161 |
APPLICATOR HEADS FOR HANDHELD TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING KERATINOUS SURFACES |
US14807360 |
2015-07-23 |
US20160022011A1 |
2016-01-28 |
Thomas Elliot RABE; Faiz Feisal SHERMAN; Stephan Gary BUSH; Stephan James Andreas MESCHKAT |
An applicator head is releasably connectable to an outer housing of an apparatus for treating human skin includes a body having a housing connector end having a releasable connecting feature configured to connect to the outer housing and a skin engaging end having an opening therethrough for delivering a skin treatment composition through an opening in the applicator head onto human skin. A pair of skin engagement members is arranged and configured to flatten a surface of the skin. |
162 |
CLADDING APPARATUS AND METHOD |
US14266358 |
2014-04-30 |
US20150315710A1 |
2015-11-05 |
Wayne Marion Penn; Donald G. Johnson |
The inventions disclosed by this application are for a cladding apparatus, a cladding head, and a method of cladding a relatively planar solid object such as a boiler waterwall. Cladding of non-horizontal surfaces is complicated by the effects of gravity as melted clad material trends to runoff the surface before the cladding material bonds to the appropriate location. The disclosed inventions overcome these limitations by controlling the relative angle of application by either rotating the workpiece or the cladding head through a pre-programmed sequence. Also presented in a compact design for a laser cladding head that facilitates such cladding by minimizing movement of the laser fiber and improves cladding speed over irregular shaped objects. |
163 |
Apparatus for spraying and patterning using electrostatic force |
US14468405 |
2014-08-26 |
US09162449B2 |
2015-10-20 |
Do-Young Byun; Vu Dat Nguyen; Baek Hoon Seong |
There is disclosed an apparatus for spraying and patterning, using an electrostatic force, includes a nozzle to which a voltage is applied to exhaust ink, a droplet circulation chamber provided in one end of the nozzle, with a hole provided in one end to spray the ink exhausted from the nozzle based on a particle size of the droplet and to temporarily collect the not-sprayed ink, and a substrate for impacting the ink sprayed from the hole thereon by forming an electric field between the nozzle and the substrate. |
164 |
SOLUTION-PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY USING THE APPARATUS |
US14493223 |
2014-09-22 |
US20150228900A1 |
2015-08-13 |
Kenji Takii |
A solution-providing apparatus and method of manufacturing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display using the apparatus are disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises a storage unit, a spraying unit, a pipe, an emission-inducing unit, and a spectrometer. The storage unit is configured to store the solution that includes a light emissive material. The spraying unit is configured to spray the solution toward the substrate. The pipe interconnects the storage unit and the spraying unit. The emission-inducing unit is configured to excite the light emissive material of the solution that flows through the pipe so as to emit light from the solution. The spectrometer is configured to measure the wavelength and intensity of the light. |
165 |
Liquid-metering device for a gas analyzer |
US13518348 |
2010-12-21 |
US09027421B2 |
2015-05-12 |
Udo Gellert |
A liquid-metering device comprising a droplet generator including a reservoir and, connected to the latter, a displacement space which is modifiable by an electromechanical transducer and which has an outlet opening and, upon excitation of the transducer, shoots a liquid droplet from a cold area into a heatable area through or counter to a gas stream generated by a gas source. To make the device suitable for automatic and quasi-continuous liquid metering in process analysis, a heatable evaporation chamber is provided through which the liquid to be metered flows via valves, and, between the evaporation chamber and the reservoir, a condensate chamber is connected via further valves. The condensate chamber and the reservoir are connected via additional valves and a pressure regulator to the gas source. |
166 |
Apparatus for producing a spray of changed droplets of aqueous liquid |
US13326602 |
2011-12-15 |
US08985051B2 |
2015-03-24 |
Jonathan Crawford |
A coating apparatus produces a spray of charged droplets and controls the spray angle of travel of the spray toward the object to be coated. Electrically charging droplets minimizes the amount of coating material required to uniformly coat a surface as compared to conventional web coating techniques such as blade coating. An inductive ring guides the spray charged droplets as they exit the nozzle of a spray device. The electrostatic repulsion between the charged droplets insures that a uniform coating of liquid formulation can be applied to a web surface. |
167 |
Layered particle electrostatic deposition process for making a coated abrasive article |
US14016368 |
2013-09-03 |
US08869740B2 |
2014-10-28 |
Louis S. Moren; Brian G. Koethe; Ernest L. Thurber |
Disclosed is a method of applying particles to a coated backing. A first layer of particles is created over a second layer of particles on a support surface and the first layer of particles is different in at least one property from the second layer of particles. A coated backing is positioned above the first and second layer of particles. An electrostatic field is applied simultaneously to the first and second layer of particles such that the first layer of particles closer to the coated backing are preferentially attracted to the coated backing first before the second layer of particles. |
