With Work Feeding Or Handling Means Patents (Class 156/538)
  • Publication number: 20110017406
    Abstract: A device employed by a user for applying a self-adhesive product to a surface may include an outer housing configured for gripping by a single hand of the user, the outer housing having a distal end, and a volume of self-adhesive product disposed within the outer housing. An automatic dispensing mechanism is disposed within the outer housing and operatively coupled to the outer housing and the volume of self-adhesive product, the automatic dispensing mechanism configured to advance at least a portion of the volume of self-adhesive product through the outer housing distal end in response to a manual actuation force applied to the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Schultz, Michael E. Klinkhammer, Steven A. Zach, Russell B. Wortley, William J. Rice, Doraiswami Jaichandra, Mark D. Duennes, Keith C. Kristiansen, Jeffrey E. Butler, JR., Thomas Van Dyk, David Demar, Roland Charriez, John Kiely, John Anastasiadis
  • Patent number: 7874336
    Abstract: A label application assembly for labeling machines in general, comprising, downstream of a label feeder, a plate for picking up the labels, which is connected to means for transfer onto the product to be labeled, safety means being provided which are interposed between the pick-up plate and the transfer means and are adapted to intervene when the pick-up plate interacts with obstacles interposed in the region where the pick-up plate moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Arca Etichette S.p.A.
    Inventor: Riccardo Fadiga
  • Patent number: 7875144
    Abstract: A transferring device 10 for transferring plate-like members such as a semiconductor wafer and the like among the first table T1, the second table T2 and the third table T3. The transferring device 10 includes a supporting unit 11 provided with a supporting face for a semiconductor wafer W, and a multi joint robot 12 for transferring the supporting unit 11. The supporting face includes a stacked body of adhesive sheets S in which an adhesive layer A is laminated on a sheet base material SB, and transferring among the table T1 through T3 can be performed through sticking and peeling operation between the adhesive sheet S positioned in an outermost layer and the semiconductor wafer W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20110011540
    Abstract: A tape dispenser includes: an attachment member for fixing on an apparatus; a tape holder; and an engaging member. The tape holder holds an adhesive tape in a manner that allows the adhesive tape to be reeled out. The engaging member is provided on the attachment member and the tape holder and removably engages the tape holder with the attachment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshihiro Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20110000622
    Abstract: A hand-held correction tape device for transferring a deposit of for example adhesive, covering or colored material onto a surface, the device having a housing for accommodating a deposit, a supply reel and a tip longitudinally projecting from the housing with the deposit extending from the supply at the lower longitudinal side of the tip facing the correction surface during operation. A front tip portion of the tip runs transversely at the front end, the rotation plane of the deposit supply reel being parallel to the front tip portion, and the tip includes at least one guiding wing that is partially curved and attached to the front tip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Societe BIC
    Inventors: Franck Rolion, Baudouin Bertrand
  • Patent number: 7861758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a push-button controlled correction tape, comprising: a casing, which is provided with an accommodating space, as well as an upper covering, a lower covering, and an assembling covering; a tape holder, which is placed in the accommodating space of the casing, and is provided with a first assembly, a second assembly, a tape exporting device, and an applicator head, wherein the first assembly is provided with a pair of poles; a pressing mechanism, which is placed on one side of the rear coving of the casing, and is provided with a pressing portion, a guiding block and a sliding bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Leone Penna Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: David Sun
  • Publication number: 20100326589
    Abstract: An optical display device manufacturing system for bonding a first optical member to an optical display unit, comprising an excluding device for excluding a second optical member as an object to be excluded from a long release film that carries the first and second optical members, wherein the excluding device includes a tape member; a tape member rolling means on which the tape member is rolled; a roller for exclusion around which the tape member unrolled from the tape member rolling means is wound; a drive mechanism for shifting the roller for exclusion; and a take-up means for taking up the tape member wound around the roller for exclusion, wherein the excluding device being configured so that when the roller for exclusion is shifted, the second optical member is attached to the tape member and taken up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Koshio, Kazuo Kitada, Tomokazu Yura, Takuya Nakazono
  • Publication number: 20100326581
    Abstract: A method for applying labels to a substrate comprises providing a release liner having a repeating sequence of pluralities of pressure-sensitive labels disposed thereon, each of the pluralities comprising at least two labels and applying at least one plurality of labels to a substrate using a label applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Custom Security Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Morton F. Roseman
  • Patent number: 7857029
