Spraying Patents (Class 427/233)
  • Patent number: 11499325
    Abstract: An automated painting system that includes a robotic arm and a painting end effector coupled at a distal end of the robotic arm, with the painting end effector configured to apply paint to a target surface. The painting system can also include a computing device executing a computational planner that: generates instructions for driving the painting end effector and robotic arm to perform at least one painting task that includes applying paint, via the painting the end effector, to a plurality of drywall pieces, the generating based at least in part on obtained target surface data; and drives the end effector and robotic arm to perform the at least one painting task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CANVAS CONSTRUCTION, INC.
    Inventors: Maria J. Telleria, Gabriel F. Hein, Kevin B. Albert, Thomas F. Allen, Henrik Bennetsen, Josephine Marie Pedersen, Jonathan B. Pompa, Charlie Yan, Alana G. R. Yoel, Miles J. Flannery, Henry Tonoyan
  • Patent number: 11331763
    Abstract: A method for roughening a cylinder bore wall to be coated of a component, at least one groove, running around the central longitudinal axis, and at least one associated groove web, are generated such that the at least one groove web, in a radial direction directed toward the central longitudinal axis, forms first undercuts for a coating which is to be applied. Axial grooves running in the cylinder bore wall transversely to the at least one groove are generated such that the at least one groove web, in a peripheral direction about the central longitudinal axis, forms respective second undercuts for the coating which is to be applied. An adhesion of the coating which is to be applied, in the peripheral direction, is improved, so that stress cracks or detachments owing to a different thermal expansion of the component and of the coating which is to be applied are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: MAG IAS GMBH, STURM MASCHINEN- & ANLAGENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Birkner, Oliver Kull, Marc Kesting
  • Patent number: 9333677
    Abstract: A lubricating system indirectly applies a bladder release agent to a green tire and cures the green tire in a tire curing machine. The system includes a deposition device and a curing bladder. The deposition device directly applies bladder release agent on to a deposition bladder. The deposition bladder is inflated within the green tire in order to deposit the bladder release agent on to an inner surface of the green tire. The curing bladder subsequently receives the green tire with bladder release agent deposited therein and cures the green tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Roger Allan Mohler, John Michael Maloney, Stephanie Pershern Gebby, Joshua Randall Elsass, Nathan Andrew Hunt
  • Patent number: 9205441
    Abstract: A coating apparatus for forming a thin UV curable resin coating on threaded end portions of a steel pipe comprises a spraying unit having at least two nozzles adapted to spray the resin coating composition by pneumatic atomization toward the threaded end portion of the steel pipe, a resin supply system for supplying the resin coating composition to each nozzle, and a first nozzle support means which supports each nozzle for movement in the axial direction of the steel pipe and in the vertical direction. The two nozzles are disposed at different positions at least in the axial direction of the steel pipe at angles which are sloped such that the sprayed streams from the nozzles approach each other. The resin supply system has a regulator for maintaining the spraying air pressure of the resin coating composition in each nozzle of the spraying unit at a predetermined respective value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Masayoshi Sasaki, Katsutoshi Sumitani, Takumi Nakamura, Jun Masubuchi
  • Patent number: 9199269
    Abstract: A substrate coating method may include: translating the substrate in a first direction through a spray zone while spraying a fluid coating on a first uncoated surface portion to produce a first coated surface portion; heating at least the first coated surface portion to form a first cured coating while translating the substrate through the heating zone in the first direction and a second, opposite direction; manipulating a second uncoated surface portion in a position to be spray-coated; spraying the fluid coating onto the second uncoated surface portion while translating the substrate in the first direction through the spray zone to produce a second coated surface portion; and heating at least the second coated surface portion to form a second cured coating while translating the substrate in the first direction through the heating zone. The method may thereby provide the substrate with the first and second cured coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventor: Arthur Mark Krawczyk
  • Patent number: 8865256
