Abstract: A method and device for automatically marking an article are provided, by which the deterioration in the yield can be prevented from occurring and a color of a mark to be formed on the article can be easily changed. A device 1 for automatically marking an electric wire as a device for automatically marking an article marks an outer surface 3a of an electric wire 3. The device 1 includes first and second spouting means 311, 321, encoder 33 and control device 34. The first spouting means 311 spouts a specific amount of a first coloring agent toward the outer surface 3a of the electric wire 3. The second spouting means 312 spouts a specific amount of a second coloring agent toward the outer surface 3a of the electric wire 3. The encoder 33 detects a transfer speed of the electric wire 2 which is transferred in a direction of arrow K.

Abstract: The invention relates to a curtain coating process for coating substrates with a stable curtain and a uniform coating at low flow rates wherein a free-falling curtain of an aqueous composition comprising a high solids content is coated onto the moving substrate at a flow rate per unit die length value (Q) equal to or inferior to 10?4 m3/(s·m), the said high solids content composition comprising a polymeric rheology modifier and a non-ionic surfactant. The invention relates in particular to a curtain coating process for coating fibrous substrates such as paper or board. The invention also relates to a coated product.

Abstract: A robotic spray system is provided for accurately spraying mold release onto any size or shaped green tire. The system analyzes individual green tires using an integrated vision system. The system controls the robotic spray position, the fan, fluid, atomizing air, and tire rotation speed for optimal spray coverage on both the inside and outside of green tires. The system includes a conveyor, an overhead mounted camera located over an infeed station, and a second camera located perpendicular to the green tire's tread and several feet away from the center of the tire. Pictures of the green tire in the station are used to estimate the center and radius of the tire and locate the angle of the bar code with respect to the center of the tire. Reference points are provided from the camera images and robot positions are calculated to control the spraying.

Abstract: When the coating object area is positioned on the suction table, the film is stopped and is mounted on the suction table, and is further provided with tension in the longitudinal direction to eliminate slacks or the like, but, curl is caused in the both side end regions in the coating object area. Therefore, the coating object area is mounted on the suction table, and at the same time, the curl correction bars disposed on the both sides of the suction table are moved to the curled portions of the coating object area, and then the curled portions are pressed against the suction surface of the suction table to thereby perform the curl correction. Further, in the coating process with the UV-curing coating material, the UV light from the UV light source formed integrally with the coating head is applied to cure the material. In the vacuum suction section, as the destination, the bubbles or the like in the coating head are sucked.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying coatings, such as in particular varnishes, to surfaces is provided. The apparatus includes a metering head that has at least one nozzle which can be actuated by a control signal. The method includes the steps of: moving a base having a surface that is to be coated along this surface relative to a metering head and/or moving the metering head relative to a surface of the base, and applying a fluid coating material to the surface through a nozzle in response to at least one control signal generated by a computer.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to apply a liquid uniformly on a to-be-coated area of an object subjected to liquid coating. A delivery unit which delivers the liquid on the to-be-coated area of the object subjected to liquid coating comprises a main body filled with the liquid and a nozzle plate which is provided at one end side of the main body and which is provided with a delivery path for delivering the liquid. The axial line of the delivery path is inclined relative to a vertical axis toward an opposite side of a travelling direction in which the delivery unit travels relative to the to-be-coated area.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for preparing a superhydrophobic surface on a solid substrate comprising the steps of (a) providing a solvent in the form of a pressurized fluid in a vessel, wherein the fluid exhibits a decrease in solvency power with decreasing pressure; (b) adding a hydrophobic substance to the solvent as a solute, which substance is soluble with the pressurized fluid and has the ability to crystallize/precipitate after expansion of the fluid, thereby obtaining a solution of the solvent and the solute in the vessel; (c) having at least one orifice opened on the vessel, thereby causing the pressurized solution to flow out of the vessel and depressurize in ambient air or in an expansion chamber having a lower pressure than within the vessel, the solute thereby forming particles; and (d) depositing the particles on the substrate in order to obtain a superhydrophobic surface.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for supporting a stent and a method of using the same to coat a stent is disclosed.

