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20080276969 | APPLIANCE WITH UNIQUE LOCKING RECEPTACLES - A substrate treating appliance utilizing a plurality of different chemistries for different cycles or different wash loads with a plurality of receptacles for receiving a plurality of cartridges containing the different chemistries. Each receptacle has one half of a lock and key connection arrangement providing a unique interconnection configuration at each receptacle, relative to the remaining receptacles, permitting only a selected type of chemistry cartridge to be accepted at a particular receptacle. A connection effected between the cartridge and the receptacle occurs by rotation of the cartridge relative to the receptacle between an insertion orientation and a locking orientation. Each receptacle is shaped to receive a cylindrical mouth wall of a particular type of chemistry cartridge. Each receptacle may also be uniquely sized, relative to the remaining receptacles, to accept only a selected type of chemistry cartridge. The plurality of receptacles may be arranged adjacent to one another with each cartridge having a configuration that prevents insertion of a cartridge into a receptacle unless every cartridge located in an adjacent receptacle is rotated to the locking orientation. | 11-13-2008 |
20090044835 | Dual path blower method and apparatus - An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a blower and a method for landscaping and lawn maintenance. The blower includes an outer housing having an inner chamber, the outer housing defining at least one discharge port and an impeller disposed within the inner chamber of the housing. The impeller has a first side surface and a second side surface, wherein a first plurality of blades are mounted to the first side surface and a second plurality of blades are mounted to the second side surface. The second plurality of blades are a mirror image of the first plurality of blades. Air or other fluid is expelled through the discharge ports and can be directed using discharge tubes in order to redistribute debris or fluid. | 02-19-2009 |
20090114252 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING OBJECTS IN A WASHER - The present invention provides a washer for washing articles. The washer is comprised of a housing defining a chamber. The housing has side walls and a top wall. A partition divides the chamber into an upper compartment and a lower compartment that is dimensioned to receive articles to be washed. The partition has an outer peripheral edge that generally conforms to the side walls of the housing. The partition is dimensioned such that a gap is formed between the edge of the partition and the side walls of the housing. An external air inlet line fluidly communicates with the upper compartment. A blower assembly is disposed in the upper compartment. The blower assembly is comprised of a housing having a first air inlet, a second air inlet and an air outlet. The first air inlet fluidly communicates with the lower compartment. The second air inlet fluidly communicates with the external air inlet line. The outlet fluidly communicates with the upper chamber. An impeller is disposed in the housing. The impeller is operable to circulate air from the lower compartment and the air inlet line through the air outlet into the upper compartment. A heating means is disposed in the upper compartment. The heating means heats air in the upper compartment. | 05-07-2009 |
20100200021 | Slide Conditioning Systems and Methods - A slide conditioning system comprises a basin, suitable to retain fluids therein, and a slide carrier having a bidirectional valve formed therein, the slide carrier adapted to carry a plurality of slides therein. A rotor arm is rotatable relative to the basin, the rotor arm being capable of carrying the slide carrier and applying centrifugal forces to the slide carrier as the rotor arm rotates. A fluidics system is also provided and a fluid coupling port is operable to selectively and fluidly mate with the bidirectional valve of the slide carrier while the slide carrier is carried by the rotor arm to fluidly couple the slide carrier to the fluidics system. | 08-12-2010 |
20100224220 | SILVERWARE/FLATWARE OR PARTS WASHER APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and a method of washing (or pre-washing) silverware/flatware, or one or more other objects/parts is provided. The apparatus and method utilizes a fluid-push/pull system and method in which generally an entire volume of fluid is pushed or pulled through a cavity in which the silverware/flatware or other objects/parts are located. | 09-09-2010 |
20100294320 | Removing undesirable material from grapes - A method of removing undesirable material from grapes comprising the steps of:
| 11-25-2010 |
20110023912 | LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - A liquid processing apparatus is provided which can reduce the amount of liquids used and reduce the difference of the process level between objects to-be-processed. The liquid processing apparatus includes a main pipe, a liquid supply device, a main valve, a plurality of branch pipes, and a plurality of processing units. The liquid supply device includes a mixer, a first liquid supply pipe, and a second liquid source supplying a second liquid and supplies a mixed liquid prepared by mixing the first and second liquids in the mixer to one end of the main pipe. The main valve is configured to close the other end of the main pipe opposite to the liquid supply device when the object to-be-processed is processed in the processing unit. | 02-03-2011 |
20110174339 | PRODUCE WASHER AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS MOTION WASHING MACHINE - A produce washer and method of washing produce or other items in a continuous motion washing machine is provided. The produce washer includes a basket, or other collector, that is positioned within a portion of the fluid flow path and sized and shaped to intercept items from a the fluid flow path while at the same time allowing the fluid to continue to flow through the collector generally in the same circulatory flow path created by the washing machine. | 07-21-2011 |