    Abstract: A tire printing device includes a printer head (2), positioned near a rotating tire (1), that ejects and applies coating material, an unevenness detection sensor (3) that detects a predetermined raised/recessed character on the surface of the rotating tire (1) and a PC (10) that sets the origin of rotation of the tire (1) based on a signal detected by the unevenness detection sensor (3) and synchronizes the operation start time of the printer head (2) with the origin of rotation in order to maintain a constant relationship between the position of the raised/recessed character and the position of application of the coating material. Desired printing is performed by the printer head (2) ejecting and applying the coating material onto a surface of the rotating tire (1) after the rotating tire is mounted on a rim and inflated to a regular shape by being applied with an internal pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichiro Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8679583
    Abstract: A method of making an antifouling article includes providing a mold having a mold cavity and a mold surface for defining an article. The method also includes applying a mold release material to the mold surface. The method further includes coating the mold surface with a plurality of metallic powder particles comprising an antifouling agent. Still further, the method includes filling the mold with a curable polymeric material. Yet further, the method includes curing the polymeric material and forming an article having a surface defined by the mold surface, the surface of the article having the plurality of metallic powder particles disposed thereon and comprising an antifouling coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Charles W. Kerechanin, II, Justin S. Morrison, Craig B. Leese, Paul J. Biermann, Ryan J. Forrest, William R. Setzler
  • Patent number: 8663534
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a large-scale shell construction, wherein a form is sprayed with a setting construction material, such as concrete. The method comprises rotating the form about a rotation axis while applying said construction material. Preferably it also comprises suspending the form from above in a point through which the rotation axis runs. Furthermore, the method can comprise floating the form on a body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hogskolen i Vestfold
    Inventor: Jan Capjon
  • Patent number: 8617658
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for conducting film coating on the surface of spinning circular workpiece under action of gas pressure, and nozzle utilized in the same. Circular workpiece to be coated is held on a rotating mechanism, and a feedstock loading machine having a nozzle, which is capable of guiding redundant feedstock and overflowing in a specific direction, is set to have a 100 ?m gap with the circular workpiece. When the rotating mechanism is rotated, the polymer solution is precoated on the surface of the circular workpiece, and when gas valve is opened, the polymer solution is squeezed to a predetermined thickness by an annular high pressure gas-stream formed on the periphery of a cylinder, produced from the high pressure gas released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Yung-Chun Lee, Chuan-Hsiang Lee, Shou-Chi Cho
  • Patent number: 8586138
    Abstract: A method of coating a first porous substrate with a thermoplastic material comprises the steps of: rotating the substrate about an axis of the substrate; and applying the material in a liquefied state onto the substrate, wherein the step of applying is performed from the outside of the substrate. According to another embodiment, a method of coating a porous substrate with a thermoplastic material comprises the steps of: connecting a first porous substrate to a rotator; rotating the substrate about an axis of the substrate; pumping the material in a liquefied state from a receptacle to an application head; and applying the material in a liquefied state onto the substrate, wherein the step of applying is performed from the outside of the substrate. In certain embodiments, the material coated on the substrate is used to help remove at least a portion of a filtercake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke W. Holderman, Jacob R. Shoemate
  • Patent number: 8561569
    Abstract: A combined heating and cooling device for coating the inner walls of pipes may include heating areas and cooling areas. This device can be guided along the pipe to be coated, wherein a fluid containing the coating active agent is supplied to the interior of the pipe. The combined heating and cooling treatment for the pipe supports the process of coating formation. The cooling process is subject to a desired profile by the use of the cooling area and is not determined by chance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Arndt, Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Gabriele Winkler
  • Patent number: 8545937
    Abstract: A spray nozzle is disclosed that produces a flat spray pattern for liquid coating material, the spray pattern having a generally uniform flow distribution of quantity of coating material across the spray pattern. The spray nozzle may include a rectangular cut spray orifice to produce such a spray pattern. The spray pattern may further have distinct edges so that the pattern exhibits substantially reduced tailings of coating material outside these edges. In one embodiment, the spray pattern produces a “rectangular” drip pattern. In another embodiment, the spray pattern may include a middle region having reduced flow of coating material as compared to side regions of the spray pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Deborah S. Kosovich, Tammy J. Burtscher
