Abstract: A clothes care apparatus including a main body having a care compartment with an exhaust port and a supply port; a heat exchanger in the main body; a blowing fan in the main body to generate airflow supplied to the care compartment through the supply port; an exhaust flow path to guide airflow from the exhaust port to pass through the heat exchanger; a circulation flow path to guide airflow from the exhaust flow path to the fan; a bypass opening to connect the care compartment and the circulation flow path; and a bypass door to open and close the bypass opening. When the bypass opening is open, at least a portion of the airflow flows directly into the circulation flow path without passing through the exhaust flow path. When the bypass opening is closed, none of the airflow flows directly from the care compartment into the circulation flow path.

Abstract: A solution dispensing system for injecting a fluid into a concrete mixing container, comprising of a sled including a housing; at least one spray head; a solution line coupled to the housing and to the spray head adapted to spray fluid into the concrete mixing container; a support structure adapted to attach to an external rigid frame and aligned with a hopper of the concrete mixing container; a guiding mechanism facilitating a raising and a lowering of the sled into the hopper of the concrete mixing container; and a supply source including a container and a pump adapted to regulate a flow of the fluid in the solution line where the sled is lowered into the hopper of the concrete mixing container and the fluid is delivered to a drum of the concrete mixing container through the spray head.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for improving water usage in food processing are provided. One example food processing system generally includes a wash tank for containing at least a portion of first wash water and a water sprayer configured to spray a quantity of second wash water on a food product being removed from the wash tank, wherein at least a portion of the quantity of the second wash water sprayed by the water sprayer enters the wash tank and becomes the first wash water. One example method for managing wash water in such a food processing system generally includes determining a usable quantity (and/or quality) of the first wash water in the wash tank and automatically controlling a flow rate of the second wash water for supplying to the water sprayer based on the determined usable quantity (and/or quality) of the first wash water.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor processing equipment, including a positioning plate, clamping column units and a control component. The clamping column units include: axial center parts, clamping parts arranged at top ends of the axial center parts, second sealing rings arranged around outer sides of the axial center parts and clamped between the clamping part and the positioning plate, and first connecting rods. An annular assembly base is axially arranged on an inner side of the positioning plate, and the annular assembly base is configured with second connecting rods longitudinally corresponding to positions of the first connecting rods. By mounting the second sealing ring in a non-rigidly fixed manner between the clamping part and the positioning plate, the present application achieves a reduction in a degree of deformation of the second sealing ring.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a drum for receiving laundry; a motor for driving the drum; a drying unit for drying the laundry by heating the drum; and a memory for storing a control temperature table in which a control temperature according to the lapse of drying time of the laundry is recorded, wherein the drying unit operates on the basis of a control temperature table obtained by shifting the stored control temperature table at least one time.

Abstract: One variation of a method for autonomously processing a garment within a kiosk includes: accessing a set of garment characteristics of the garment, the set of garment characteristics including a garment type and a fabric type; based on the set of garment characteristics, selecting a target processing temperature, a target processing humidity, and a set of steam-processing parameters including a steam nozzle path and a steam nozzle speed. This variation of the method also includes: heating air within the kiosk toward the target processing temperature; injecting steam into the kiosk to drive humidity within the chamber toward the target processing humidity; articulating a steam nozzle along the steam nozzle path at the steam nozzle speed to impinge a steam jet across an interior surface of the garment, tension local areas of the garment against the steam jet, and heat local areas of the garment above the transition temperature.

Abstract: A wafer adsorption device has a base, a guiding ring, and a cover. An inlet is formed through the base. The guiding ring is mounted on the base and includes a ring body and multiple bumps, the bumps protrude from a top surface of the ring body and are spaced from each other. Multiple flow channels are recessed from a surface of the cover, and each one of the flow channels is arc-shaped. An end of each one of the flow channels is connected to each other and fluidly communicates to the inlet, and another end extends outward. The cover is mounted in the ring body and securely mounted on the base, and the cover is spaced apart from the guiding ring. Therefore, when placing a wafer on the wafer adsorption device, a contacting area of the wafer may be reduced to further reduce a probability of scratching.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a housing for providing a treating space for treating a substrate within; a support unit for supporting the substrate in the treating space; a bottom supply port for supplying a process fluid to the treating space; and a filler member positioned below the substrate supported on the support unit in the treating space, and wherein the filler member forms a buffer space facing the bottom supply port, and a passage is formed between the filler member and an inner wall of the housing and flows the process fluid which is introduced to the buffer space in a direction of the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a coating from a substrate comprises a nozzle with an inner conduit having an orifice and an outer conduit coaxially arranged about the inner conduit and defining an annular opening between the inner and outer conduits. The nozzle is configured to direct a liquid stream through the orifice toward the coated surface and direct a gas flow through the annular opening such that the gas flow surrounds the liquid stream as the liquid stream moves towards the coated surface.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing support material from and/or smoothing surfaces of an additively manufactured part is disclosed. The apparatus may include a chamber, a support surface within the chamber, one or more nozzles within the chamber, a tank positioned below the nozzles, and a vision system. The vision system includes one or more cameras and other imagery obtaining sensors located in the chamber. The cameras and sensors obtain imagery of the additively manufactured part as it is being sprayed to finish the part. The imagery is displayed on a display panel located outside the apparatus or stored for later playback.

