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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6922867 | Two position robot design for FOUP purge This invention is an apparatus for purging unwanted gasses from the Front Opening Unified Pod (FOUP). It consists of a purging wand which is inserted into the chamber for an optimal purge. The purging wand moves back and forth along a simple axis activated by a link... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6630032 | Method and apparatus for dislodging accrued deposits from a vessel Apparatus for dislodging an accretion of a substance from the vicinity of a vessel, includes apparatus for generating gas-borne shock waves in the vicinity of a vessel, thereby to expose a substance accrued on a surface thereof to separation forces causin... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6494965 | Method and apparatus for removal of laser ablation byproducts A method and apparatus are provided for the removal of laser ablation byproducts generated in the imaging of laser sensitive media. In accordance with the invention, the byproducts are generated when a laser sensitive media is imaged with a laser. At leas... | 12/17/2002 |
| 5882430 | Process for the guiding of an elongated element An elongated element, for example, a soot blower for the cleaning of wall surfaces, is guided along a predetermined, meandrical blow figure. The element is supported in two spaced-apart cardanic joints (3, 4) the first of which is stationary and the secon... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5875833 | Regenerative heat exchanger A regenerative heat exchanger for gaseous media which are in a heat exchange with one another includes stationary or rotating storage masses and at least one cleaning device for the storage masses, wherein the cleaning device can be pivoted in relation to... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5823209 | Apparatus for the guiding of an elongated element An elongated element, for example, a soot blower for the cleaning of wall surfaces, is guided along a predetermined, meandrical blow figure. The element is supported in two spaced-apart cardanic joints (3, 4) the first of which is stationary and the secon... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5752288 | Soot blower assembly A soot blower lance tube indexing mechanism including a pinion, first and second pinion ratchet/sprocket assemblies, a spindle, first and second spindle sprockets, and a clutch. The clutch is operable to link the first pinion ratchet/sprocket assembly wit... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5617609 | Air nozzle/flexible whip cleaning means for ductwork There is mentioned an air nozzle/flexible whip cleaning means for ductwork which is connected to a source of high pressure air using at least a plurality of connectable lengths of semi rigid plastic pipe 8. The means comprises at least one primary air noz... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5579726 | Apparatus for cleaning boilers A device for cleaning a combustion device such as a boiler coincidentally with operation of the boiler. The apparatus comprises a means for rotation of a lance and rotatable cleaning head attached to the lance. The lance also moves in a linear direction a... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5509281 | Dust blower for circular knitting machines A dust blower mounted at the center of a circular knitting machine for blowing dust and fluff away from the annular loop-forming zone of the circular knitting machine, and including a rigid guide tube connected to a compressed air source and rotated horiz... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5416946 | Sootblower having variable discharge A retractable sootblower for use in cleaning heat exchanger surfaces during a single stroke of its operating cycle. A control system is utilized to vary the rate at which the blowing medium is discharged from the lance tube into the heat exchanger. The ra... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5347677 | Apparatus for cleaning isolated surfaces A cleaning apparatus as for inside surfaces in residential air ducts, employing a baffle that locally increases air velocity at the surface of the duct to the entrainment velocity that will remove dust and detritus with the help of reaction driven scourin... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5107764 | Method and apparatus for carbon dioxide cleaning of graphic arts equipment The present invention provides a method and apparatus for cleaning printing press components with carbon dioxide snow or pellets. Upon impact, the snow or pellets dislodge debris adhering to the components and sublime to a non-hazardous gas. A typical com... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5097564 | Soot blower A boiler soot blower provides a lance tube having a pair of opposed nozzles at its end. The lance tube is carried by a carriage for reciprocation between an extended and retracted position, and is caused to rotate about its longitudinal axis in timed rela... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5071487 | Method and apparatus for cleaning passageways in metal castings Metals castings, having a number of internal passageways which open at different surface portions of the castings, are mounted upon a horizontally axised wheel-like frame. The frame is intermittently rotated and momentarily stopped so that castings are ro... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4807321 | Air cleaning system This invention relates to a novel system for removing foreign particles from a machine part, and, more particularly, to a system for cleaning meat by-products from meat processing rollers or other equipment.... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4699668 | Method and apparatus for cleaning gripper assemblies A portable containment structure is employed to clean a gripper assembly.... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4452183 | Method and device for unclogging the top surface of the tube plate of a steam generator The invention relates to a method and device for unclogging the top surface of the tube plate of a steam generator comprising, in a cylindrical vessel, a bundle of bent tubes of inverted U-shape and connected to a tube plate. The unclogging is achieved by... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4351277 | Sootblower for economizer A sootblower for an economizer of the type having a vertically extending cylindrical casing in which is mounted a plurality of spiral coils arranged parallel to each other in concentric relation with respect to the central vertical axis of the cylindrical... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4174549 | Soot blowing apparatus A soot blowing system for cleaning banks or clusters of heat exchange tubes or the like contained in a furnace or flue housing comprising a movable platform carrying an apertured lance which is inserted sequentially into spaced openings in the wall of the... | 11/20/1979 |