  • Patent number: 8520178
    Abstract: When a conductive layer is formed, a first liquid composition containing a conductive material is applied on an outer side of a pattern that is desired to be formed (corresponding to a contour or an edge portion of a pattern), and a first conductive layer (insulating layer) having a frame-shape is formed. A second liquid composition containing a conductive material is applied so as to fill a space inside the first conductive layer having a frame-shape, whereby a second conductive layer is formed. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are formed so as to be in contact with each other, and the first conductive layer is formed so as to surround the second conductive layer. Therefore, the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer can be used as one continuous conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hironobu Shoji, Ikuko Kawamata
  • Publication number: 20120277335
    Abstract: The invention relates to puncture resistant leakless material for tubeless tire and its manufacturing and spray coating methods. The object of the invention is to provide a puncture resistant leakless material and its manufacturing and spray coating methods. The puncture resistant leakless material resists high temperature, low temperature, oil and water, has high leakproof property, costs low, and could keep running in a high speed for a very long time when a sharp object punched through, or when the sharp object in the tire. The puncture resistant leakless material has high tear resistance, resilience and long service life. When a sharp object punched through, or when the sharp object in the tire, tire using the material of the invention could keep running in a high speed for a very long time without leakage or dropping of pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: KeyLin Zhejiang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Liu
  • Patent number: 8252372
    Abstract: A sprayed film forming method and apparatus in which the thickness of the sprayed film in a predetermined region is increased so as to unify the entire thickness. A sprayed film is formed at a cylinder bore inner surface while a spraying gun is moved in an axial direction during rotation inside the bore. Air inside the bore is sucked out to prevent foreign material from being caught in the sprayed film. The flow rate inside the bore tends to become higher at an axial end on a suction side, resulting in a thinned region. The supply speed of a wire serving as a spraying material to the spraying gun or the number of sprays in this region is higher than those at other portions. The thickness at the axial end of the bore is made equal while suppressing an increase in working time and spraying material used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Terada, Kiyohisa Suzuki, Eiji Shiotani, Akira Shimizu, Akiharu Tashiro, Kei Fujii
  • Patent number: 8227052
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for plasma-assisted chemical vapour deposition for coating or material removal on the inner wall of a hollow body (42). The method involves introducing a gas lance (44) into the hollow body (42) and forming a cavity plasma (45) to form a plasma cloud arranged at the tip of the gas lance by applying an electric radio-frequency field to an RF electrode (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ralf Stein
    Inventor: Oliver Nöll
  • Publication number: 20120183688
    Abstract: A method of coating a first porous substrate with a thermoplastic material comprises the steps of: rotating the substrate about an axis of the substrate; and applying the material in a liquefied state onto the substrate, wherein the step of applying is performed from the outside of the substrate. According to another embodiment, a method of coating a porous substrate with a thermoplastic material comprises the steps of: connecting a first porous substrate to a rotator; rotating the substrate about an axis of the substrate; pumping the material in a liquefied state from a receptacle to an application head; and applying the material in a liquefied state onto the substrate, wherein the step of applying is performed from the outside of the substrate. In certain embodiments, the material coated on the substrate is used to help remove at least a portion of a filtercake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Luke W. HOLDERMAN, Jacob R. SHOEMATE
  • Patent number: 8221849
    Abstract: A process in which a self-sealing pneumatic tire consisting of a pneumatic tire after vulcanization molding furnished with a sealant layer being uniform without thickness irregularity and a cover sheet layer therefore is produced without the use of an organic solvent and expensive apparatus; and an apparatus therefore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: The Yokohoma Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Naito
  • Publication number: 20120082788
