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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109281 | Cleaning assembly for containers A cleaning assembly for containers, particularly for bottles, having a conveying device on which the containers are arranged by means of a receptacle means. To economically and ecologically improve the cleaning assembly, the receptacle means contains a liquid-tight ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7229656 | Food tumbler A counter-top appliance has a food container with internal fins extending inward from the outer wall at an angle offset from radial. The food container is coupled to a motor for rotation in either of two directions. One direction of rotation produces a scooping, ele... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6945260 | Machine for treating objects A machine for treating objects having a series of stations (12) whereof each includes a system for gripping (16) a container (11) in a loading point of the path, wherein, between the loading and unloading points, the container (11) is dis... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926017 | Wafer container washing apparatus The present invention is directed to a semi-conductor handling equipment cleaning apparatus configured for use with wafer carriers. The base of the cleaning apparatus is configured to support the wafer carrier in sealing contact about a first aperture. A first fluid... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6827092 | Wafer backside plate for use in a spin, rinse, and dry module and methods for making and implementing the same An apparatus for preparing a wafer is provided. The apparatus includes a wafer backside plate and a central shaft. The wafer backside plate has a top surface that includes a cylindrical edge lip, which defines a central aperture. The central shaft is designed to fit... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6727494 | Method and apparatus for detecting contaminating species on a wafer edge A method and an apparatus for detecting contaminating species such as metal particles on a wafer edge from a semiconductor fabrication process are disclosed. In the method, a wafer is suspended and rotated in a container with a volume of solvent at a bottom portion ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6613156 | Apparatus and method for photoresist stripping A photoresist stripping apparatus and a corresponding method for removing photoresist layers after a patterned polyimide layer is developed. The photoresist-stripping apparatus includes a transporting unit, a stripping unit, a washing unit, a drying unit ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6468397 | Scarfing shower for fabric cleaning in a wet papermaking process A system and process for removing unwanted fibers from a forming fabric during a wet papermaking process is disclosed. The system includes a scarfing shower configured to emit a cleaning fluid that contacts the forming fabric. In particular, the cleaning ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6007675 | Wafer transfer system and method of using the same An apparatus and method are described for stripping the photoresist from a wafer while in a substantially parallel manner, another wafer is being transferred between a load lock chamber and a transfer chamber, where the processing occurs. Further, a syste... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5887602 | Cleaning machine and method of controlling the same A cleaning machine comprises a loader section for transferring a to-be-processed object, an unloader section for transferring a processed object, a chemical liquid bath for cleaning the to-be-processed object with chemical liquid, a plurality of cleaning ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5846339 | Machine dishwashing process A machine dishwashing process for cleaning soiled crockery is provided. The process comprises: (1) optionally prewashing the crockery in a prewash zone; (2) washing the crockery in a wash zone with washing liquor; (3) spraying the crockery from the wash z... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5626042 | Device for the preparation of used metal barrels with a view to facilitating handling and recycling thereof A device for the processing of a barrel of which the upper side comprises a filling hole situated in a standardized position, this device comprising a processing enclosure fitted with a supporting structure bearing a rotary annular part on which the barre... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5507877 | Dishwashing machine A dishwashing machine is proposed which is considerably shorter in design than the previously used, continuously operated transport-dishwashers. In order permanently to reduce the consumption of water, energy and rinsing agent, the crockery in the individ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5437733 | Method and apparatus for treating a substrate A plane of a treatment liquid holder having a number of through holes faces a treatment surface of a substrate. A treatment liquid is held between the treatment surface and the liquid holder by utilizing a surface tension of the treatment liquid. Since th... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5425385 | Rotary washer spraying system A control system for a high-speed rotary washer spraying system designed particularly for plastic returnable bottles automatically regulates each process of the wash spraying system, namely, sequentially feeding bottles from an infeed conveyor means, inve... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5072747 | Apparatus and method for cleaning tubular articles A pre-soak station, a washing station, and a drying station are arranged in an in-line manner so that a multiplicity or group of mold support units or workpiece holders arranged single file may be moved sequentially from station to station. A first group ... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4963335 | Sterilizing apparatus A sterilizing apparatus for sterilizing a hollow prism-shaped carton open at both ends includes a sterilizing station, a drying station, and a solution-removing station located between the sterilizing station and the drying station. The solution-removing ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4803055 | Apparatus for sterilizing containers An apparatus for sterilizing containers comprises a closed sterilized chamber having a container inlet and a container outlet, an antiseptic vessel and a rinse vessel arranged within the sterilized chamber, and a group of container transport devices for t... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4357176 | System for conserving energy and washing agents in a dishwasher In an electrically energized commercial dishwasher machine having at least one washing section followed by a rinse section and having a conveyor for conveying dishes through the various sections in sequence, a timing element is set to cause the machine to... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4341349 | Apparatus for the damping of bulk material Apparatus for the damping of bulk material in which a liquid is to be sprayed into a falling stream of the material, the apparatus including an upright tubular shaft through which the material is to fall in a stream; a plate arranged coaxially below the l... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4233174 | Quick-break cleaning compositions A cleaning composition which comprises: (a) from 35 to 80 wt % of one or both of a fatty alcohol ethoxylate (having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms in the alcohol moiety and from 2 to 10 moles ethylene oxide per mole alcohol) and a higher alkyl phenol ethoxylat... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4191592 | Glasswasher The invention relates to a compact glasswasher having wash and rinse tanks and a circular glass conveyor located thereabove, rotation of the conveyor controlling emptying and re-filling of the rinse tank.... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4152173 | Method and apparatus for treating surfaces of an article with a fluid adapted to coat, clean or react chemically with the article Apparatus for treating open-mouthed cylindrical containers with a fluid adapted to coat, clean or react chemically with the surface of the containers, comprises a turret fitted with pot assemblies spaced around its periphery, each pot assembly having an i... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4026311 | Apparatus for cleaning inside and outside surfaces of containers Apparatus for cleaning open-mouthed cylindrical containers has a plurality of pot assemblies mounted on a turntable rotatable to move each pot assembly past an unloading station for discharge of containers from the pot assemblies and a loading station for... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4017330 | Method and apparatus for internal spray cleaning of containers The present invention applies pressurized air and vacuum to container interiors as they are being conveyed through the cleaning station in the course of their forward travel. Cleaning according to the invention occurs through the combined action of a plur... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4000002 | Method and apparatus for cleaning containers with protective fogging A container washing system comprises a container washing zone, a rinsing zone and a deionized rinsing zone through which containers are conveyed. At each of the zones, spray nozzles direct washing and rinsing liquids at the containers. In order to prevent... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3969136 | Liquid treating apparatus Apparatus for treating cup-shaped workpieces in which the workpieces are positioned within a shape-conforming chamber formed with an outlet port in the base thereof and a conforming nozzle is positioned within the interior of the workpiece in close cleara... | 07/13/1976 |