168 |
Electrostatic abrasive particle coating apparatus and method |
US13883132 |
2012-02-06 |
US08771801B2 |
2014-07-08 |
Louis S. Moren; Brian G. Koethe; John T. Boden |
A method of applying particles to a backing having a make layer on one of the backing's opposed major surfaces. The method including the steps of: supporting the particles on a feeding member having a feeding surface such that the particles settle into one or more layers on the feeding surface; the feeding surface and the backing being arranged in a non-parallel manner; and translating the particles from the feeding surface to the backing and attaching the particles to the make layer by an electrostatic force. |
169 |
APPARATUS FOR POWER COATING |
US13878163 |
2010-10-08 |
US20130192519A1 |
2013-08-01 |
Ok Ryul Kim; Ok Min Kim; Kuen Sik Lee; Seung Chae Cheong |
The present invention relates to an apparatus which coats a substrate inside the vacuum chamber with the powder transported and entrained on the air from the outside without any extra gas supplier. Namely, the apparatus can coat the powder transported and entrained on the air naturally sucked in from the outside on a substrate through the spray nozzle inside the vacuum chamber as the pressure of the vacuum chamber is controlled and the pressure of the front of the spray nozzle is set under the atmospheric pressure. |
170 |
ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZATION DEVICE |
US13819204 |
2011-08-31 |
US20130153690A1 |
2013-06-20 |
Takafumi Omori; Takayuki Nakada; Yusuke Yamada |
An electrostatic atomization device comprises: an electric discharge electrode having a front end section and a base end section; a cooling section for cooling the electric discharge electrode; a high-voltage application section for generating electrically charged water particles by atomizing condensed water, which is held by the electric discharge electrode, by causing the front end section of the electric discharge electrode to discharge electricity; and a heat capacity adjustment member provided to the vicinity of the base end section of the electric discharge electrode and capable of heat transfer with the electric discharge electrode through the condensed water held by the electric discharge electrode. |
171 |
ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYER |
US13818543 |
2011-08-31 |
US20130146684A1 |
2013-06-13 |
Kouichi Minakuchi; Aoi Shinohara; Tomohiko Tsutsumi; Natsumi Yukawa; Akira Nagamori; Satoshi Kishimoto; Makoto Ide; Kouei Obata; Mamoru Okumoto; Masashi Kamada |
An electrostatic sprayer includes a temperature-humidity sensor which detects a humidity and a temperature of a space where the user is present, and a control section which provides control by adjusting an amount of the liquid transferred by a pressure pump and a voltage applied by a high voltage power supply based on the value detected by the temperature-humidity sensor. |
172 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GROUNDING AN ELECTROSTATIC DEVICE ATTACHED TO AGRICULTURAL SPRAY EQUIPMENT |
US13291365 |
2011-11-08 |
US20120127623A1 |
2012-05-24 |
David M. Seitz; Rodney Allen Nichols; Mark Etzler; Steven Paul Norton |
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a grounding apparatus for use with a spray device associated with a vehicle. The grounding apparatus is biased toward the ground so that a portion of the grounding apparatus makes contact with the ground even in uneven terrain. The grounding apparatus is configured to be mounted in a receiver portion of a trailer hitch. In addition, provided herein is a system for powering a spray device with a DC power source, such as an automotive battery. The system includes an oscillator coupled to a step up transformer. |
173 |
LAYERED PARTICLE ELECTROSTATIC DEPOSITION PROCESS FOR MAKING A COATED ABRASIVE ARTICLE |
US12786622 |
2010-05-25 |
US20110289854A1 |
2011-12-01 |
Louis S. Moren; Brian G. Koethe; Ernest L. Thurber |
Disclosed is a method of applying particles to a coated backing. A first layer of particles is created over a second layer of particles on a support surface and the first layer of particles is different in at least one property from the second layer of particles. A coated backing is positioned above the first and second layer of particles. An electrostatic field is applied simultaneously to the first and second layer of particles such that the first layer of particles closer to the coated backing are preferentially attracted to the coated backing first before the second layer of particles. |
174 |
Fluid supply nozzle, substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method |
US12010962 |
2008-01-31 |
US07669780B2 |
2010-03-02 |
Kou Sugano; Hiroshi Yoshioka |
A fluid supply nozzle includes a fluid flow-in section into which a fluid flows in, a reservoir section for storing the fluid, a flow velocity control wall provided between the fluid flow-in section and the reservoir section and including an orifice for making the fluid flow in the reservoir section while reducing a flow velocity, and a discharging section including a slit for discharging the fluid with pressure of the fluid applied to the reservoir section. A substrate processing apparatus is formed so as to include the fluid supply nozzle. Moreover, a substrate processing method includes the step of discharging a fluid in a single-layered, continuous film to supply the fluid onto a substrate. Thus, the substrate is processed. To perform this method, the fluid supply nozzle of the present invention can be used. |