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of coating a surface (2) of a hollow body (1), said method comprising: a step of positioning said hollow body (1) on a support (7) designed to receive said hollow body (1); and a step of spraying at least one coating material onto said surface (2) of said hollow body (1) by means of a spray device (9), relative movement being imparted to said support (7) and to said spray device (9); said coating method being characterized in that said relative movement takes place at a velocity that varies as a function of the distance (d) between the spray device (9) and said surface (2). Coating machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Antoine Emile André Marie Bauvin, Nicolas Pierre Francois Devaux, Christophe Wagner
  • Patent number: 8114466
    Abstract: A method of applying a coating material to a stent includes the steps of providing a generally tubular stent having an inside surface and an outside surface and applying a coating material to the inside surface of the stent without applying that coating material to the outside surface of the stent. The method may comprise providing a mandrel having a diameter less than an interior diameter of the stent, providing the coating material around the mandrel, placing the stent around the mandrel and crimping the stent so that the inside surface of the stent contacts the coating material. Alternatively, the method may comprise providing an expandable device, providing the expandable device with the coating material such that the coating material is deliverable from the expandable device, placing the stent around the expandable device and expanding the expandable device such that the expandable device contacts the inside surface of the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20120034376
    Abstract: An apparatus which can thinly and uniformly apply a highly viscous lubricant on the threaded portion of a threaded joint for pipes comprises a steel pipe support unit which supports a steel pipe P having a pin while rotating the pipe, a lubricant circulation system in which a lubricant having its viscosity adjusted so as to be sprayable is circulated, a metering unit having a metering pump capable of metering the lubricant, a lubricant spraying unit having spray guns for spraying lubricant through nozzles toward the pin, a spray gun support unit which supports the spray guns so as to be movable in the axial and/or radial directions of the steel pipe P; and a controlling unit which controls the rotational speed of the steel pipe P by the steel pipe support unit and the speeds of movement of the spray guns by the spray gun support unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicants: VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE, SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi NAKAMURA, Kenta SAKAI, Jun MASUBUCHI, Yusuke HIRAISHI
  • Patent number: 8011316
    Abstract: A machine and process useful for processing a delicate workpiece, e.g., an implantable medical device, includes a carrier having a mandrel and wheels. The workpiece is positioned on the mandrel, which is free to roll by gravity on rails which cooperate with the wheels to self-align the travel of the carrier. The carrier can move the workpieces through a series of processing steps by gravity feed and without human intervention. A laterally movable carriage receives the rolling carriers and moves the carrier for processing, and returns the carrier to the rails to again roll by gravity to another processing substation for additional processing. An elevator, which can including processing units itself, is positioned along the rails to receive carriers and raise them so they can continue to roll for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Innovational Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hunter Diaz, Kenneth Joel den Dulk
  • Publication number: 20110052806
    Abstract: A spray nozzle is disclosed that produces a flat spray pattern for liquid coating material, the spray pattern having a generally uniform flow distribution of quantity of coating material across the spray pattern. The spray nozzle may include a rectangular cut spray orifice to produce such a spray pattern. The spray pattern may further have distinct edges so that the pattern exhibits substantially reduced tailings of coating material outside these edges. In one embodiment, the spray pattern produces a “rectangular” drip pattern. In another embodiment, the spray pattern may include a middle region having reduced flow of coating material as compared to side regions of the spray pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Deborah S. Kosovich, Tammy J. Burtscher
  • Patent number: 7879387
    Abstract: A process for electrostatically coating a stent on a catheter. A conductor which is permanently affixed to the catheter contacts a stent mounted on the catheter. Conductive ink applied to the catheter may be used as the conductor. An electrical charge is applied to the conductor. The stent is then coated using an electrostatic coating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cook Incorporated
    Inventor: Randy Joe Myers
  • Patent number: 7768617
    Abstract: When a conductive layer is formed, a first liquid composition containing a conductive material is applied on an outer side of a pattern that is desired to be formed (corresponding to a contour or an edge portion of a pattern), and a first conductive layer (insulating layer) having a frame-shape is formed. A second liquid composition containing a conductive material is applied so as to fill a space inside the first conductive layer having a frame-shape, whereby a second conductive layer is formed. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are formed so as to be in contact with each other, and the first conductive layer is formed so as to surround the second conductive layer. Therefore, the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer can be used as one continuous conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hironobu Shoji, Ikuko Kawamata
