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7622003 Paint edger having improved barrier edge  
An improved paint edger is provided having a laterally elongated edger head supported by a perpendicularly affixed handle. The blade itself is formed integrally to the frame, but demarcated by a...
7615119 Apparatus for spin coating semiconductor substrates  
An elevated containment structure in the shape of a wafer edge ring surrounding a surface of a semiconductor wafer is disclosed, as well as methods of forming and using such a structure. In one...
7604700 Stent mandrel fixture and method for selectively coating surfaces of a stent  
A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided. A method supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is also provided.
7595271 Polymer coating for vapor deposition tool  
Described herein is an apparatus useful for depositing a material on a substrate. At least one component of the apparatus comprises a protective coating, which facilitates the cleaning and/or...
7585368 Paint-spraying platform  
A simply-constructed paint-spraying platform comprises: a platform body comprising a top wall, a ventilation part, a bottom wall, two support plates, and a backing plate. When in use, the...
7575637 Methods and apparatus for turbine engine component coating  
A method for processing a substrate article is provided. The method includes masking a first portion of the substrate article with a maskant that includes a formed graphite piece that overlays and...
7572338 Mask for depositing thin film of flat panel display and method of fabricating the mask  
A mask for depositing a thin film of a flat panel display and a method of fabricating the mask are disclosed. Embodiments of the mask can improve position accuracy and prevent problems caused by...
7568489 Method of and apparatus for eluting impurities  
Impurities can be eluted simultaneously from a plurality of local areas of a surface layer of a semiconductor substrate. A supporting unit supports the substrate, and a sample plate is disposed on...
7559991 Apparatus for coating engine valves with protective coatings and curing the coatings using infrared radiation  
A system for applying a coating to an engine valve and curing the coating using infrared radiation includes a spraying device, an infrared oven, and a movable track. A plurality of engine valves is...
7556837 Method for coating stents  
An apparatus for coating implantable medical devices, such as stents, and a method of coating stents using the apparatus is also disclosed. The apparatus includes a barrier or barriers for...
7553374 Coating treatment apparatus and coating treatment method  
In the present invention, a gas flow restraining ring facing corner portions of the front face of a substrate horizontally held on a substrate holding unit and movable up and down, is set to a...
7524537 Spray coating apparatus and fixtures  
A system for applying a sprayed coating includes a spray mechanism operative to spray a liquefied coating material; a target system including a rotatable spray target wheel; and one or more...
7481909 Plating apparatus, plating method and multilayer printed circuit board  
A plating apparatus includes a plating bath, a member provided in the plating bath and a moving device. The member is configured to cover a surface to be plated. A moving device is configured to...
7448694 Rim and hubcap protector  
A rim and hubcap protector is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the rim and hubcap protector includes a housing and a plurality of protector sections rotatably carried by the housing. The...
7445697 Method and apparatus for fluid processing a workpiece  
A method and apparatus for retaining a workpiece against a workpiece holder are described. A flexible member can be used to provide a substantially uniform force to securely retain the workpiece,...
7442258 Organic electroluminescent device for fabricating shadow mask  
A shadow mask for uniformly forming an organic luminescent layer of an organic electroluminescent device is disclosed. The shadow mask includes a plurality of striped slots aligned in one...
7438764 Spray assembly for paving machine  
A spray assembly for applying a fluid material to a surface includes a first spray bar and a second spray bar, each of which is mounted for movement along an axis. Each spray bar includes a...
7413610 Method and apparatus for coating or heat treatment of blisks for aircraft gas turbines  
A method for hard-material coating or heat treatment of the blade airfoils of blisks for gas turbines provides for partial heat-insulation and cooling of the other blisk parts during the respective...
7407552 Method and apparatus for protecting innerliner splice of a green tire  
A method of creating an air barrier on both sides of an innerliner splice on the inside surface of a green tire when a bladder release lubricant is being applied thereto to prevent contamination of...
7377980 Self-adjusting masking plug for complex parts  
A self-adjusting masking plug is provided which is adapted to be received in a region of a complex part intended to be masked. The plug has a body adapted to be received within a region of the part...
7335265 Apparatus and method for coating stents  
An apparatus for coating implantable medical devices, such as stents, is disclosed. A method of coating stents using the apparatus is also disclosed. The apparatus includes a barrier or barriers...
7314524 Tire cleaning shield  
A tire cleaning shield for protecting areas of a vehicle adjacent to a tire includes a panel that has a bottom edge, a top edge, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a first side and a...
7291228 Spray shield for spray painting inside corners  
A paint shield to enable one operator to efficiently and effectively spray paint interior room corners. The paint shield includes two rigid sheets of material which are joined in a perpendicular...
7291226 Progressive stencil printing  
A progressive stencil printing system and method for applying encapsulant onto an inkjet printhead body is described. The system relates to a continuous stencil printing apparatus that can print...
7279045 Apparatus for wetting a running filament strand  
An apparatus for wetting an advancing filament bundle. A fluid is applied by means of a nozzle in the form of a fluid spray jet to the filament bundle advancing in spaced relationship with the...
