With Means For Collecting Escaping Material Patents (Class 134/104.2)
  • Patent number: 8851090
    Abstract: An apparatus which includes a towel body formed from a single piece of fabric and having a top side and an opposite bottom side and formed of a towel material. The towel body has a soft terry cloth portion suitable for polishing a golf club head and a weaved portion at a first end of the towel body, the weaved portion having grooves to present a rough surface for cleaning a golf ball or a golf club head. There is a first binding on the first end of the towel body formed by folding over a first end of the single piece of fabric on itself and stitching. There is a second binding on the second end of the towel body formed by folding over the second end of the single piece of fabric on itself and stitching. There are also edge bindings along the edges of the towel body between the first end and the second end formed by stitching along edges of the single piece of fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Team Effort, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce A. Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 8845815
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid processing apparatus including first and second cups installed so as to surround a rotation holding unit of a substrate and guide a processing liquid scattered from the rotating substrate downwards. A first driving unit and a second driving unit elevate the first cup and the second cup between a position receiving the processing liquid and the lower position thereof. A controller controls that the first cup and the second cup are ascended at the same time by transferring the driving force of the first driving unit while the first cup or a first elevating member thereof is overlapped with the second cup or a second elevating member thereof from the lower side by setting the ascending speed of the first cup to be higher than the ascending speed of the second cup when the first and second cups are ascended at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ogata, Terufumi Wakiyama
  • Patent number: 8844544
    Abstract: A device for filtering a processing liquid in a processing tank includes an opening for recovering a surface-layer processing liquid on a work-discharging side of the tank, a separating part for recovering an intermediate-layer processing liquid on a work-receiving side of the tank, a hopper for recovering a bottom-layer processing liquid on a bottom surface on the work-receiving side, a first processing liquid discharge nozzle on a bottom surface of the tank and which is oriented in an opposite direction to a work-conveying direction and toward the bottom surface, second processing liquid discharge nozzles on both side surfaces of the processing tank and which are oriented in an opposite direction to the work-conveying direction and toward a work, cyclone devices which filter the processing liquids recovered by the opening, the separating part, and the hopper, and which individually separate foreign material, a separating tank, and a screw conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Industria Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuaki Takahashi, Takeshi Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20140283994
    Abstract: An apparatus for liquid treatment of substrates, comprises a substrate holder and a liquid collector surrounding the substrate holder. The liquid collector comprises a trough for collecting liquid that has been used to treat a substrate. The trough is in fluid communication with a discharge conduit, and the liquid collector further comprising a recessed surface extending from a discharge opening in the trough to an inlet opening of the discharge conduit that is positioned lower than the trough. The discharge opening in the trough has a cross-sectional area that is at least twice as large in cross sectional area than the inlet opening of the discharge conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: LAM RESEARCH AG
    Inventor: Andreas GLEISSNER
  • Publication number: 20140251539
    Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method configured to perform a processing of a substrate by a processing liquid, in which the processing liquid is supplied to a substrate which rotates to process the substrate. The substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate rotating unit that rotates the substrate, a processing liquid supply unit that supplies the processing liquid to the substrate, a collection cup disposed around the substrate to collect the processing liquid supplied to the substrate, and form an air stream that flows downward from an opening formed at a top of the collection cup through a periphery of an outside of the substrate, and a negative pressure generating unit which is provided at an inside of the collection cup and at an outside of the opening and generates a negative pressure which acts toward the outside of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Mizuno, Yoichi Tokunaga, Hiromitsu Namba, Tatuhiro Ueki, Jun Nogami, Jiro Higashijima, Yoshifumi Amano, Takatoshi Miyama
  • Publication number: 20140238443
    Abstract: Provided is a substrate treatment apparatus. The apparatus includes a chuck supporting a substrate and being rotatable, a container surrounding the chuck and collecting chemicals scattered due to rotations of the substrate, and a first spray nozzle spraying the chemicals to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Won LEE, Yong Hee LEE, Jae Yong KIM
  • Patent number: 8815048
