Manual drive mechanism for a winch or similar appliance
We claim: 1. A manual drive arrangement for use in combination with and for manually driving a winch, said winch including an external drum and a rotational input shaft providing a drive for the winch... Read More
Inventors: Aronowitsch, Mikael E. G.; Aronowitsch, Stefan E. M.; Lyth, Karl;, Assignee: |
Chemical vapor deposition wafer boat
The chemical vapor deposition wafer boats of this invention are means for supporting a plurality of wafers in an evenly spaced, upright orientation perpendicular to the axis of the boat. The boat comp... Read More
Inventors: Learn, Arthur J.; DuBois, Dale R.;, Assignee: Anicon, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Semiconductor element embodying an optical coating to enhance thermal gradient zone melting processing thereof
We claim as our invention: 1. A semiconductor element comprising a body of semiconductor material having two major opposed surfaces being, respectively, the top and bottom surfaces thereof, a preferre... Read More
Inventors: Anthony, Thomas R.; Cline, Harvey E.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Method of treating a gallium arsenide surface and gallium arsenide surface so treated
What is claimed is: 1. Method of treating a gallium arsenide surface to make it ready for passivation comprising exposing the gallium arsenide surface to silicon monoxide vapor under a vacuum of about... Read More
Inventors: Gerardi, Gary J.; Poindexter, Edward H.; Rong, Fang;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC) |
Vertical semiconductor furnace
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, an improved furnace is provided. The improved furnace is used to heat integrated circuit materials with the materials being carried by a quartz boat for... Read More
Inventors: Sadowski, Joseph P.; Lightfoot, Alan E.; Kowalski, Jeffrey M.;, Assignee: Mostek Corporation (Carrollton, TX) |
Heat-treating apparatus
The present invention has been made to eliminate the above-described drawbacks, and has as its object to provide a heat-treating apparatus in which a corrosive gas is not brought into contact with par... Read More
Inventors: Nakao, Ken; Sato, Seishiro; Ohkase, Wataru;, Assignee: Tel Sagami Limited (Kanagawa, JP) |
Apparatus for practising temperature gradient zone melting
These and other objects apparent from the following detailed description taken in connection with the appended claims and accompanying drawings are attained by providing an apparatus for practising te... Read More
Inventors: Fielding, John O.; Erikson, Carl A.; Anthony, Thomas R.; Cline, Harvey E.; Ludke, Siegwalt;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Method of entraining dislocations and other crystalline defects in heated film contacting patterned region
What is claimed is: 1. A method of entraining dislocations and other crystalline defects in a film on a substrate which method includes the steps of intentionally creating a predetermined pattern in a... Read More
Inventors: Smith, Henry I.; Geis, Michael W.;, Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) |
Ozone generator and ozone generating method
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above situation and has as its object to provide an ozone generator comprising a discharge tube having a conductive film which has good ozon... Read More
Inventors: Kaiga, Nobuyoshi; Takase, Osamu;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method for producing steel strip for tin plate and tin-free steel plate in various temper grades
OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the conventional method for the adjustment of temper grade in steel strip ... Read More
Inventors: Imai, Ichiro; Furuya, Takashi; Ando, Narumi; Kitajima, Satoyuki;, Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation (Chiyodaku, JP) |
Batch coil annealing furnace and method
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawing wherein the showings are for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention only and not for purposes of limiting same, th... Read More
Inventors: Soliman, Mohamed M.;, Assignee: Worthington Industries, Inc. (Columbus, OH) |
Dental model and process of making same
OF THE ILLUSTRATED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to the drawings, a novel dental model is shown generally by the reference number 10. The novel dental model comprises an elongate, tapered pin 12 that is ... Read More
Inventors: Garland, James K.;, Assignee: |
Situ incineration/detoxification system for antifouling coatings
The present invention provides a means for the insitu detoxification of organometallic antifoulants so that the antifouling coatings can be removed from the ship hull without substantial contamination... Read More
Inventors: Adema, Carl M.; Schatzberg, Paul;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC) |
Constant current closed loop controller for rotating system
The present invention comprises a closed loop control apparatus for a rotating system, whereby a constant current signal proportional to the temperature within the rotating system is transmitted via s... Read More
Inventors: Zelinka, Richard J.; Sutherland, George K.; Thielen, Thomas J.;, Assignee: Sys-Tec, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Cooled optical window for semiconductor wafer heating
In accordance with the preferred embodiments of the invention, a vapor deposition system is provided which uses electromagnetic radiation for heating of a semiconductor wafer. The radiation is directe... Read More
