Patents Issued in December 31, 2020
  • Publication number: 20200406277
    Abstract: A pump including an inlet one-way valve; a pump chamber downstream of and in fluid communication with the inlet one-way valve; a piston slideably engaged with the pump chamber; a piston cavity within the piston and in fluid communication with the pump chamber; a liquid accumulator operable within the piston cavity; an actuator engaged with piston; and an outlet one-way valve downstream of and in fluid communication with the pump chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Stephen BAUER, Richard Lee LANE, Cody Dylan LEWIS, James Alexander MORLEY
  • Publication number: 20200406278
    Abstract: A sample pump device comprising a flexible pouch, a rigid frame, a mechanical pump, an actuator and a rigid, non-flexible stem attachment. A flexible dip tube is specifically not included. The rigid frame houses the mechanical pump and supports the flexible pouch which contains a flowable product, such as perfume. The stem attachment provides a firm surface against which a user can provide counter pressure, as the mechanical pump is being operated. The sample pump device is adapted to withstand the extreme pressures of binding, bundling and distribution operations associated with printed circulars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Herve F. Bouix, Christophe Jacob, Francis Corbellini
  • Publication number: 20200406279
    Abstract: Tottle for containing and dispensing fluid, including a container endowed with first sealed end and second end featuring a neck, hermetic pump whose body is at least partially housed inside the neck, the pump coupled with the neck of the container by a collar, the pump coupled to a gasket, made as a single piece and including a first lip positioned in contact, in a sealed manner, with the pump body and shaped to fit onto the pump body by interference, and a second lip from which a sealing flange extends, and an intermediate portion which interconnects the first and second lips to form an annular groove facing a flange on the pump, so when the collar is fastened to the neck of the container, the sealing flange on the gasket is between the flange on the pump and a free edge of the container neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: LUMSON S.p.A.
    Inventor: Matteo MORETTI
  • Publication number: 20200406280
    Abstract: A container for fluid product comprises a single glass part. The single glass part comprises a shoulder and a neck which define an internal channel. The container for fluid product comprises a closure member tightly mounted in the internal channel. The closure member is suitable for carrying a dispensing member capable of dispensing content from the container for fluid product to outside the container for fluid product through the closure member. The closure member further comprises at least one sealing lip suitable for forming a sealing area between the neck and the closure member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Frédéric JOUAN
  • Publication number: 20200406281
    Abstract: A sprayer system having dynamic pre-sets to control spray nozzles that each individually operates continuously or under a time-modulated or a frequency-modulated electronic signal control to release liquid droplets. Collectively, adjacent or near neighboring nozzles are also controlled by time-sequencing through different modes of operation or physical configurations on each spray nozzle. The spray nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Travis G. Funseth, Richard A. Humpal, Stacy L. Bullock
  • Publication number: 20200406282
    Abstract: A mold paint-spraying device includes a frame and a mold fixed to the frame. A motor is fixed to the frame, an output end of the motor is fixedly connected to a mounting rack, a servo motor and a linear guide rail are fixedly connected to the mounting rack, a rail slide is arranged on the linear guide rail, a screw nut is fixed on the rail slide, a spray gun is fixed on the screw nut, and an output end of the servo motor is connected with a screw matching the screw nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Weidong LIU, Shiwen XU, Weizhi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200406283
    Abstract: A robotic treatment system includes a robotic arm comprising a tool mount, and a plurality of tools, each of the plurality of tools removably connectable to the tool mount. The system further includes a distribution assembly, which includes a distribution source, a distribution feed cable, a distribution return cable, and a plurality of distribution valves. Each of the plurality of distribution valves regulates a distribution flow through the distribution feed cable to one of the plurality of tools or the distribution return cable from one of the plurality of tools. The system further includes a supply assembly, which includes a supply controller, a plurality of substrate feeders, and a plurality of supply feed cables. The system further includes a main controller, the main controller in operable communication with the robotic arm, the supply controller, and each of the plurality of distribution valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: James Viggiani, Stanley Frank Simpson, Travis Edgar Garner