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus has a cup part for receiving processing liquid which is applied from a processing liquid applying part and is splashed from a substrate, and the cup part is formed of electrical insulation material. Hydrophilic treatment is performed on an outer annular surface of the cup part and water is held on the outer annular surface of the cup part while processing the substrate. With this structure, charged potential of the cup part generated in splashing of pure water can be suppressed by the water held on the outer annular surface, without greatly increasing the manufacturing cost of the substrate processing apparatus by forming the cup part with special conductive material. As a result, it is possible to prevent electric discharge from occurring on the substrate due to induction charging of the substrate, in application of the processing liquid onto the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Miyagi, Masanobu Sato, Hiroyuki Araki
  • Publication number: 20140216501
    Abstract: A system for on-wing engine washing and water reclamation includes a fluid applicator configured to introduce a cleaning liquid containing at least water into an engine while the engine is being operated, a trough positioned adjacent to the engine, and a collection conduit operatively positioned between an exit end of the engine and the trough to collect an air/liquid effluent mixture leaving the exit end of the engine and deliver at least a portion of the air/liquid effluent mixture to the trough. The collection conduit has an outlet that deposits collected liquid effluent into the trough, and further includes a series of diversion plates positioned within the collection conduit to separate liquid droplets from the air/liquid effluent mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: EcoServices, LLC
    Inventors: Robert M. Rice, Robert J. Tierney
  • Publication number: 20140209130
    Abstract: A mobile sanitary wash apparatus and system including a housing including vertical and horizontal protective enclosing walls, with at least one vertical side further including an opening for inserting equipment to be cleaned and/or sanitized, and a drainage system coupled to the flooring for receiving and collecting waste effluent for controlled transport and/or disposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Carl Runge, Chris Wilkerson
  • Patent number: 8790467
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning an article may include a cleaning head. The cleaning head may have a lower edge and may include an annular steam chamber and a steam nozzle. The annular steam chamber may define a vacuum chamber that may be configured to receive the article therewithin. The annular steam chamber may have a plurality of discrete apertures positioned in vertically spaced relation to the lower edge. The steam nozzle may be configured to provide steam to the annular steam chamber for discharge through the apertures into the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Sergey G. Ponomarev
  • Publication number: 20140202498
    Abstract: Blockages of turbomachine cooling circuit cooling holes resulting from coating processes can be removed by introducing a cleaning agent into the cooling circuit. The cooling circuit can be connected to a cleaning agent supply under pressure, adding force on the blockage to chemical action by the cleaning agent. The cleaning agent is chemically reactive with the coating material and substantially chemically non-reactive with the underlying material of the cooling circuit and other parts of the turbomachine. A neutralization agent can also be introduced to reduce toxicity and/or action of the cleaning agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Carmine Bellino, Mark Lawrence Hunt
  • Patent number: 8778088
    Abstract: A foreign matter removal device 10 preliminary cleans the work 50 in a bucket 12 housed in an input tank 15, then further cleans the work 50 in buckets 13, 14 housed in cleaning tanks 16, 17 by agitating cleaning liquid while inverting the buckets to transfer the work to a subsequent bucket. Particularly, the bottom of the cleaning tank is formed such that the nearer to a center of the bottom, the deeper the bottom becomes. The cleaning liquid overflowing from the cleaning tanks are stored in auxiliary tanks 22, 23. First and second ejection units 29a, 29b are arranged at different heights in the cleaning tank to generate a circulating flow in the cleaning liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Itoham Foods Inc., Mayekawa Mfg, Co., Ltd, Hosoda Kogyo Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishimoto, Masaya Ichihara, Yo Komatsu, Satoshi Mashiba, Suguru Sakuramoto, Shinji Shimamura, Ryuzo Urakami
  • Patent number: 8763617
    Abstract: A system and method for removing material (e.g., drilling or cutting) utilizing foam is provided. The system and method may comprise a vacuum collar that removes foam and residual particles from a cutting interface. The foam may be directed to a foam-to-liquid transforming device that decreases the volume of foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Saint-Gobain Abrasifs
    Inventors: Holger Lenkeit, Roger Peters, Pierre Mersch, Eric Jankowski, Jean Luc Paoletti
  • Publication number: 20140158168
    Abstract: A sump assembly for a dishwasher appliance is provided. The sump assembly includes a housing that defines a chamber. The sump assembly also includes a filter and an impeller mounted within the chamber. The impeller can hinder object accumulation within the filter or improve performance of the filter or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Ramasamy Thiyagarajan
  • Patent number: 8739806