Inventors: Mahawili, Imad;, Assignee: Genus, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Apparatus for installing lighting fixture assemblies from inclined planar surfaces
OF THE DRAWINGS In order to provide a more complete description of the present invention, the Detailed Description of the Illustrative Embodiments is to be taken in connection with the following draw... Read More
Inventors: Muller, Henry P.; Arasim, Stanley;, Assignee: Lightolier Division of the Genlyte Group, Inc. (Secaucus, NJ) |
Light radiation apparatus
It is an object of the present invention to provide a lamp annealing apparatus for precisely uniformly heating the entire surface of a wafer.... Read More
Inventors: Uehara, Makoto; Ichikawa, Hajime; Yomoto, Masahiko; Kato, Shigeru;, Assignee: Nikon Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Double-dome reactor for semiconductor processing
In accordance with the present invention, a thermal reactor for semiconductor processing uses a double-dome reactor vessel in which a wafer is held perpendicular to the vessel axis. Independently cont... Read More
Inventors: Anderson, Roger N.; Martin, John G.; Meyer, Douglas; West, Daniel; Bowman, Russell; Adams, David V.;, Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Active hold-down for heat treating
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a hold-down device is provided for holding a thin workpiece while it undergoes dimensional changes, which permits creep of the workpiece to ... Read More
Inventors: Collins, Jr., Earl R.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the (Washington, DC) |
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Reactive sputter cleaning of semiconductor wafer
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for improving the yield in the manufacturing of semiconductor wafers. Another object of this invention is to decrease or elimi... Read More
Inventors: Stemple, Donald K.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Vacuum chamber slit valve
In view of the above discussion, it is an object of the present invention to provide a compact wafer entrance slit and slit closure valve mechanism for a vacuum chamber. It is another related object t... Read More
Inventors: Toshima, Masato;, Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method of thermally treating semiconductor wafers in furnace and wafer hanger useful therein
The present invention is directed to a method of thermally treating semiconductor wafers by heating the wafers in furnace having a heating space. According to the present invention, the method compris... Read More
Inventors: Ohdate, Mituo;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Forced cooling apparatus for heat treatment apparatus
This invention relates to the forced cooling apparatus for a heat treatment apparatus having a forced cooling apparatus that allows air to flow into a gap formed between a heater portion and a process... Read More
Inventors: Monoe, Osamu;, Assignee: Tokyo Electron Sagami Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Orthodontic aid
I claim: 1. An orthodontic aid for transferring tooth correcting forces supplied by an arch wire to a tooth comprising a substantially plastic body having a lower surface and an upper surface, the low... Read More
Inventors: Sernetz, Friedrich;, Assignee: Dentaurum J.P. Winkelstroeter KG (Inspringen, DE) |
Wafer handling apparatus and method
A method and apparatus of heating a silicon wafer to bake off a solvent used in applying a photoresist to the wafer or to bake off a liquid used in washing or cleaning the wafer include a hot plate an... Read More
Inventors: Tam, Johann; Ashjaee, Jalal; Kuwaki, Nobuo B.; Ngo, Tuan M.; Kung, Susan W.;, Assignee: Silicon Valley Group, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Heating sheet
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a safe, economical and convenient heating sheet which overcomes the aforementioned problems of prior art heating sheets. It is another o... Read More
Inventors: Sato, Ryoda;, Assignee: |
Brewed beverage maker with unpressurized boiler vessel steam generator tube and common heating element
What is claimed is: 1. A brewed beverage maker comprising, unpressurized vessel structure for storing water for use in making a brewed beverage, tube structure having an inlet and an outlet, said tube... Read More
Inventors: Hufnagl, Walter; Schamberg, Stefan; Schafer, Gerhard; Muller, Roland; Klawuhn, Manfred;, Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft (Frankfurt, DE) |
Method of increasing the gettering effect in the bulk of semiconductor bodies utilizing a preliminary thermal annealing step
In brief, and in reference to the prior art, the part taken by oxygen precipitates to ensure the internal impurity gettering effect is well-known but the formation of these oxygen precipitates require... Read More
Inventors: Cazcarra, Victor G.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Pulse anneal method for solar cell
What is claimed: 1. The method of making a solar cell which comprises the steps of depositing on a substrate a first layer of n-type amorphous silicon, followed by a second layer of amorphous silicon ... Read More
Inventors: Moddel, Garret R.; Gibbons, James F.;, Assignee: Sera Solar Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
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