Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| 20120128964 | AZEOTROPE-LIKE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING 1-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROPENE An azeotrope-like mixture consisting essentially of a binary azeotrope-like mixture consisting essentially of trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (trans-HFO-1233zd) and a second component selected from the group consisting of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) an... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120080322 | METHOD, TREATMENT STATION AND ASSEMBLY FOR TREATING A PLANAR MATERIAL TO BE TREATED In order to remove treatment liquid (21) from a planar material to be treated (10), which is transported in an assembly for the electrolytic or wet-chemical treatment of the material to be treated (10), or to promote the exchange of material on the ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120048305 | Loose Fiber Cleaning Apparatus and Process A method and apparatus for cleaning an exhaust treatment device including a fibrous insulation comprises providing a pulsed air flow to a first port of the exhaust treatment device. A vibration is input to the exhaust treatment device while the pulsed air flow is provid... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120031439 | Vehicle Mounted High Pressure Exhaust Duct Cleaning System A vehicle mounted high pressure exhaust duct cleaning system is disclosed. The vehicle mounted high pressure exhaust duct cleaning system includes a van-type truck, an internal combustion engine; a fluid reservoir, a high-pressure fluid pump, and a fluid heater. A metho... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120017950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A SUBSTRATE USING NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS A method for cleaning a substrate is provided. In this method, a flow of non-Newtonian fluid is provided where at least a portion of the flow exhibits plug flow. To remove particles from a surface of the substrate, the surface of the substrate is placed in contact with ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017949 | Method and means for removing snow from the roof of a building A method and apparatus is disclosed for blowing snow from the roof of a building. The apparatus includes a boom truck or the like such as a mobile concrete pump apparatus having a conduit extending from the vehicle to the outer end of the boom thereof. An air discharge ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017945 | Wash Element, Wash Station and Process for Washing Reusable Fluid Manipulators A wash element for washing one or more reusable fluid manipulators is provided comprising at least one nozzle for connection to a fluid pump to generate a fluid jet and at least one deflector surface positioned to deflect the fluid jet towards a washing zone for receivi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120015524 | Process for Enhancing Solubility and Reaction Rates In Supercritical Fluids Processes for enhancing solubility and the reaction rates in supercritical fluids are provided. In preferred embodiments, such processes provide for the uniform and precise deposition of metal-containing films on semiconductor substrates as well as the uniform and preci... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120000493 | CONTINUAL FLOW PIN WASHER A multi-chambered deposition pin wash station is provided. The wash station includes a lower chamber and an upper drain basin connected by a plurality of wash tubes. Cleaning fluid is provided to the lower chamber and passes through the cleaning tubes into the upper dra... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110303246 | METHODOLOGIES FOR RINSING TOOL SURFACES IN TOOLS USED TO PROCESS MICROELECTRONIC WORKPIECES Rinsing methodologies and components to accomplish rinsing of tool surfaces in tools that are used to process one or more microelectronic workpieces. The invention can be used to rinse structures that overlie a workpiece being treated in such a manner to function in par... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110305839 | OZONE GAS TREATMENT PROCESS AND TREATMENT APPARATUS A process for treating the surface of a resin substrate with an ozone gas by bringing the ozone gas into contact with the surface includes the steps of: generating an ozone gas; humidifying the generated ozone gas; and exposing the surface of the resin substrate to the ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110278158 | ELECTROLYTIC CHLORINATOR A method of cleaning one or more electrodes (30) of an electrolytic chlorinator (10). The electrodes are immersed in water within a chamber (120). The method includes the steps of substantially stopping water flow through the chamber; supplying a vo... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110271986 | LOW-PRESSURE SLUDGE REMOVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS USING COHERENT JET NOZZLES Provided area cleaning apparatus and an associated method of using the disclosed apparatus wherein the apparatus utilizes one or more nozzles configured to provide a coherent stream of one or more cleaning fluids for removing accumulated fine particulate matter, sludge,... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110265823 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE USING A SINGLE PHASE PROXIMITY HEAD HAVING A CONTROLLED MENISCUS A method for processing a substrate is provided. The method includes generating a controlled meniscus using a proximity head. The proximity head has a face in close proximity to a surface of the substrate, and the face includes a substantially flat surface. The controll... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110259372 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO COMBUSTIBLE BIOMATERIALS A method for washing biomass is described. The method includes: (i) receiving a first discrete amount of biomass; (ii) receiving a second discrete amount of biomass; (iii) washing the first discrete amount of biomass with solvent to produce a first effluent stream enric... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110259375 | SYSTEM FOR REDUCING DEPOSITS ON A COMPRESSOR An embodiment of the present invention provides a water wash system that may mix a cleaning fluid with at least one chemical agent to form a cleaning solution. The cleaning solution may reduce the corrosives on components of a compressor. The cleaning solution may be a ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110247661 | METHOD FOR CLEANING OBJECT AND SYSTEM FOR CLEANING OBJECT A system for cleaning an object and a method for cleaning an object by irradiating a multiphase fluid containing a gas and liquid droplets, wherein a desired impact force is obtained by controlling the degree of liquid-drop-impact cavitation, which is generated when the... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110220156 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AN ELECTRIC HAIR-CUTTING DEVICE, AND KIT INCLUDING SUCH AN APPARATUS A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a hair-cutting portion of an electric hair-cutting device includes a cleaning-liquid basin for receiving the hair-cutting portion of the electric hair-cutting device in a central area such that the hair-cutting portion is at least parti... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110197930 | SPRAY BULB CLEANER FOR DIGITAL CAMERA SENSORS A spray bulb cleaner is provided for removing dust from digital camera sensors. The cleaner comprises a compressible yet resilient manually actuatable bulb body defining a deformable wall circumscribing an air enclosure. The bulb wall has an air outlet enabling air outf... