Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090000112 | Processing Apparatus and Method - There is provided a work processing apparatus including a plurality of work conveyance lines on which works are to be moved, a stopping unit to stop a work in a predetermined processing position on each of the work conveyance lines, a processing unit to make a desired process on the work stopped by the stopping unit, and a moving unit to move the processing unit between the work conveyance lines. Works are sequentially processed on the plurality of work conveyance lines. While a work is being processed in the processing position on one of the work conveyance lines, another work can be carried in to the other work conveyance line. Therefore, immediately after a work is completely processed on the one work conveyance line, processing of another work can be started. As a result, the production rate is higher and the apparatus can be designed smaller in size. | 01-01-2009 |
20090026226 | PLUNGER FOR SYRINGE OF LIQUID DISPENSER - A plunger for a syringe of a liquid dispenser comprises a tapered front end section | 01-29-2009 |
20090071974 | LIQUID DELIVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a liquid delivery method and apparatus which can suppress generation of turbulent flows and air bubbles, can prevent the liquid from flowing unintentionally from a suction port to a discharge port, can avoid generation of chips, are hard to damage, and can satisfactorily deliver the liquid. | 03-19-2009 |
20090120357 | LIQUID DELIVERY APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a liquid delivery apparatus capable of cutting the number of installation steps, eliminating the necessity of connectors such as couplings, and reducing the apparatus size. | 05-14-2009 |
20090129985 | HIGH-SPEED AUTOMATIC DISPENSING DEVICE WITH REPLACEABLE DISPENSING HEAD AND DISPENSING STATION - A high-speed automatic dispensing apparatus capable of preparing samples under different conditions, minimizing waste liquid materials, and realizing high productivity. A dispensing station is also provided. The high-speed automatic dispensing apparatus with a replaceable dispensing head comprises a dispensing head including a plurality of pipettes, a pipette head to which one end of a plunger extending to pass through each pipette is fixed, and a head body part abutting against the pipette head and allowing the pipettes to pass therethrough, a pipette head moving mechanism vertically moving the pipette head, and a drive mechanism horizontally and vertically moving the dispensing head. The dispensing station includes the high-speed automatic dispensing apparatus. | 05-21-2009 |
20090205688 | PALLET FOR FIXING WORK AND LIQUID APPLYING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - [Object] To provide a pallet capable of reliably holding a board-like work on a table and applying a liquid to a desired position on an upper surface of the work, and to provide an applying apparatus provided with the pallet. | 08-20-2009 |
20090236366 | LIQUID MATERIAL EJECTOR - A liquid material ejector which is adaptable for a liquid material of any viscosity, which has a structure where any part of the ejector has neither unnecessary projection nor extension in the horizontal direction with respect to the advancing/retracting direction of a plunger, and which enables a plurality of ejectors to be arranged side by side in a closely adjacent relation. The liquid material ejector comprises a liquid material supply port through which the liquid material is supplied, a nozzle for ejecting the liquid material, a valve block having a metering bore to be filled with the ejected liquid material and a liquid material supply channel communicating with the liquid material supply port, a selector valve having a first channel for allowing communication between the metering bore and the liquid material supply channel and a second channel for allowing communication between the metering bore and the nozzle, a plunger advancing and retracting in the metering bore, a plunger driving section for driving the plunger, a valve driving section for driving the selector valve, and a transmission section for transmitting driving power from the valve driving section to the selector valve, wherein the plunger driving section, the valve driving section, and the valve block are arranged successively in the longitudinal direction. | 09-24-2009 |
20090266297 | LIQUID MATERIAL APPLICATION DEVICE - A liquid material application device having high space utilization efficiency and having excellent maintainability. In a liquid material application device for applying a liquid material to a desired position on a surface of a workpiece in a box by relatively moving a nozzle for discharging the liquid material and a table on which the workpiece is placed to face the nozzle, the liquid material application device comprises a carrying in/out opening formed in a side surface of the box and allowing the workpiece to be carried in and carried out therethrough, a beam extending toward the carrying in/out opening, an application head movable in the extending direction of the beam, beam moving means for moving the beam above and in parallel to the table, and a control unit for controlling operations of the aforesaid components. | 10-29-2009 |
20100052198 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR FILLING LIQUID MATERIAL - Provided are a method, an apparatus and a computer program for filling a liquid material, which do not require complicated parameter calculation and which are practiced with easier control. In the method for filling a gap between a substrate and a work placed thereon with the liquid material discharged from a discharge unit by utilizing a capillary action, the method is characterized in forming an application pattern made up of a temporarily stopping point and a non-stopping region along an outer periphery of the work, and correcting a discharge amount of the liquid material by increasing or reducing a time during which the discharge unit is stopped at the temporarily stopping point. The apparatus and the program for carrying out the method are also provided. | 03-04-2010 |