  • Publication number: 20200406284
    Abstract: A laundry center, as provided herein, may include a washing machine appliance, a dryer appliance, and a dispensing assembly. The dryer appliance may be vertically-aligned with the washing machine appliance. The dispensing assembly may be disposed between the washing machine appliance and the dryer appliance. The dispensing assembly may include a flexible hose and a dispensing nozzle. The flexible hose may extend between a water supply and a region above the washing machine appliance. The flexible hose may be movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The dispensing nozzle may be fluidly coupled to the flexible hose for selectively dispensing water from the water supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, Wayne E. Lawson
  • Publication number: 20200406285
    Abstract: An adjustable escutcheon assembly is provided which can be installed flush against a ceiling, wall, or other surface where a supply pipe exits the ceiling, wall, or surface at various angles. The assembly includes a fitting having a curved bearing surface and an aperture for receiving the supply pipe, a retainer which bears against and is adjustable with respect to the curved bearing surface of the fitting, and an escutcheon plate mountable to the retainer. During installation, the retainer and escutcheon plate can be rotated with respect to the pipe and fitting in order to allow flush installation of the retainer and escutcheon against the ceiling, wall, or surface at a variety of angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Durst Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Brodey, Christopher Pike, Anthony Folk
  • Publication number: 20200406286
    Abstract: A material applicator includes an array plate and at least one ultrasonic transducer mechanically coupled to the array plate. The array plate includes a plurality of micro-applicators and each of the micro-applicators has a material inlet, a reservoir, and a micro-applicator plate in mechanical communication with the at least one ultrasonic transducer. Each of the plurality of micro-applicator plates has a plurality of apertures and the at least one ultrasonic transducer is configured to vibrate each of the plurality of micro-applicator plates such that at least one material is ejected through the plurality of apertures as atomized droplets. At least one ultraviolet light source is positioned adjacent to the plurality of micro-applicators and the at least one UV light source is configured to irradiate the atomized droplets ejected through the plurality of apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Christopher Seubert, Mark Nichols, Kevin Ellwood, Wanjiao Liu
  • Publication number: 20200406287
    Abstract: A heatable treatment container for receiving a treatment bath for treating a surface of at least one large-format component having a diameter or dimensions in the range of 0.5 m to 12 m includes a container base with a container bottom, a container wall adjoining the container base, a removable lid, and a central heating column. The central heating column extends from the container bottom towards the removable lid or from the removable lid towards the container bottom. In an example embodiment, the central heating column extends from the container bottom over at least 50% of a height of the container wall towards the removable lid. In another example embodiment, the central heating column extends from the removable lid over at least 50% of a height of the container wall towards the container bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Astrid Heckl, Christian Jakob, Nikolay Podgaynyy, Bertram Haag, Yashar Musayev
  • Publication number: 20200406288
    Abstract: A liquid film cartridge includes: a nozzle section 10 which ejects a foamable solution 100 and generates a liquid film in a space; and a liquid leading section 20 which leads the foamable solution 100 to the nozzle section 10, in which when an outermost portion of a liquid ejecting port 11 of the nozzle section 10 and an inner wall 21 of the liquid leading section 20 are disposed with a gap therebetween so as to satisfy a condition of a predetermined separation relationship, a distance from the inner wall 21 generating air bubbles 103 to the liquid ejecting port 11 in the liquid leading section 20 corresponding to a flow path immediately before the foamable solution 100 reaches the nozzle section 10 is increased and the amount of the air bubbles 103 entering from the liquid leading section 20 into the nozzle section 10 can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Akira WATANABE, Tadashi OKUNO, Takeji UEDA, Bunpei DOI
  • Publication number: 20200406289