20110277795 | Apparatus for washing material - Disclosed herein is a washing apparatus comprising a cylindrical holding tank, a tumbler cage within the cylindrical holding tank adapted to rotate around a longitudinal axis within the cylindrical holding tank, and a support assembly comprising a plurality of axles which engage the cylindrical holding tank, such as through rollers, and allow the cylindrical holding tank to rotate around the longitudinal axis. Further disclosed are methods of using the apparatus to wash material, such as lightweight expanded clay aggregate. | 11-17-2011 |
20120031437 | MULTI-CHAMBER DEGREASING MACHINE - The invention relates to machine for treating parts, for example for cleaning metal parts with solvents, transported in a basket in a treatment station, said machine including a plurality of treatment stations and a cylinder including a number of chambers at least equal to the number of stations, said chambers receiving at least one basket with said parts, the cylinder including sealing means and transporting the baskets into the chambers in the consecutive treatment stations of the machine. | 02-09-2012 |
20120090642 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A protruding portion ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120118329 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING SUBSTRATES ON A CARRIER - In the case of a device and a method for cleaning substrates on a carrier, to the underside of which the substrates are fastened so as to be parallel to and slightly apart from one another, the carrier has in its interior a plurality of longitudinal channels, which run parallel to one another. As a result of the sawing of the wafers, they merge, via openings, into interstices between the substrates. As a result of a relative movement, an elongate tube, from which cleaning fluid is let out, is introduced into one of the longitudinal channels, the relative movement being achieved substantially through moving of the carrier. | 05-17-2012 |
20120180819 | METHOD FOR CLEANING AND DISINFECTING ARTICLES - A method for cleaning articles in a CO | 07-19-2012 |
20120216838 | Method for Washing and Sanitizing Articles for an Infant - Disclosed is a portable and self contained washing and sanitizing apparatus. The apparatus finds particular application in washing small baby items such as bottles, nipples, teething rings or toys. The apparatus includes three primary components: a container for housing the items to be washed; a water reservoir for storing and collecting wash water; and a housing for interconnecting the container and reservoir. | 08-30-2012 |
20120234358 | CLEANING METHOD - To provide a cleaning method which makes it possible to reduce alkaline component mixing in an ozone cleaning solution, thereby preventing impairment of cleaning ability of ozone. In the cleaning method, before chuck members retain another workpiece having previously been dipped in an ozone cleaning solution in an ozone cleaning tank, alkaline component attached to part of transfer arms and the chuck members is removed by cleaning, thereby preventing the alkaline component from mixing into the ozone cleaning solution. | 09-20-2012 |
20120260950 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, IN PARTICULAR FOR CARRYING OUT A POLYMERS REMOVAL PROCESS STEP - An apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers includes at least a wet bench and an automatic handling system of a wafer carrier removably connected thereto. The wet bench includes a first processing tank, a second processing tank and a third processing tank, separated from one another, each processing tank being dedicated to a different chemical, as well as a special cleaning and drying tank for processing the automatic handling system when the wafer carrier has been removed. | 10-18-2012 |
20130056035 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CLEANING ONE OR MORE AIR FILTERS - A method of cleaning one or more air filter elements with a cleaning arrangement includes a rotatable basket for holding the one or more air filters, a spraying device for spraying cleaning fluid into the basket, and a driving unit for driving the basket into rotational motion. The method includes placing the one or more air filter elements in the basket, and performing at least three cleaning cycles. A cleaning cycle comprises the following steps. First the rotation of the basket is driven up to a rotational speed at which the one or more air filter elements have a speed greater than about 15 m/s, preferably greater than about 20 m/s. Then the rotation of the basket is brought back to a rotational speed at which the one or more air filter elements have a speed below about 2 m/s. In addition, the cleaning cycle includes spraying cleaning fluid into the basket during at least a portion of the cycle. | 03-07-2013 |
20130081657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING TOKENS - A system and method for securing tokens to be cleaned includes a tray with a curved surface defining a channel extending along a first direction and spacers projecting from the curved surface into the channel. The spacers are disposed at 5 regular intervals along the first direction. The curved surface also has at least one opening. The tokens may be inserted into the channel between adjacent spacers and the tray holding the tokens can be submerged into a cleaning liquid. Identical trays containing tokens can also be stacked and together submerged into the cleaning liquid. The tray holding the tokens can be placed on a drying surface that 10 has a drainage hole, and wetness remaining on the tokens can be sucked through the hole in the channel and the drainage hole by a vacuum or blown through the hole in the channel and drainage hole by an air blower. | 04-04-2013 |
20130081658 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE - Provided are an apparatus and method for treating a substrate through a supercritical process. The apparatus includes a housing providing a space for performing a process, and a plurality of support members vertically arranged in the housing at predetermined intervals to support edges of substrates, respectively. | 04-04-2013 |
20130104939 | DISPENSER FOR BOTH FOAM AND LIQUID | 05-02-2013 |
