Patents Examined by Andrea M. Joyce
  • Patent number: 6055742
    Abstract: A reticle cleaning apparatus for a wafer exposure system includes a chamber enclosing the reticle, a door opening and closing at least one side of the chamber, a door switching member opening and closing the door coupled to the chamber including the door, a gas injection nozzle at an upper portion of the chamber, a nozzle transport member moving the gas injection nozzle in a vertical direction, a gas supply member supplying a cleaning gas into the gas injection nozzle, an ion injection nozzle over the gas injection nozzle, an ion supply member supplying ions into the ion injection nozzle, and a drain member draining the cleaning gas outside the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: LG Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Beom-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6053808
    Abstract: An exhaust vent for venting exhaust air from an electronic chassis includes a body portion having a length. The body portion is mounted to the electronic chassis. The body portion includes an upper portion that extends along the length of the body portion and a lower portion that also extends along the length of the body portion. The upper portion includes a deflector portion and the lower portion includes a curved portion. The deflector portion of the upper portion and the curved portion of the lower portion define an exhaust opening in the body portion to allow the exhaust air from the electronic chassis to pass through the exhaust opening in a downward direction and to conceal an inside portion of the electronic chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Amir Koradia, Philip A. Ravlin, Hong Li
  • Patent number: 6052915
    Abstract: A portable hairdryer used for permitting a user to move freely while simultaneously drying the user's hair. The portable hairdryer includes a flexible cap with spaced apart inner and outer layers each having a plurality of apertures therethrough. One end of an elongate flexible tubular hose is coupled to the cap. The other end of the hose is coupled to a blower housing. At least one heating element is mounted in the blower housing. A battery power source is mounted in the blower housing and is electrically connected to the heating element. A fan is mounted in the housing and is electrically connected to the battery power source. An elongate flexible belt is coupled to the blower housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventor: Cheryl G. Turner