Level Of Supply Patents (Class 118/694)
  • Patent number: 12030317
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an inkjet head having a nozzle surface on which a nozzle for ejecting ink is formed, a cleaning liquid tank configured to store a cleaning liquid, a cleaning member provided inside the cleaning liquid tank and configured to wipe the nozzle surface, a holding member extending from an outside of the cleaning liquid tank into the cleaning liquid tank and configured to hold the cleaning member, a drive device configured to drive the holding member, and a liquid leakage suppression member provided to at least one of the cleaning liquid tank and the holding member and configured to suppress the cleaning liquid from leaking from the cleaning liquid tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kakeru Hayashi, Noriyuki Kawamata
  • Patent number: 11733616
    Abstract: A photoresist supplying system includes a pump that includes a first tube phragm that stores a photoresist and a filter that filters the photoresist, a second tube phragm that stores the photoresist and is disposed outside the pump, where the second tube phragm transfers the photoresist to the first tube phragm, a storage unit that stores the photoresist, where the storage unit provides the photoresist to the second tube phragm, and a tube phragm drive unit that is connected to the first tube phragm. The tube phragm drive unit adjusts an interior volume of the first tube phragm and applies a pressure to a flexible outer wall of the first tube phragm to transfer the photoresist from the first tube phragm to a nozzle installed in the chamber. At least a part of the photoresist stored in the first tube phragm is transferred to the second tube phragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Sasa, Kyoung Whan Oh, Sang Ho Lee, Seok Heo, Ho Kyun Kim, Ju Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11660635
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a tubular member for an exhaust gas treatment device according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the tubular member including a tubular main body made of a metal and an insulating layer formed on at least an inner peripheral surface of the tubular main body, the insulating layer containing glass, includes steps of: forming a coating film by spraying a coating liquid for insulating layer formation onto the inner peripheral surface of the tubular main body; and firing the coating film to obtain the insulating layer. The spraying is performed while the tubular main body is rotated with a length direction thereof being a rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Fujimura, Kodai Kato, Akifumi Nishio
  • Patent number: 11604423
    Abstract: A remaining toner amount detection device includes four electrodes and a controller. Each electrode has an arc shape along an outer circumferential surface of a toner bottle, and the four electrodes are spaced a certain distance apart in a circumferential direction so as to surround the toner bottle. The controller detects a remaining toner amount inside the toner bottle by using the four electrodes. The controller determines whether at least one of a first electrostatic capacity value between one pair of adjacent electrodes and a second electrostatic capacity value between the other pair of adjacent electrodes falls within a threshold range. In response to determination that at least one of the electrostatic capacity values falls within the threshold range, the controller detects a remaining toner amount inside the toner bottle based on an electrostatic capacity value, and outputs the detected remaining toner amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Osato, Masashi Hommi, Yuusuke Tomura, Ryotaro Konno, Junichi Matsumoto, Tatsuya Kubo
  • Patent number: 11525177
    Abstract: A coating weight control apparatus includes: a strip passing position movement amount estimate part configured to estimate an movement amount of a strip passing position, in response to any of activation factors for movement of a strip passing position, that is, a welding point passing, a change in tension, and an operation of a correcting roll; and a nozzle position control part configured to shift each of positions of a front side nozzle and a back side nozzle by an amount corresponding to the movement amount of the strip passing position estimated by the strip passing position movement amount estimate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Nippon Steel Nisshin Co.. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kayama, Shigetoshi Kurihara, Takanori Iwahiro, Hisao Morishita, Kazuhiko Soga, Yuta Hirano
  • Patent number: 11426991
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing highly reliable plastic glazing by forming a high hardness coating layer. The method for manufacturing plastic glazing includes: a base material layer supply step of supplying base material layer made of polycarbonate (PC) resin; an adhesive supply step of applying an adhesive to at least one side of the base material layer; a coating film supply step of seating a coating film on an upper side of the adhesive applied to the base material layer; and an attaching step of pressing the supplied coating film and of attaching to the base material layer. Through such a manufacturing method, there is an effect of improving the scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, and light resistance by forming the high hardness coating layer in the base material layer made of PC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Si Wook Lee, Ho Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 11366406
    Abstract: A toner level detector, includes: a toner cartridge storing toner and having one side provided with a light-permeable region; an agitator, which is rotatably disposed in the toner cartridge and agitates the toner; a reflective region disposed on an inner surface on the other side of the toner cartridge; a first cleaner disposed on one side of the agitator; a second cleaner disposed on the other side of the agitator; and a transceiver, which is disposed on a body outside the toner cartridge, and outputs an emitting signal to the reflective region through the light-permeable region, wherein the reflective region reflects the emitting signal to generate a reflective signal received by the transceiver through the reflective region, wherein the first cleaner, which is rotating, intermittently cleans the light-permeable region, which is fixed; and the second cleaner, which is rotating, intermittently cleans the reflective region, which is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: AVISION INC.
