Patents Examined by Richard Z. Zhang
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Patent number: 11497346Abstract: A back-blush cleaning container may have a spring-biased piston that allows the container to fill with hot water when attached to a group head of the espresso machine. When the hot water of the espresso machine is turned off, the piston due to the spring urges the hot water out and back through a 3-way valve to clean the espresso machine. The backflush cleaning container also may have a steam conduit that allows steam from a steam wand of the espresso machine to clean the group head, 3-way valve and tubes. Moreover, the container may have a window which based on the position of the piston, a particular color is shown. The colors indicate whether the container is safe to remove from the group head of the espresso machine and when the container is full of water.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Strategic Exits LLCInventor: Douglas Weber
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Patent number: 11495474Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing a substrate, comprising a liquid processing step of performing liquid processing on the substrate by supplying a processing liquid onto the substrate in a liquid processing chamber, a transfer step of transferring the substrate from the liquid processing chamber to a drying chamber, and a drying step of drying the substrate in the drying chamber. In the drying step, the substrate is dried while an edge region of the substrate other than a central region of the substrate is supported by a support unit, and in the liquid processing step, the liquid processing is performed on the substrate such that a height of the processing liquid remaining on the edge region of the substrate is greater than a height of the processing liquid remaining on the central region of the substrate when the liquid processing is completed in the liquid processing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Hee Lee, Young Hun Lee, Jinwoo Jung, Eui Sang Lim
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Patent number: 11488846Abstract: A substrate processing method includes supplying a water-soluble polymer solution to a surface of a substrate having, on a surface of the substrate, a resist film on which no pattern is formed, after an immersion exposure process, hydrophilizing a surface of the resist film using the supplied water-soluble polymer solution, supplying, after the hydrophilizing, a cleaning liquid to the surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate to remove the water-soluble polymer solution that has not contributed to the hydrophilizing, and drying the substrate supplied with the cleaning liquid, wherein the water-soluble polymer solution has a pH value that allows an acid concentration in the resist film to fall within a permissible range.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventor: Akiko Kai
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Patent number: 11478987Abstract: Method of making a three-dimensional object, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a carrier platform on which the three-dimensional object can be formed; (b) producing the three-dimensional object, (c) immersing the object in a wash liquid with the object remaining adhered to the carrier platform; (d) agitating (i) the object in said wash liquid, (ii) the wash liquid with the object immersed therein, or (iii) both the object and the wash liquid, to at least partially remove residual resin from the surface of the object; (e) separating the object from the wash liquid, with the object remaining adhered to the carrier platform, (f) agitating the object to at least partially remove residual wash liquid from the surface thereof; and (g) repeating steps (c) through (f) to remove additional polymerizable resin from the surface thereof, wherein steps (c) through (f) are carried out in the same vessel.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Carbon, Inc.Inventors: Courtney F. Converse, W. Ryan Powell, Sherwood Forlee, David Eliot Scheinman, Scott Heines, Edwin James Sabathia, Jr.
