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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152929 | Non-abrasive cleaning products The subject invention relates to cleaning products that are highly effective in cleaning articles that are susceptible to scratching, scuffing and/or abrasion. More specifically, the present invention relates to cleaning products that are made with a non-abrasive fa... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8101026 | CPC (copper pipe cleaner) attachment for standard power drills The invention is an elongated device which prepares pipes and fittings for bonding in a matter of seconds. This unit attaches to a drill and embodies brushes which clean both the interiors and exteriors of pipes and fittings varying in size. The vertical brush's uni... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092610 | Apparatus and method for cleaning a driver used in disk drive manufacturing Disclosed is a cleaning device for cleaning a driver used in a disk drive manufacturing process. The cleaning device includes: a body; a replaceable cleaning pad mounted in the body; and a cover mounted to the body over the cleaning pad, in which, the cover includes... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083860 | Capture and removal cleaning system Example embodiments of the invention include a cleaning system having both daily cleaning tasks and periodic cleaning tasks for cleaning and dusting a room. By utilizing less inventory and more biocompatible, “bio-safe” products than traditional systems, embodim... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070883 | Particle remover apparatus and methods Methods and apparatus for removing particles from vials includes the use of a one sided pressure sensitive filament tape to remove external particles from vials. A roll of tape is juxtaposed relative to a line of vials moving along the production line. As each vial ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8057606 | Aquarium cleaning device with selectable secondary cleaning element A glass cleaning device employs an inner component having a body with an associated first cleaning element and a second movable portion positionable from a first to second position, the second portion associated with a second cleaning element. A support magnet is ca... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057605 | Wind turbine tower washing apparatus and method A system and method for cleaning tapered towers such wind turbine towers. A semicircular member hugs the tower surface. A plurality of nozzles affixed to the semicircular member sprays high pressure cleaning fluid on the tower surface as the semicircular member is r... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8034184 | Fluid absorbent tape A method for controlling the flow of a fluid on a surface. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a fluid absorbent tape that includes an absorbent material, a fluid permeable cover enclosing the absorbent material to form an elongated fluid absorbent ta... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025737 | Substrate cleaning apparatus and method employed therein A substrate cleaning apparatus for cleaning a front-side clean target surface 1a and a back-side clean target surface 1b of a edge portion of a substrate 1 by wiping surfaces 12a, 12b of a cleaning tape 12. The substrate cle... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8012265 | Concrete/asphalt wet washing system A surface cleaning system having a storage container, debris collection apparatus and debris conduit is disclosed. Water discharged from spray nozzles configured in a circular arrangement forces debris into a debris collection ring and then a debris conduit. An auge... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998275 | Method for cleaning a circumferential surface of a cylinder of a printing press A method for cleaning a circumferential surface of a cylinder of a printing press provides for improved cleaning to be achieved during a short time. In order to clean the circumferential surface, a cleaning fluid is first applied to the circumferential surface. In o... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993466 | Material jet spray head cleaning In a method for cleaning a material jet spray head having outside material jet spray cycles, an absorbent member and a wiper are positioned so that at least a section of the absorbent member is interposed between the wiper member and a material outlet device. The ab... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993467 | Apparatus for removing matte-sticking and method for using the apparatus An apparatus and method are provided to remove matte-sticking adhered to an inner surface of an inclined rear jacket of an exhaust gas hood for collecting exhaust gas discharged during the converter operation in copper smelting. Scraping means 10a˜... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7976639 | Method for determining the percentage of allergens picked up from a surface A test method is disclosed that can be used to test cleaning products. The test method includes applying a known amount of test material to a surface, cleaning the surface and calculating the amount of allergens picked-up from the surface. The calculated amount of a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972446 | Automated cleaning system for structures A washing system for an elevated surface has a) a housing having a liquid application cleaning system therein; b) a support element that supports and elevates the washing system; c) a rigid member extending from a surface of the housing that faces away from a surfac... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967914 | Method and apparatus for cleaning fabrics, floor coverings, and bare floor surfaces utilizing a soil transfer medium An apparatus and method for cleaning fabrics, floor coverings, and bare floor surfaces utilizing a soil transfer cleaning medium is disclosed. A method of mechanically removing soil from a surface intended to be cleaned includes the steps of successively and repeate... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7879152 | Apparatus and method for cleaning nozzle Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for cleaning a nozzle, which can automatically clean pollutant of the nozzle. The nozzle cleaning apparatus comprises the nozzle in a polluted state, a nozzle cleaning unit to clean a pollutant material from the nozzle by use ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7867338 | Roof cleaning method A roof brush and method of use. What is provided is a brush head which can be tossed on a roof and subsequently pulled off the roof to remove leaves and other debris on the roof. Accordingly, a roof brush is provided which is capable of cleaning a roof and permittin... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7846258 | Cleaning sheet and method of cleaning substrate processing equipment A cleaning sheet comprises a cleaning layer provided on one side of a base material, from which cleaning layer F−, Cl−, Br−, NO2−, NO3−, PO43−, SO4 | 12/07/2010 |