  • Patent number: 7666472
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sealing material formed of a powdered material into which a rubber base sealing material with a viscosity of 20 to 200 Pa·s/100° C. is pulverized at a temperature lower than, or equal to, a brittle temperature of the rubber base sealing material, and a method of applying the sealing material, which includes applying the powdered material to a surface to be coated with the powdered material, by a spray coating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsumi Hirose
  • Patent number: 7622145
    Abstract: Processes for coating implantable medical devices that improve the stability of therapeutic agents contained within the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Cordis Corporation
    Inventors: Eugena A. Akerman, Dirk Cleeren, Gerard Llanos, Cynthia A. Maryanoff, Georgios Papandreou, William Rion, Karel Six, Thomas L. Todd
  • Patent number: 7335391
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Pacetti
  • Patent number: 7244471
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for surface treating metal pipes includes introducing a treatment liquid into a first distribution chamber having a flat bottom surface, and dropping the treatment liquid onto at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the metal pipe through a plurality of holes formed in the bottom surface of the first distribution chamber. Preferably, a distance between the bottom surface of the first distribution chamber and the metal pipe is maintained constant as the outer diameter of the pipe varies. The treatment liquid may be introduced into a second distribution chamber having a flat bottom surface, and the treatment liquid may then be introduced into the first distribution chamber through a plurality of holes formed in the bottom surface of the second distribution chamber. It is possible for the first distribution chamber to simultaneously drop the treatment liquid onto at least two metal pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Takano, Mituo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7132135
    Abstract: Applying materials, e.g. electrolytes and other materials, in the form of a spray during battery manufacture, particularly using a vibratory nebulizer to produce a small droplet, low velocity spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: George Cintra, Maya Stevanovic, Ken Taylor
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6926923
    Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a coat on an inner surface of a bearing, in which a jig 13 is attached to a rotor 2 while holding four bearings 12 for example, so as to form those in a cylinder shape. Then, while the rotor 2 is rotated at a circumferential speed of 0.3 m/sec, a nozzle 8 for airless spraying is inserted into the rotor 2, so that the nozzle 8 injects a coating material 30 from the inside of the bearings 12 toward an inner surfaces of the bearings 12 to apply the coating material thereon. Because the coating material 30 is injected from the nozzle 8 without using compressed air, the fly amount of the coating material is made less as compared to air spray painting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakashima, Takuya Tanaka, Weixing Zhong, Takayuki Shibayama
  • Patent number: 6897086
    Abstract: A CMOS image sensor for improving a characteristic of transmittance therein is provided by forming a convex-shaped color filter pattern that acts as a micro-lens. The CMOS image sensor includes a semiconductor structure having a photodiode and a peripheral circuit, an insulating layer that is formed on the semiconductor structure and that has a trench, and a convex-shaped color filter pattern formed on the insulating layer and covering the trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries
    Inventor: Chae-Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 6887542
    Abstract: A method of treating a surface of an elastomeric article is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a treatment, providing an elastomeric article with an exposed surface, placing the article and the substrate into a tumbling apparatus, and tumbling the article with the substrate so that the treatment is transferred from the substrate to the exposed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Conley, David W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6821549
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of coating a surface of a stent by contacting the stent with a coating solution containing a coating material, inserting a thread through the lumen of the stent, and producing relative motion between the stent and the thread to substantially remove coating material located within the openings of the stent. Eliminating or minimizing coating material located within the openings preserves the functionality of the stent. The method can be used to apply a primer layer, a polymer, either with or without a therapeutic agent, and/or a top layer on the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Vascular Concept Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Swaminathan Jayaraman