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) system includes a wafer polishing unit comprising a waste liquid sink for receiving a used slurry and a waste slurry drain piping for draining the used slurry; and a post-CMP cleaning unit coupled to the wafer polishing unit such that a used base chemical such as tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide (TMAH) produced from the post-CMP cleaning unit flows toward the wafer polishing unit to frequently wash at least the waste slurry drain piping in a real time fashion on a wafer by wafer basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Nanya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Li-Chung Liu, Yi-Nan Chen, Hsien-Wen Liu
  • Publication number: 20140137902
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a rotary cup that is provided at a substrate holding unit to surround a substrate held thereon and to be rotated along with the substrate holding unit, and configured to guide a processing liquid dispersed from the substrate; and an outer cup that is provided around the rotary cup with a gap therebetween and configured to collect the guided processing liquid by the rotary cup. Further, a height of an upper end of the rotary cup is higher than that of the outer cup. Furthermore, an outward protrusion protruded outwards in a radial direction thereof and extended along a circumference thereof is provided at an upper end portion of an outer surface of the rotary cup, and the outward protrusion blocks mist of the processing liquid dispersed from the gap between the rotary cup and the outer cup toward a space above the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Aiura, Norihiro Ito, Hidetoshi Nakao, Kazuyoshi Shinohara, Satoru Tanaka, Yuki Yoshida, Meitoku Aibara
  • Patent number: 8719993
    Abstract: Semiconductor equipment is provided to include a reaction chamber, a movable frame, and at least one cleaning brush head. The cleaning brush head is configured to operate on at least one dirty portion to be cleaned within the reaction chamber. The movable frame is disposed within the reaction chamber. The movable frame is capable of carrying a susceptor. The cleaning brush head is capable of touching the dirty portion. The cleaning brush head is capable of moving relative to the dirty portion for removing the residue which is attached to the portion to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hermes-Epitek Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Ping Huang, Tsan-Hua Huang, Tsung-Hsun Han
  • Patent number: 8714166
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a method and apparatus for ex-situ cleaning of a chamber component part. In one embodiment, a system for cleaning component parts in a cleaning chemistry is provided. The system comprises a wet bench set-up comprising a cleaning vessel assembly for holding one or more component parts to be cleaned during a cleaning process and a detachable cleaning cart detachably coupled with the cleaning vessel assembly for supplying one or more cleaning chemistries to the cleaning vessel assembly during the cleaning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Quantum Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph F. Sommers, Jiansheng Wang, David Do, Satyanarayana Adamala, Ronald Trahan
  • Publication number: 20140116478
    Abstract: When a substrate W is processed, a ring-shaped protective wall is located above the substrate held by the substrate holding unit and extends in a circumferential direction of the substrate. A radial position of an external periphery of a lower end of the protective wall is the same as a radial position of an internal periphery of a peripheral portion of an upper surface of the substrate held by a substrate holding unit, or is located at a radial outside. A first gap is formed between the protective wall and an upper surface of the substrate, a second gap is formed between the protective wall and a wall that defines the upper opening of the cup, and when the interior space of the cup is exhausted, a gas present above the substrate is introduced through the first gap and the second gap into the interior space of the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jiro Higashijima, Yoshifumi Amano, Eiichiro Okamoto, Yuki Ito
  • Patent number: 8689810
    Abstract: A device installation and methods for extracting dust during the transfer of pulverulent products from a first container to a second container, the combination of the first container and of the second container forming, with the dust extraction device, a closed containment volume with connection between the two containers. A hollow connector with a side wall between its two ends defines an external wall and an internal wall so that the connector is pierced with several inlet pipes connected to hoses fed with a stream of pressurized fluid and also pierced with at least one fluid discharge pipe. The pipes projecting from said external wall of the connectors and opening onto the internal wall via orifices allows fluid to be introduced, the orifices being oriented relative to one another in such a way as to cause the fluid to flow in a cyclone within the connector, carrying with it any pulverulent product that remains on the internal wall and/or upstream and/or downstream of said connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Changexplorer Production
    Inventor: Francois Rolin
  • Publication number: 20140034092
    Abstract: An engine wash system for delivering wash liquid to an engine with a lift fan and a main engine, the lift fan including a plurality of inlet guide vanes and a nose cone, and the main engine connected to the lift fan by a shaft, the engine wash system includes a lift fan manifold to deliver wash liquid to the lift fan; and a main engine manifold to deliver wash liquid to the main engine, wherein the lift fan manifold and the main engine manifold can deliver the wash liquid simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurt Dorshimer, Robert M. Rice, Sebastian Nordlund, Wayne Zadrick
