed in a shell 1 of a heat exchanger 10. A low-temperature heating medium Y (water) flows in these inner tubes and a high-temperature heating medium X (liquid sodium) flows in the shell. These inner tubes are divided into a plurality of groups so that each group has a plurality of said inner tubes. The plural inner tubes constituting one group are disposed in one outer tube 3, and an intermediate heating medium Z chemically inactive with respect to both the high-temperature heating medium and the low-temperature heating medium and excellent in heat transferring performance is passed through each outer tube. The possibility that the high-temperature heating medium and the low-temperature heating medium contact each other can be reduced to an extremely low level.

Abstract: A coolant/air heat exchanger core assembly (1) is described, having at least one meandering or serpentine coolant passage and an air passage between superimposed plates.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchanger including a tank, a plurality of tubes in fluid communication with the tank, and a plurality of fins extending between the tubes. The tank includes a header member and a cover member, each of which is formed from a single sheet of aluminum. The header member includes an elongate generally planar base section having first and second ends and a middle portion disposed between the first and second ends. The header member also includes a flange section that extends along one edge of the base section and a wall section that extends along the opposite edge of the base section. The cover member has a central section that is spaced apart from the middle portion of the header member and a periphery that is joined to the first and second ends of the base section, the flange section, and the wall section. The cover member is preferably joined to the header member by brazing.

Abstract: A widthwise one half portion of a core section 5a is constituted by a first section 20 formed by stacking a plurality of first elements having first and second linear channels 34 and 35 inside them and fins, and a widthwise other half portion thereof is similarly constituted by a second section 21 formed by stacking a plurality of second elements respectively having U-shaped channels 46 inside them and fins. The number of times the refrigerant fed into a thicknesswise one half portion on an inlet tank 47 side of the first section 20 is turned back in an opposite direction concerning a longitudinal direction of the first linear channels 34 inside this thicknesswise one half portion is made more numerous than the number of times the refrigerant fed into a thicknesswise other half portion on an outlet tank 52 side of the first section 20 is turned back in the opposite direction concerning the longitudinal direction of the second linear channels 35 inside this thicknesswise other half portion.

Abstract: A heat sink for a rectifier which has two heat sink plates, multiple blind holes defined in the beat sink plates. Multiple assembly diodes each corresponding to one of the blind holes and multiple metal plates each received in the bottom of one of the blind holes and under the bottom of the nail connector. After the metal plates, diode chips and the nail connectors are placed in the blind hole of the heat sink plate, an insulating plate is filled into the blind hole to secure the location of the nail connector and the metal plate, such that because the contraction coefficient of the diode chip during the cooling process increases, the water filtration and particle contamination are avoided. Furthermore, the heat dissipation efficient of the rectifier is increased as well.

Abstract: A method for cooking food in a refrigerated oven comprising a cool cycle, bake cycle, and warm cycle. The cool cycle maintains the food placed in the refrigerated oven at a temperature suitable to prevent the spoiling of the food prior to the initiation of the bake cycle. The food is cooked during the bake cycle. The warm cycle maintains the cooked food at a temperature suitable for serving on removal from the cooking chamber. In optional cool cycle can precede the warm cycle.