    Abstract: An annular convex portion is formed along an outer periphery of a back face of a wafer so as to surround a ground area in the back face. The wafer is placed on a holding table with its front face directed upward. A locking member of the holding table supports and contacts the outer periphery of the annular convex portion, thereby securing the wafer. In this state, a separating adhesive tape is supplied toward a surface of a protective tape joined to the front face of the wafer. Then, a joining member presses the adhesive tape against the wafer, thereby joining the adhesive tape to the surface of the protective tape. Further, a guide member guides the adhesive tape joined to the protective tape in a reverse direction, Thus, the adhesive tape and the protective tape are simultaneously separated from the front face of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20100323200
    Abstract: An apparatus for welding together polymer composite components to form a composite frame, the apparatus including: a load bearing apparatus; a plurality of location elements for respectively locating at least one component of the composite frame to be assembled, each location element being connected to the load bearing apparatus; at least one of said location elements being a moveable location element, the position of said location element being moveable with respect to said load bearing apparatus; guides for the precise movement of said locating elements to position the composite components into a series of joints which form the composite frame; at lease one actuation means for the at least one moveable location element, the actuation means being attached to the load bearing apparatus and to the at least one moveable location element; at least one motion limiting apparatus applied to the at least one moveable location element, the motion limiting apparatus being either a means of control of the force applied
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: CRC FOR ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Beehag, Rowan Johnson Paton, Michael Andrew Marelli
  • Publication number: 20100314050
    Abstract: A die bonder is provided comprising a bond head including a collet for picking up a die and bonding the die at a bonding site. The die bonder further comprises a first motor which is connected to the collet by a shaft for driving the collet in driving directions towards and away from the bonding site and a second motor which is connected to the bond head for driving the bond head in directions parallel to the driving directions of the first motor. A rotary motor is also operatively connected to the collet for rotating the collet about a rotational axis that is parallel to the driving directions of the first motor. The shaft is slidably connected to the rotary motor and is slidable relative to the rotary motor when it is driven by the first motor to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Sun Kuen WONG, Hon Chiu HUI, Yin Fun NG
  • Publication number: 20100314033
    Abstract: A device for welding plastic tubes includes a pair of tube holders each of which has a tube clamp which includes an upper jaw and a lower jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Ivars V. Ivansons, Dudley W.C. Spencer
  • Publication number: 20100300612
    Abstract: A reinforcing support substrate is joined to a surface of the semiconductor wafer via a double-faced adhesive tape, and then is removed from the semiconductor wafer. Subsequently, the semiconductor wafer with the support substrate removed therefrom is adhesively held on a rear face of a ring frame via a support adhesive tape, and the double-faced adhesive tape is separated from the surface of the semiconductor wafer integrate with the ring frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamamoto, Yukitoshi Hase
  • Publication number: 20100288429
    Abstract: The invention relates to a former for fabricating a gas composite material casing for a gas turbine, the casing being obtained by forming fiber reinforcement as superposed layers of a fiber texture and densifying the fiber reinforcement with a matrix. The former has two cheekplates and an annular wall with an outside surface presenting a profile that corresponds to the profile of the inside surface of the casing that is to be fabricated, the annular wall of the former including removable fastener means for fastening a fiber texture layer and serving to hold the first layer of the fiber texture mechanically while the fiber texture is being wound on the former.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Richard MATHON, Olivier Patrigeon
  • Publication number: 20100288417
    Abstract: A bonding method for bonding a pair of substrates together with an adhesive, the bonding method includes placing the adhesive between the substrates, applying pressure to the substrates, and rotating the substrates at a first rotation speed after start of the applying pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Mishima
  • Publication number: 20100288428
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for labeling a container comprising (a) first winder capable of unwinding a heat transfer label from a heat transfer label roll, (b) first vacuum box capable of containing at least a portion of the heat transfer label unwound from the first winder, (c) vacuuming means, (d) heater plate, and (e) heat label applicator. The use of one or more vacuum boxes enables containers to be labeled at a greater speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Gavin John Broad, Adal Tecleab, Jason Lee DeBruler
  • Patent number: 7828031