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Patent number: 11446716Abstract: Various automated cleaning systems for internal cavities of pressure instruments are disclosed. The systems comprise a computer controlled fluid flow system that enables the use of various cleaning fluids for cleaning internal cavities of pressure instruments to high cleanliness levels. Various pressure instruments, including complex shapes such as Bourdon tube gauges, are accommodated. The system can include a computerized cleaning cycle selection and a multi-fluid combination of cleaners for efficient and low cost cleaning solution. A servo controlled agitation system can allow for filling, evacuation, and drying of aqueous solutions as well as high performance solvents for Oxygen Clean service.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: King Nutronics CorporationInventors: Amir Gnessin, Nathan J. Ransom, Robert T. Welther
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Patent number: 11426775Abstract: A cleaning method includes a first removal step of causing an inert gas to which a pulsation is applied to flow into an exhaust pipe after a silicon single crystal doped with an n-type dopant is produced, to peel and remove a deposit; and a second removal step of causing an atmospheric air to which no pulsation is applied to flow into the exhaust pipe through a chamber to burn a part of the deposit with the atmospheric air, the part being not removable in the first removal step, and peel and remove a burned substance of the deposit.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATIONInventors: Koichi Maegawa, Takuya Yotsui, Satoru Hamakawa
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Patent number: 11367629Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a cleaning tool that scrub-cleans a substrate includes a cleaning body. The cleaning body includes a contact portion configured to come into contact with the cleaning tool, and the contact portion includes a suction area configured to remove foreign matter from the cleaning tool.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventor: Hideaki Tanaka
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Patent number: 11318507Abstract: A portable spray cleaning system with a device for sanitizing the interior surface of residential trash cans. The device includes adjustable arms, a plurality of spray nozzles, and rubber clamps. On one end, the device may also include a port for connecting to a water supply via a hose. Once the hose is connected, water can then be sprayed out through the spray nozzles. The pressure created by the water flow enables the device to rotate while water is being sprayed. There may also be a compartment for inserting a disinfectant that mixes in with the water. The device is collapsible for easy storage and packaging. It is known that trash receptacles often become very dirty and contaminated after repeated use.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Inventors: Peter Laikos, Alexander Laikos
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Patent number: 11311141Abstract: An assembly for frothing a fluid having an air channel with a controllable air valve and having a fluid channel with an air inlet emanation point in which the air channel emanates, a pump, a fluid restriction, a heater, and a valve assembly having a first state in which fluid is channeled to a fluid outlet of the fluid channel and a second state in which the fluid is diverted from the fluid channel to a second fluid outlet. A water supply channel is connected to the fluid channel. The assembly also includes a cleaning reservoir and a return channel that is connected to the second fluid outlet of the valve assembly and that emanates in the cleaning reservoir. An electronic controller assembly is configured to control at least the pump, the heater, and the valve assembly, and to operate the assembly in a production mode and a cleaning mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Hendrik Johan Dees, Abram Christiaan Knip, Jacobus Petrus Maria Dessing
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Patent number: 11302526Abstract: A supercritical drying apparatus and a method of drying a substrate, the apparatus including a drying chamber configured to receive a supercritical fluid and to dry a substrate; a chuck in the drying chamber, the chuck being configured to receive the substrate; and a particle remover in the drying chamber, the particle remover being configured to remove dry particles from the substrate by heating the substrate with radiant heat.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangjine Park, Byung-Kwon Cho, Jihoon Jeong, Youngtak Kim, Yongsun Ko, Seulgee Jeon
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Patent number: 11253884Abstract: A device for cleaning and drying a spraying unit, the device containing: a top end and a bottom end; the top and bottom end connected to each other by a housing; the housing having an opening proximate the top end, for receiving at least a portion of a spraying unit; a first liner within the housing; a second liner within the first liner; the first liner fitting within the housing forming a space between an outside wall of the first liner and an inside wall of the housing; the second liner fitting within the first liner forming a space between an outside wall of the second liner and an inside wall of the first liner; the opening further containing an open cap, proximate the top end; the device having at least one vacuum air supply influent port, at least one drying air supply influent port and at least one solvent supply influent port.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Circle Dynamics, Inc.Inventor: James Laurence Doyle
