A method of depositing aluminum or other metals so that vias are more completely filled is disclosed. The wafer or substrate is preheated to a temperature of approximately 200.degree. C. Then the wafer is placed in an ambient of approximately 350.degree. C. while metal deposition commences. The resulting metal layer has a gradually increasing grain size and exhibits improved via filling. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus (involving cooling of support structures) for deposition of an anti-...

A hand held marking device including a male marker and female marker for engagably fitting to one another. The hand held marking device provides for access to two daubers in fluid communication with different sources of ink in independent reservoirs.

An electric depositing drum is provided for a copper foil producing machine for producing copper foil. In the electrically depositing drum 3 provided with a top skin 2 on an outer circumferential surface of an outer circumferential plate 1a of an inner drum 1, nickel plating or brass plating is effected onto an inner circumferential surface of the top skin 2 to form a plated layer 2m.

A sample liquid is sucked into a nozzle which is mounted at a front end of an arm. Then the arm is moved down to a position where the sample liquid is discharged from the nozzle so as to form a drop on the lower end of the nozzle. Thereafter the arm is further moved down at a speed not higher than 40 mm/sec to a position where the drop comes into contact with a chemical analysis element.

Re-dispensable bills, such as less skewed bills and successive bills, among these rejected bills which are normal but rendered undiscriminatable while being dispensed from the storage boxes to the clerk-side bill slot are temporarily stacked, in the customer-side bill slot, and the bills are stored from the customer-side bill slot into the storage boxes when desired bills stacked in the clerk-side bill slot are completely dispensed. Re-dispensably bills, such as less skewed bills and successive ...

An automatic money depositing apparatus includes a customer access panel having a receiver slot for receiving moneys deposited by a customer and a return slot for returning moneys deposited by the customer; a separator/feeder for separating and feeding the moneys one by one which have been received through the receiver slot; a discriminator for checking whether the moneys fed by the separator/feeder are true or false and identifying the demoninations of the moneys; wherein the separator/feeder a...

An apparatus for assembling and depositing book signatures by means of signature-receiving compartments which are movable independently of one another and independnetly of a common rotary hub on which the compartments are carried to provide improved signature receiving, stacking, aligning and discharge, among other benefits.

A dispenser for applying pressure sensitive tabs to an underlying article, such as a sheet of glass or mirror, includes a first tape reel for dispensing a roll of carrier tape therefrom and a second tape reel for winding up the spent carrier tape after the tabs have been removed. A plurality of guide rolls are mounted in the dispenser for maintaining a predetermined tension on the tape and a depositing mechanism, including a bracket for guiding the tape and a nip roll or plunger, is provided for...

An article depositing machine is disclosed which is capable of almost automatically achieving operations for depositing money in a bank or like establishments even in the absence of a bank attendant and which is provided with means for entering a customer's identification number and other necessary information, means for offering to a customer an article container for sealing therein a bill, a written request for payment or like article, means for entering information on the article container of...

An apparatus for depositing a fibrous diaphragm on electrodes having foraminous surfaces which includes a tank having a bottom and side walls. A dividing means, such as a rack, having a plurality of frames, each having a top edge, and side edges, is positioned in the tank. The rack may be attached along one of the side edges of the frames to one of the side walls of the tank or it may be secured to support members positioned on the bottom of the tank. The frames of the rack are spaced apart from...