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are proposed for aligning and fixing a ribbon onto the groove of a solar cell for avoiding undue stress on the ribbon as well as crystal damage of the solar cells by hardening of the ribbon. The apparatus includes a frame, a leading arm, and a trailing arm, the leading and trailing arms being movably mounted on at least one linear guide arranged on said frame. The apparatus further provides for upward and downward movement of the at least one linear guide, and a shear for cutting said ribbon. Both the leading arm and the trailing arm have a gripper for gripping the ribbon. These grippers are provided to apply a predetermined longitudinal tension to the ribbon when the leading and trailing arms are moved relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Komax Holding AG
    Inventor: Brian S. Micciche
  • Patent number: 7828033
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer capacitor comprises a first layer forming step, a first electrode forming step, a second layer forming step, a second electrode forming step, a separation step, an element forming step and a terminal forming step. In the first layer forming step, a first ceramic green layer is formed on a supporting body. In the first electrode forming step, a first electrode pattern is formed on the first ceramic green layer. In the second layer forming step, a second ceramic green layer is formed laminated on the first ceramic green layer. In the second electrode forming step, a second electrode pattern is formed at the second ceramic green layer. In the separation step, the support body is separated from the laminated body. In the element forming step, elements are formed by laminating a plurality of the laminated bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Aoki
  • Publication number: 20100263799
    Abstract: In a transferring device (A) structured such that a paste (Tb) is transferred to a paper strip (P) by being slid in a predetermined transferring direction in a state in which the paper strip (P) is pinched between a transferring device main body (1) and a transferred object receiving cradle (2), the transferring device is provided with a guide surface (12a) guiding the paper strip (P) in the same direction as a transferring direction by being brought into contact with an edge portion (Pa), and a deflection upper roller (11) energizing the paper strip (P) toward the guide surface (12a) at a time of the sliding movement by being arranged so as to be deflected at a predetermined angle toward the guide surface (12a) from the transferring direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: KOKUYO S&T CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Hikasa, Kinya Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20100263798
    Abstract: A transferring device for light-reflectable tape, comprising a casing and a gear transmission unit, wherein, a sticker tape is winded around a tape roll gear to form a tape roll comprising an adhesive layer and a released paper. The front end of the adhesive layer extends out of the dispensing outlet of the casing, a pressure roller where located at the dispensing outlet of the casing is pressed on the layer to provide a brake force. In addition, the elastic position-limited teeth of the tape roll gear are engaged with a ratchet wheel in order to prevent the loosing of the tape roll gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: Yuh Yi TSAI
  • Publication number: 20100252203
    Abstract: A labeling and preparation device for test tubes. At least one storage section places at least one pallet having a set of test tubes at a preset position. At least one transfer section is disposed above the storage section, and clamps or releases one of the test tubes. A labeling section is disposed below the transfer section, receives the test tubes transferred from the transfer section, and attaches a label having information related to a sample on a circumference of each test tube. An ejection section is disposed below the labeling section, and ejects the test tubes to an outside. A controller controls drivers of the transfer section, the labeling section and the ejection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicants: ENERGIUM CO., LTD., GINUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Lim Kim, Jung-Hun Kang, Jin-Sam Ju, Kang-Hee Lee, Chang-Soon Park
  • Publication number: 20100243139
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for applying labels to a rotating container on a rotating turret. The apparatus comprises a rotating turret with an array of rotating container bays that can hold containers arrayed about the periphery of the turret. The container bays are configured to rotate containers therein about their axes as the entire turret is rotated about its axis. A label application assembly is disposed adjacent the turret and includes an application roller that is movable by a servo drive radially toward and away from the turret. A label web passes over the application roller. In operation, the turret rotates to bring rotating containers toward the application roller. Before each container aligns with the application roller, the roller moves toward the turret to contact the container surface and begin application of a label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Von Hagel, John T. Martin
  • Patent number: 7802602
    Abstract: The invention concerns a labelling device (1) comprising a conveying device (3) provided with a drive unit (14) for transporting a supporting band (7) having a plurality of labels, and a dispensing device (2). The supporting band (7) comprising labels (6) is unwound on a label roll (9), then, once the labels are removed from the supporting band (7), the latter (7) is wound on a supporting band roll (10). The conveying device (3) has two roll units (8, 12) for the label roll (8) and the supporting band roll (10), said roll units capable of being driven each in different rotational directions. The transporting direction of the supporting band (7) may be reversed by inversion of the driving direction of the drive unit (14) for labelling containers (19) in two different labelling directions (X1, X2). The roll units (8, 12) are identically shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Inventor: Udo Siedlaczek