Abstract: Device for applying a strip (B) of a viscoelastic material to a receiving surface (S) in relative motion (R) relative to said device, comprising a feed means and an application nozzle (1) having a body (11), into which said feed means (2) emerges, and a head (12) at the end of which there is an outlet orifice (122) of elongate shape in the transverse direction to the direction of the relative motion when the device is operating. The head (12) of the application nozzle (1) is linked to the body (11) of the application nozzle (1) via an articulation (10) which can be deformed along an axis (AN) perpendicular to the direction of application of the strip (B).

Abstract: An application device wherein a liquid is applied to an application target region of a substrate disposed on a supporting table by moving a discharge section including a nozzle hole which discharges the liquid in a first direction relative to the supporting table; a displacement amount of the discharge section in a second direction which crosses the first direction is detected while the discharge section moves relative to the supporting table in the first direction; and one of the discharge section and the supporting table is moved in an offset direction which offsets the displacement amount while the discharge section is moved relative to the supporting table in the first direction, so as to control the displacement.

Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and devices for coating stents are described herein.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for digitally forming a coating on a fibrous textile having mesh openings between adjacent fibers. According to the method, textile is fed continuously along a treatment path having a row of static coating nozzles arranged generally transversely across the path. The coating nozzles have outlet diameters of greater than about 70 microns and are supplied with a supply of a coating substance. By individually controlling the nozzles, a substantially continuous stream of droplets of the coating substance is produced and selectively directed onto the textile to form a coating of pixels. Each pixel covers at least four mesh openings and has a diameter of more than 100 microns.

Abstract: Methods for forming anisotropic nanotube fabrics are disclosed. In one aspect, a nanotube application solution is rendered into a nematic state prior to its application over a substrate. In another aspect, a pump and narrow nozzle assembly are employed to realize a flow induced alignment of a plurality of individual nanotube elements as they are deposited onto a substrate element. In another aspect, nanotube adhesion promoter materials are used to form a patterned nanotube application layer, providing narrow channels over which nanotube elements will self align during an application process. Specific dip coating processes which are well suited for aiding in the creation of anisotropic nanotube fabrics are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical cable coating method provides a coating layer on an outer surface of an electrical cable which is moving along a predetermined direction. The method involves utilizing a coating liquid jet unit to jet a given amount of a coating liquid at regular intervals to provide a coating layer on the outer surface of the electrical cable, utilizing a storage device to store a pattern for depositing the coating liquid on the outer surface of the electrical cable, utilizing a detection device to determine the moving speed of the electrical cable, and utilizing a control unit to control the coating liquid jet unit to jet a coating liquid to deposit the coating liquid on the outer surface to define the pattern based on the electrical cable moving speed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a film forming method comprising continuously discharging a solution adjusted so as to spread over a substrate by a given amount to the substrate through a discharge port disposed in a nozzle, moving the nozzle and substrate with respect to each other, and holding the supplied solution onto the substrate to form a liquid film, wherein a distance h between the discharge port of the nozzle and the substrate is set to be not less than 2 mm and to be in a range less than 5×10?5 q? (mm) given with respect to a surface tension ? (N/m) of the solution, discharge speed q (m/sec) of the solution continuously discharged through the discharge port, and a constant of 5×10?5 (m·sec/N).

Abstract: A solution is provided that includes a non-aqueous organic solvent within which a solute has been dissolved. A thermal-fluid ejection mechanism is provided that has fluid-ejection nozzles and that is capable of thermally ejecting the solution. A device medium is provided that has a three-dimensional surface on which the solution is to be ejected. The fluid-ejection nozzles of the thermal fluid-ejection mechanism are controlled to eject the solution onto the three-dimensional surface of the device medium in accordance with a desired pattern.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dry coating solid dosage forms. The method includes the steps of placing solid dosage forms in a rotatable, electrically grounded housing, and spraying a film forming polymer powder composition into the housing during rotation thereof to form a polymer coating on the solid dosage forms, the polymer powder composition being sprayed using an electrostatic spray gun, and curing the coated solid dosage forms.

