Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning device for drinking straws. The cleaning device can be divided into a connection portion, an outlet portion, and a manipulation portion therebetween. The connection portion is connected fluidically to the outlet portion via the manipulation portion. The connection portion can be configured such that a firm but removable connection of the cleaning device to a water tap can be produced. The outlet portion is designed with receiving structure for receiving a drinking straw. The receiving structure has a sealing surface such that a drinking straw can be tightly received by the outlet portion when in contact with the said sealing surface. The cleaning device can be designed such that a ratio of the inlet cross section to the outlet cross section is more than 10.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holder, a first cleaning body, a first moving mechanism, a second cleaning body, a second moving mechanism, and a controller. The first cleaning body cleans one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by ejecting fluid thereto or by coming into contact therewith. The second cleaning body cleans the other one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder by coming into contact therewith. The controller controls the first moving mechanism and the second moving mechanism to perform a both-surface cleaning processing in which the first cleaning body which ejects the fluid to one surface or is in contact with the upper surface and the second cleaning body which is in contact with the lower surface are horizontally moved in synchronization with each other.

Abstract: A filling valve that has a high temperature due to an SIP is cooled in a short time. An aseptic water is blasted to an outer surface of the filling valve.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for disposing of excess material of a photolithographic mask, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) enlarging a surface of the excess material; (b) displacing the enlarged excess material on the photolithographic mask using at least one first probe of a scanning probe microscope; and (c) removing the displaced enlarged excess material from the photolithographic mask.

Abstract: A dispensing machine has a housing with an interior having a plurality of components. Among others, those components may include a return port accessible from the exterior of the housing and configured to receive containers, a cleaner configured to clean containers received from the return port, and a filler configured to add fluid (e.g., a liquid, such as a beverage) to one or more (clean) containers. In addition, the components also may include a capper configured to cap at least one container, and a dispenser configured to receive at least one capped container filled with fluid. The dispenser is configured to be accessible from the exterior of the housing.

Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning a media transport device includes a cleaning substrate sized and configured to be inserted within at least a portion of a media travel pathway of a media transport device. The cleaning substrate comprises a cleaning face, along with a handle extending from the cleaning face. The handle is positioned to remain outside of the media transport device while the cleaning face is within the media transport device. The cleaning face comprises a plurality of cleaning elements, each of which is positioned to align with a belt, a drive roller, an idle roller, a drive roller/idle roller pair, or a sensor of the media transport device when the cleaning substrate within the media travel pathway. Methods of using a handled cleaning substrate are also disclosed.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance or method for operating the same may include determining a self-clean condition exists at one or more washing machine appliances and identifying a daily availability or coordinated arrangement for one or more self-clean cycles. The method may also include prompting a user to initiate the one or more self-clean cycles. The method may further include receiving a cycle-initiation command and initiating the one or more self-clean cycles at the one or more washing machine appliances within the daily availability window or based on the coordinated arrangement.

Abstract: A system includes a dome, a wiper assembly, a position sensor and a control device. The wiper assembly includes a wiper blade configured to rotate around the dome. The position sensor may be configured to send a signal to a control device when a wiper blade passes the position sensor. The control device may include one or more processors configured to receive the signal from the position sensor and determine a location of the wiper blade relative to the dome based on the received signal.

Abstract: A method of cleaning and/or sanitizing jewelry and other small parts includes the steps of adding a microwavable fluid into a microwavable container and placing the container into a microwave oven. The microwavable fluid is heated in the microwave oven to a temperature of at least 170° F. The container is removed from the microwave oven when the desired temperature has been reached the jewelry and/or small parts are placed into the container to submerse the jewelry and/or small parts within the heated fluid and agitated, such as by spinning the container to mechanically remove contaminants from the surface of the items being cleaned and chemically cleaned with the use of a fluid that is a cleaning fluid.

Abstract: A method for simultaneously unblocking multiple blocked valve fittings is described. The method includes coupling a tool to unblock multiple valve fittings simultaneously to a valve with multiple valve fitting blocked to fluid flow. The tool includes a pressure vessel holding a cleaning fluid, an input conduit fluidically coupled to the pressure vessel to flow the cleaning fluid from a cleaning fluid source to the pressure vessel and to adjust a pressure of the pressure vessel, and injection conduits to flow the cleaning fluid from the pressure vessel to the valve fittings. The method includes simultaneously flowing the cleaning fluid from the pressure vessel through the injection conduits to the valve fittings. Responsive to flowing the cleaning fluid to the valve fitting, the valve fittings are unblocked.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a component includes providing the component following the operation of the component in a high temperature environment, the component including a thermal barrier coating (TBC), cleaning the TBC of the component using a sponge jet blasting process, and measuring a cleaned thickness of the TBC to verify that the cleaned thickness exceeds a predetermined minimum value that will allow the return of the component to the high temperature environment.