| 7837801 | Apparatus and method for cleaning an optical fiber An apparatus and method for cleaning an optical fiber supported by a fiber optic connector. The cleaning apparatus may include a housing, a cleaning tip supported by the housing and a cleaning wipe advanceable along at least a portion of the cleaning tip to clean an... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7803231 | Substrate edge part cleaning apparatus and substrate edge part cleaning method A substrate edge part cleaning apparatus judging a cleaning degree of glass substrates when cleaning edge parts of the glass substrates used for liquid crystal display. The substrate edge part cleaning apparatus 100 having a cleaning head wiping an edge part ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803230 | Substrate cleaning apparatus, substrate cleaning method, and medium for recording program used for the method In a substrate cleaning method and a substrate cleaning method according to the present invention, a brush 3 is brought into contact with a substrate W while rotating the same, and a cleaning position Sb of the brush 3 is moved relative to the substrat... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7799141 | Method and system for using a two-phases substrate cleaning compound Cleaning compounds, apparatus, and methods to remove contaminants from a substrate surface are provided. An exemplary cleaning compound to remove particulate contaminants from a semiconductor substrate surface is provided. The cleaning compound includes a viscous li... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7799143 | Method for removing radionuclides from a radioactive material A radioactive material sequestration system may include a radionuclide containment composition dispenser and a sorption based media container. The radionuclide containment composition dispenser may be configured for holding a radionuclide containment composition and... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7799142 | Apparatus and method for cleaning a board terminal A board terminal cleaning apparatus for cleaning a terminal portion by bringing a cleaning member in contact with the terminal portion of a board comprises a first support member that supports the cleaning member in a first position, a second support member that sup... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7780794 | Medical implement cleaning device A cleaning device for a medical implement is disclosed. The cleaning device includes a cap having an opening to an inner cavity, the opening being adapted to receive a site of the medical implement. The cleaning device further includes a compressible cleaning materi... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7754018 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a mobile immersed structure The invention concerns a cleaning process for an immersed and towed seismic streamer (1), characterised in that a cleaning appliance (11), including a tool for cleaning the seismic streamer, is engaged around the seismic streamer, together with a hydro... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7718010 | Method for treating a surface with a treatment gel, and treatment gel The present invention related to a method for treating a surface with a gel, as well as to a treatment gel. The treatment may be a decontamination, etching or surface degreasing treatment, for example. The method comprises in this order, the following ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713357 | Method for treating a surface with a treatment gel and treatment gel The present invention relates to a method for treating a surface with a gel, as well as to a treatment gel. The treatment may be a decontamination, etching or surface degreasing treatment, for example. The method comprises in this order, the following ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7713356 | Cleaning sheet, conveying member using the same, and substrate processing equipment cleaning method using them A cleaning sheet for cleaning foreign matters away from the interior of the substrate processing equipment is provided. The cleaning sheet includes a cleaning layer having substantially no tackiness and having a tensile modulus of not lower than 0.98 N/mm2 | 05/11/2010 |
| 7704329 | Semiconductor substrate cleaning method and semiconductor substrate cleaning machine A semiconductor substrate cleaning method includes a first cleaning step of cleaning the surface of a semiconductor substrate with the use of a first brush and a second cleaning step of cleaning the surface of the semiconductor substrate with the use of a second bru... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7666262 | Process for cleaning large format or giant screen movie screens This invention relates to cleaning large format movie screens, such as vinyl screens and painted screens. There are different variations of the basic concept of using a cleaning head, cables, pulleys, an upper mounting bracket and a winch. In one instance a track ma... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7655095 | Method of cleaning semiconductor surfaces Devices and methods of cleaning are described. The methods, and devices formed by the methods have a number of advantages. Embodiments are shown that include cleaning using a supercritical fluid. Advantages include a combination of both chemical and mechanical remov... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648584 | Method and apparatus for removing contamination from substrate A cleaning material is disposed over a substrate. The cleaning material includes solid components dispersed within a liquid medium. A force is applied to the solid components within the liquid medium to bring the solid components within proximity to contaminants pre... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7645344 | Method of cleaning semiconductor surfaces Devices and methods of cleaning are described. The methods, and devices formed by the methods have a number of advantages. Embodiments are shown that include cleaning using a supercritical fluid. Advantages include a combination of both chemical and mechanical remov... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7641739 | Friction stir welding tool cleaning method The invention is directed to a friction stir welding tool cleaning method and apparatus for fixed and retractable pin tools. The method and apparatus use a heating component, a temperature indicator component, a controller component, and a rotatable tool cleaner com... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7601226 | Slurry blasting apparatus for removing scale from sheet metal An apparatus and method of removing scale from the surfaces of processed sheet metal employs a scale removing medium propelled by counter-rotating pairs of wheels positioned in close proximity to the sheet metal surfaces. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7578884 | Device for cleaning dental instruments A device made of flexible material for cleaning sharp-tipped dental instruments. The device contains a) a finger rest, b) a stem, and c) an open container having a textured exterior surface, an interior surface, and a top. The exterior surface may have a girth near ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7578885 | Concrete/asphalt wet washing system A surface cleaning system having a storage container, debris collection apparatus and debris conduit is disclosed. Water discharged from spray nozzles forces debris into a debris collection apparatus such that a series of rotating brushes can transport the debris to... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7572342 | Method and apparatus for cleaning semiconductor photolithography tools A system for cleaning semiconductor lithography tools provides for cycling a polished-side down semiconductor wafer through the lithography tool using conventional automated robotics for loading and unloading the wafer from a vacuum chuck of the lithography tool. Th... | 08/11/2009 |
