Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having a top panel that at least partially defines an access opening to the interior. A lid is rotatable between a closed position and an opened position to selectively open or close the access opening. At least one hinge assembly couples the top panel with the lid. The at least one hinge assembly can include a hinge housing coupled to the top panel. A cam is received within the hinge housing and coupled to the lid. A snubber housing is coupled to the hinge housing and has a damper receiving portion. A damper is at least partially received within the damper receiving portion.

Abstract: A cleaning, sanitizing or disinfecting scrubbing device includes a body, a non-thermal plasma generator and damp wipe. Generated plasma activates fluid in the wipe. The device may include spacer posts between the body and wipe and a conductive mesh between the body and wipe or embedded in the wipe. Another embodiment includes a reservoir for holding a water-based fluid, a fluid delivery element connected to the reservoir by a tube through which the fluid can flow and a non-thermal plasma generator. The non-thermal plasma generator activates the fluid. In one embodiment the scrubbing device is a mitt. In another embodiment the scrubbing device is a glove.

Abstract: The present invention provides techniques to more accurately control the process performance of treatments in which microelectronic substrates are treated by pressurized fluids that are sprayed onto the substrates in a vacuum process chamber control strategies are used that adjust mass flow rate responsive to pressure readings in order to hold the pressure of a pressurized feed constant. In these embodiments, the mass flow rate will tend to vary in order to maintain pressure uniformity.

Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a washing container receiving a dishwasher load, a pump pot, and a spray arm for applying washing liquor and/or fresh water to the dishwasher load in the washing container. The spray arm is actively driven by a drive system and mounted on the pump pot for rotation about an axis of rotation. The spray arm has a rib geometry that revolves around the axis of rotation and includes an encoding groove running along the axis of rotation. The pump pot includes an encoding rib running along the axis of rotation and corresponding to the encoding groove. The encoding rib is configured for passage through the encoding groove along the axis of rotation during assembly and disassembly of the spray arm so as to enable the spray arm to be assembled on and disassembled from the pump pot in precisely one angular position.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening to the interior, a treating chamber located within the interior and accessible through the access opening, a dispenser having a drawer with at least one chemistry container and a faucet, and a water supply fluidly coupled to the faucet.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a substrate includes a housing having a processing space in which the substrate is processed, a support unit that supports the substrate in the processing space, a nozzle that dispenses a chemical onto the substrate placed on the support unit, a chemical supply unit that supplies the chemical to the nozzle, and a controller that controls the chemical supply unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothing treatment device capable of omitting a frame for structurally connecting an inner case and a cabinet by filling a foaming agent between the inner case and the cabinet forming an appearance. The clothing treatment device comprises a cabinet having an opening at the front thereof: a door which is rotatably provided in front of the opening to open and close the opening; an inner case which is provided in the cabinet to form an accommodation space in which clothes are accommodated, and a hot air supply unit which is provided at the lower portion of the inner case to supply at least one of hot air and moisture to the accommodation space, wherein the inner case is formed of a styrene resin that maintains adhesion to the foaming agent injected into the inner portion of the cabinet.

Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive concept provides an apparatus for treating a substrate. The apparatus for treating a substrate comprises a housing having a process space therein, a substrate support unit supporting a substrate in the space, a liquid supply unit supplying a liquid to a substrate supported by the substrate support unit, an air flow generation unit generating an air flow in the process space, and the air flow generation unit comprises a first gas supply unit supplying a descending air flow of a first gas in the process space and a second gas supply unit supplying a second gas having lower humidity than the first gas in the space, and when viewed from above, the first gas supply unit and the second gas supply unit are not overlapped each other.

Abstract: A counterbalance assembly for an appliance has a guide member with a rotatable pulley with a fixed radius and a cam affixed to one side of the pulley and having a varying radius. The cam and the pulley rotate about a pulley axis of rotation as a single unit. The counterbalance has a force applicator that applies a counterbalance force to one of the pulley or cam, and the counterbalance has a connector that couples the other of the pulley or cam to the door. The counterbalance force applies a varying counterbalance torque to the door that is a function of the ratio between the fixed radius and the varying radius over the pivotal range of the door.

Abstract: A razor cleaning device for use in a sink, bathtub, and/or shower allows a user to quickly and efficiently dislodge and displace hair cutting debris which accumulates between the blades of a razor while shaving. The razor cleaning device has a base assembly which provides a flow of water therethrough and into a spray head assembly. The spray head assembly is positionable along the base assembly into and out of an operative configuration, and has a plurality of spray nozzles arranged in a spray nozzle array thereon. A water supply line is connected between an inlet port of the base assembly and a water supply. The spray head assembly also includes a valve operable by the user to selectively permit water to flow to each of the plurality of spray nozzles, wherein the plurality of spray nozzles discharge jets of water in a predetermined spray pattern.

Abstract: An on-board sensor cleaning device is provided for an on-board sensor including a sensing surface. The on-board sensor cleaning device includes an ejection port that ejects fluid toward the sensing surface when the ejection port is disposed outside a sensing range of the on-board sensor. The on-board sensor cleaning device further includes a movable nozzle configured to move the ejection port so that a position of an ejection axis of the ejection port changes.