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 work piece 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.

Abstract: A method of applying a coating solution onto an upper surface of a glass plate that is transported in a substantially horizontal attitude, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the method including the steps of transporting the glass plate into a coating chamber, and opening the plurality of coating nozzles which are positioned in a row at constant intervals therebetween along a curved shape of the upper surface of the glass plate in a width direction of the glass plate perpendicular to the direction of transporting the glass plate by the nozzle position adjusting means and the nozzle height adjusting means, to thereby inject the coating solution when the coating nozzles are located in a region of the upper surface of the glass plate which extends from the leading edge of the glass plate to the rear edge of the glass plate.

Abstract: According to a first aspect of the present invention, a process for production of a water-absorbing article including a substrate and a coating film formed on the substrate and formed of a water-absorbing urethane resin is characterized in that: the process comprises an application step of applying a coating liquid to the substrate; the application step includes a step of supplying the coating liquid from a nozzle disposed above the substrate to a surface of the substrate conveyed horizontally; the coating liquid includes a solid matter and a solvent; the solid matter includes a mixture of a polyisocyanate, a polyol having ethylene oxide and a hydrophobic polyol; a concentration of the solid matter in the coating liquid is adjusted within a range from 5 to 30% in mass; and a viscosity of the coating liquid is adjusted within a range from 1 to 3 mPa·s.

Abstract: A papermaking fabric is treated by applying a nanoparticle type coating to improve their resistance to contamination by foreign matter in the papermaking system. The coating is applied during fabric manufacture and cured during heat setting. Alternatively, the coating applied or renewed by utilizing an existing shower or locating a spray boom or other suitable coating application device in the dryer section to apply the coating to the fabric in a controlled, uniform manner. Prior to application of the coating, the fabric is first thoroughly cleaned such as by showering or spraying, and then dried. Following controlled application of the coating, any excess material is removed by a suitable means, such as by vacuum, and the remaining coating on the fabric is then cured, either by utilizing the ambient heat of the dryer section or by a portable bank of heaters. In this manner, the fabric does not have to be removed from the machine in order to apply or renew the contaminant resistant coating.

Abstract: A liquid application apparatus includes a guide roll for guiding a sheet for application, and a slit die for applying a liquid to a surface of the sheet for application from an opening. The slit die has an upper layer flow path and a lower layer flow path spaced in the rotational direction of the guide roll and joining at the opening. In a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the guide roll, an angle ? formed by the center line of the upper layer flow path and the center line of the lower layer flow path is 0.

Abstract: A stent mandrel fixture and method for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided.

Abstract: System and method for coating a medical appliance is provided. In accord with one embodiment, a system for applying a coating to a medical appliance having accessible patterned surfaces is provided. The system may include: a processor, an appliance support, and a solenoid type fluid dispensing head having an electromagnetically controlled valve. In the system, the appliance support may be adapted to hold the medical appliance and to provide direct access for a coating to contact the exposed external patterned surfaces of the medical appliance. The solenoid type fluid dispensing head in this system may move with respect to the medical appliance and may be in communication with a source of coating and with the processor. The processor in this system may contain commands that instruct the solenoid type fluid dispensing head to force coating onto the accessible patterned surfaces of the medical appliance in a pattern that correlates with the accessible patterned surfaces of the medical appliance.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for coating a fiber bundle, the fiber bundle comprising at least three fibers and the method comprising guiding the fiber bundle to travel through a first and a second chamber formed by means of a first, a second and a third nozzle part of a nozzle means, whereby coating material is fed to the fiber bundle through the chambers. The fibers of the fiber bundle are kept separate from each other in the first nozzle part, so that the coating material gets to penetrate between the fibers in the first chamber; the fibers are guided into a position against each other in the second nozzle part, so that the coating material surrounds the uniform fiber bundle in the second chamber; and the fiber bundle is guided onwards through the third nozzle part to provide the final fiber bundle diameter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of coating a technical textile belt or fabric for a machine to produce a fibrous web of material, for example paper, cardboard, or tissue, which includes the step of i) providing a belt, whereby a coating is applied onto one side of belt; ii) providing of an applicator device, with which a liquid medium can be applied onto one side of belt without actually coming in contact with the belt; iii) applying the liquid medium onto one side of the belt; and iv) causing the liquid medium to bond and develop in order to allow the formation of a solid coating covering on the side of the belt and/or the inner structure covering at least a portion of the side of the belt. The method according to the present further provides that in invention step iii), the applicator device, follows a previously established raster in applying pre-determined quantities of the coating medium onto a plurality of locations, located within at least one region on the side of the belt.