20130167876 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing apparatus ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130199577 | Flux Residue Cleaning System and Method - A flux residue cleaning system includes first and second immersion chambers, first and second spray chambers, and a drying chamber. The first immersion chamber softens an outer region of a flux residue formed around microbumps interposed between a wafer and a die when the wafer is immersed in a first chemical. The first spray chamber removes the outer region of the flux residue when the wafer is impinged upon by a first chemical spray in order to expose an inner region of the flux residue. The second immersion chamber softens the inner region of the flux residue when the wafer is immersed in a second chemical. The second spray chamber removes the inner region of the flux residue when the wafer is impinged upon by a second chemical spray in order to clean the wafer to a predetermined standard. The drying chamber dries the wafer. | 08-08-2013 |
20130276836 | PAINT TOOL CLEANING APPARATUS - An apparatus for cleaning paint roller sleeves comprises an open top drum ( | 10-24-2013 |
20140202499 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing apparatus has an indexer block and a processing block. One side of the processing block has a vertical stack of a plurality of top surface cleaning units and the other side of the processing block has a vertical stack of a plurality of back surface cleaning units. Reversing units for reversing the substrate W are provided one above the other between the indexer block and the processing block. For example, one reversing unit is used for reversing the substrate before a back surface cleaning processing by the back surface cleaning unit or for other purposes, and the other reversing unit is used for placing the substrate W after a top surface cleaning processing by the top surface cleaning unit or for other purposes. | 07-24-2014 |
20140299160 | SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CLEANING OF BANKNOTES AND SECURE DOCUMENTS - A method and apparatus for cleaning a stack of secure instruments is disclosed. Each secure instrument includes a substrate, visual data and a security feature. The method and apparatus include exposing the stack to a supercritical fluid at a temperature and a pressure and for a duration sufficient to clean each secure instrument and not compromise each security feature and each visual data, and maintaining a securing mechanism on the stack during exposure of the stack to the supercritical fluid such that cleaning each secure instrument includes one or more substances from each secure instrument into the supercritical fluid. | 10-09-2014 |
20150059810 | CYCLONIC DEBRIS REMOVAL APPARATUSES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An improved apparatus, system, and method for removing debris from lightweight components are disclosed. The improved apparatus can include an air mover, a cyclonic chamber in fluid communication with the air mover, an enclosure component operably attached with the cyclonic chamber, and a debris collection component in fluid communication with the cyclonic chamber. The lightweight components positioned inside the cyclonic chamber can be moved, rotated, or carried by cyclonic airflow, causing the lightweight components to hit against one another or against the sidewall, so as to separate the debris clung thereto. | 03-05-2015 |
20150083166 | ACCUMULATED RESIDUE REMOVAL FROM CARRIERS USED IN A WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM - A water treatment system including an enclosure for water to be treated, a multiplicity of biomass carriers located within the enclosure, at least one airlift in the enclosure for raising the water and the biomass carriers and at least one mechanical biomass carrier accumulated residue removal apparatus operative to remove accumulated residue from the biomass carriers. | 03-26-2015 |
20150144159 | MECHANISMS FOR WAFER CLEANING - Embodiments that relate to mechanisms for cleaning wafers is provided. A method for wafer cleaning includes cleaning wafers by a wet-bench cleaning operation. The method also includes thereafter cleaning each of the wafers by a single-wafer cleaning operation. In addition, a cleaning apparatus for enhancing the performance of the above method is also provided. | 05-28-2015 |
20150303052 | PARALLEL MULTI WAFER AXIAL SPIN CLEAN PROCESSING USING SPIN CASSETTE INSIDE MOVABLE PROCESS CHAMBER - A system and method concurrently processes multiple wafers. A cassette structure includes multiple chucks and a drive spool for supporting and rotating the chucks. Each chuck holds a wafer in position while rotating. The cassette structure is loaded into a process chamber. Each chuck includes a self-locking mechanism that is activated by the centrifugal force generated from the rotation of the chuck. The self-locking mechanism centers and holds a wafer in position with respect to the chuck. A drive motor drives the drive spool, which causes the chucks to rotate. As the chucks are being rotated, a dispensing assembly delivers a processing chemical to the wafers. | 10-22-2015 |
20150332940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - A method and apparatus ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150360260 | PORTABLE PARTS WASHER - A portable parts washer for cleaning mechanical parts that includes a washer body having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a wash basin formed within the upper portion having inner sidewalls, a floor panel and at least one drain aperture. The portable parts washer also includes an in-use reservoir formed within the lower portion of the washer body and having a bottom panel spaced from the floor panel and outer sidewalls, and which is configured to receive cleaning fluid from the wash basin through the drain aperture when the floor panel is in a substantially horizontal orientation. The portable parts washer further includes a storage reservoir formed within the upper and lower portions and which is configured to contain the cleaning fluid from the in-use reservoir when the floor panel is rotated to a substantially vertical orientation. | 12-17-2015 |
20160175894 | MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | 06-23-2016 |