    Abstract: An object is to suppress a variation in amount of a sealant that is applied on an object to be sealed. There is provided a sealant discharge nozzle configured such that a sealant from a cartridge is discharged from a discharge hole of the sealant discharge nozzle. The sealant discharge nozzle has a leading end portion comprising a pair of side wall portions; and a connecting wall portion configured to connect the pair of side wall portions with each other and provided in cooperation with the pair of side wall portions to form a first recess that is open on one side in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the sealant discharge nozzle, and on a leading end side. The discharge hole has an opening formed on a first recess side of the connecting wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Masayoshi OKAMOTO, Tadamichi MAWATARI, Kensuke TSUCHIYA, Masayoshi ZAITSU, Naohiro OTSUKI, Junji TSUCHIYA, Youhei MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200406290
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a flowable material is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes at least one bag. The at least one bag includes an inner layer that is a coextruded film and that defines an interior of the at least one bag configured to contain the flowable material. The at least one bag further includes an outer layer that defines an exterior of the at least one bag, and at least one intermediate layer disposed between the inner and outer layers. The apparatus also includes a face plate having an outlet configured to be placed in fluid communication with the interior of the at least one bag, wherein the flowable material is configured to flow from the interior of the at least one bag to be dispensed from the outlet of the face plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Charles M. FREY, Sr., Robert W. Springhorn
  • Publication number: 20200406291
    Abstract: A substrate for use in an aqueous slurry has a polymeric coating to provide a compliant and sticky surface. The polymer coating has a chemical to render the surface hydrophobic so as to attract hydrophobic or hydrophobized mineral particles in the slurry. The substrate can take the form of a conveyor belt, a bead, a mesh, an impeller, a filter or a flat surface. The substrate can also be an open-cell foam. The polymeric coating can be modified with tackifiers; plasticizers; crosslinking agents; chain transfer agents; chain extenders; adhesion promoters; aryl or alky copolymers; fluorinated copolymers and/or additives; hydrophobizing agents such as hexamethyldisilazane; inorganic particles such as silica, hydrophobic silica, and/or fumed hydrophobic silica; MQ resin; and/or other additives to control and modify the properties of the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Paul J. ROTHMAN, Mark R. FERNALD, Paul DOLAN, Michael Stephen RYAN, Timothy J. BAILEY, Kirk JOHNSON, Patrick TUXBURY, Kevin Rodney LASSILA, Michael D. COPPOLA, Allison K. GREENE
  • Publication number: 20200406292
    Abstract: A method of dispensing a brushable substance onto a surface comprises (1) with a cartridge positioned inside a sleeve between an inner tubular sleeve wall and an outer tubular sleeve wall, circumscribing the inner tubular sleeve wall, and also positioned between a twist-lock pressure cap, hermetically coupled with the cartridge, and a valve, communicatively coupled with the cartridge, linearly moving an annular plunger, received between an inner tubular cartridge wall and an outer tubular cartridge wall, circumscribing the inner tubular cartridge wall, toward the valve along a first axis to urge the brushable substance from the cartridge, through the valve, and to a brush that is communicatively coupled to the valve; and (2) controlling flow of the brushable substance from the valve to the brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Pringle-Iv, Raul Tomuta, Angelica Davancens, Martin Guirguis, Martin Lozano, Jake B. Weinmann
  • Publication number: 20200406293
    Abstract: A substrate having a burnable coating mask includes: a substrate having a first section and a second section; a mask coating layer over the first section of the substrate; and a functional coating layer over at least a portion of the mask coating layer and over the second section of the substrate. A method of segmenting a substrate having a layer thereover, a method of preparing a segmented substrate having a layer thereover, a segmented substrate, and a transparency are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Farzad Fareed
  • Publication number: 20200406294
    Abstract: A method of depositing a lateral pattern of a deposition material onto a substrate. The method comprises fabricating a laterally patterned deposition surface on the substrate having one or more deposition regions and one or more non-deposition regions. The method comprises depositing deposition material onto the deposition regions of the deposition surface to form a deposition structure comprising deposited regions and non-deposited regions. Depositing deposition material comprises dissolving the deposition material in a solvent to form a solution, introducing the deposition surface into fluid contact with the solution, varying a temperature of the solution, varying a pressure of the solution; and selectively heating the deposition regions to temperatures greater than the temperature of the solution to cause the deposition material to precipitate from the solution and deposit onto the deposition regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Loren Gregory KAAKE
  • Publication number: 20200406295