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110199853 | Combinatorial Processing Including Stirring Combinatorial processing including stirring is described, including defining multiple regions of a substrate, processing the multiple regions of the substrate in a combinatorial manner, introducing a fluid into a first aperture at a first end of a body to dispense the f... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110192429 | Component, Method and System of Sanitising a Water Purification Apparatus and/or a Distribution Apparatus A sanitant component comprising a sanitant to sanitise at least a part of a water purification apparatus and/or a water distribution apparatus and one or more sanitant receivers to receive residual sanitant and/or sanitant products from the water purification apparatus ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110187010 | SEMICONDUCTOR CLEANING USING SUPERACIDS A method of cleaning a substrate includes contacting a surface of a semiconductor substrate with a composition comprising a superacid. The semiconductor substrate may be a wafer.... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110168212 | WAFER STACK CLEANING The invention comprises a device and method for surface cleaning of individual wafers or substrates arranged in a stack along a stacking direction, where a jet of fluid is sent towards the stack in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction and it is provided a... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110155182 | HIGH PRESSURE CLEANER A method for cleaning a semiconductor material from a photovoltaic module manufacturing component can include enclosing the component and directing a liquid stream at the component.... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110146727 | COMBINATORIAL APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLEANING FORMULATIONS FOR GLUE REMOVAL IN SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATIONS Embodiments of the current invention describe cleaning solutions to clean the surface of a photomask, methods of cleaning the photomask using at least one of the cleaning solutions, and combinatorial methods of formulating the cleaning solutions. The cleaning solutions ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110139190 | Apparatus, method and system for substantially preventing mold in front loading washing machines The present invention is generally directed to providing an apparatus, method or system for substantially or completely removing mold (and thus, odor) from a front loading washing machine. Briefly, the present invention may be described as a gasket air tee and may be fu... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110135534 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC CLEANING The present invention relates to a method of cleaning a surface by applying highly propagating ultrasonic energy to said surface, the method comprises immersing at least a portion of the surface into a fluid, wherein said fluid is in contact with an highly propagating u... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110132404 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS The invention is a method and apparatus for cleaning and disinfecting laparoscopic surgical instruments. The method comprises the introduction into the interior channels of the instruments of cleaning fluid heated at a predetermined temperature, and activated of the flu... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110132410 | GaxIn1-xN Substrate and GaxIn1-xN Substrate Cleaning Method Affords GaxIn1-xN substrates onto which high-quality epitaxial films can be stably grown, and cleaning methods for manufacturing the GaxIn1-xN substrates. GaxIn1-xN substrate in which the number of partic... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110120504 | Complete sanitary system for the toilet; floor base collection and drain structure, mechanical apparatuses and plumbing method A complete sanitary system for any toilet site area which allows for the utilization of pressurized domestic running water transferred through a hose connected to a water valve diverting structure further connected to the main toilet domestic water feed line to that par... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110067737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A FILM SEPERATING DEVICE A method for cleaning a film separating device involves: a) performing positive-direction water cleaning when the ratio between the film filter resistance and the preliminary film filter resistance is less than 1.2; b) performing reverse water cleaning when the ratio be... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110061688 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING WAFERS The invention relates to a device for cleaning wafers according to the wire-saw process and comprising
| 03/17/2011 |
| 20110056523 | METHOD FOR CLEANING THE HEAT EXCHANGER OF A DRYER A method for cleaning a component of a domestic appliance for laundry items. During a cleaning process, a rinsing fluid is at least once conducted through the component. Further, foreign bodies are cleansed from the component. The cleaning process is automatically start... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110048470 | Spray Assembly for Spraying Foam and Liquid for Cleaning a Surface and Also a Cleaning Installation and Method A spray assembly for spraying foam and liquid for cleaning a surface includes an inlet for letting fluid into the spray assembly, a rotation member which is arranged to be rotatable about a rotational axis with respect to the inlet, at least one outlet connected to the ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048471 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD A substrate processing apparatus includes at least one liquid droplets supplying nozzle configured to eject liquid droplets; and a liquid droplet atomizer configured to atomize the liquid droplets ejected from the nozzle to supply the atomized liquid droplets to a subst... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110041542 | Dispenser Device for Ice and Water, Components Thereof and Process of Cleaning Same A low profile ice maker/dispenser and water dispenser having a high ice making capacity, for ice nugget manufacture is provided, wherein ice nuggets are metered out of a storage bin via a nugget dispenser outlet, and whereby water is dispensed via a water dispenser outl... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041879 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD A cleaning apparatus includes: a supply unit to supply at least an initial amount of cleaning solution to a specific portion of an object to be cleaned; an agitator to induce agitation in the cleaning solution supplied to the object; a monitoring unit to monitor an amou... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110023915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING A BUILD UP OF SNOW OR DUST An apparatus for preventing a build up of snow or dust. The apparatus includes a plurality of air nozzles positioned around a periphery of a target area to be kept clear of snow or dust. Each of the nozzles directs a stream of air away from the target area. A deflector ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110017241 | FLUID FLOW STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF USE FOR CONTINUOUS MOTION WASHING MACHINE A washing machine and/or a fluid flow structure for a washing machine wash tank is provided. The wash tank is generally rectangular and includes a bottom wall, two side walls and two end walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall. The wash tank further includes at l... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017242 | Roller cleaning bucket The Roller Cleaning Bucket provides an apparatus that can clean paint rollers so a user does not have to employ their hands for the messy task. This device comprises a standard plastic, five-gallon bucket with a water supply, a discharge tube and a paint roller holder. ... | 01/27/2011 |