Abstract: A filter cleaning system including filter cleaning apparatus including a tubular mast rotatingly disposed on a support rod. One or more filter retainers adapted to retain a filter can be disposed on the tubular mast. A filter disposed on the tubular mast can rotate about the support rod. A fluid stream can be directed on the filter to clean the filter rotating about the support rod.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pipeline overturning lining inner wall cleaner, belonging to the technical field of pipeline inner wall cleaning. The pipeline overturning lining inner wall cleaner includes a cleaner body, where one end of the cleaner body is fixedly connected with a fixed block, one end of an outer side of the cleaner body is provided with a first spring, one end of the first spring is fixedly connected with a sleeve, the outer side of the cleaner body and an outer side of the sleeve are fixedly connected with a rotating base, respectively, one side of each rotating base is provided with a first connecting rod, one side of each first connecting rod is provided with a second connecting rod. A water pump conveys cleaning liquid to a shunt pipe and a drain pipe, and then sprays the cleaning liquid into a pipeline.

Abstract: An automatic swimming pool cleaner (APC) may include a sensor for detecting adjacency of a pool wall or other object. Following such detection, the APC may reorient itself so as to re-approach the wall (or other object) in a manner better suited for cleaning the area. The reorientation may occur through, for example, changing speeds of motors on-board the APC, directions of travel of the cleaner, or both.

Abstract: A glass processing apparatus and a glass processing method are provided. The glass processing apparatus includes: a glass transportation apparatus comprising a carrier comprising a gripper configured to grip glass articles, and a conveyor configured to convey the carrier, and a cleaning apparatus comprising a cleaning head configured to clean the gripper, which contact the glass articles, and a moving unit configured to move the cleaning head. The glass processing method includes: loading glass articles to a carrier having a gripper by picking up the glass articles with the gripper such that the gripper contact the glass articles, conveying the glass articles by conveying the carrier with a conveyor, unloading the glass articles from the carrier by causing the gripper to be detached from the glass articles, and cleaning the gripper.

Abstract: The disclosure provides for cleaning three-dimensional (3D) components printed in a powder bed from adhering powder particles. The 3D-printed components are cleaned with a negative pressure-induced volumetric flow. The 3D-printed components are first removed from the powder bed after their manufacture, then positioned on a feed device and moved together with the feed device into a pressure-tight sealable chamber. In the interior of the chamber negative pressure is subsequently built up and a fluid volumetric flow is applied to the 3D-printed component to be cleaned which results in the powder particles being detached from the 3D-printed component. The powder particles are removed from the sealed chamber in a pressure tight manner via at least one channel conduit which is subjected to negative pressure and are fed to a separation device. The chamber is subsequently released of pressure and then opened for removal of the cleaned 3D-printed component.

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a housing. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a tub. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a drum. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a heater. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a tub through-portion formed in the tub so that the heater is inserted into a space located between a bottom surface of the drum and a bottom surface of the tub. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes three or more first support members. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes second support members that protrude from a circumferential surface of the tub, a number of the second support members being equal to a number of the three or more first support members. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a plurality of connectors that are each configured to connect a first support member and a second support member.

Abstract: A diverter assembly for a dishwasher appliance includes a housing and a cam sleeve with a plurality of passages. The cam sleeve defines a first portion of a plurality of cam teeth. The diverter assembly also includes a diverter plate rotatably mounted within the housing, and the diverter plate includes a plurality of passages and a plurality of guide teeth. Additionally, the diverter assembly includes a cam post coupled to the housing at the cam sleeve. The cam post defines a second portion of the plurality of cam teeth such that the cam sleeve and the cam post collectively form the plurality of cam teeth. The plurality of cam teeth mesh with the plurality of guide teeth at the central passage of the housing such that the diverter plate rotates relative to the housing when the diverter plate vertically translates within the housing.

Abstract: This system was designed to resolve dirt and dust accumulation in confined areas on mobile and stationary equipment, and other types of plant equipment, including equipment of offshore oil and gas platforms, maritime vessels, and others, and more generally any kind of motorized or mechanical equipment with internal areas that accumulate dust and dirt. The areas where dust and dirt accumulation occur would normally only be accessible by removing major components. The system may be designed to utilize existing pressure washers and air systems. The supply manifold may be constructed from steel, hydraulic lines, pressure wash nozzles and angled fittings. The installer may assess areas of accumulation, directing the nozzles at the general area. Once the system has been installed, mechanical operators may easily attach the device to a pressure source. Quick connect fittings would be installed outside the machine, connecting pressurized water or air to the supply manifold.

Abstract: A tubular spray element for a dishwasher is rotatably supported and/or supplied with fluid at an intermediate location along the length of the tubular spray element, such that least one aperture that directs fluid into a wash tub is disposed on each side of the intermediate location. In addition, a tubular spray element drive may be positioned externally from the wash tub and mechanically coupled to the tubular spray element through a shaft seal such that the fluid supply to the tubular spray element can be entirely within the wash tub.

Abstract: A system includes a dishwasher, an image capturing device designed to capture an image of washware arranged in the washing chamber, with the image including a plurality of sub-images, each of which having different spectral information of the washware. An illumination unit illuminates the washware in the washing chamber, and an image analysis unit receives the captured image from the image capturing device and to carry out a chemical analysis of soiling on the washware based on the plurality of sub-images of the received image and to ascertain a dirt characteristic of soiling as a result of the chemical analysis. A control device carries out a washing program for washing the washware in the washing chamber. The control device receives the dirt characteristic from the image analysis unit and adapts the washing program for washing the washware as a function of the received dirt characteristic.