Abstract: A method of electrosurgical implements consists of a step of formation of an integral module consisting of a plurality of space from each other interconnected implements, arranged in such manner that a multiplicity of operational spaces are defined between facing each other narrow edges of each pair of adjacent implements. In a coating step a coating is directed normally to the broad planar sides of the implements and substantially parallel to the narrow edges of the implements arranged in the operational spaces.

Abstract: A method for making miniature emblems. The method includes providing an array of shaped miniature substrates, each shaped miniature substrate having an upper surface and a bottom surface; holding the array of shaped miniature substrates flat and horizontal; providing a plurality of orifices, the plurality of orifices and the array of shaped miniature substrates being capable of moving relative to each another in an X direction, a Y direction, and a Z direction; positioning the plurality of orifices over the array of shaped miniature substrates; positioning the plurality of orifices in close proximity with the array of shaped miniature substrates; depositing a volume of viscous fluent plastic of less than about 0.

Abstract: A dispenser for a liquid crystal display panel includes a table for loading a substrate having at least one image display unit and being horizontally driven in a driving direction of a long side or a short side of the substrate, at least one support member to be horizontally driven in a driving direction perpendicular to the driving direction of the table, and at least one syringe aligned on the support member to supply a dispensing material to the substrate.

Abstract: A solution spray apparatus includes a nozzle which sprays a droplet of a solution such as EL solution, a heater is provided on the nozzle to heat the solution in the nozzle to a temperature lower than a boiling point of the solution in the nozzle, so that the droplet of the heated solution is ejected from the spray to an object.

Abstract: There is provided a system for spreading a substance. The system comprises a at least two rotating means disposed in a housing. The rotating means are adapted to compress and move said substance. The system permits to control the thickness of the substance to be spread through the outlet. Methods for spreading a substance are also provided.

Abstract: A holding device and method is provided for efficiently applying a coating on the exterior surface of a tubular hollow body, while preventing coating application on the interior surface and coating defects. The holding device of the present invention comprises at least two structures contacting the inner surface of the tubular hollow body and extending to a portion where the structures are connected and rotary motion is induced to rotate the tubular hollow body. The structures are arranged and shaped so that an inner hollow section is formed in which excess coating material can accumulate.

Abstract: A decoration method and system, suitable for decorating, with a decorator unit, multiform ceramic products having multiform surfaces to be decorated, includes moving the multiform products and/or the decorator unit relative to each other with a movement device such that the decorator unit follows the multiform surfaces to be decorated. Decorating substances are dispensed with a dispensing device, which is moveable in space.