  • Publication number: 20140034130
    Abstract: A collector for collecting wash liquid from an engine washing operation including an inlet duct to receive wash liquid from the wash operation; a plurality of droplet separators to retain the wash liquid within the collector while allowing air to flow out of the collector; a base to receive the wash liquid; an outlet connected to the base to discharge wash liquid from the collector; and a plurality of wheels connected to the base for moving the collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Dorshimer, Robert M. Rice, Sebastian Nordlund, Wayne Zadrick
  • Publication number: 20140026927
    Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid processing apparatus and a cleaning method which may perform cleaning on a portion which is not in the vicinity of a drain section in an exhaust route. The liquid processing apparatus includes an exhaust section provided in vicinity of the drain section, which is configured to exhaust a surrounding atmosphere of the substrate held by the substrate holding unit; an exhaust route forming member configured to form an exhaust route reaching the exhaust section; and a first cleaning unit configured to supply a cleaning liquid to the exhaust route forming member at the exhaust route side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ogata, Terufumi Wakiyama, Yoshihiro Kai, Ryouga Kamo, Yoshinori Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8636017
    Abstract: A method of washing eggs in a manner which allows controlling the level of pollutants of the washing fluid. At least two sprayer units are located over a conveyor in which eggs to be washed travel in a conveying direction. The eggs are engaged by a brush at each sprayer station. At least two sprayer units located over the conveyor receive washing fluid, spray the washing fluid over the eggs and collect the washing fluid in a collector. The intake of washing fluid, the spraying of the washing fluid and the collecting of the washing fluid at each of the sprayer units is confined to that sprayer unit. Each sprayer unit except the farthest downstream sprayer unit receives washing fluid from the collector of the next downstream sprayer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: FPS Food Processing Systems B.V.
    Inventor: Paul Buisman
  • Publication number: 20140020723
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a self-contained modular system for cleaning porous mats. The cleaning comprises: a housing having a top and bottom orientation and having a front face defining at least an inlet; at least one conveyor in the housing having an upstream and downstream orientation and having an upstream end disposed at the inlet; a solvent application mechanism downstream of the upstream end for applying solvent to the mat; and a basin under at least a portion of the conveyor for collecting solvent and debris falling from the mat. The conveyor is configured to draw the mat into the housing edge-wise, and the downstream end is positioned in relation to an outlet such that the mat is channeled though the outlet as it exits the downstream end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: James Murphy
  • Publication number: 20140000717
    Abstract: An engine wash system with a collector includes a collection pan with a base angled toward a centerline and first and second panels rotatably connecting to first and second sides of the collection pan; a plurality of wheels connecting to the base; a first support connecting on a lower end to the collection pan and extending vertically upward from the collection pan; a first funnel connecting to the first support; and a first hose connecting the first funnel to the collection pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert M. Rice, Kurt Dorshimer, Sebastian Nordlund, Wayne Zadrick
  • Publication number: 20140000660
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tank in which an object to be cleaned having oil is immersed, a cleaning water supply device that supplies cleaning water from a lower side of the cleaning tank to the inner portion thereof, a recovery device in which an upper end opening is provided at a position that is lower than a liquid surface of the cleaning water supplied to the cleaning tank, and that recovers the cleaning water overflowed due to the cleaning water supplied to the cleaning tank through the cleaning water supply device and the oil floating on the liquid surface of the cleaning water from the opening, and a contact member that is disposed so that an edge of the liquid surface of the cleaning water contacts therewith, and in which the portion contacting the edge of the liquid surface of the cleaning water is formed of glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KANBE, Yousuke IWAMARU
  • Patent number: 8603256
    Abstract: A movable trash container cleaning system includes a vehicle with a spray booth and a movable access door for enclosing the spray booth. A manipulating arm is provided for engaging and lifting a container disposed outside a vehicle and inverting a container inside the spray booth. A sprayer is provided and disposed for spraying the fluid onto inside surfaces of the inverted container to clean the container and dislodge the solids. A stationary platform is provided for receiving the dislodge solids wash from the inverted container and the ram packer moves to dislodge the solids from the platform into a storage chamber in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Rainbow Conversion Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Shuman, Jerry Moffatt, Bruce Atwell, Robert J. Romacly, Glenn A. Romacly