    Inventors: Shao-Lan Sheng, Sung-Po Cheng, Chiamin Kuo, Hsiang-Yun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11029623
    Abstract: A powder amount detector detects an amount of powder in a powder container of a cylindrical shape arranged horizontally. The powder amount detector includes a pair of measuring electrodes configured to detect capacitance between the pair of measuring electrodes to detect the amount of powder. The pair of measuring electrodes is disposed around the powder container. One of the pair of measuring electrodes has a flat shape, and the other of the pair of measuring electrodes has an arc shape following a shape of the powder container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kubo, Junichi Matsumoto, Shuntaroh Tamaki, Hiroaki Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10668664
    Abstract: A method of forming a part using additive manufacturing may include receiving, at a computer numeric controlled (CNC) machine, a computer aided design (CAD) model of the part. The method may further include dividing the CAD model into plurality of sections. The method may further include slicing each of the plurality of sections into a plurality of layers. Each section may include a distinct set of print parameters. The method may further include depositing a flowable material onto a worktable according the set of print parameters for each section of the plurality of sections to manufacture the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Thermwood Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Susnjara, Scott G. Vaal, Nicolas C. Vote
  • Patent number: 10618197
    Abstract: Provided is a gypsum-based board producing apparatus including: a mixer configured to prepare a gypsum slurry; a foaming apparatus; and a pump configured to convey foam generated by the foaming apparatus to the mixer, wherein the pump is a positive displacement pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: YOSHINO GYPSUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirooka, Seigo Ishibashi, Masaru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10599064
    Abstract: A powder-amount detection device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a voltage detector with the second electrode adjacent to the first electrode on the powder container and have a smaller surface area than a surface area of the first electrode. The third electrode is on a side opposite to the second electrode with the powder container interposed between the third electrode and each of the first electrode and the second electrode. The voltage detector detects voltages of the first electrode and the second electrode by detecting charging and discharging behaviors of the first electrode and the second electrode when a voltage is applied between the third electrode and each of the first electrode and the second electrode for a short time, and detects the amount of powder in the powder container based on the voltages of the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahide Yamashita, Taku Kumiya, Yohei Kushida, Takuya Murata, Keita Maejima
  • Patent number: 10576659
    Abstract: Provided is a gypsum-based board producing apparatus including: a mixer configured to prepare a gypsum slurry; a foaming apparatus; and a pump configured to convey foam generated by the foaming apparatus to the mixer, wherein the pump is a positive displacement pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: YOSHINO GYPSUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hirooka, Seigo Ishibashi, Masaru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10338500
    Abstract: A powder detection device includes a detection unit, a cleaning unit, and a drive unit. The detection unit includes detection surfaces provided in a storage container and enables detection of powder through the detection surfaces. The cleaning unit removes the powder from the detection surfaces by sliding along the detection surfaces. The drive unit reciprocates the cleaning unit along a path extending through the detection surfaces and differentiates a speed at which the cleaning unit is moved in a first direction along the path from a speed at which the cleaning unit is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoya Usui
  • Patent number: 10184169
    Abstract: Provided is a method for supplying a deposition material including a heating step of heating and evaporating a deposition material accommodated in a material accommodating section in which the deposition material is accommodated, a supply step of supplying the deposition material into the material accommodating section by feeding and melting a deposition material in a solid phase toward the melted deposition material in the material accommodating section, and a melted state detection step of detecting a melted state of the deposition material in the solid phase after supply in the supply step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Goto, Nobuyuki Shigeoka
  • Patent number: 9557447
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for adding a chosen functional coating on an optical surface of a spectacle lens. In one implementation, it is determined if identified features of the optical surface of the spectacle lens are compatible with the chosen functional coating according to a first set of rules. The features of the optical surface are identified based on an analysis of a quality of the optical surface. Manufacturing information for the chosen functional coating is generated based on the determined compatibility. The manufacturing information includes information for depositing the chosen functional coating on the optical surface where the identified features are compatible with the chosen functional coating and on a modified optical surface where the identified features are not compatible with the chosen functional coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE)
