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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328788 | Contact lens care system An integrated lens care system including a lens case for contact lenses and a container for dispensing a lens care solution. The container includes a docking site where the lens case can be stored and then removed for use, and a retainer mechanism for releasably sec... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7247223 | Method and apparatus for controlling vessel characteristics, including shape and thieving current for processing microfeature workpieces A method and apparatus for processing a microfeature workpiece. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a support member configured to carry a microfeature workpiece at a workpiece plane, and a vessel positioned at least proximate to the support member. The vessel... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231929 | Dishwasher and adjustable rack An automatic dishwasher comprises a tub comprising a peripheral wall defining a wash chamber, a rotating water spray assembly in the wash chamber for spraying liquid into the wash chamber, at least one side sprayer in the wash chamber for spraying liquid into the wa... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7210489 | Dishwasher A dishwashing machine containing spraying devices and at least one dish rack. The dishwashing machine has at least one dish rack having stationary spraying devices to optimally clean material stacked in the at least one rack and increase and optimize storage room in... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207342 | Portable pacifier cleansing device A portable cleansing device (20) for cleaning small items, such as a pacifier (80), with pressurized liquid. The invention consists of a container (22) with a lid (46) that is removably attached to the container for maintaining liquid-tig... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7165565 | Megasonic wafer cleaning tank with reflector for improved wafer edge cleaning In a first aspect, a first apparatus is provided. The first apparatus includes (1) a tank adapted to contain fluid; (2) at least one support component mounted in the tank and adapted to support a substrate in a supported position at least partially submerged in the ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7124466 | Particle capture system A particle capture system includes a container sized to receive a structural disc drive component. A fixture is able to maintain the disc drive component within a spray zone in the container, and a first nozzle in the container is connected to a fluid source and is ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7004016 | Probe system for ultrasonic processing tank The invention provides systems, methods and apparatus for processing delicate parts within a process tank such as an ultrasonic tank. Typically, one or more transducers connect to the tank and respond to drive signals from a generator to produce ultrasound within pr... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6946773 | Apparatus and methods for cleaning and/or processing delicate parts The invention utilizes harmonics of certain clamped ultrasound transducers to generate ultrasound within the liquid of an ultrasonic tank and in a frequency range of between about 100 khz to 350 khz (i.e., “microsonic” frequencies). The application of microsonic... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938627 | Dishwasher A dishwasher is provided such that an impurity-collecting filter collecting impurities is detachably mounted to a front of a cabinet, thus allowing the impurity-collecting filter to be easily cleaned, and keeping a bottom of a washing tub cleaner. The dishwasher inc... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931891 | Washing machine with a drain pump The invention provides a washing machine (10) having a front panel (11), a tube (14) for containing articles to be washed, a water inlet (16) for admitting water to the tub, a water outlet (26) for discharging water from the tub ( | 08/23/2005 |
| 6914364 | Apparatus and methods for cleaning and/or processing delicate parts The invention utilizes harmonics of certain clamped ultrasound transducers to generate ultrasound within the liquid of an ultrasonic tank and in a frequency range of between about 100 khz to 350 khz (i.e., “microsonic” frequencies). The application of microsonic... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6904921 | Indium or tin bonded megasonic transducer systems A megasonic cleaning system comprised of a container, a resonator, one or more piezoelectric crystals and a bonding layer comprised of indium or tin for attaching the piezoelectric crystal to the resonator. The resonator comprises a material selected from the group ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904920 | Method and apparatus for cleaning containers A machine for cleaning containers such as flat media carriers has inside and outside arrays of nozzles arranged to spray a cleaning solution onto containers supported on a spinning rotor in a chamber. The cleaning solution, a mixture of water and a detergent or surf... | 06/14/2005 |
| 5862822 | Cleaning device for buffing pads and the like A device for cleaning a buffing pad comprising: a housing; a turbine wheel means, in the housing for supporting the pad and for rotating the pad in fluid to remove debris therefrom and in air to dry same.... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5090432 | Single wafer megasonic semiconductor wafer processing system A semiconductor wafer processing system utilizing a specially constructed wet processing chamber for a single wafer and a megasonic, or high frequency, energy dispensing system. The construction of the container causes megasonic energy to become intensifi... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4700729 | Lens cleaning device A contact lens cleaning system having a chamber and a pump for generating streams of cleaning fluid within the chamber. The lenses are carried in lens retainers which rotate within the chamber and are exposed to the streams of cleaning fluid. The lens ret... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4509947 | Self-cleaning drug delivery catheter and storage bladder A drug delivery catheter and storage bladder adapted for use in an implantable drug delivery system. The catheter and bladder are provided with piezoelectric layers adapted to be responsively coupled to a source of ultrasonic electrical signals. When so c... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4446590 | Paint roller cleaner A paint roller cleaner wherein a paint roller is pivotally mounted within a housing, and an in-line series of jets of a water-detergent solution are directed at and along the paint roller. The line of jets is positionable so that they will both effect rot... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4209342 | Dynamic cleaning method and apparatus for removal of remnant material A system for dynamic cleaning of remnant material from a product, such as densely packaged electrical assemblies, employs a receptacle for containing cleaning fluid and a rack rotatably mounted in the receptacle for holding the product to be cleaned. The ... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4133340 | Cleaning machine for simultaneously cleaning the interior and exterior of hollow articles A cleaning machine of the type in which a cleaning fluid spray is directed at an article supported in the interior of a machine cabinet structure and rotated while being sprayed by a plurality of cleaning fluid jets. The cleaning machine disclosed include... | 01/09/1979 |