Abstract: The present invention aims at making it possible to easily fill liquid into a droplet spraying and applying head module, while saving work. The droplet spraying and applying head module includes a droplet spraying and applying head and a tank. The droplet spraying and applying head includes a liquid chamber for containing liquid and a plurality of nozzles communicating with the liquid chamber, and sprays droplets through the nozzles The tank contains liquid to be supplied to the liquid chamber, and communicates with the liquid chamber. The droplet spraying and applying head and the tank are coupled to each other with a coupling member. A revolute joint is interposed between the coupling member and the droplet spraying and applying head.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for coating fruits, vegetables, fowl eggs, and especially for organically-grown produce for protection and extension of the shelf life of said fruits, vegetables and fowl eggs, wherein said composition is an aqueous dispersion comprised of: (a) a hydrophobic component comprising at least one member of the following group consisting of natural wax, or vegetable oil; (b) an alkali agent; (c) water, wherein components (a) and (b) are derived from natural biological sources. The invention also relates to a method for application of the composition.

Abstract: A dispenser device (100) for dispensing a substance (101) onto a substrate (102), the dispenser device (100) comprising a gripper unit (103) adapted for gripping a container (104) including the substance (101), a first motion mechanism (116, 117) adapted for moving the gripper unit (103) and the substrate (102) relative to each other within a planar region (106), and a second motion mechanism (115, 201 and 209) adapted for moving the gripper unit (103) and the substrate (102) relative to each other in a direction (108) essentially perpendicular to the planar region (106) to thereby dispense the substance (101) to a surface portion (109) of the substrate (102), wherein the first motion mechanism (115) and the second motion mechanism (116, 117) are decoupled from one another.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for coating a surface of a work with a thin resin or plastic film suitable for use in imprinting a pattern by impressing a master pattern on a transfer surface of a mold on the coated resin film. A curable resin liquid is coated on a work by the use of an inkjet feed means having a plural number of inkjet nozzle holes in a row or rows on a nozzle assembly, in association with actuators to propel droplets of resin liquid from the respective inkjet nozzle holes in controlled timings while moving the inkjet feed means and the work relative to each other.

Abstract: Two sprayer units are arranged along a conveyer. A coating surface of a panel conveyed by the conveyer is divided into four coating areas. Then, the sprayer units reciprocate parallel to the conveying direction and coat the individual coating areas. At this time, at the boundaries of the coating areas, the positions of the turning paths for reciprocation of the sprayer units are shifted from the front side to the rear side in the conveying direction and step-like coating trajectories are formed. As a result, the size of the area coated by each of the sprayer units can be expanded.

Abstract: A dispenser for a liquid crystal display panel includes a table on which a substrate is loaded, an aligning substrate provided at least along one side of the substrate, at least one syringe having a nozzle at an end portion for supplying a material onto the substrate or onto the aligning substrate; and an image camera provided at a side of the syringe for detecting an image of the material on the substrate or on the aligning substrate.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for remotely installing a monolithic liner in a conduit is disclosed. The apparatus includes a main component body including electromagnetic actuators, pneumatic cylinders, linear actuators relays, solenoids, ion generator, attachment points for tethers, umbilical, cameras and diameter specific guides and a reciprocation head attached thereto. The longitudinally traversing reciprocation head incorporates a fluid driven rotary turbine motor assembly communicating with shaft and self cleaning dissipation device integrating both conical and inverted cone surfaces. Also included on the reciprocating assembly is an impingement block for the efficient mixing of products and a termination mechanism for the precise remote control of product flow. Additionally, the assembly provides the ion generator to direct a stream of negatively charged air flow to the shaft and the diffusion device to effectively prohibit excess material accumulation.

Abstract: Solid or semi-solid intraocular implant compositions are disclosed. The compositions contain a lipophilic compound but lack a polymeric ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for fabricating a multi-layer information recording medium including a substrate, plural information recording layers placed on the aforementioned substrate, resin intermediate layers placed between adjacent information recording layers and a resin protective layer placed on all the information recording layers at the side opposite from the aforementioned substrate, the apparatus including an ejecting unit including ink jet nozzles operable to drip minute resin liquid drops onto the aforementioned substrate or the aforementioned information recording layers; and a control unit operable to control the aforementioned ejecting unit, whereby resin layers which form said resin intermediate layers or said resin protective layer are formed on the aforementioned substrate or the aforementioned information recording layers.