7247176 Apparatus for removing fine particles during fabrication of a portable camera module  
An apparatus and a method adapted for shielding and removing fine particles for a portable camera module generated during a portable camera module fabricating process. The portable camera module...
7229502 Method of forming a silicon nitride layer  
A method of forming a silicon nitride layer is provided. A deposition furnace having an outer tube, a wafer boat, a gas injector and a uniform gas injection apparatus is provided. The wafer boat is...
7198675 Stent mandrel fixture and method for selectively coating surfaces of a stent  
A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided. A method supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is also provided.
7185419 Method of manufacturing a mask for evaporation  
A mask frame assembly for evaporation includes a mask and a frame which supports the mask. The mask includes a metal layer having a predetermined pattern, and a coating layer which is formed on a...
7174599 Ergonomic shielding tool for processing a surface  
The invention is a one-piece ergonomic shielding tool that can be held in one hand to define a boundary against which a surface is processed on one side and protected from processing steps on the...
7172674 Device for liquid treatment of wafer-shaped articles  
A device for liquid treatment of a defined area of a wafer-shaped article, especially of a wafer, in which a mask is kept at a defined short distance to the wafer-shaped article such that liquid...
7163607 Process kit for improved power coupling through a workpiece in a semiconductor wafer processing system  
Apparatus for supporting a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer in a process chamber to improve power coupling through the substrate. The apparatus contains a pedestal assembly and a pedestal...
7147893 Method of and apparatus for forming transparent layer on disc substrate, and disc therefrom  
A disc is produced using a method of and an apparatus for forming a transparent layer on a disc substrate. The method for forming the transparent layer on the disc substrate includes covering an...
7122224 Methods and apparatus for turbine engine component coating  
A method for processing a substrate article is provided. The method includes masking a first portion of the substrate article with a maskant that includes a formed graphite piece that overlays and...
7115169 Replaceable shielding apparatus  
A replaceable shielding apparatus provides a cost effective way of shielding a portion of a workpiece during processing. The apparatus includes a replaceable shield, made of comparable weight as...
7105057 Adjustable paint guard for door frames  
An adjustable paint guard for filling the opening of a door frame so that one side of the door frame can be quickly painted without having paint strike the other side of the door frame includes a...
7097750 Device for fixing substrate for thin film sputter and method of fixing substrate using the same  
A device to fix a substrate for a thin film sputter, includes a mask, a mask pressing plate, a magnetic body, and a driving unit. The mask having patterns is positioned under the substrate so as to...
7077909 Doorknob paint shield  
A paint shield device for doorknobs of various sizes. The device includes two flexible clamshell shaped half cups mold formed together as a unit and connected together along a living hinge between...
7033665 Precision mask for deposition and a method for manufacturing the same, an electroluminescence display and a method for manufacturing the same, and electronic equipment  
A precision mask for deposition is provided that includes a first brace having a plurlaity of sections placed in parallel to each other at given intervals. The first brace forms portions that...
7033461 Thin film forming apparatus and method  
The present invention provides an efficient thin film forming apparatus which is capable of correcting a film thickness so as to take care of a variation in distribution in the film thickness and...
7029535 Paint shields for light fixtures  
Paint shields formed from relatively stiff but pliable material are configured to cover the transparent or translucent lenses of light fixtures so that frames of the fixtures which extend...
7029534 Apparatus for spreading liquid liner in rocket tube  
An apparatus for spreading liquid liner in the interior of a rocket motor tube, the rocket motor tube having masks attached at both ends of the rocket motor tube, the apparatus including a...
7022189 Vacuum painting head and relative painting method  
A vacuum painting head to paint objects, including a container having an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture for the object to be painted, wherein the outlet aperture has a transverse section...
7022188 Method and device for masking part of a vehicle  
The present invention relates to a mask for protecting a convex and/or window portion of a vehicle, the mask being made of a sheet material, and having an outline that is curvilinear, at least in...
7022187 Insert mask for masking ceiling or wall fixtures  
The present invention relates to an apparatus as well as systems and methods for masking ceiling or wall fixtures, such as recessed light fixtures, during residential and commercial painting and...
7014900 Edge trimming tape and method of manufacture  
The present invention provides a filament-bearing tape comprising an adhesive substrate that is releasably adhered to a surface to be coated and a filament releasably adhered to an edge of the...
7001491 Vacuum-processing chamber-shield and multi-chamber pumping method  
One or more chambers of a multi-chamber vacuum processing apparatus are provided with a high gas flow conductance path to an exhaust volume of the apparatus that is maintained at high vacuum with a...
6988652 Solder printing using a stencil having a reverse-tapered aperture  
A stencil used for printing solder paste on a contact pad of a printed wiring board has one or more reverse-tapered apertures passing there through, wherein the apertures have a variable...
6974503 Methods and apparatus for constructing gas turbine engines  
A method for coating a shroud assembly is provided that includes inserting the shroud segment into a clamping fixture such that at least two edges of the shroud are masked by the clamping fixture,...
6955726 Mask and mask frame assembly for evaporation  
A mask frame assembly includes a frame having an opening and a mask having at least two unit mask elements. Both ends of each unit mask element are fixed to the frame in a state of tension. The...