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aluminum alloy coating, an aluminum alloy wheel hub and a spraying method of an aluminum alloy wheel hub. The aluminum alloy coating includes a base powder layer, a main body layer and a transparent powder layer from inside to outside. The main body layer includes at least two prime coat layers and at least two colored paint layers which are superposed in a preset order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Peng Han, Qingwang Wei, Yafei Song, Yongfeng Shu, Jian Zhang, Kun Gu, Yu Liu, Jian Li
  • Publication number: 20200406296
    Abstract: Driver circuitry for driving an electromechanical load with a drive output signal based on a digital reference signal at a first sample rate, the drive output signal inducing a first electrical quantity at the electromechanical load, the driver circuitry comprising: a function block configured, based on said first electrical quantity, to digitally determine at a second sample rate higher than the first sample rate an adjustment signal indicative of a second electrical quantity which would be induced at a target output impedance of the driver circuitry due to said first electrical quantity; and a driver configured to generate the drive output signal based on the reference signal and the adjustment signal to cause the drive output signal to behave as if an output impedance of the driver circuitry has been adjusted to comprise the target output impedance, wherein the first electrical quantity is a current and the second electrical quantity is a voltage, or vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Carl Lennart STÅHL, Emmanuel MARCHAIS, Anthony Stephen DOY, John L. MELANSON
  • Publication number: 20200406297
    Abstract: A vibration device includes a bimorph type piezoelectric element having a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other and a vibration member bonded to the second main surface of the piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element has a first active region disposed closer to the first main surface between the first and second main surfaces and a second active region disposed closer to the second main surface than the first active region between the first and second main surfaces. When a force generated in the first active region is F1, a force generated in the second active region is F2, and a force by which the vibration member restrains the second active region is Fr, F2?F1?Fr is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki OHTA, Hideya SAKAMOTO, Kazushi TACHIMOTO, Yoshikazu SHIMURA, Tetsuyuki TANIGUCHI, Akihiro TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200406298
    Abstract: A vibration apparatus includes a vibrating body that has a tubular shape and includes first and second opening end portions, an outside surface, and an inside surface, a light transmissive body connected to the second opening end portion of the vibrating body, and a piezoelectric vibrator provided in the vibrating body. The vibrating body includes a flange portion extending from the outside surface of the vibrating body toward an outside. The vibration apparatus further includes a driving circuit that vibrates a connection body of the light transmissive body and the vibrating body in a vibration mode of light transmissive body vibration or a vibration mode of flange portion vibration and that alternately switches between the vibration mode of the light transmissive body vibration and the vibration mode of the flange portion vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Katsumi FUJIMOTO, Hitoshi SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200406299
    Abstract: Described herein is a method for manufacturing, or for use in manufacturing a flexible ultrasonic transducer array and the resultant ultrasonic transducer array. The method includes providing a layer of piezoelectric material onto a foil substrate and using additive techniques to apply at least one electrode to a surface of the piezoelectric material such that the electrodes are arranged in an electrode array. The method also includes using the additive techniques to applying a plurality of electrical conduction tracks and a plurality of electrical connectors to the surface of the piezoelectric material or to a layer of dielectric material provided on the surface of the piezoelectric material, such that respective electrical conduction tracks electrically connect a respective electrode to a respective electrical connector. The additive techniques comprise at least one of: masking, deposition, photo patterning, printing or patterned coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: David HUGHES, Daniel IRVING
  • Publication number: 20200406300
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a screen assembly configurable in a multi-screen configuration. The screen assembly in the multi-screen configuration includes a lower shaker screen and an upper shaker screen. A track is configured to be disposed on an inside wall of a vibratory separator and includes an upper retainer and a lower retainer. A screen clamping assembly is disposed in the track and includes a small spacer disposed between the lower shaker screen and the upper shaker screen in the track when the screen assembly is in the multi-screen configuration. An actuator is disposed in the track and has a clamped position where the actuator is actuated to provide a clamping force to clamp the lower shaker screen, the upper shaker screen, and the small spacer between the upper retainer and the lower retainer of the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: John Fedders