20100057251 | WORK ROBOT EXCELLENT IN WORK RESUMPTION - A work robot includes a holding unit for holding a work device, holding unit moving means, an information processing unit, a storage unit, and a variable storage unit. The work robot performs work by relatively moving the holding unit and a workpiece in accordance with a program instruction. When execution of the work is in progress, the program successively stores working state information in the variable storage unit. When the program is forced to end in the middle of the work and then the work is to be resumed, the program resumes the work in accordance with the working state information stored in the variable storage unit. Thus, even when the program is forced to end, the work can be resumed from the working state immediately before the forced end. | 03-04-2010 |
20100075021 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR FILLING LIQUID MATERIAL - Provided are a method, an apparatus and a computer program for filling a liquid material, which do not require complicated parameter calculation and which do not affect the moving speed of a discharge unit. In the method for filling a gap between a substrate and a work placed thereon with the liquid material discharged from the discharge unit by utilizing a capillary action, the method is characterized in forming an application pattern made up of an application region and a non-application region along an outer periphery of the work, and correcting a discharge amount of the liquid material by extending and contracting the application region and the non-application region. The apparatus and the program for carrying out the method are also provided. | 03-25-2010 |
20100103229 | INK-JET HEAD AND INK-JET DEVICE - Object: To provide an ink jet ejection head and an apparatus including the ink jet ejection head, which are suitable for realizing maintenance of an ink jet head in such a manner as restoring ink ejection performance and ensuring satisfactory application free from an ejection failure in one or more nozzles. | 04-29-2010 |
20100156970 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID MATERIAL - [Object] To provide a method and apparatus for discharging a liquid material, which can solve the problems regarding the occurrence of a satellite and accuracy of a landing position. | 06-24-2010 |
20100175759 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING NOZZLE CLEARANCE OF LIQUID APPLICATION APPARATUS, AND LIQUID APPLICATION APPARATUS - A method of adjusting a clearance between a nozzle and a work to a desired value in a liquid application apparatus wherein a liquid discharged from the nozzle is applied to the work, comprises (a) a distance measurement step of measuring, by using a non-contact distance sensor positioned in parallel with the nozzle, a distance from the non-contact distance sensor to a reference surface of a contact detection sensor detecting a contact of the nozzle front end with the reference surface opposite to the nozzle front end, (b) a nozzle contacting step of making contacts with the nozzle front end and the reference surface of the contact detection sensor to obtain a positional information of the nozzle, (c) a distance measurement step of measuring, by the non-contact distance sensor, a distance from the non-contact distance sensor to the work before applying the liquid to the work, and (d) a step of adjusting a nozzle clearance to a desired value based on the relative positional information between the nozzle and the non-contact distance sensor determined by the distance measurement step (a) and the nozzle contacting step (b), and the distance determined by the distance measurement step (c), thereby to enable the nozzle clearance adjustment based on accurate information of the relative position between the nozzle and the non-contact distance sensor in the nozzle clearance direction, which is less influenced by the work's windings, heaves or others. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177138 | LIQUID MATERIAL DISCHARGE DEVICE - A liquid material discharge device that can discharge a liquid material supplied to the device while keeping the liquid material clean and holding a stable discharge amount of the liquid material, and that can be reduced in size. The liquid material discharge device comprises a liquid material supply section for supplying a liquid material to be discharged, a discharge section having a discharge port for discharging the liquid material, a measurement section comprising a measurement hole and a plunger sliding along an inner wall surface of the measurement hole to suck and discharge the liquid material into and from the measurement hole, a valve section comprising a body and a valve member which is formed with a channel for interconnecting the liquid material supply section and the measurement section and with a channel for interconnecting the measurement section and the discharge section, the valve member sliding in a space formed in the body, and a control section for controlling the aforesaid sections. When the liquid material is sucked into the measurement hole, the control section controls the valve member to be located at a first position to interconnect the liquid material supply section and the measurement section and to interrupt the interconnection between the measurement section and the discharge section. When the liquid material in the measurement hole is discharged, it controls the valve member to be located at a second position to interconnect the measurement section and the discharge section and to interrupt the interconnection between the liquid material supply section and the measurement section. | 07-15-2010 |