  • Patent number: 7802597
    Abstract: A press apparatus includes upper and lower heating plates arranged in a vertical direction to hot-press the product therebetween, a fixed platen to which the upper heating plate is fixed, a movable platen to which the lower heating plate is fixed, a movable platen driving unit configured to move the movable platen along the vertical direction with respect to the fixed platen, an upper cooling plate, a lower cooling plate, the upper and lower cooling plates being arranged in the vertical direction to cold-press the product therebetween, and a cooling plate driving unit moving the upper and lower cooling plates in a horizontal direction between a first position for cold pressing that is located between the upper and lower heating plates and a second position for hot pressing that is located apart from the upper and lower heating plates in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Kitagawa Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shizuaki Okazaki, Hideki Kondo, Ryoji Yumito
  • Publication number: 20100236701
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for bonding sheets together without trapping bubbles between two adjacent sheets and a procedure for easy detachment of the completed stack of bonded together sheets from the apparatus that constructed it. The present invention is particularly well suited for use with apparatus for construction of three-dimensional objects from a stack of thin sheets bonded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SOLIDO 3D LTD.
    Inventors: Yosi Bar-Erez, Eyal Bar-Erez
  • Publication number: 20100236712
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the fully automated application of RFID tags which are applied to the adhesive side of a pressure sensitive label with 100% verification and inspection and where any rejection occurs prior to the application of the label to a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Basgil, Thomas Pituch
  • Publication number: 20100230039
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for patterning a substrate are provided. A template is formed by applying a precursor material to a patterned master substrate and curing or solidifying the precursor material. The template is detached from the master substrate using a carrier having a curved surface. The template is coated with a patterning material, and is then detached from the carrier and applied to the substrate to be patterned. The template is then dissolved without affecting the patterning material, and the patterning material may thereafter be finished to develop the pattern. In an alternate embodiment, the patterning material may be applied to the substrate and then imprinted using the template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Brian N. Hubert
  • Publication number: 20100230056
    Abstract: A device for installing an elastic member including a conveying line for continuously conveying sheets to be mounted, a feeding device for continuously feeding elastic members, and a guide for guiding the elastic members fed from the feeding device, to installation positions on the raw materials to be mounted on the conveying line. The guide has an upper section and a lower section detachably attached to the upper section. A guide path whose surrounding is closed is formed between the upper section and the lower section. The elastic members are guided to the installation positions through the guide path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventor: Syuhei Aono
  • Patent number: 7793696
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a roll sheet holder for producing labels which can be easily put on a slim stick-type member used in foods without being wound on and adhered to the stick-type member, and be completely removed from the stick-type member. The roll sheet is made of a continuous thermal sheet having self-coloring property having no adhesive layer on its back side, and the like, and wound on a roll sheet holder with a back face facing outward. A plurality of encoder marks are provided on an edge of the back face of the roll sheet in a width direction, with predetermined pitch size in a feeding direction. The predetermined pitch size of the encoder marks is arranged to be equal to a length between cutting lines along which the printed roll sheet is cut. Behind the encoder marks in the feeding direction, a dog-leg shaped slits, projecting backward in the feeding direction are made in each substantially center between the cutting lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruki Matsumoto, Yasunori Nakamura, Terumasa Hoshino, Hiroshi Takami
  • Patent number: 7789121
    Abstract: A sheet sticking apparatus 10 comprises a sheet feed-out unit 12 for feeding out an adhesive sheet S to a position facing a surface of a semiconductor wafer W, and a press roller 14 for imparting a press force to the adhesive sheet S to stick the adhesive sheet S to the wafer W. The sheet feed-out unit 12 includes a tension measuring means 35 for measuring the tension of the adhesive sheet S between a feed-out head 49 and the press roller 14. The tension measuring means 35 maintains the tension to a constant level to prevent catching of air bubbles between the adhesive sheet S and the wafer W as well as to prevent warp deformation of the wafer stuck with the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Nonaka, Kan Nakata, Kenji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100218877
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for bonding sheets together without trapping bubbles between two adjacent sheets and a procedure for easy detachment of the completed stack of bonded together sheets from the apparatus that constructed it. The present invention is particularly well suited for use with apparatus for construction of three-dimensional objects from a stack of thin sheets bonded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: SOLIDO 3D LTD.