  • Publication number: 20200406301
    Abstract: A method of installing a vibratory shaker screen in a vibratory shaker, including placing a first end of the vibratory shaker screen in a retainer, wherein the retainer is one of attached and a component of the vibratory shaker; pivoting a second end of the vibratory shaker screen toward a screen installation position on the vibratory shaker, deflecting a tab on one of the vibratory shaker screen and the vibratory shaker through contact of the vibratory shaker screen to another retainer of the vibratory shaker, and connecting the vibratory shaker screen to the vibratory shaker, where the tab fixedly connects the vibratory shaker screen to the vibratory shaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Mitchell Landwehr, Benjamin Holton, John Fedders
  • Publication number: 20200406302
    Abstract: A sliding drawer sifter apparatus for sorting plant buds by size includes a frame having a set of drawers comprising a top drawer, a middle drawer, and a bottom draw. Each of the set of drawers has a handle and an inner lip. A set of sifter grates each has a grate perimeter selectively engageable with the inner lip of each of the drawers and a grate body coupled within the grate perimeter. The set of sifter grates comprises a top grate, a middle grate, and a bottom grate. The grate body of the bottom grate is finer than the grate body of the middle grate. The grate body of the middle grate is finer than the grate body of the top grate. The top grate, the middle grate, and the bottom grate are configured to sort progressively smaller plant buds into the set of drawers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Kimberli Rush
  • Publication number: 20200406303
    Abstract: An implement for cleaning debris from feed bunks has a frame adapted to be coupled to a vehicle, a transverse shaft rotatably supported by bearing assemblies on the frame and extending laterally beyond one side of the vehicle, a drive motor for rotatably driving the shaft, and a plurality of strips of flexible material connected to an outer end portion of the shaft. The strips of flexible material can be baler belt sections arranged with a tread pattern on a leading surface to help pick up debris and liquid from feed bunks during operation. The strips of flexible material are attached to mounting surfaces on diametrically opposed sides of the shaft and arranged so that free ends of the strips strike and fling debris from the feed bunk during rotation. The drive motor has an adjustable rotation speed to accommodate differing amounts and conditions of debris in the feed bunk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Ryan Blackwood
  • Publication number: 20200406304
    Abstract: A vehicle-cleaning system and method of cleaning a vehicle are provided, the system comprises a cleaning agent dispenser configured to administer a cleaning agent to a surface of a vehicle for cleaning, wherein the cleaning agent preferably comprises one or more nanoparticulate metal oxide. In one embodiment, the system comprises a chemical agent dispenser configured to separately administer a chemical agent to the surface of a vehicle to react with said cleaning agent to form a resultant foam. The system further comprises an electromagnetic wave emitting system for providing wavelength in a range of about 200 nm to about 380 mn to activate the nanoparticulate metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Han Leong Lim, Lip Lin Er
  • Publication number: 20200406305
    Abstract: A portable pressure washer comprising a backpack a first tank, the first tank comprising a selectively removable cap and a quick connect, a second tank, the second tank comprising a selectively removable cap and a quick connect, at least one pump and a manifold coupled to the first tank, the second tank and the pump, wherein the first tank, the second tank and the manifold are configured to fit inside of a backpack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Richard Beaman
  • Publication number: 20200406306
    Abstract: A self-cleaning automatically-stored electrical mop includes a mop rod assembly, a mop head assembly, and a cleaning base assembly used for storing and cleaning the mop head assembly. The mop head assembly is arranged at the lower end of the mop rod assembly and includes a mop head shell which is provided with a rotatable cleaning roller and a motor used for driving the cleaning roller. The cleaning base assembly includes a shell part. A cleaning groove used for cleaning the cleaning roller is formed in the shell part, and a cleaning assembly used for scrubbing the cleaning roller is arranged in the cleaning groove. The shell part is provided with a sewage discharge system used for discharging sewage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Zhi-Chang LIU, Xiao-Ming ZHANG, Jian-Xin XI