  • Patent number: 8603262
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus may include a flow source such as a fan which creates air flow through a ventilation duct or other structure to be cleaned. A projectile source projects projectiles such as dry ice pellets proximate the structure to dislodge debris particles therefrom and introduce the dislodged debris particles into the air flow. An electrostatic precipitator removes the particles from the air flow. An upstream sensor may be used to detect the particles upstream of the electrostatic precipitator and determine if the structure is clean using a controller. A downstream sensor may be used to detect the particles downstream of the electrostatic precipitator and determine the efficiency of the electrostatic precipitator using the controller. Carbon dioxide within the air flow may also be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Inventor: Roseanne Lambert
  • Patent number: 8590174
    Abstract: An exemplary system for removing soil from seed comprises an auger portion, a centrifuge portion and/or a dryer portion. The auger portion comprises an inclined enclosure and an auger positioned within the enclosure and is configured to mix seed with a liquid, remove soil from the seed, and separate washed seed from the liquid and the removed soil. The centrifuge portion comprises at least one centrifuge having an outer drum and a rotatable inner basket positioned within the outer drum. The inner basket comprises a side wall having a plurality of apertures. The inner basket is configured to receive washed seed from the auger portion within the inner basket and to centrifugally separate additional liquid from the washed seed, the separated liquid passing through the plurality of apertures into the outer drum. The dryer portion further reduces moisture content of the seed using heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Rose Agri-Seed, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill L. Rose, Agostino Gaude, Thomas R. Miles, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8580044
    Abstract: A system and method for semiconductor processing chamber includes a housing that can cover an annular gap of a pedestal well of the semiconductor processing chamber. A cleaning nozzle is removably coupled to a compressed dry air (CDA) supply. The cleaning nozzle can inject the CDA into the pedestal well while the housing can contain a byproduct dust agitated by the injected CDA. The byproduct dust is evacuated by at least one vacuum port that is removably coupled to a vacuum source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.P., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eric McCormick, Rolando Mendez, Bradley May
  • Patent number: 8578950
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a device for adding detergent that can be sealed with a flap-type lid and which is set back in the inside door of the dishwasher and is arranged at an angle on an inclined plane in relation to the plane of the inner side of the door. During the cleaning process, the detergent falls into a dissolving chamber, which is arranged underneath the device for adding detergent, according to the program, wherein the bottom of the dissolving chamber consists of a fine-mesh grid whereat the detergent can be dissolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Rosenbauer, Bernd Schessl
  • Patent number: 8573235
    Abstract: A method for cleaning dinnerware includes the steps of aligning and/or registering items to be cleaned from a standby zone, moving the items continuously from the standby zone one by one into a wash zone in a way that the items each have a cleaning posture relative to a path along which the items march, washing the items processionally by using cleaning fluid, and sorting or collecting the items in order for reuse by diners directly. The dishwasher employing the aforesaid method has functions of auto-collecting and washing the to-be-cleaned dinnerware and sorting or collecting thus obtained dinnerware, and is compact in size such that the dishwasher can be directly installed at a location in proximity to a dining area for enabling the diners to conveniently take out the newly cleaned dinnerware at any time. The dishwasher has a good cleaning efficiency and a low operating cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventor: Shane Y. Hong
  • Publication number: 20130276822
    Abstract: Polysilicon granules can be cleaned, rinsed and dried by hyperbaric superheated liquid and superheated steam. The superheated liquid can be used to rinse and heating the polysilicon granules. A slow drain can be open to remove the superheated liquid. A fast drain then can be open, preferably to atmosphere, to allow steam to vent through bottom. The fast drain can function as a drying process, vaporizing water droplets down the drain with the escaping steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Advanced Wet Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Richard W. Plavidal
  • Patent number: 8561623
    Abstract: The apparatus removes debris from overhead open conduits. The apparatus includes a shaped conduit with closed sidewalls. The top portion of the shaped conduit exhibits a bend which permits it to reach into the open conduit. The portion of conduit beneath the bend is straight. On the straight portion there is an on-off switch which sends a wireless signal to a switch on a source of vacuum which is attached to the straight portion. Adjacent the on-off switch there may be a valve which controls an amount of water applied from a water line attached to the shaped conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventor: Arnold Lowenstein