Abstract: A washing machine such as a dishwashing machine, preferably of the drawer-style or table-top style, or a laundry washing machine, the washing machine having at least one low-height wash liquid conduit connecting the outlet of a sump region of a washing tub to a wash pump. A cover plate is provided for covering a section of the washing tub base and the at least one low-height conduit is formed between the base of the washing tub and the cover plate by a combination thereof. The surface of a heating unit forms a surface of the low-height conduit and the sump is provided with multiple outlets.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher. The dishwasher of the present disclosure includes a tub forming a washing chamber washing a washing target, a first circulation duct in which an air discharged from the tub flows, an outside air inflow duct in which an air from the outside flows, a fan assembly discharging the air thereto, passes through the first circulation duct and the outside air inflow duct, a second circulation duct heating and supplying a part of the air discharged from the fan assembly to the tub, an exhaust duct discharging a remaining part of the air discharged from the fan assembly to the outside.

Abstract: A solar panel washing assembly for automatically cleaning solar panels includes a plurality of solar panels that is each positionable on a support surface to be exposed to sunlight. A fluid supply pipe is fluidly coupled to a pressurized water source w to receive pressurized water and a control unit is positioned proximate the support surface. The control unit is fluidly coupled to the fluid supply pipe to receive the pressurized water. A plurality of distribution pipes is each fluidly coupled to the control unit to receive the pressurized water when the control unit actuated into the open condition. A plurality of spray nozzles is each fluidly coupled to a respective one of the distribution pipes to spray the pressurized water onto a respective solar panel to clean the respective solar panel.

Abstract: A method for cleaning dishes in a warewasher is provided: It may include filling a sump with hot water, dispensing detergent into the sump, running a wash cycle, draining the used hot water and detergent from the sump after the wash cycle, flushing the sump, filling the sump with the aqueous ozone solution, and running a rinse cycle with the aqueous ozone solution. A warewasher is provided: It may include a timer, a wash chamber, a sump, a hot water fill solenoid configured to direct hot water into the sump, a chemical dispenser, at least one spray arm, a circulation pump, an ozone generator assembly configured to provide aqueous ozone solution to the sump, and a drain assembly. The timer may control the hot water fill solenoid, the chemical dispenser, the circulation pump, the ozone generator assembly, and the drain assembly to effectuate a cleaning sequence.

Abstract: A cleaning solution production system is for cleaning a semiconductor substrate. The system includes a pressure tank, a plasma reaction tank configured to form a plasma in gas bubbles suspended in a decompressed liquid obtained from the pressure tank to thereby generate radical species in the decompressed liquid, a storage tank configured to store a cleaning solution containing the radical species generated in the plasma reaction tank, and a nozzle configured to supply the cleaning solution from the storage tank to a semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A check valve assembly for a drain pump configured to transfer fluid from a sump, through a volute having a pump discharge passageway extending from the volute, includes a seat assembly and a flapper assembly. The seat assembly has a body with a first distal end and a second distal end, and a fluid passage extending through the body. The body defines a valve seat having a sealing surface about the fluid passage. The flapper assembly is operably coupled to the seat assembly. The flapper assembly has a moveable portion configured to selectively move between a closed position where the moveable portion seals against the sealing surface and an opened position where the moveable portion raises to allow liquid through the fluid passage. The check valve assembly is configured to be located within the pump discharge passageway.

Abstract: A cleaning device. The cleaning device includes: a base body, a spray head, and a main worktable and a first auxiliary worktable that are provided on the base body; a nozzle of the spray head is provided facing a mounting surface of the main worktable, and the spray head is configured to move in a preset direction vertical to the mounting surface to clean a to-be-cleaned panel on the mounting surface; the first auxiliary worktable is located at one end of the main worktable along the preset direction, and a first surface of the first auxiliary worktable facing the spray head is parallel to the mounting surface, and the first surface is higher than or flush with the mounting surface.

Abstract: A portable vehicle washing assembly for automatically washing vehicles in a remote location includes a frame that includes a plurality of legs and a roof to have a vehicle drive beneath the frame. A plurality of first sprinklers is each of the first sprinklers is disposed on the frame to spray a liquid onto the vehicle. A plurality of second sprinklers is disposed on the frame to spray a liquid onto the vehicle. A first fluid pump is disposed on the support cage to pump a fluid and a liquid soap into the first sprinklers for washing the vehicle. A second fluid pump is disposed on the frame and the second fluid pump is in fluid communication with each of the second sprinklers to spray a mixture of the fluid and the liquid soap onto the vehicle for washing the vehicle.

Abstract: A pressure washer system includes a fluid pump having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A flow sensor is in fluid communication with one of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. An internal combustion engine is in driving communication with the fluid pump. A control module is mounted to the fluid pump. The control module is configured to receive an indication of flow through the fluid pump and to control a starting operation of the internal combustion engine to start the internal combustion engine in response to receiving the indication of flow through the fluid pump when the internal combustion engine is not running.