  • Publication number: 20200406307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a twelve-inch and eight-inch compatible furnace tube washing tank mechanism and a furnace tube washing tank device. A driving wheel is arranged at the upper part of a support frame; a first gear on the driving wheel is engaged with a second gear of a driven wheel; two sides of a third gear of the driven wheel are respectively engaged with a fourth gear of a first transmission shaft. The twelve-inch and eight-inch compatible furnace tube washing tank mechanism is compatible with a variety of specifications and is capable of improving the efficiency and reducing the cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: LIQIANG WANG, LINHAI GE, SHUANGSHENG DING, JIE LI, JIANLONG ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20200406308
    Abstract: An element chip cleaning method including: an element chip preparation step of preparing at least one element chip having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface covered with a resin film; a first cleaning step of bringing a first cleaning liquid into contact with the resin film, the first cleaning liquid including a solvent that dissolves at least part of a resin component contained in the resin film; and a second cleaning step of spraying a second cleaning liquid against the resin film from the first surface side of the element chip, after the first cleaning step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Akihiro ITOU, Atsushi HARIKAI, Toshiyuki TAKASAKI, Hidefumi SAEKI, Shogo OKITA
  • Publication number: 20200406309
    Abstract: The inventive concept relates to an apparatus for treating a substrate. According to an embodiment, the substrate treating apparatus includes a housing having a process space therein, a support unit that supports the substrate in the housing, a nozzle that dispenses a treatment liquid onto the substrate supported on the support unit, and a liquid supply unit that supplies the treatment liquid to the nozzle, in which the liquid supply unit includes a container having a storage space in which the treatment liquid is stored, a liquid supply tube that causes the treatment liquid to flow from the container to the nozzle, and a microwave applying member that applies microwaves to the treatment liquid before the treatment liquid is supplied to the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungtae YANG, Buyoung JUNG, Seung Hwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20200406310
    Abstract: A steam generating apparatus includes a canister having a water inlet and a steam outlet. The steam generating apparatus includes a barrier in the canister dividing the canister into a lower chamber and an upper chamber. The lower chamber is positioned to receive water from the water inlet. The steam outlet valve receives steam from the upper chamber. The barrier has apertures for steam to pass from the lower chamber to the upper chamber and allows for condensation to pass from the upper chamber to the lower chamber. The steam generating apparatus includes a heating element configured to apply heat to a portion of lower chamber. The steam generating apparatus includes a controller configured to modify the flow rate of water through the water inlet to keep a water level above the heating element and below the steam outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Hari Soundararajan, Shou-Sung Chang, Haosheng Wu, Paul D. Butterfield, Jianshe Tang, Chad Pollard
  • Publication number: 20200406311
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate treating apparatus comprising: a support unit for supporting the substrate; a discharge unit for discharging an organic solvent to the substrate supported on the support unit; and a solvent supply unit for supplying the organic solvent in a liquid state to the discharge unit at atmospheric pressure to a temperature higher than the boiling point of the organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jeong Yeong Park, Kang Suk Lee, Heehwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20200406312
    Abstract: An ultrasonic/megasonic cleaning device includes a cleaning unit including an upper casing and a lower casing connected to form a hollow chamber, an ultrasonic/megasonic generator provided in the hollow chamber, and a bottom quartz component provided with a quartz rod array composed of a plurality of vertically arranged quartz rod-like structures; a spray arm connected to the upper casing; and an ultrasonic/megasonic frequency control unit connected between the at least one signal source and the ultrasonic/megasonic generator, for constantly varying a frequency of the electrical signal output from the at least one signal source and introducing the electrical signal into the ultrasonic/megasonic generator, so as to dynamically vary an oscillation frequency of the ultrasonic/megasonic wave generated by the ultrasonic/megasonic generator; wherein the ultrasonic/megasonic frequency control unit includes a frequency-switching timing control unit configured to trigger am ultrasonic/megasonic frequency switching con
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yu TENG, Yi WU
  • Publication number: 20200406313