    Inventors: Yosi BAR-EREZ, Eyal BAR-EREZ
  • Publication number: 20100218897
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a hybrid multi junction photovoltaic device. The method begins by providing a plurality of planar photovoltaic semi-transparent modules. Each of the modules is a fully functional, thin-film, photovoltaic device and includes first and second conductive layers and at least first and second semiconductor layers disposed between the conductive layers. The first and second semiconductor layers define a junction at an interface therebetween. The method continues by disposing the modules one on top of another and hybridly adhering them to each other. At least one of the modules is configured to convert a first spectral portion of optical energy into an electrical voltage and transmit a second spectral portion of optical energy to another of the junctions that is configured to convert at least part of the second spectral portion of optical energy into an electrical voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: SUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Frolov, Michael Cyrus
  • Publication number: 20100218904
    Abstract: A functional tag applicator permitting stable attachment of functional tags is offered. The applicator includes a tag support mechanism for supporting the peeled functional tag. The tag support mechanism has a sliding member and a pair of left and right functional tag support members. The sliding member slides in an up-and-down direction when a control handle is operated. The tag support members are opened and closed in response to vertical motion of the sliding member. The tag support members have, at their lower ends, support portions for supporting the tag. The tag peeled off from the tape by a peeling member is supplied to the support portions of the functional tag support members. Downward motion of the sliding member spreads apart the tag support members, releasing the tag. Pressure is applied on the upper surface of the tag, so that the tag is stuck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventor: Toshikazu KAWADA
  • Patent number: 7784517
    Abstract: In a coating film transfer tool having a supply reel a transfer head, a take-up reel mounted in a main casing, and a ratchet gear on one of the reels, a sliding body, which is slidable relative to the main casing, has a cover with an opening through which the transfer head can protrude for spot transfer, and a pawl arranged to drive the ratchet gear in a direction to feed tape past the transfer head when the main casing moves relative to the sliding body in a direction such that the transfer head is withdrawn to a protected position within the cover. The cover is movable to an open position for continuous transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Fujicopian Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka Sakanishi
  • Publication number: 20100214504
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum suction control mechanism apparatus capable of accurately bonding a film to a bonding object with a simple structure. A vacuum suction control mechanism apparatus according to the present invention includes a bonding head including a space defined therein, a plurality of suction holes attracting a film, the plurality of suction holes extending from a surface of the bonding head to the space defined in the bonding head, a movable piece partitioning the space into two regions, the movable piece being movable relative to the bonding head within the space in contact with the suction holes, and a connection portion connectable to a decompression source, the connection portion being provided in a first region of the two regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Kodera
  • Patent number: 7779883
    Abstract: A device for forming a self-assembled film on a substrate containing a film precursor includes a first heating member and a second heating member disposed adjacent to the first heating member, the second heating member being separated from the first heating member by a gap. The device includes a movable pusher member configured for advancing the substrate from the first heating member to the second heating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Ya-Hong Xie
  • Publication number: 20100206458
    Abstract: An adhesive tape applying apparatus includes a stage on which a terminal end portion of a first tape member and a leading end portion of a second tape member are placed so as to be superimposed on each other, an ultrasonic tool in which a plurality of protruding portions are provided on its contact surface that is to be put into contact with the leading end portion or terminal end portion of the superposed tape members, an ultrasonic vibration generator for applying ultrasonic vibrations in a tape's thicknesswise direction to the ultrasonic tool, and a pressing device for making a stage-directed pressing force act on the ultrasonic tool. As a result, the terminal end portion of the in-use first tape member and the leading end portion of the second tape member rolled out from a new reel can be spliced together with a simple, low-cost construction while the possibility of occurrence of trouble in tape feed is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Akira Yamada, Ryouichirou Katano, Masayuki Ida, Yasuhiro Okada, Tomotaka Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20100200165