Abstract: Method for applying a layer of a second material to a layer of a nanocrystalline first material, comprising the steps of (i) providing a layer of a nanocrystalline first material on a horizontal substrate, (ii) providing a liquid containing the second material, (iii) providing a tubular dispensing means to be disposed horizontally and provided with lateral outlet openings, (iv) disposing the dispensing means above the layer of nanocrystalline material, and (v) displacing the dispensing means and the layer of nanocrystalline material relative to each other in lateral horizontal direction of the dispensing means, while simultaneously supplying the liquid with the second material to the dispensing means, and apparatus for performing this method.

Abstract: The invention is an alternative to a conventional atomizing coating apparatus. The apparatus and associated coating methodology of the invention provides a uniform atomized fluid stream, and, in turn, a uniform coating to an object on an industrial scale. The apparatus and methodology addresses many of the critical parameters associated with the conventional curtain and atomizing coating techniques, including but no limited to, uniform distribution, acoustical transparency, reduction or elimination of clogged nozzles, and elimination of the need for reciprocating nozzles.

Abstract: An interventional device for delivery of beneficial agent to a lumen and methods of loading and manufacture of the same, which include a prosthesis loaded with beneficial agent to provide a controlled dosage concentration of beneficial agent to the lumen. The beneficial agent is loaded onto the prosthesis by a fluid-dispenser having a dispensing element capable of dispensing the beneficial agent in discrete droplets, each droplet having a controlled trajectory. The method of loading beneficial agent includes dispensing beneficial agent in a raster format and/or an off-axis format along a dispensing path.

Abstract: A spray box assembly including, in combination, a top spray box, a bottom spray box, the boxes being juxtapositioned to define a pathway therebetween, at least one spray assembly positioned within at least one of the boxes and a supply assembly for supplying a treating solution to the spray assembly to coat product with the treating solution as the product is fed through the pathway and also including a method of coating a product with a treating solution, comprising the steps of feeding the product into a pathway between top spray box and a bottom spray box and spraying the treating solution within at least one of the boxes about the pathway to coat the product with the treating solution as the product is fed through the pathway.

Abstract: Formation of banded irregularities in a process liquid film formed on a substrate being carried by a flotation carrying system is reduced or suppressed effectively. Jet lines C1, C3, C5, . . . extending in an X-direction and suction lines C2, C4, C6, . . . extending in the X-direction are arranged alternately at a fixed pitch W in a Y-direction. Jet openings 88 are arranged at fixed intervals 3D on the jet lines C2n?1, suction openings 90 are arranged at fixed intervals 3D on the suction lines C2n, and the jet openings 88 and the suction openings 90 on the adjacent ones of the jet lines C2n?1 and the suction lines C2n are spaced apart from each other by a fixed distance D with respect to the X-direction. Slots 88a and 90a are extended straight from the upper ends of the jet openings 88 and the upper ends of the suction openings 90, respectively, in a carrying direction (the X-direction) and a direction opposite the carrying direction.

Abstract: Processes for coating implantable medical devices that improve the stability of therapeutic agents contained within the coating.

Abstract: A system for painting an article, such as an automotive vehicle body, includes a painting booth, a conveyor for transporting articles through the painting booth, a first rail located beside and extending along the conveyor, a second rail located beside and extending along the conveyor at a lower elevation than an elevation of the first rail, a paint robot including an articulating arm mounted on the first rail for displacement along the first rail, a panel opener robot mounted on the second rail for displacement along the second rail such that the paint robot and the panel opener robot can move past each other on the rails without interference.

Abstract: A method of producing a textile article having a flame retardant finish comprising: providing a continuous supply of a textile substrate having a width; providing an array of digital nozzles over the width of the textile article; supplying a flame retardant formulation to the nozzles; and selectively dispensing the flame retardant formulation from the nozzles in a series of droplets to deposit a predetermined pattern of droplets on the substrate.