20100224071 | LIQUID MATERIAL DISCHARGE DEVICE WITH DEBUBBLING MECHANISM - A liquid material discharge device which can remove bubbles in a liquid material supplied to the device, can ensure a stable discharge amount of the liquid material, and can reduce the weight of a plunger section. The liquid material discharge device comprises a liquid material supply section for supplying the liquid material to be discharged, a measuring section having a measuring hole and a plunger sliding on an inner wall surface of the measuring hole to suck the liquid material into the measuring hole and to discharge the liquid material, a discharge section having a discharge port for discharging the liquid material, a valve section for changing over communication between the liquid material supply section and the measuring section and communication between the measuring section and the discharge section, and a debubbling mechanism provided in a flow path running from the liquid material supply section to the measuring section. The debubbling mechanism includes a first flow path ( | 09-09-2010 |
20100229659 | LIQUID TRANSPORTING DEVICE - A liquid transporting device capable of transporting a liquid, such as dispensing or distributing a liquid, to microplates in number larger than a value mountable on a table. The liquid transporting device comprises a table on an upper surface of which a storing member and a discharge receiving member are detachably mounted, sucking/discharging means, a control unit for transporting a liquid in accordance with a previously incorporate program while relatively moving the sucking/discharging means and the table, input means, and alarm signal notifying means. The control unit has a function of determining whether ID information of the storing member and/or the discharge receiving member, which is a work target of the previously incorporate program, is identical to ID information of the storing member and/or the discharge receiving member mounted on the table. The control unit continues transporting work when both data of the ID information are identical at the same position, and issues an error signal and notifies the ID information of the storing member and/or the discharge receiving member, which is the work target of the previously incorporate program, through the alarm signal notifying means when the both are different. | 09-16-2010 |
20100294810 | LIQUID MATERIAL DISCHARGE DEVICE AND LIQUID MATERIAL DISCHARGE METHOD - [Object] To provide a liquid material discharge device and method capable of causing a liquid droplet to be satisfactorily discharged to fly out even under a condition where discharge of a small amount of liquid material is required. | 11-25-2010 |
20110042478 | METHOD FOR APPLYING LIQUID MATERIAL, DEVICE THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - Object: Provided are a method for applying a liquid material wherein there is no need to compute complex parameters and there is no influence on the speed of movement of an ejection unit, a device for the same, and a program for the same. | 02-24-2011 |
20110045167 | EJECTION AMOUNT CORRECTION METHOD AND COATING APPARATUS - Provided is an ejection amount correction method and an applying apparatus, which can correctly measure the amount of an applied droplet and accurately correct the ejection amount. In an ejection amount correction method for measuring the amount of a liquid material ejected from a nozzle and correcting the ejection amount of the liquid material, a mirror is set near an application target surface at a predetermined angle with respect to the application target surface, an image of a droplet formed on the application target surface is picked up from a side through the mirror, the volume of the droplet is calculated based on the picked-up image of the droplet, and the ejection amount is corrected based on the calculated volume. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided. | 02-24-2011 |
20110184544 | MOVING PROGRAM MAKING-OUT PROGRAM AND DEVICE - Object: To provide a working environment in which, when programming work of a moving program is executed, work of drawing a movement path diagram, etc. and the programming work can be performed in parallel and, in addition, height information can be visually confirmed. | 07-28-2011 |
20120097097 | NOZZLE ROTATION MECHANISM AND APPLICATION DEVICE THEREWITH - Disclosed is a nozzle rotation mechanism that is small in size, has a simple structure, and can accurately adjust the rotational direction of a nozzle tip. Also disclosed is a coating device provided with the aforementioned nozzle rotation mechanism. The nozzle rotation mechanism is provided with: a nozzle having a discharge outlet from which a liquid material is discharged; a nozzle unit having a channel that connects the nozzle and a liquid material supply source; a base member; and a rotation device that is provided on the base member and rotates the nozzle unit. The nozzle is disposed in the nozzle unit such that the centerline of the discharge outlet of the nozzle forms an angle with the rotational centerline of the nozzle unit, and the nozzle unit is removably mounted to the rotation device. | 04-26-2012 |
20140375051 | SEAL STRUCTURE FOR FLOW-PATH CONNECTION PART - A seal structure for a flow-path connection part is aligned easily. In a seal structure for a flow-path connection part including a pair of flanges arranged to face each other, the seal structure includes a gasket having protrusions provided symmetrically on front and back sides of the gasket at an outer periphery thereof or near the outer periphery, and flanges each having a receiving groove provided annularly in a connected surface thereof. The receiving groove is wider than the protrusion and it has an arc-shaped deepest portion against which a top portion of the protrusion abuts, and the top portion of the protrusion has a curved surface formed such that the curvature of the top portion is greater than or equal to the curvature of the deepest portion of the receiving groove. A liquid ejection device and a liquid storage container can include the seal structure. | 12-25-2014 |