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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051861 | Cleaning system utilizing purified water A cleaning system includes a supply of purified water, a supply of cleaning agent, a mixing junction, and a distributor. The mixing junction is configured to combine a flow of the purified water and a flow of the cleaning agent and output a flow of cleaning liquid c... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042557 | Multitank conveyor-type dishwasher and an operating method for it Multitank conveyor-type dishwasher (2) for washing items (10) to be washed, comprising at least two wash zones (6, 8) which are arranged in succession in the conveying direction (4); a liquid forward-flow apparatus (26) between in ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7481231 | Ware washing installation Ware washing installation, containing at least one conveyor-type ware washer. The conveyor-type ware washer contains at least one wash zone (8, 10, 12) with spray nozzles (20, 28), a first rinse zone (14) with spray nozzles (21, 29) and a... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7357498 | Method of filling liquid into liquid containing member, liquid filling apparatus and method of inspecting liquid containing member When ink is filled into an ink pack 13 including a bag part 20 and an outlet part 21, firstly, air in the bag 20 and outlet part 21 is sucked by a suction pump P2 provided for an ink pouring apparatus 30. Further, by ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341697 | Reaction cell and operation method thereof A reaction cell is provided with a vessel-like cell main body and a circular piezoelectric/electrostrictive oscillator fixed to an outside of a bottom surface of the cell main body. The cell main body includes a circular bottom plate portion and a circumferential wa... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338606 | Arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in the coolant return of a machine tool coolant filtration system An arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in return piping receiving dirty coolant from a plurality of machine tools receiving filtered coolant from a filter apparatus. A bypass line diverts clean coolant into the return piping via a pressure... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328712 | Cleaning bench for removing contaminants from semiconductor process equipment Described are cleaning benches and methods for removing contaminant layers from semiconductor process components using small volumes of hazardous liquids and minimizing cross-contamination between components from different deposition chambers. Components to be clean... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7278433 | Washing a cored lettuce head A produce washer includes a holder to position a single piece of produce and a nozzle disposed at a horizontal distance adjacent to the holder. When the produce is a cored lettuce head, the cored lettuce head is positioned in the holder with the cored portion facing... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267727 | Processing of semiconductor components with dense processing fluids and ultrasonic energy Method for processing an article with a dense processing fluid in a processing chamber while applying ultrasonic energy during processing. The dense fluid may be generated in a separate pressurization vessel and transferred to the processing chamber, or alternativel... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7219678 | Dishwasher A dishwasher includes a main body being generally of a box shape with an open front, a washer tub being slidably extracted from and retracted into the main body through the open front, the washer tub having an open top, and a covering member for blocking a gap to be... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208411 | Method of depositing metal film and metal deposition cluster tool including supercritical drying/cleaning module A method of depositing a metal film on a substrate includes a supercritical preclean step, a supercritical desorb step, and a metal deposition step. Preferably, the preclean step comprises maintaining supercritical carbon dioxide and a chelating agent in contact wit... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191787 | Method and apparatus for semiconductor wafer cleaning using high-frequency acoustic energy with supercritical fluid An apparatus and a method is provided for using high-frequency acoustic energy with a supercritical fluid to perform a semiconductor wafer (“wafer”) cleaning process. High-frequency acoustic energy is applied to the supercritical fluid to impart energy to partic... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172689 | Arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in the coolant return of a machine tool coolant filtration system An arrangement and method for maintaining a minimum flow velocity in return piping receiving dirty coolant from a plurality of machine tools receiving filtered coolant from a filter apparatus. A bypass line diverts clean coolant into the return piping via a pressure... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169601 | Microfabricated reactor An integrated microfabricated instrument for manipulation, reaction and detection of microliter to picoliter samples. The instrument is suited for biochemical reactions, particularly DNA-based reactions such as the polymerase chain reaction, that require thermal cyc... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168849 | Agitation apparatus and method for dry solids addition to fluid An agitation system for producing a slurry, mixture, or solution from addition of dry solids to a liquid is provided. A first tank has a first longitudinal axis, a static liquid level, a dynamic liquid level, and a holdup. A solid inlet is configured to feed dry sol... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7124766 | Apparatus and use thereof in cleaning a respiratory device A cleaning apparatus includes a tank housing and a partition disposed in the tank housing so as to divide the interior thereof into pumping and cleaning chambers as the only chambers within the tank housing adapted to contain cleaning liquid. A submersible pump moun... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108003 | Ultrasonic cleaning apparatus Pluralities of ultrasonic transducers are arranged on the bottom wall of the cleaning tank. The output power of the ultrasonic oscillator is supplied to the transducers through the switching unit, which switches the drive mode between a first mode in which all the u... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7018959 | Water-based metal working fluid A water-based, recyclable metalworking fluid comprises a polyalkylene glycol, an alkanolamine, a polyglycol surfactant, a polyol surfactant, a biocide and a corrosion inhibitor. The biocide may comprise a mixture of biocidal compounds effective against bacterial and... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013902 | Wet cleaning mobile workbench A mobile cleaning workbench that may be used for manually washing equipment components, parts or other articles is provided. The cleaning station provides a source of water or other cleaning liquid for use in the washing of an article in a wash basin. A drain is pro... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011714 | Method and device for treating the surfaces of metallic strip material, especially for pickling rolled material The invention relates to a method and a device for treating surfaces of metallic strip material (1), especially for pickling rolled material, in a treatment channel (2), with a pickling medium (3) containing acid. Jets (4) are set in the ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6953825 | Treated carbonaceous compositions and polymer compositions containing the same Treated carbonaceous compositions comprising a carbonaceous material, preferably a carbon black, and an ester polymer treating agent. Also disclosed are polymer compositions incorporating the treated carbonaceous compositions and articles of manufacture formed from ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6923102 | Washing device A washing installation includes a first washer (3) for washing slices of root vegetable with water, a second washer in the form of a rotating pipe (4) supplied with water at an infeed end for the slices of root vegetable washed during slicing, and a th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6890853 | Method of depositing metal film and metal deposition cluster tool including supercritical drying/cleaning module A method of depositing a metal film on a substrate includes a supercritical preclean step, a supercritical desorb step, and a metal deposition step. Preferably, the preclean step includes maintaining supercritical carbon dioxide and a chelating agent in contact with... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6799587 | Apparatus for contaminant removal using natural convection flow and changes in solubility concentrations by temperature An apparatus comprising multiple heating, cooling, and/or cleaning zones. The apparatus produces a jet flow of solvent/cleaning fluid onto an article to be cleaned without the need for a pump or compressor. The jet flow provides more effective contaminant removal. T... | 10/05/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6569252 | Semi-aqueous solvent cleaning of paste processing residue from substrates A process of cleaning of objects that relate to semiconductor fabrication processes, such as, for example, conductive paste screening in the production of multilayer ceramic substrates and composite solder paste by stencil printing in electronic circuit a... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6460549 | Method and apparatus for degreasing a metal part Disclosed is a process of recycling and reusing an aqueous degreasing solution for further use as a component of a coolant solution which is itself recycled and reused in metal cutting machines. Also disclosed is a method of degreasing parts, and a degrea... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6443167 | Gradient dragout system in a continuous plating line An enhanced gradient dragout system conserves plating chemicals, including precious metals by providing a series of tanks with cascading rinse solutions having a flow rate controlled by heating the first tank to increase the evaporation rate. A portion of... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6391110 | Method and apparatus for cleaning treatment An apparatus for a treatment is provided, the apparatus comprising a vessel for recovering a treatment liquid flowing out or flying out when the object is treated, cleaning means for cleaning an inner wall surface of the vessel by supplying a cleaning liq... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6244277 | Dishwasher A dishwasher having a cabinet and wash chambers is the form of drawers which slide in and out of the cabinet. Rigid and flexible closures are disclosed for sealing off the wash chambers when retracted into the cabinet. A detergent dispenser for the dishwa... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6187099 | Installation for the treatment of objects in a defined gas atmosphere, whose O2 content is smaller that that of air and with which environmentally damaging treatment gases are produced An installation for the treatment of objects in a defined gas atmosphere whose oxygen content is smaller than that of air and with which environmentally damaging treatment gases are produced with a housing with an entry opening and with an exit opening for the... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6129045 | Apparatus and method for exchanging an atmosphere of spherical object A spherical object transport apparatus of the invention brings a spiral stream into contact with a first atmosphere containing a spherical object, selectively sucks the first atmosphere outward so as to engulf in the spiral stream for diffusing the first ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6042748 | Regenerating method and system for fluorescent material A method for regenerating a fluorescent material from a recovered phosphor slurry characterized by including a chemical washing step wherein a hypochlorite and a periodate are used; a carbon removing step for floating carbon in the supernatant liquid by t... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5918610 | Method and apparatus for washing fruit A water system for a fruit washer has a low pressure pre-rinse section for removal of heavy debris and a high pressure wash section to remove organic material. Water is collected from the high pressure section. A filter removes the organic material from t... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5882524 | Treatment of oil-contaminated particulate materials A closed loop process is shown for treating oil and saline contaminated particulate materials such as drilling cuttings such as are encountered in oil and gas well bore drilling operations. The process includes at least two washing stages and three solids... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5875801 | Aqueous cleaning of blade stack A machine for removing oil, dirt and grinding debris from a metal surface comprises a plurality of wash, rinse and dry stations separated to prevent contamination carryover from one station to the next. Razor blades in stacks are passed through the statio... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5810942 | Aerodynamic aerosol chamber An aerosol cleaning apparatus and a method of treating a substrate within such an apparatus prevent contaminant recirculation by controlling the post-impingement exhaust flow through control of the aerodynamic behavior of the contaminant laden exhaust str... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5803981 | Method and apparatus for continuous pickling of metal strip Method and apparatus for continuous pickling of metal strip comprises a series of pickling tanks in which the strip is submerged in pickling liquid in a caternary loop and wherein passage of the strip through the liquid produces a low liquid level at a st... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5538024 | Cleaning method and cleaning apparatus An object to be cleaned is cleaned with an cleaning agent which mixes a base cleaning agent such as silicon-containing cleaning agent or an isoparaffin containing cleaning agent with a surfactant or a hydrophilic solvent to promote the cleaning power. The... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5535766 | Transmission service bench The present invention relates to a transmission service bench having an inclined work surface to direct transmission fluid, liberated from a transmission being serviced, into one or more drains. The fluid collected is filtered and communicated to a wash b... | 07/16/1996 |