  • Publication number: 20130260569
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for liquid treatment of wafer-shaped articles comprises a process unit comprising a chuck for holding a wafer-shaped article in a predetermined orientation, and a liquid recovery system that receives used process liquid recovered from the process unit. The liquid recovery system supplies process liquid to a dispenser in the process unit. A supply of fresh process liquid supplies fresh process liquid to the liquid recovery system and also supplies fresh process liquid to a dispenser in the process unit while bypassing the liquid recovery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: LAM RESEARCH AG
    Inventors: Michael GANSTER, Philipp ZAGORZ, Alois GOLLER
  • Publication number: 20130258300
    Abstract: A rotating shaft is provided to extend downward from the inside of a spin motor. A plate supporting member is attached to the lower end of the rotating shaft. A spin plate is supported in a horizontal attitude by the plate supporting member. A substrate holding mechanism is provided at the periphery on the spin plate. The lower end of an annular member is formed to be opposite to an annular region extending along the periphery on the upper surface of the substrate held by a spin chuck. A distance between the upper surface of the substrate and the lower surface of the spin plate is larger than a distance between the upper surface of the substrate and the lower end of the annular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventor: Koji NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8545668
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprises a substrate holding mechanism, a process liquid supplying mechanism supplying a process liquid, a first guide portion around the substrate holding mechanism having an upper edge portion extending toward the rotation axis for guiding scattered process to flow down, a second guide portion provided around the substrate holding mechanism outside the first guide portion and having an upper edge portion extending toward the rotation axis as vertically overlapping with the upper edge portion of the first guide portion for further guiding the scattered process liquid to flow down, a recovery channel provided outside and integrally with the first guide portion for recovering the process liquid guided by the second guide portion, and a driving mechanism for moving up and down the first guide portion and the second guide portion independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8539967
    Abstract: The invention discloses a spray pretreatment system and a method for pre-treating workpieces by spraying in a spraying tunnel, wherein the workpieces are fed into a treating station through an entry station. The inlet opening of the entry station is located below the level of the treating installations of the treating station. In this way, partial condensation of the vapors escaping from the treating station occurs in the entry station so that one can do without an extraction system in the area of the roof surface of the spraying tunnel. If desired, an extraction system with relatively low capacity may be provided in the region of the inlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: Gerd Wurster
  • Patent number: 8528575
    Abstract: Debris collection apparatus includes a housing that substantially conforms to a dimensional standard for a specified type of data cartridge. A debris attractant operatively associated with a surface of the housing attracts and holds debris from a region to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert C. Aaron, John D. Hampton
  • Patent number: 8499774
    Abstract: A wash pad that includes a wash floor for supporting a wash item and a catch trough disposed in fluid communication with a longitudinal central portion of the wash floor. The catch trough collects at least one of wash fluid and debris from the wash floor. The wash pad also includes an evacuator disposed in fluid communication with the catch trough and an elevator disposed in fluid communication with the evacuator. The evacuator substantially removes wash fluid received from the catch trough, and the elevator elevates debris from a collection height to a dump height for dumping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Petter Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Petter, Douglas A. Petter
  • Patent number: 8499772
    Abstract: The present invention includes a vacuum cleaner nozzle assembly that has protective rollers that glide along the surface to be cleaned without interfering with the function of the vacuum cleaner nozzle. The nozzle comprises a tubular nozzle conduit in fluid communication with a vacuum conduit on a first end of the tubular nozzle and a nozzle mouth at the second end of the tubular nozzle opposite the first end. The nozzle conduit has a circumferential roller assembly collar attached to the outside of the tubular nozzle, the collar is formed with a plurality of radially spaced apart seats that are sized and configured to securely receive a plurality of respective balls that are rotatable inside the respective seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Courtney Schumacher
  • Patent number: 8496014
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cleaning carpets, fabric and upholstery. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of pressurized aerosol containers for cleaning carpets, fabric and upholstery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Gavin Bown, Paul Duffield, Steve Walsh