    Inventors: Frederic Arrouy, Philip Miller
  • Patent number: 9377741
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a development device, an electrostatic transfer device, a stopping period measuring part, a driving period measuring part, a toner consumption amount measuring part, an environment measuring part and a transferring bias adjusting part. The driving period measuring part measures a driving period in which the development device is driven in order to form the toner image. The transferring bias adjusting part adjusts the transferring bias on the basis of the stopping period measured by the stopping period measuring part, the driving period measured by the driving period measuring part, the toner consumption amount measured by the toner consumption amount measuring part and the condition of the surrounding environment measured by the environment measuring part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Einosuke Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9073441
    Abstract: In a cord reel capable of housing a power cord for transmitting electric power from an external power source to a vehicle that can be externally charged, pulling-out of the power cord wound around the cord reel from the cord reel is suppressed based on a temperature of the power cord. This can prevent a hot charging cord from exerting influence on the surroundings, such as breakage of equipment or the like which touches the hot charging cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Daisuke Ishii
  • Patent number: 8714106
    Abstract: A liquid crystal dispensing system includes a container to contain liquid crystal to be dispensed, a discharge pump to receive the liquid crystal from the container and to discharge the liquid crystal, a nozzle to dispense the liquid crystal discharged from the discharge pump onto a substrate, and a control unit to control a dispensing amount of liquid crystal discharged from the discharge pump and to compensate the dispensing amount when the dispensing amount of liquid crystal exceeds a limitation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joung-Ho Ryu, Soo-Min Kwak, Hae-Joon Son, Man-Ho An, Joon-Young Kim, Do-Hyun Ryu, Seung-Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 8697178
    Abstract: A method for applying a coating to a cable, the cable having a longitudinal direction, includes A) cleaning the surface of the cable, and B) applying coating to the cable by rotating a coating application means around the cable allowing the application of the coating. The steps are performed from a platform being moved along the cable in a movement direction by at least three wheels that are fastened in a force-locking manner to the cable. Step A) is performed in the movement direction before the wheels, and step B) is performed in the movement direction behind the wheels. The wheels are driven by a motor that can be controlled in such a manner that the platform can be positioned at predefined positions reproducibly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Diagnose-und Ingenieurgesellschaft Dr. Boué
    Inventor: Andreas Boué
  • Patent number: 8607730
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of replacing a liquid of a circulation line in a substrate liquid processing apparatus of a single-wafer type, which can replace the liquid more efficiently, by relating the replacing method with a process-liquid replenishing method. A substrate liquid processing apparatus of a single-wafer type includes: a circulation line through which a process liquid is circulated; a tank disposed in the circulation line; a liquid level sensor disposed in the tank; a liquid replenish part configured to replenish the tank with a new process liquid, based on an output of the liquid level sensor; and a liquid-replacement control part configured to stop the operation of the liquid replenish part based on a predetermined replenish stop condition that is set cooperatively with a predetermined liquid disposal condition, and to discard all the process liquid in the tank based on the predetermined liquid disposal condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Eshima
  • Patent number: 8591824
    Abstract: The heat treating furnace for the gas reaction includes an outer body, an inner body, a heating mechanism, gas supplying mechanism, and a controller. Using the controller to control the amount of gas supply effectively keeps the first pressure (P1) in the gas circulation chamber outside the inner body greater than the second pressure (P2) in the reaction chamber inside the inner body all the time. In this way, the flow rate of gas inlet, reaction rate, cooling rate can be facilitated, and the uniformity of the thin film and the operational safety can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Kern Energy Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Shih Hsiao, Toshiaki Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 8523331
    Abstract: A material jet system, comprising a container for molten jet material (3) to be ejected, a heater (4) for melting and/or keeping molten said jet material, and a jetting unit (5, 6, 7) which is arranged to form and eject droplets (8) of said jet material. The system, moreover, comprises supply structures (2) which are arranged for providing an uninterrupted supply of said material, which comprises a metal in solid form (1), and which preferably have the shape of a wire, bar or tape. Furthermore the system comprises a structure for sealing the material in solid form and a pressure controller to control a heat insulating fluid pressure in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor togegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventor: René Jos Houben
  • Patent number: 8397665