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of high speed manufacture of swatch bearing sheets wherein each sheet is directed through various operating stations via sequentially releasing a suction force from an endless vacuum belt conveyor while sequentially pulling the sheet onto another endless vacuum belt conveyor with a suction force to allow for substantially continuous engagement of the sheet with the endless vacuum conveyors during the manufacture and inspection of the sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: COLOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Stanley I. Lerner, Steven B. Winter, Gregory O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20100186871
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for applying a label to a specific location on a vial. The apparatus may comprise a label dispenser, a vial placement assembly for orienting the vial and placing it onto a track, a pushing device for pushing the vial down the track into an adhesive side of the label, and a labeling gate for contacting a non-adhesive side of the label to smooth the label onto the vial. The apparatus may further comprise a label positioning device for correcting unwanted curling of the label, a stopper positioned to engage a portion of the pushing device as the vial contacts the label to cause the pushing device to release the vial, and a label-release switch configured to signal for the label dispenser to release a trailing edge of the label once the vial contacts the labeling gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: ScriptPro LLC
    Inventors: Michael Skaggs, Ronald A. Leonard, Travis Putman, George Brown
  • Publication number: 20100186901
    Abstract: A component feeder capable of enhancing productivity is provided by that the component feeder includes a tape feeding device intermittently feeding a component housing tape constituted of a carrier tape having component housing parts formed with predetermined interval to contain respective electronic components, and a cover tape covering the component housing parts to prevent the components from jumping out from the component housing parts while the component housing tape wound on a housing tape reel is sequentially fed to a component extracting position, and an electronic component exposing device exposing the electronic components in the component housing parts to be allowed to be extracted, wherein the tape feeding device is constituted of a first feeding device and a second feeding device, and the electronic component exposing device is provided between the first feeding device and the second feeding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroshi IKEDA, Yoshinao Usui, Kazuyoshi Oyama, Tsutomu Yanagida, Isao Takahira
  • Patent number: 7753099
    Abstract: A method for forming an undergarment comprises providing a web, cutting the web to form a pre-form, the pre-form comprising the first and the second transverse edges and two longitudinal edges, each longitudinal edge having two waist sections and a crotch section located intermediate the waist sections, a sealing area being located adjacent and inboard of each waist section, and transferring the pre-form to a processing wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Jeffrey Alan Darner
  • Patent number: 7748428
    Abstract: A device for placing suspended labels including a multiple-page information section onto a bottleneck. The device includes a bottle conveying device for conveying bottles into a work area, and an application device having a pair of essentially parallel cantilevers which define a horizontal distance therebetween and end in the work area. Each cantilever includes a supply unit for grasping one side of the suspended label and for supplying the suspended label, wherein the cantilevers define an open intermediate space therebetween and are arranged such that a bottle reaching the work area extends with its neck into the intermediate space. A stop is provided in the area of the supply units for straightening the information portion of the suspended label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Pfankuch Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Karl Pfankuch, Gennadi Ruhl
  • Publication number: 20100167176
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing apparatus (100) for an electrode material assembly for a fuel cell, which apparatus bonds an electrode material to both faces of an electrolyte membrane (10) continuously transported. The manufacturing apparatus (100) includes a drive mechanism for transporting the electrolyte membrane (10) in a predetermined direction (66), and a tension relieving mechanism for relieving the tension on the transport direction of the electrolyte membrane (10). The drive mechanism can include a plurality of drive system rollers, and the tension relieving mechanism can include tension relieving devices (62), (72), (82), and (92), each interposed between each pair of the adjacent drive system rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Kenichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20100147458