  • Patent number: 8485204
    Abstract: Selective recovery of excess process fluid from within a closed process chamber is achieved by providing a magnetically drive ring chuck and at least one process fluid collector within the closed process chamber, with the ring chuck and the fluid collector being vertically movable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Lam Research AG
    Inventors: Rainer Obweger, Andreas Gleissner
  • Patent number: 8479752
    Abstract: A device for cleaning a surface comprises a pressurized container containing a cleaning composition; a nozzle through which the composition is arranged to be dispensed, in use, upon an actuation of a valve; a shroud attached to the container and surrounding the nozzle. The shroud has a hollow generally cylindrical portion adjacent to the nozzle for guiding the dispensed product in the direction in which it leaves the nozzle, and a flared portion at the end of the cylindrical portion furthest from the nozzle forming a spreading plate for guiding the dispensed product laterally when in contact, in use, with a surface to be cleaned. The nozzle is arranged to be actuated by movement of the container towards the shroud. The device comprises a reservoir. The nozzle and shroud are configured so that, in use, the cleaning composition is directed across the surface to be cleaned and into the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Paul John Duffield, Madeleine Chadwick
  • Patent number: 8479753
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a substrate holding member configured to rotate along with a substrate held thereon in a horizontal state; an annular rotary cup configured to surround the substrate held on the substrate holding member and to rotate along with the substrate; a rotation mechanism configured to integrally rotate the rotary cup and the substrate holding member; and a liquid supply mechanism configured to supply a process liquid onto the substrate. The apparatus further includes an annular drain cup configured to receive the process liquid discharged from the rotary cup, and provided with a drain port; and a circular flow generation element configured to generate a circular flow within the drain cup when the rotary cup and the substrate holding member are rotated, such that the circular flow serves to lead the process liquid within the drain cup to the drain port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Nanba, Norihiro Ito
  • Patent number: 8479754
    Abstract: System for washing a gas turbine engine (1). The system comprises a spray device (33; 90) including at least one nozzle (54) adapted to inject liquid into an inlet (110) of said engine during a washing operation; a wash unit (31, 35) adapted to distribute said liquid to said spray device (33; 90); and a positioning device (34) adapted to move said spray device in three dimensions, thereby enabling a positioning of said spray device in a washing operation position in said three dimensions relative said engine inlet (110) without any contact between the spray device (33; 90) and the engine (1). The invention further relates to a vehicle for making the inventive system mobile and to a mobile system for serving a gas turbine engine (1) comprising a mobile vehicle carrying the washing system and a liquid collecting unit (116) comprising a collecting device (114) adapted to collect waste wash liquid emanating from the engine during a washing operation of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: EcoServices, LLC
    Inventor: Carl-Johan Hjerpe
  • Publication number: 20130167885
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a method and apparatus for ex-situ cleaning of a chamber component part. In one embodiment, a system for cleaning component parts in a cleaning chemistry is provided. The system comprises a wet bench set-up comprising a cleaning vessel assembly for holding one or more component parts to be cleaned during a cleaning process and a detachable cleaning cart detachably coupled with the cleaning vessel assembly for supplying one or more cleaning chemistries to the cleaning vessel assembly during the cleaning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: QUANTUM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Quantum Global Technologies, LLC
  • Patent number: 8464736
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for efficiently reclaiming solvents used to clean surfaces of semiconductor wafers, etc. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide a reclaim approach that prevents the evaporation of chemical solvents used to process wafers using proximity heads, by confining hot liquid solvents used to form fluid menisci on the wafer surface with cold liquid solvents of the same chemical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventor: Eric Lenz
  • Patent number: 8449690
    Abstract: There is provided a sump assembly of a dishwasher. The sump assembly includes a sump case having coupling bosses protruded upward, a sump cover seating on an upper portion of the sump case, the sump cover having a coupling boss and a coupling hole, a self-cleaning filter assembly mounted on a top surface of the sump cover, the self-cleaning assembly having a coupling hole, a fluid passage guide mounted on a bottom of the sump cover, pump lower having a first coupling boss formed on a frame portion and a second coupling boss formed therein and a washing pump disposed between the fluid passage guide and the pump lower, and a washing pump disposed between the fluid passage guide and the pump lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hae Deog Jeong, Byung Hwan Ahn, Hung Myong Cho, Sang Woo Woo, Jong Chul Bang