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present specification provide methods and systems for clearing a detector of contaminants or any other undesirable substances that may affect operation of detector. The methods and systems enable a clear-down mode to clear the detector after an alarm is detected during sampling by the detector. The clear-down mode may be enabled immediately upon detecting a substance of interest. Further, the clear-down mode is effective to increase and direct all air flow through the detector in order to maximally purge contaminants from the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Bradley Douglas Shaw, William Rogers, Vladimir Romanov, Adam Justin Maines, Brittney Hoehing, Gennadiy N. Berezutskiy, Kurt R. Bistany
  • Publication number: 20200406314
    Abstract: An air blowing device, a self-suction tail plug, and an air blower using the tail plug are provided. The air blower includes: a manner of air inlet and outlet one-way valve, an airbag, an integrated air inlet and outlet device, and a vent valve device. One end of the airbag is provided with an opening, and the bottom end of the integrated air inlet and outlet device is provided with a connecting end. The integrated air inlet and outlet device includes an air inlet structure and an air outlet structure. A ventilation pipeline of the air inlet structure and a ventilation pipeline of the air outlet structure are ventilated into the air bag. The self-suction tail plug includes a tail plug body. The bottom of the tail plug body is provided with a suction cup capable of suctioning and fixing the air blower on the surface of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SHANGHAI JIEYONG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiemei GAO
  • Publication number: 20200406315
    Abstract: Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for acquiring optical emission spectra from an optical emission spectroscopy system by flowing a dry cleaning gas into a plasma processing chamber of the plasma processing system and igniting a plasma in the plasma processing chamber to initiate the waferless dry cleaning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Brian J. COPPA, Deepak Vedhachalam, Francois C. Dassapa
  • Publication number: 20200406316
    Abstract: For surface wetting control, an apparatus can expel fluid from a droplet on a surface using a transducer mechanically coupled to the surface. A first area of the surface can have a first wettability for the fluid, and a second area of the surface can have a second wettability for the fluid. The first wettability of the first area of the surface can be greater than the second wettability of the second area of the surface. The first area and the second area can have a patterned arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Lee Revier, Benjamin Stassen Cook, David Patrick Magee, Stephen John Fedigan
  • Publication number: 20200406317
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method for cleaning a steam wand of a beverage brewing apparatus. The device includes a first reservoir, a larger elastically deformable reservoir, a scrubbing means, a first one-way valve, and a second one-way valve. The first reservoir is adapted to closely encapsulate the steam wand. The first reservoir is open at one end to receive the steam wand. The larger elastically deformable reservoir is adapted to contain a larger sterile portion of a cleaning solution. The scrubbing means adapted to mechanically loosen milk residue through a scrubbing action. The first one-way valve is operable to connect the larger elastically deformable reservoir to the first reservoir. The second one-way valve is operable to allow air to flow into the larger elastically deformable reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Joel Moll
  • Publication number: 20200406318
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an auxiliary frame cleaning device which includes an upper working station and a lower working station, the upper working station is used for finishing the processes of loading, unloading and drying an auxiliary frame; the lower working station is used for finishing the process of cleaning the auxiliary frame; the upper working station consists of an auxiliary frame loading system, a vehicle body mounting hole sealing and adjusting system and an air supply system; the lower working station structure and the upper working station structure are consistent and symmetrically distributed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Huiying LIU, Dong GUO
  • Publication number: 20200406319
    Abstract: A method and the apparatus serve for air extraction in the area of a heating press. Extracted air is fed to at least one exhaust air treatment device. In the area of the device, the extracted air is modified in terms of at least one parameter. It is intended, in particular, to use a tire heating press as the heating press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas STÖHRMANN, Fokko ERDMANN
  • Publication number: 20200406320
    Abstract: This document relates to methods for degrading Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and remediating leachate. This document provides methods involved in contacting pretreated LDPE or plastic waste comprising LDPE with at least one white-rot fungus, achieving near 100% LDPE degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Shloka Janapaty