Abstract: The invention is generally a system for washing off residual resin from objects which are three-dimensionally (3D) printed through a vat polymerization (VP) process. Exemplary systems may include a solvent receptacle, a wash reservoir in fluid communication with the solvent receptacle, and a controller configured to pump a solvent from the solvent receptacle to the wash reservoir for washing off residual resin from a 3D-printed object. Exemplary methods may include pumping a first solution of a plurality of solvent solutions from the solvent receptacle to the wash reservoir, dispersing the first solution onto the 3D-printed object, pumping the first solution from the wash reservoir to the solvent receptacle, pumping a second solution of the plurality of solvent solutions from the solvent receptacle to the wash reservoir, and dispersing the second solution onto the 3D-printed object.

Abstract: A sensor cleaning system cleans a sensor surface of an external sensor mounted on a vehicle. Specifically, the sensor cleaning system estimates a water droplet amount of a water droplet adhering to the sensor surface of the external sensor. The sensor cleaning system determines whether a cleaning start condition is satisfied based on the water droplet amount. The sensor cleaning system executes a cleaning process of cleaning the sensor surface when the cleaning start condition based on the water droplet amount is satisfied.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for cleaning and drying a tape-frame substrate are provided. In embodiments, an apparatus for supporting a tape-frame substrate includes a chuck having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side having a convex surface configured to support the tape-frame substrate; and a plurality of channels extending through the chuck and having outlets along the first side, wherein the plurality of channels are configured to dispense fluid from the outlets along the convex surface of the first side. In embodiments, a support system includes the chuck and a holder configured to mount a tape-frame substrate to the chuck. The plurality of channels are configured to dispense fluid from the outlets and between the tape-frame substrate and the convex surface of the chuck when the tape-frame substrate is mounted to the chuck.

Abstract: A device for acquiring a surrounding environment of a vehicle. The device includes a sensor housing and at least one sensor situated inside the sensor housing. The sensor housing has a transmit/receive window. The device has a cover made transparent for the sensor signals, and the cover is designed to cover the transmit/receive window, and thus the at least one sensor, relative to an external surrounding environment of the device. The device has a cleaning unit that is situated on an outer side of the sensor housing and is movable along the sensor housing by a drive unit. The cleaning unit is designed to remove contamination from the cover of the transmit/receive window. The cleaning unit is realized as a space that is closed relative to the external surrounding environment.

Abstract: A firearm bore cleaner for cleaning a bore of a firearm includes a cleaning segment and a pulling segment. The cleaning segment cleans the bore of the firearm when the cleaning segment is moved along the bore. The cleaning segment includes a tail end connector adjacent a tail end portion. The pulling segment is sized and shaped to be inserted into the bore. The pulling segment includes a head end connector adjacent the head end portion of the pulling segment. A tail end portion of the pulling segment is connected to a head end portion of the cleaning segment. The head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment can be releasably connect to each other to couple the head end portion of the pulling segment and the tail end portion of the cleaning segment together in order to form a closed loop.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dishmachine that includes at least two tanks and methods of using the tanks to isolate, substantially isolate, or incrementally isolate different chemistries from each other during a cycle. The disclosed dishmachine design and method allows for the use of two different, and potentially incompatible, reactive, or offsetting chemistries to be used in the same dishmachine cycle.

Abstract: In an endoscope cleaning work support device, an operation reception unit received an input from a cleaner. A display control unit controls the display unit to display a procedure for manual cleaning of an endoscope on a display unit step by step. A measurement unit measures a first period of time from a start time of a procedure in a current step marked by reception of an input for displaying the procedure in the current step by the operation reception unit, to an end time of the procedure in the current step marked by reception of an input for displaying a procedure in a subsequent step by the operation reception unit. A comparison determination unit compares a reference period of time defined for each step for displaying the procedure with the first period of time. The display control unit displays information for alerting the cleaner when the first period of time is shorter than the reference period of time on the display unit.

Abstract: A method for processing a substrate is provided. The method includes the following operations: placing a substrate over a first injector in a substrate processing apparatus, the substrate having a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface, and the front surface having a plurality of concentric regions; adjusting a temperature of each of the plurality of concentric regions by controlling at least one of a flow rate and a temperature associated with a fluid dispensing from the first injector; and rotating the substrate by a spin base disposed below the substrate, the substrate is rotated with respect to a center axis perpendicular to the front surface thereof when adjusting the temperature. The spin base includes a ring opening for rotating relative to the first injector, and the first injector is displaced from a projection of a center of the substrate from a top view perspective.

Abstract: A liquid storage device includes a first liquid storage structure, a second liquid storage structure, and a liquid guiding assembly. The second liquid storage structure is arranged inside the first liquid storage structure, and the second liquid storage structure is flexible and includes a variable volume. A space between a structural wall of the first liquid storage structure and a structural wall of the second liquid storage structure is configured to store a first liquid, and the second liquid storage structure is configured to store a second liquid. The second liquid is capable of flowing into or flowing out of the second liquid storage structure through the liquid guiding assembly.