175 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORIENTING MAGNETIC FLAKES |
US12574007 |
2009-10-06 |
US20100021658A1 |
2010-01-28 |
Vladimir P. RAKSHA; Paul G. COOMBS; Charles T. MARKANTES |
The invention relates to a method of aligning magnetic flakes, which includes: coating a substrate with a carrier having the flakes dispersed therein, moving the substrate in a magnetic field so as to align the flakes along force lines of the magnetic field in the absence of an effect from a solidifying means, and at least partially solidifying the carrier using a solidifying means while further moving the substrate in the magnetic field so as to secure the magnetic flakes in the carrier while the magnetic field maintains alignment of the magnetic flakes. An apparatus is provided, which has a belt for moving a substrate along a magnet assembly for aligning magnetic flakes. The apparatus also includes a solidifying means, such as a UV- or e-beam source, and a cover above a portion of the magnet assembly for protecting the flakes from the effect of the solidifying means. |
176 |
Immobilizing device |
US10493880 |
2002-11-05 |
US07516714B2 |
2009-04-14 |
Yutaka Yamagata; Toshiro Higuchi; Joon Wan Kim; Kozo Inoue |
A solution containing a sample is provided vibration by a vibrating element, the solution is atomized in a status retaining its activities as minute particulate substances, and the solution and/or the atomized minute particulate substances are electrically charged by wires applied a high voltage. Then, the particles are dried out during flying, the particles are deposited onto a substrate grounded by electrostatic force, and to be immobilized in a status keeping its activities. |
177 |
Method and apparatus for forming a coating |
US10381690 |
2001-09-25 |
US07455892B2 |
2008-11-25 |
Andrew James Goodwin; Luke Ward; Patrick Merlin; Jas Pal Singh Badyal |
A method for forming a coating on a substrate using an atmospheric pressure plasma discharge. The method comprises introducing an atomized liquid and/or solid coating-forming material into an atmospheric pressure plasma discharge and/or an ionized gas stream resulting therefrom, and exposing the substrate to the atomized coating-forming material. The application also described a method for polymerizing a polymer forming material, and further to apparatus for forming a coating on a substrate. |
178 |
Fluid supply nozzle, substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method |
US12010962 |
2008-01-31 |
US20080203182A1 |
2008-08-28 |
Kou Sugano; Hiroshi Yoshioka |
A fluid supply nozzle includes a fluid flow-in section into which a fluid flows in, a reservoir section for storing the fluid, a flow velocity control wall provided between the fluid flow-in section and the reservoir section and including an orifice for making the fluid flow in the reservoir section while reducing a flow velocity, and a discharging section including a slit for discharging the fluid with pressure of the fluid applied to the reservoir section. A substrate processing apparatus is formed so as to include the fluid supply nozzle. Moreover, a substrate processing method includes the step of discharging a fluid in a single-layered, continuous film to supply the fluid onto a substrate. Thus, the substrate is processed. To perform this method, the fluid supply nozzle of the present invention can be used. |
179 |
Magnetic separation of devitrified particles from corrosion-resistant iron-based amorphous metal powders |
US11595056 |
2006-11-09 |
US20070281102A1 |
2007-12-06 |
Phillip D. Hailey; Sumner D. Day; Joseph C. Farmer; Nancy Yang; Thomas M. Devine; Larry Kaufman |
A system for coating a surface comprising providing a source of iron-based amorphous metal, the iron-based amorphous metal including devitrified ferrite; directing the iron-based amorphous metal toward the surface by a spray for coating the surface; and separating at least a portion of the devitrified ferrite from the spray before the spray reaches the surface. Also an apparatus for coating a surface comprising a source of iron-based amorphous metal, the iron-based amorphous metal including devitrified ferrite; an application system for directing the iron-based amorphous metal toward the surface by a spray for coating the surface, and a system for separating at least a portion of the devitrified ferrite from the spray before the spray reaches the surface. |
180 |
Method and apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes |
US10386894 |
2003-03-11 |
US07047883B2 |
2006-05-23 |
Vladimir P. Raksha; Paul G. Coombs; Charles T. Markantes; Dishuan Chu; Jay M. Holman |
Apparatus and related methods align magnetic flakes in a carrier, such as an ink vehicle or a paint vehicle to create optically variable images in a high-speed, linear printing operation. Images can provide security features on high-value documents, such as bank notes. Magnetic flakes in the ink are aligned using magnets in a linear printing operation. Selected orientation of the magnetic pigment flakes can achieve a variety of illusive optical effects that are useful for decorative or security applications. |