    Abstract: A device for imparting a curved gradation of tint density on an ophthalmic or optical lens is described. This gradient-tinting device utilizes both vertical movement and rotation about the vertical axis of the lens as it moves into a tinting solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventors: Herbert A. Wertheim, William F. Moore, Phillip R. Bartick
  • Patent number: 8337620
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing coating material includes a crucible having a receptacle for receiving coating material, a drive member having a drive shaft, a cover coupled to the drive shaft, and a monitor system including a light source and a camera module. The cover includes a flat surface, a slot defined in the flat surface, a first through hole and a second through hole respectively communicating with opposite ends of the slot. The drive shaft drives the cover to rotate between a closed position where the cover covers the receptacle, and the flat surface presses and flattens the coating material, and an open position where the cover is moved away from the receptacle. The light source is for emitting light through the first through hole to illuminate the coating material. The camera module is for capturing images of the illuminated coating material through the second through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shao-Kai Pei
  • Patent number: 8281736
    Abstract: Bookbinding-unit adhesive application device that does not interrupt the unit to replenish adhesive when consecutively applying adhesive to sheet bundles, and can shorten the time the system is interrupted. An adhesive storage container (10) that stores adhesive; an applicator roller (30) rotatably disposed in the adhesive storage container (10); an adhesive supplier (55) that refills hot-melt adhesive to the adhesive storage container (10); heater (20) that melts the adhesive in the adhesive storage container (10); and refill volume controller (62) that controls the amount of refill adhesive of the adhesive supplier (55) are provided. The refill volume controller (61) is configured to set the adhesive refill volume based on information from adhesive detector (22a) disposed in the adhesive storage container (10); and remaining sheets determiner (62) that determines the number of sheets to coat for the sheet bundles to be coated with adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Nisca Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Tsuchiya, Katsumasa Takagi
  • Patent number: 8220409
    Abstract: A first varnish 11 supplied from a first varnish tank 12 and a second varnish 13 supplied from a second varnish tank 14 are mixed by a mixer 15 to provide a varnish 2, and supplied to a varnish bath 18. Coating dies 19A-19F are connected to the varnish bath 18 via tubes 20A-20F. A wire 3 is installed into the coating dies 19A-19F through a hole 20a provided in each of the tubes 20A-20F. The varnish 2 supplied to the varnish bath 19 is dropped by its self weight through the tubes 20A-20F, and continuously supplied to the coating dies 19A-19F. The varnish 2 is applied to a surface of the wire 3 by the coating dies 19A-19F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Magnet Wire Corp.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Goto
  • Patent number: 8210121
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming an alignment layer comprising: at least one alignment layer forming line having a plurality of alignment layer forming units; a plurality of alignment material coating devices disposed at each alignment layer forming unit and configured to coat an alignment material on a substrate of the corresponding alignment layer forming units; at lest one alignment material supplying unit having a plurality of second alignment material containers for supplying the alignment material to each alignment material coating device; a central supplying unit connected to the at least alignment material supplying unit and having at least one first alignment material container for supplying the alignment material to the at least one alignment material supplying unit; a supplying pipe configured to connect the at least one alignment material supplying unit to the central supplying unit; and a controller configured to measure the remnant amount of alignment material of the at least one alignment material supp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyuck Oh
  • Publication number: 20120048193
    Abstract: In an immersion lithography apparatus, the immersion liquid is supplied from a tank via a flow restrictor. The liquid held in the tank is maintained at a substantially constant height above the flow restrictor to ensure a constant flow of liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Johannes Sophia Maria MERTENS, Christiaan Alexander Hoogendam, Hans Jansen, Patricius Aloysius Jacobus Tinnemans, Leon Joseph Maria Van Den Schoor, Sjoerd Nicolaas Lambertus Donders, Bob Streefkerk
  • Publication number: 20120048192
    Abstract: A metering mechanism is configured for transferring measured doses of a granular material from a first location to a second location, and is particularly suited for metering source material in a vapor deposition apparatus. A receiver is disposed to receive the granular material from the first location. A discharge port is axially offset from an outlet of the receiver. A reciprocating delivery member having a passage defined therethrough is moved in a reciprocating path by a controllable drive device between a load position wherein the passage is aligned with the receiver outlet and a discharge position wherein the passage is aligned with the discharge port. The amount of granular material transferred from the first location to the second location is a function of the volume of the passage and the reciprocating rate of the delivery member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: PRIMESTAR SOLAR, INC.