    Abstract: A weight applicator for a wheel of a tire-wheel assembly is disclosed. The weight applicator includes an arm portion and an applicator portion connected to the arm portion. The applicator includes a radially-extending flange portion. The radially-extending flange portion is connected to the arm portion. A first plunger portion is movably-connected to the radially-extending flange portion by one or more first radial arms. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Android Industries LLC
    Inventors: John Donnay, Dale Terry
  • Publication number: 20100139860
    Abstract: A bonding tool and method A bonding tool and method for bonding together layers of a MEMS transducer device, including at least one layer of a piezoelectric material, and an intermediate reinforcing layer of titanium, or other metal, comprising: positioning the layers above one another and spaced apart by means of spacing members, heating said layers to a bonding temperature, and retracting the spacing members so as to bring the layers together under pressure to effect a bond between adjacent surfaces of the layers, wherein a press head is employed with a compliant caul for evenly distributing the press force; and permitting said layers to cool to an operating temperature in which said piezoelectric layer is under compressive strain and the titanium layer is under tensile strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Martyn John Hucker, Clyde Warsop
  • Patent number: 7722730
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for heat-sealing windows into folding carton blanks for producing liquid-proof folding cartons having film windows. Pieces of film that are cut to measure are placed on the window openings of the folding carton blanks and the edges of the pieces of film are heat-sealed with the folding carton blanks so as to be liquid-proof using heated pressure segments or heat-sealing dies. The folding carton blanks, together with the pieces of film, are fed to a tail pulley for a transport belt by means of the transport belt and are inserted in the gap between the tail pulley and the transport belt resting thereon. In this gap, the blanks and pieces of film are continuously heat-sealed together by means of at least two heated pressure segments that are disposed on the outer periphery of the tail pulley and push radially from inwards against the transport belt in the area of deflection of the transport belt and thus onto the edges of the pieces of film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Inventor: Julius Schröder-Frerkes
  • Publication number: 20100108268
    Abstract: A single-unit processing apparatus 20 is provided in which a processing pitch for processing performed on a workpiece 1a continuous in a transport direction can be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamamoto, Kenji Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20100112285
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing laminate that can be applied for encasing substrates, wherein the method comprises at least the step of performing a press treatment with a press element which is provided with protrusions and/or recesses, with the characteristic that at least at the surface of the laminate, a structure of impressions is formed by means of said recesses and/or protrusions, which substantially follows said pattern. The invention also relates to a device applied herewith, a method for encasing substrates and encased substrates obtained herewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Pieter Decoene, Christof Vandevoorde
  • Publication number: 20100112403
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for substantially continuously manufacturing fuel cells are provided. Each cell generates electrical power from reactions of reactants therein. Each cell comprises component parts assembled and/or laminated together in a stacked configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Martin Berggren, Lars Johansen, Borge Rygh Sivertsen
  • Patent number: 7708042
    Abstract: A labeling apparatus has a source of printed labels that have adhesive backing, a vacuum pickup with two opposable arms, a blower bar to support a label on air. Each opposable arm has its own vacuum head and each head is removably attachable to a respective end portion of the label. The apparatus also has a label position sensor, and the vacuum pickup is movable from a pickup position to a wrap position. Each pickup arm has a plurality of spring loaded pins. A two layer label has a backing strip, an inner layer, and an outer layer, and at least one removable portion of the outer layer. The label has a neck portion and two end portions, such that the label set may be wrapped a container with the two end portions adhered back to back to each other. The neck portion is relatively narrower than either of the two end portions and is relatively offset so that it is closer to a front edge of the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Talyst Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. McCarthy, James E. Torina, Darcy Clarke, John Andrew Moulds, Thomas E. Vorndran