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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789095 | Wash chamber for automated appendage-washing apparatus A wash cylinder or chamber for an automated cleaning station to clean an object or a person's body part includes nozzles on the interior of the cylinder, the nozzles of one embodiment comprising an increasing roll angle providing a novel spray pattern. Additionally,... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7757700 | Wash chamber for automated appendage-washing apparatus A wash cylinder or chamber for an automated cleaning station to clean an object or a person's body part includes nozzles on the interior of the cylinder, the nozzles of one embodiment comprising an increasing roll angle providing a novel spray pattern. Additionally,... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7617830 | Wash chamber for automated appendage-washing apparatus A wash cylinder or chamber for an automated cleaning station to clean an object or a person's body part includes nozzles on the interior of the cylinder, the nozzles of one embodiment comprising an increasing roll angle providing a novel spray pattern. Additionally,... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7607443 | Wash chamber for automated appendage-washing apparatus A wash cylinder or chamber for an automated cleaning station to clean an object or a person's body part includes nozzles on the interior of the cylinder, the nozzles of one embodiment comprising an increasing roll angle providing a novel spray pattern. Additionally,... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607442 | Wash chamber for automated appendage-washing apparatus A wash cylinder or chamber for an automated cleaning station to clean an object or a person's body part includes nozzles on the interior of the cylinder, the nozzles of one embodiment comprising an increasing roll angle providing a novel spray pattern. Additionally,... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7185664 | Fill control system for an in sink dishwasher A dish-cleaning appliance comprising a sink having a bowl defining a wash chamber with an open top for providing access to the wash chamber. A liquid recirculation system is provided for spraying liquid throughout the wash chamber. A drain conduit can be provided, a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7069937 | Vertical proximity processor A method for processing a substrate is provided which includes generating a fluid meniscus on the surface of the vertically oriented substrate, and moving the fluid meniscus over the surface of the vertically oriented substrate to process the surface of the substrat... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7028697 | In-sink dishwasher A dish-cleaning appliance comprising a sink having a bowl defining a wash chamber with an open top for providing access to the wash chamber. A liquid recirculation system is provided for spraying liquid throughout the wash chamber. A drain conduit can be provided, a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7013953 | Heat exchanger for wasted heat with its cleaning apparatus A waste heat recovery system includes: a tank; heat exchange pipes connected with one another in the form of a ‘S’ shape in multiple steps inside the tank and having city water flow pipes bound up into a bundle; circulation leading plates mounted between the hea... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6960282 | Apparatus for cleaning residual material from an article An apparatus in which opposed nozzle assemblies are utilized to clean residual material, such as a metallic paste, from an article, such as a screening mask. Each of the nozzle assemblies has a first set of nozzles for spraying a cleaning agent onto the article in a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6758227 | Medical instrument washer A medical instrument washer is provided which includes a rack drawably fitted in a washing tub, for setting washing objects thereon, a flow passage having one end located on a rear side of the washing tub for supplying washing water to the rear side, and a washing d... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6050276 | Apparatus and method for cleaning a precision substrate There are disclosed an apparatus and method for cleaning a precision substrate through use of high-frequency- or ultrasonic-applied cleaning liquid. An object substrate is horizontally held and rotated. High-frequency- or ultrasonic-applied cleaning liqui... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5964952 | Method of cleaning surfaces with water and steam A method and device for cleaning contaminated surfaces with both water and steam. A water film is applied to the contaminated surface and steam sprayed into the water film while water is continued to be applied to the water film. In this way the steam is ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5919406 | Plate heat exchanger with wetting device The invention relates to a process and device for cooling and cleaning surface elements of a plate heat exchanger to recover heat from outgoing air by spraying water into a stream of outgoing air. Wetting nozzles are used to spray a fine stream of process... | 07/06/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5265628 | Automated cleansing chamber Rotating nozzles in a cylinder comprise a hand washing system that through a program provides purge, wash, dwell, rinse and self clean cycles. In ten seconds 99% of bacteria are killed without hand irritation even with multiple hand washes daily.... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5253663 | Transfer apparatus A rotary transfer arm for transferring semiconductor wafers is disposed in a closed housing. A closable opening portion is formed in the housing, through which the transfer arm can extend out from the housing. A fork is disposed at the distal end of the t... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5020556 | Vehicle wash apparatus with spinning nozzles A vehicle wash system is disclosed which consists of an arch through which a vehicle can be moved. A plurality of spinning nozzle assemblies are attached to the arch each having a number of nozzle outlets for directing the water to the vehicle surface to ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4817651 | Hand and forearm cleansing apparatus Cleansing apparatus comprising a pair of rotating cylinders with spray nozzles in the walls thereof. The cylinders provide cylindrical cleansing chambers which have their axes displaced from each other at an angle of approximately 30 degrees to comfortabl... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4784168 | Open washing cycle dishwashing machine A dishwashing machine comprises a washing tank closed by a lid and containing a removable utensils basket, and also comprising rotary spray arms with nozzles, which arms are mounted rotatably within the washing tank and fed by a hydraulic circuit. The was... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4708153 | Flask washer with vacuum dry A method and apparatus for washing and vacuum drying long necked laboratory flasks. The apparatus includes a cabinet which presents a washing and drying compartment and a pump and rotary spray arm. A special rack which can be rolled into and out of the co... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4585019 | Heavy duty air filter reconditioning system A spray cleaning apparatus for tubular filter elements, comprises a spray chamber in which a filter element is mounted between opposed rotary turntable discs. The chamber is provided with liquid sprays for spraying both the inner and outer surfaces of the... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4298015 | Dishwasher A dishwasher has a tub, dish rack and transparent lid cover with a centrally disposed turbine hydraulically actuated motor on the bottom of the tub. The motor has internal piping to lead water to a spray arm rotated by the turbine past a turbulence chambe... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4254805 | Closed chemical mixing system A closed agri-chemical mixing and transferring system ideally adapted for mixing agri-chemical concentrate for subsequent use in agricultural spraying operations. The system comprises a plurality of independently operable subsystems for generating vacuum,... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4191590 | Method and apparatus for cleaning carpets and surfaces using cleaning fluid A method and apparatus for cleaning surfaces using a high velocity stream or streams of cleaning fluid. The high velocity stream or streams issue from one or more nozzles that are moving at a high velocity relative to the surface to be cleaned and are dir... | 03/04/1980 |
| 3973988 | Trailer washing apparatus A carriage is driven from the back to the front of the inside of a trailer, either by rotating nozzles which discharge wash water against the inside of the trailer or by an electric motor. The carriage is guided by two laterally spaced rollers on each sid... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3949772 | Door type dishwasher A dishwashing machine having a chamber to receive dishes to be washed and a sump to receive liquid for recirculation to the chamber, the sump being positioned below the chamber. The dishwashing machine includes spray arms for spraying liquid on the dishes... | 04/13/1976 |