    Inventor: Edwin Jackson Little
  • Publication number: 20110315078
    Abstract: A coating system includes a housing, a coating umbrella, a lift driver, a target material source, and a control device. The housing includes a ceiling and a floor. The coating umbrella is configured for receiving a number of workpieces and is suspended from the ceiling. The lift driver is positioned on the floor of the housing and includes a cylinder and a supporting board connected to the cylinder. The cylinder capable of raising or lowering the supporting board in the housing. The target material source is supported on the supporting board and includes a crucible for receiving a target material. The control device is received in the housing and is electrically connected to the lift driver to control the movement of the lift driver to maintain the distance between the coating umbrella and the target material unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MING-YANG LIAO, CHIA-YING WU
  • Patent number: 8069815
    Abstract: A resist pipe and a resist coating device are provided. Support portions are provided at an inner wall of a resist supply portion towards a cross-sectional center of the resist supply portion from three locations. The support portions are provided at equal intervals at the inner wall, and the leading ends thereof extend to positions at which a circular rod-shaped liquid level sensor portion is nipped by a peripheral surface of the liquid level sensor portion. In this manner, the support portions support the liquid level sensor portion from three directions, and gaps are formed between the liquid level sensor portion and the inner wall of the resist supply portion. The liquid level sensor portion inside the resist supply portion is supported by the support portions such that a sensing portion is substantially in the same plane as an inlet aperture of the resist supply portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 7971551
    Abstract: A powder spray coating facility is automatically switched between a first operating mode in which only recovery powder is moved into an intermediate receptacle, and a second operating mode in which only fresh powder from a fresh powder unit is fed to the intermediate receptacle. Switching may be carried out from the second operating mode to a reserve powder operating mode when, following switching from the first operating mode to the second operating mode, an intermediate receptacle sensor continues to transmit a “powder needed” signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Mark Steinemann
  • Publication number: 20110123706
    Abstract: A continuous coating supply system includes a first coating storage unit, a second coating storage unit, a coating intake, a coating outlet, conduits and a plurality of valves. The conduits connect the first storage unit, the second coating storage unit, the coating intake and the coating outlet and are positioned on the conduits. The control unit is respectively connected to the first storage unit and the second storage, to determine a volume of coating in the first storage unit and the second storage unit, thus deciding to opened and close the valves. The pressure unit is respectively connected to the first storage unit and the second storage unit, to apply air pressure to the first coating storage unit and the second coating storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Hsing CHENG, Tsung-Yu HUNG, Ching-Ho WEI
  • Publication number: 20110107965
    Abstract: A device for imparting a gradation of tint density on an ophthalmic or optical lens is described. This gradient-tinting device utilizes both vertical movement and rotation about the vertical axis of the lens as it moves into a tinting solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Herbert A. Wertheim, William F. Moore, Phillip R. Bartick
  • Publication number: 20110107966
    Abstract: A current sensor for detecting a full return current is connected to a high voltage generator. A leakage current detector including current sensors for detecting a leakage current is provided at the surface of the cover of a coating machine, air passages and a paint passage. Based on current detection values obtained by the current sensors, a high voltage control unit controls a power supply voltage control unit and a high voltage to be output from the high voltage generator can be raised or dropped. By employing the current detection values, the high voltage control unit can identify and provide notification of a location where the leakage current is increased and the insulation is deteriorated, and can request an operator to perform maintenance for the pertinent location. Further, upon occurrence of the insulation being deteriorated, the high voltage control unit can stop the high voltage supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: ABB K.K.