  • Patent number: 6743462
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure. An apparatus is also provided for coating the devices. The apparatus comprises a chamber for housing the device wherein the pressure of the chamber can be adjusted during the coating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Pacetti
  • Publication number: 20040062860
    Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a coat on an inner surface of a bearing, in which a jig 13 is attached to a rotor 2 while holding four bearings 12 for example, so as to form those in a cylinder shape. Then, while the rotor 2 is rotated at a circumferential speed of 0.3 m/sec, a nozzle 8 for airless spraying is inserted into the rotor 2, so that the nozzle 8 injects a coating material 30 from the inside of the bearings 12 toward an inner surfaces of the bearings 12 to apply the coating material thereon. Because the coating material 30 is injected from the nozzle 8 without using compressed air, the fly amount of the coating material is made less as compared to air spray painting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakashima, Takuya Tanaka, Weixing Zhong, Takayuki Shibayama
  • Patent number: 6709698
    Abstract: A method of applying a coating such as a varnish or a paint on a hollow article. The method includes the operation consisting in depositing a predetermined quantity of coating in the fluid state on the center of a surface of the article, and in spreading it by causing the article to revolve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Alain Bethune
  • Publication number: 20030203107
    Abstract: A method of applying a varnish, whether or not it includes a solvent, on a component, in particular a vehicle headlight reflector, comprises the following steps: (i) selecting a varnish having a viscosity at ambient temperature of about 500 to 2000 mPa.s, and a viscosity at the application temperature which is lower than about 200 mPa.s, with a viscosity which is substantially independent of variation in the temperature within the range of application; (ii) heating the surface of the component before the step of moistening the varnish at a selected temperature &thgr;p1; (iii) heating the varnish at the moment of application to a selected temperature &thgr;v; and (iv) during the spreading step, maintaining the component at a selected temperature &thgr;p2 for a selected time tp2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Frederic Cote, Michel Montaudouin
  • Patent number: 6589612
    Abstract: Applying materials, e.g. electrolytes and other materials, in the form of a spray during battery manufacture, particularly using a vibratory nebulizer to produce a small droplet, low velocity spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: George Cintra, Maya Stevanovic, Ken Taylor
  • Patent number: 6565915
    Abstract: In a method for lacquering the inner side of a display screen, a frame is provided to form sealing means for sealing a spacing between a closing means having a passage and closing an inner space of a lacquering head at the top and a display screen covering this passage, in which method an air gap formed between the frame and a peripheral area of a display screen extending substantially parallel to a display screen axis and being bounded by an outer peripheral boundary face constitutes a flow resistance as a result of its dimensions and counteracts the escape of a gaseous medium from the inner space of the lacquering head and through the spacing between a passage boundary face of the passage in the closing means and the outer peripheral boundary face of the peripheral area of a display screen covering the passage in the closing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Grobbauer
  • Patent number: 6539981
    Abstract: A flow tube has a metal outer tube and is lined with an ETFE fluoropolymer that is resistant to corrosive chemicals and mechanical damage even at high temperatures. The inner surface of the metal tube is coated with a bonding metal that can be securely bonded to the outer metal tube and also forms a strong bond with ETFE fluoropolymer. After the bonding metal has been applied, a layer of a desired thickness of the ETFE fluoropolymer is molded in place to form an inner liner for the flow tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Lowell A. Kleven, Brad L. Lesmeister
  • Publication number: 20020127332
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying powder to at least an interior surface of a hollow object includes a powder discharge device adapted to receive powder and discharge the powder through an outlet. An object holder is configured to hold the object such that the outlet is positioned within the hollow object adjacent the interior surface. A rotating mechanism is configured to engage and rotate the hollow object such that the powder discharged from the outlet coats the interior surface as the interior surface rotates past the outlet. The powder discharge device may be a powder fluidizing bed unit including a chamber with a powder discharge opening in the form of an elongate slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Nordson Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher P. Bertellotti