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Patent number: 11236420Abstract: The step of removing the reaction product includes a step of loading a dummy wafer on the loading table, a step of increasing the temperature of the loading table, and a step of removing the reaction product after increasing the temperature of the loading table. In the step of increasing the temperature of the loading table, the temperature of the loading table is increased by opening an expansion valve between an output terminal of a condenser and an input terminal of the heat exchange unit, inputting heat to the loading table, opening a flow dividing valve between an output terminal of a compressor and the input terminal of the heat exchange unit, and adjusting an opening degree of the flow dividing valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Akiyoshi Mitsumori, Shin Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11220778Abstract: An appliance having: a control unit managing the operation of the appliance; at least one hydraulic component actionable for distributing water/treating liquids within the appliance; a plurality of sensors arranged for acquiring information regarding physical parameters associated with the operation of the appliance, and a module managing at least part of the water/treating liquids distribution within the appliance. The module includes the at least one hydraulic component; at least two sensors of the plurality of sensors, and a local control unit managing the operation of the at least one hydraulic component and/or receiving the information acquired by the at least two sensors.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Inventor: Andrea Saponaro
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Patent number: 11198160Abstract: A detoxifying device 100 having an inner wall 104 that forms a flow passage 103 through which treatment gas flows includes a first piping 130 that forms a part of the flow passage 103, a replaceable piping section 170 that forms a part of the flow passage 103 at the position downstream of the first piping 130, and is connected thereto for sprinkling the cleaning water to remove the solid product adhering to the inner wall 104, and a second piping 150 that forms a part of the flow passage 103 at the position downstream of the piping section 170, and is connected thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori Inada, Tetsuo Komai, Tetsuro Sugiura
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Patent number: 11197578Abstract: A back-blush cleaning container may have a spring-biased piston that allows the container to fill with hot water when attached to a group head of the espresso machine. When the hot water of the espresso machine is turned off, the piston due to the spring urges the hot water out and back through a 3-way valve to clean the espresso machine. The backflush cleaning container also may have a steam conduit that allows steam from a steam wand of the espresso machine to clean the group head, 3-way valve and tubes. Moreover, the container may have a window which based on the position of the piston, a particular color is shown. The colors indicate whether the container is safe to remove from the group head of the espresso machine and when the container is full of water.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Strategic Exits LLCInventor: Douglas Weber
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Patent number: 11173523Abstract: A mechanism that conveys a substrate is cleaned in a cleaning unit. A substrate processing apparatus that includes a substrate polishing device and a substrate cleaning unit is disclosed. The substrate cleaning unit includes a cleaning module and a cleaning unit conveyance mechanism. The cleaning unit conveyance mechanism includes a hand and a hand open/close mechanism. The substrate processing apparatus further includes a hand cleaning unit. The hand cleaning unit includes a hand cleaning tank and a cleaning liquid injection mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetatsu Isokawa, Koji Maeda, Xu Haiyang, Shun Ehara
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Patent number: 11164757Abstract: A substrate cleaning device includes: a pressing member that cleans a substrate by contacting the substrate; a load measurement unit that measures a pressing load of the cleaning member; and a control unit that repeats an operation of comparing the measurement value of the load measurement unit with the setting load, changing the pressing amount of the cleaning member by a first movement amount so that a difference value decreases, when the difference value is larger than a first threshold value and equal to or smaller than a second threshold value, and changing the pressing amount of the cleaning member by a second movement amount larger than the first movement amount so that the difference value decreases, when the difference value is larger than the second threshold value, until the difference value becomes equal to or smaller than the first threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: EBARA CORPORATIONInventors: Haiyang Xu, Mitsuhiko Inaba
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Patent number: 11154912Abstract: A denuder, such as a bone stock denuder container, is disclosed. The denuder includes a nozzle and a container body. The nozzle is configured to be fluidically coupled to a source of fluid and to direct a fluid stream. The container body includes curved chamber wall that forms a wash chamber. The wash chamber is configured to receive a bone stock. The nozzle is configured to direct the fluid stream to impact the curved chamber wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY, INC.Inventor: Raza U. Shah
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Patent number: 11148180Abstract: A method of removing an obstruction of coke built up in a riser of a fluid catalytic converter and of cleaning the riser involves using a suspended centralizer and narrowly angled nozzles for first hydroblasting a drainage orifice in the obstruction, adjusting guide arms and manipulating the suspended apparatus to allow enlargement of the orifice, further adjusting the guide arms and enlarging the angles of the nozzles to work the remaining coke built up.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Inventors: Gerard J. MacNeil, Jesse MacNeil, Brett MacNeil, Gordon MacNeil, Vernon Bose
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Patent number: 11136536Abstract: Cleaning compositions and methods of use thereof for cleaning fryers and other hard surfaces soiled by grease, shortening, oils and other soils commonly encountered in the food service industry are disclosed. Cleaning compositions and methods of use which beneficially remove soils from vertical and/or inverted surfaces, reduce the cleaning time required for removing such difficult to remove and baked on soils, reduce exposure to hot surfaces by allowing cleaning at or near room temperature, reduce exposure to caustic chemicals, and/or eliminate the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) for use of the cleaning compositions are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Clinton Hunt, Jr., Benjamin Conway, Victor Fuk-Pong Man, Nathan D. Peitersen, Tsvetelina Baryakova, Owen Kinsky, Kimberly D'Aloia, Deborah Ihns