    Inventor: Yukio YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20110070666
    Abstract: Gas phase nucleation conditions are controlled and/or mitigated during material deposition in semiconductor manufacturing processes. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, reaction by-product gases are monitored (e.g., 140, 160) and used to detect reactant gas conditions that promote gas phase nucleation. In some applications, an optical detection approach (e.g., 140, 142) is used to detect the presence of the reaction by-product gases, and relative amounts of the gases are used as an indicator of a ratio of reactant gases (e.g., 310, 340); the supply of reactant gases and/or other deposition conditions are correspondingly controlled (e.g., 130-138, via 160).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Namwoong Paik, Jeffrey Joerg
  • Publication number: 20110011337
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a medium feeding unit to supply a print medium, a medium coating assembly to coat the print medium with a coating liquid, and an image forming unit to form an image on the coated print medium, the medium coating assembly including a container to store the coating liquid, a coating unit to coat the print medium with the coating liquid, a channel to guide the coating liquid to move between the container and the coating unit, and a controller to selectively control the coating liquid to be supplied from the container to the coating unit and to be recovered from the coating unit to the container through the same channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Il-ju MUN, Karp-sik Youn, Dong-woo Ha, In-su Lee, Young-choon Kim
  • Publication number: 20110000431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vapour generator for the deposition of a metal coating onto a substrate (7), preferably a steel strip, that comprises a vacuum chamber (6) in the form of a housing including a vapour deposition head or ejector (3) in tight communication via a supply duct (4) with at least one crucible (1) containing the coating metal in a liquid form and located outside the vacuum chamber (6), characterised in that the ejector (3) includes a longitudinal slot for the vapour outlet acting as a sonic throat and extending on the entire width of the substrate (7), a filtration medium or a charge loss member (3A) made of a sintered material being provided in the ejector immediately before said slot on the vapour path in order to equalise the flow speed of the vapour exiting the ejector (3) through the sonic throat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: ARCELORMITTAL FRANCE
    Inventors: Pierre Banaszak, Didier Marneffe, Eric Silberberg, Luc Vanhee
  • Publication number: 20110003482
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. In the method, an aluminium-containing insulation film is formed on an electrode film of a substrate by alternately repeating a process of supplying an aluminium precursor into a processing chamber in which the substrate is accommodated and exhausting the aluminium precursor from the processing chamber and a process of supplying an oxidizing or nitriding precursor into the processing chamber and exhausting the oxidizing or nitriding precursor from the processing chamber; and a high permittivity insulation film different from the aluminium-containing insulation film is formed on the aluminium-containing insulation film by alternately repeating a process of supplying a precursor into the processing chamber and exhausting the precursor from the processing chamber and a process of supplying an oxidizing precursor into the processing chamber and exhausting the oxidizing precursor from the processing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: HITACHI-KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Arito Ogawa, Sadayoshi Horii, Taketoshi SATO, Hideharu Itatani, Nobuyuki MISE, Osamu Tonomura
  • Publication number: 20100300354
    Abstract: A liquid crystal dispensing system includes a container to contain liquid crystal to be dispensed, a discharge pump to receive the liquid crystal from the container and to discharge the liquid crystal, a nozzle to dispense the liquid crystal discharged from the discharge pump onto a substrate, and a control unit to control a dispensing amount of liquid crystal discharged from the discharge pump and to compensate the dispensing amount when the dispensing amount of liquid crystal exceeds a limitation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Joung Ho RYU, Soo-Min Kwak, Hae-Joon Son, Man-Ho An, Joon-Young Kim, Do-Hyun Ryu, Seung-Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20100212589
    Abstract: A powder spraycoating control system and its combination with a powder pump or with a powder spraycoating unit. The control system contains an controller programmed to alternatingly operate a powder spraycoating unit in turn containing an injector serving as the powder pump or a powder spraycoating unit containing a dense phase powder pump serving as the powder pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: ITW GEMA GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Christian Marxer
  • Publication number: 20100203230
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive system includes a melting unit configured to liquefy a bulk form of hot melt adhesive and deliver the liquefied hot melt adhesive to an application location. The melting unit includes a controller for establishing and/or verifying at least one system condition, such as temperatures associated with system operation. A machine reading unit is coupled with the controller and is capable of receiving information from a machine readable element and communicating the information to the controller for use in establishing and/or verifying the system condition. A method of operating the system includes scanning information on at least one system condition into the controller from a machine readable element, and using the scanned information during operation of the melting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rick Pallante, John M. Raterman
  • Patent number: 7749553
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling coating material deposition on to a medical device. Images of material drops in flight are captured and an average single drop volume value is calculated by conversion of the captured drop images to a volume measurement. The average single drop volume value is used to calculate a total number of drops necessary to apply a desired amount of coating. Alternately, material is applied and the amount of material deposited is accumulated and adjustments are made to deposit only a desired amount of coating material. A drop volume is determined for either every drop or a sampling of drops as the drops are being applied. Adjustments to the coating process include changing drop size and changing a number of drops to be deposited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Eyal Teichman, Avner Schrift
