Abstract: A wash basket has a plurality of fins mounted to the wash basket. The plurality of fins is configured to deliver a flow of wash fluid to the top of the wash basket using e.g., a conduit between the bottom and the top of the wash basket where the wash fluid may be directed to articles disposed within the wash basket.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a water wash system that may mix a cleaning fluid with at least one chemical agent to form a cleaning solution. The cleaning solution may reduce the corrosives on components of a compressor. The cleaning solution may be an mildly acidic solution to reduce corrosion of a caustic nature. Alternatively, the cleaning solution may be a mildly basic solution to reduce corrosion of an acidic nature.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a water wash system that may mix a cleaning fluid with at least one chemical agent to form a cleaning solution. The cleaning solution may reduce the corrosives on components of a compressor. The cleaning solution may be a mildly acidic solution to reduce corrosion of a caustic nature. Alternatively, the cleaning solution may be a mildly basic solution to reduce corrosion of an acidic nature.

Abstract: An apparatus for covering and cleaning a cylindrical paint roller pad includes a painting shield having a semi-cylindrical side wall; mounting means for rotatably mounting the pad so that the painting shield side wall is spaced from a first segment of the pad side wall with the longitudinal axis of the pad is coincident with the axis of curvature of the painting shield side wall; a rinse shield rotatable between a closed position substantially beneath the painting shield side wall and an extended position spaced from a second segment of the roller outer surface, the shields being spaced to form a water discharge gap when the rinse shield is in its extended position; and a water manifold to direct water against the pad. The mounting means may be a spindle with a secured handle, or a separate handle attachable to the painting shield.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a buffing pad comprising: a housing; a turbine wheel means, in the housing for supporting the pad and for rotating the pad in fluid to remove debris therefrom and in air to dry same.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer processing system utilizing a specially constructed wet processing chamber for a single wafer and a megasonic, or high frequency, energy dispensing system. The construction of the container causes megasonic energy to become intensified near the surface of the wafer, thereby providing more cleaning power, and resulting cleaning. The megasonic device may be mounted on a bottom wall dump valve. Also, the energy output may be used to rotate a wafer.

Abstract: A contact lens cleaning system having a chamber and a pump for generating streams of cleaning fluid within the chamber. The lenses are carried in lens retainers which rotate within the chamber and are exposed to the streams of cleaning fluid. The lens retainers are mounted on a single spindle held at both ends. The rotatable disposition of the lens retainers allow the lens to rotate and thus a greater extent if not essentially all of the surface area of the lens experiences the enhanced cleaning effect of the streams of cleaning fluid. The holding of the spindle at both ends insures that a uniform distribution of the impingement of cleaning fluid across the lens may be effected.

Abstract: A drug delivery catheter and storage bladder adapted for use in an implantable drug delivery system. The catheter and bladder are provided with piezoelectric layers adapted to be responsively coupled to a source of ultrasonic electrical signals. When so coupled, vibration of the piezoelectric layer dislodges any accumulation of crystallized drugs within the catheter and bladder.

Abstract: A paint roller cleaner wherein a paint roller is pivotally mounted within a housing, and an in-line series of jets of a water-detergent solution are directed at and along the paint roller. The line of jets is positionable so that they will both effect rotation of the roller and wash paint out of it. Cleaning is aided by the irregular surface of a scrubbing member which engages the paint roller as it is being sprayed with liquid and rotated. After the washing operation, a series of in-line jets of air are directed at the roller, and these jets are positioned at an angle to both rotate and dry the paint roller. The detergent solution is injected into the water by means of a venturi tube positioned in the path of the flow of the water prior to its ejection by the jets.

Abstract: A system for dynamic cleaning of remnant material from a product, such as densely packaged electrical assemblies, employs a receptacle for containing cleaning fluid and a rack rotatably mounted in the receptacle for holding the product to be cleaned. The receptacle is divided by an upright transverse wall into first and second reservoirs, with the product being rotatably mounted by the rack in the first reservoir. A pair of conduits having openings facing upwardly toward a side of the product are mounted in the first reservoir adjacent to one another and extend transversely across the receptacle below the product. A blower forces a pressurized flow of a gaseous medium through a first one of the conduits and the openings therein toward the product side, while a pump forces a pressurized flow of cleaning liquid through a second one of the conduits and the openings therein toward the same product side.

Abstract: A cleaning machine of the type in which a cleaning fluid spray is directed at an article supported in the interior of a machine cabinet structure and rotated while being sprayed by a plurality of cleaning fluid jets. The cleaning machine disclosed includes a central spray pipe, extending through an article supporting rotary table and adapted to spray the interior of the workpiece simultaneously with the directing of cleaning fluid spray at the exterior of the part, to clean the interior and the exterior of the article simultaneously. The rotary table is adapted to be supported on a bearing assembly, carried by the central spray pipe, the bearing assembly functioning both as the rotational support for the rotary table and also acting to form a fluid coupling between the central spray pipe and cleaning fluid distribution manifolding disposed beneath the rotary table.