  • Publication number: 20200406321
    Abstract: This manufacturing method for a slab is a method for manufacturing a slab by a continuous casting equipment including a twin-drum type continuous casting apparatus, a cooling apparatus, an in-line mill, and a coiling apparatus. The method includes calculating a friction coefficient from measured values of a rolling load and a forward slip when the slab is rolled, by use of a rolling analysis model, and controlling a lubrication condition during rolling of the slab so that the friction coefficient falls within a predetermined range, wherein, when the friction coefficient is calculated from the measured values of the rolling load and the forward slip by use of an Orowan theory and a deformation resistance model formula based on a Shida's approximate formula as the rolling analysis model, the predetermined range is 0.15 or more and 0.25 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki SHIRAISHI, Daisuke NIKKUNI, Manabu ETO, Masafumi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200406322
    Abstract: A metal substrate provided with surface textures wherein different texture patterns are provided over predefined surface areas of the metal substrate and wherein the different texture patterns are tailored to predefined surface properties of a product which is to be made out of the metal substrate as well as to a method for applying such surface textures on the metal substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter BAART, Jan BOTTEMA, David Thomas Allan MATTHEWS
  • Publication number: 20200406323
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rolling method for rolling a strip including: rolling the strip by a pair of working rolls; transmitting a rolling force to the working rolls by a pair of support rolls; holding each of the working rolls by a pair of side support rollers; supporting each side support roller by two rows formed by rollers; supporting each row formed by the rollers, by a bearing support carrying rollers, the bearing support mounted pivotally on an articulation axis. The dimensions of a first interspace between the side support roller and the support roll and a second interspace between the strip and the assembly consisting of side support roller and bearing support vary in the course of the rolling. The method includes adjusting the dimension separating the axis of the support roll and the axis of the side support roller defining the first interspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Conrad ERNST DE LA GRAETE
  • Publication number: 20200406324
    Abstract: A puller apparatus has a path through which an extrusion travels downstream from an outlet of an extruder and upper and lower extrusion puller members that define a portion of the path. At least one of the extrusion puller members is a drive member to provide forward motion to an extrusion. A mounting arm is moveably mounted to the puller apparatus at a mounting location. The mounting arm has a first portion on one side of the mounting location and a second portion on an opposed side of the mounting location. The upper extrusion puller member is mounted to the first portion of the mounting arm. The mounting arm is movable from a lowered position in which the upper extrusion puller member is positioned to engage an extrusion in the path and a raised position in which the upper extrusion puller member is spaced upwardly from the lowered position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20200406325
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for fin straightening tools for a heat radiator configured with fins forming elongated air passages. The fin straightening tool comprises an elongated rod member having a proximal end opposite a distal insertion end and a body comprising a cross-section adapted to geometrically align closely with a geometric cross-sectional shape of an air flow passage formed between fins of a radiator. The body forms two opposing planar surfaces configured as flat to slidingly engage opposing external flat surfaces of radiator fins to structurally mate against the external flat surfaces. The distal insertion end of the rod member is angled and beveled. The present disclosure further provides methods of using the fin straightening tools to straighten bent radiator fins, including to form a scaffolding support structure, to straighten a damaged area of a radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Bogdan
  • Publication number: 20200406326
    Abstract: A robot for straightening double thin-wall section pipe with multi-cavity special-shaped, includes two racks, a positioning component, a shaping component and a driving component. The double thin-wall section pipe is located in the positioning component, and the shaping component is used for shaping the pipe by the driving of the driving component. The robot improves the working efficiency, and is not only compact in structure design, stable in movement, precise in positioning and reliable in locking, but also convenient for disassembly and maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Hua Zhai, Yucheng Wu, Huaihao Song, Rui Lei, Shenglong Wang, Wenchao Shi