  • Patent number: 7703412
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus that discharges liquid droplets onto a work includes a head that is supplied with discharging liquid to discharge the liquid droplets; a liquid cleaning unit that contains cleaning liquid to be mixed with the discharging liquid adhered to a nozzle surface of the head; and a transport unit that moves the nozzle surface of the head relative to the liquid cleaning unit to remove, from the nozzle surface, the discharging liquid adhered to the nozzle surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Iwata
  • Patent number: 7685963
    Abstract: In a photoresist dispensing apparatus for use in manufacturing a semiconductor device, to coercively emit photoresist from a bottle by using a dispensing pump and to pass it through a supply line and a filter to obtain a filtering operation, and to spray the filtered photoresist to a wafer through a spraying nozzle; a bubble removal unit is equipped with the supply line, before the dispensing pump. Large and micro bubbles generated in the midst of flow of photoresist, and foreign substances, are substantially filtered off so as to supply photoresist of a good quality. A floating load in a foreign substance removal filter is substantially removed, thus spraying photoresist under an always uniform and stabilized pressure by using a dispensing pump, to cover a wafer with photoresist in a uniform thickness and obtain a precise pattern formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Haw Lee, Jin-Jun Park
  • Publication number: 20100018461
    Abstract: A system for coating a printing material with a fluid includes a printing press. The printing press includes a metering apparatus for metering the fluid, which is disposed within the printing press, an intermediate storage container for the intermediate storage of the fluid, which is disposed within the printing press, and a first delivery pump for delivering the fluid from the intermediate storage container to the metering apparatus, which first delivery pump is disposed within the printing press. The metering apparatus, the intermediate storage container and the first delivery pump together form a circuit. A supply storage container stores the fluid and a second delivery pump delivers the fluid from the supply storage container to the intermediate storage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bitterich, Jürgen Rothaug, Michael Schwandt
  • Publication number: 20090288598
    Abstract: A supply system for a chambered doctor blade assembly makes possible the sequential use of water-based and non-water-based coating materials through automated functions programmed in a PLC that controls the system. A pair of pneumatically driven diaphragm pumps serve as supply pump and return pump between the doctor blade chamber and a coating reservoir A PLC controls the pulse rate of pneumatic pressure to the pumps to control the rate of flow of the coating material into, and out of the doctor blade chamber. An ultrasonic sensor mounted detects the liquid level in the trough collection area. The PLC is programmed to modify the pulse rate of the supply pump and return pump to maintain the liquid level in the trough collection area above the drain thereof and below the maximum tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas James Riga, JR., Danny Richard Gubbels, Robert Burgard
  • Publication number: 20090061648
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of loading a substrate into a processing chamber; processing the substrate by supplying plural kinds of reaction substances into the processing chamber multiple number of times; and unloading the processed substrate from the processing chamber, wherein at least one of the plural kinds of reaction substances contains a source gas obtained by vaporizing a liquid source by a vaporizing part; in the step of processing the substrate, vaporizing operation of supplying the liquid source to the vaporizing part and vaporizing the liquid source is intermittently performed, and at least at a time other than performing the vaporizing operation of the liquid source, a solvent capable of dissolving the liquid source is flown to the vaporizing part at a first flow rate; and at a time other than performing the vaporizing operation of the liquid source and every time performing the vaporizing operation of the liquid source prescribed number of times, the solv
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
    Inventors: Sadayoshi Horii, Yoshinori Imai
  • Publication number: 20090004380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for applying for a flowable material, especially a particulate material, in individual superimposed layers across a support (50), the flowable material being first filled from a stationary feed station (10) into a storage container (24) of an application device. In the application device (30), which travels back and forth across the support, the flowable material is distributed inside the storage container across the entire length of the device and is then metered through a slot into a metering shaft in such a manner that the filling level in the metering shaft remains constant during application of the flowable material from the metering shaft onto the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Rainer Hochsmann, Martin Stachulla, Bernd Krabler, Stefan Huhn, Alexander Muller, Frank Sonntag
  • Patent number: 7014884
    Abstract: A coated film forming method is capable of readily forming a coated film of a thermoplastic material on a coated region of an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder. A nozzle, through which a molten paste of a thermoplastic material kept molten is discharged, is disposed toward an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder. The nozzle is moved along a rotational central line of the cylinder while rotating the cylinder and discharging the molten paste from the nozzle. Centrifugal force acting on the cylinder being rotated leads to spreading of the molten paste applied to the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder. Viscosity of the molten paste, a rotational speed of the cylinder and a speed of movement of the nozzle are set so as to keep the molten paste discharged from the nozzle from being scattered to a region other than the coated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuji Suzuki