  • Patent number: 6423371
    Abstract: A method for forming a bonding on a tapered surface of a wall of a part to substantially eliminate the tapered surface. The method includes positioning the part and a sprayer at a predetermined distance, supplying a bonding material to the sprayer, and applying differing amounts of the bonding material from the sprayer to the tapered surface of the wall of the part to change the tapered surface of the wall of the part to a substantially non-tapered surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Inventor: Bruce M. Nesbitt
  • Publication number: 20020076501
    Abstract: A method for preparing a release coating and applying it to crucibles used to contain molten material while it solidifies, such as in the directional solidification of polycrystalline silicon into ingots, by mixing a release coating power with a dry organic binder into a powder and binder dry mixture, mixing a defoamer with a liquid into a liquid and defoamer mixture, mixing the dry mixture with the liquid and defoamer mixture into a wet release coating, sieving to remove lumps and particles, checking the viscosity, wet-spraying onto a crucible at about room temperature, evaporating the liquid from the wet release coating so as to leave a dry release coating on the crucible, and separating the binder from the dry release coating by thermal decomposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Costantini, Mohan Chandra, Keith Matthei, Alleppey V. Hariharan
  • Patent number: 6406742
    Abstract: A coating apparatus for forming a high-resistance film on the inner surface of the neck of the funnel of a cathode ray tube has a nozzle that can be inserted into the neck. The nozzle, which is provided for applying a material liquid to the inner surface of the neck, has a jet hole inclined toward the direction of gravity. The material liquid applied through the jet hole thus inclined scarcely flows upwardly on the inner surface of the neck. The liquid therefore forms a high-resistance film having a uniform thickness on the inner surface of the neck of the funnel. Having a uniform thickness, the high-resistance film inhibits the charge-up of the neck potential, reducing the convergence drift caused by the charge-up of the neck potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takahiro Hasegawa, Shigeru Sugawara, Fumihito Suzuki, Fumio Miyanaga, Katsumi Yaha
  • Publication number: 20020045006
    Abstract: A two-part coating system comprises a first part comprising one or more aliphatic polyisocyanates, optionally blended with one or more “amine reactive” resins and/or non reactive resins, and a second part comprising one or more aromatic polyamines optionally blended with one or more oligomeric polyamines, such that the two parts, when mixed together and applied to the internal surfaces of pipelines, form a rapid setting impervious coating suitable for contact with drinking water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventor: Ian Robinson
  • Patent number: 6352745
    Abstract: There are provided methods for making a fragranced glove. The first method comprises the steps of: providing a glove with an inside surface and an outside surface, applying a fragrance to the glove, tumbling the glove to evenly distribute the fragrance, and drying the glove to remove the residual fragrance. The second method comprises the steps of providing a cured glove having an inside surface and an outside surface placed in their proper positions; halogenating the glove; rinsing the halogenated glove in a rinse solution; drying the rinsed glove; and applying a fragrance on the glove. The third method comprises providing a cured glove having an inside surface and an outside surface; halogenating the glove; neutralizing the halogenated glove; rinsing the glove in a rinse solution after neutralizing; drying the rinsed glove; cooling the dried glove; applying a fragrance onto the dried glove; and, tumbling the glove to distribute evenly the fragrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Merovitz, Joseph Hourihan, Barbara Donovan
  • Patent number: 6303191
    Abstract: In order to provide a heat pipe for transporting heat from an evaporation area to a condensation area, comprising a housing with housing walls, a capillary structure arranged in the housing and thermally coupled to the respective, corresponding housing wall in the evaporation area as well as in the condensation area, a vapor channel arranged in the housing and leading from the evaporation area to the condensation area as well as a heat transport medium, as well to make available a process for the production of such a heat pipe it is suggested that the capillary structure be an open-pored capillary layer produced by way of thermal plasma spraying of powder particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum Fuer Luft -und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Rudolf Henne, Doerte Laing, Heiko Thaler
  • Publication number: 20010026870
    Abstract: A part for a motor vehicle intended to come into contact with hydrocarbons has a polytetrafluoroethylene coating (3) adapted to make the part (1) impermeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: I.T.W. DE FRANCE
    Inventor: Michel Roger