Abstract: A substrate holding and rotary driving mechanism, e.g., for a cleaning chamber with vertical orientation of the wafer, that is comprised of a three-armed spider which is rotatingly installed on the outer side of the cleaning chamber and rotatingly supports on the outer ends of its arms outer shafts with eccentrically arranged inner shafts. The inner shafts pass through the outer shafts into the cleaning chamber where they support contact rollers, while the opposite ends of the inner shafts support gears driven into rotation by a synchronous belt. The contact rollers can be moved apart for insertion or removal of wafers from and into the chamber. This is achieved by turning the spider with eccentric inner shafts in one or another direction.

Abstract: A drum (1; 1?) of a machine for treating laundry, in particular for washing and/or drying laundry, includes a substantially cylindrical shape and is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis (X; X?). The drum includes a plurality of compartments (10; 10?) having the shape of a circular crown sector, each compartment (10; 10?) being adapted to contain at least one laundry item to be treated, so that a controlled mechanical action is exerted on the at least one laundry item.

Abstract: A clothes treating apparatus with a metal control panel includes a cabinet, a control panel formed of a metal and mounted to one side of a front surface of the cabinet, one or a plurality of installation members mounted at a rear surface of the control panel and disposed within the metal control panel, and at least one of a payment unit, a display unit and a manipulation unit disposed within the control panel, wherein the at least one of the payment unit, the display unit and the manipulation unit is fixed to the installation member.

Abstract: An elongated solution injection bar operable in a cleaning system as a combination dry vacuum and fluid carpet cleaner. The elongated solution injection bar having an upper solution distribution and pressure equalization chamber in fluid communication with a lower solution discharge chamber through a solution flow restrictor structured for distributing hot liquid cleaning solution in a substantially uniform flow along substantially the entire length of a cleaning head operating surface. The hot liquid cleaning solution being discharged from the lower solution discharge chamber at a volumetric flow rate of or about 1 gallon per minute (gpm) or less, so that the liquid cleaning solution is discharged to the operating surface as a flood under pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dishwasher (1) comprising cutlery basket (2) which is utilized for cutlery such as fork and spoon to be disposed in an effective washing position, and which has a main body (3) wherein the cutlery are disposed, and an auxiliary body (4) that is fitted inside or outside the main body (3) such that the auxiliary body (4) and the main body (3) will be within each other.

Abstract: A cleaning process is provided for a test apparatus that has a switch, external connections and internal volumes that can come into contact with a fluid from a filter to be tested or a container to be tested. The cleaning process includes selecting one or more internal volumes to be cleaned, cleaning the selected internal volumes with a cleaning fluid by a corresponding switching of the switch, at least partially draining the cleaning fluid left in the selected internal volumes after cleaning, and flushing the selected internal volumes with a flushing fluid different from the cleaning fluid. Also provided are a computer program product for performing the cleaning process, a cleaning apparatus, and a test apparatus for testing filters and containers.

Abstract: Device for collecting paint, lacquer and adhesive residues out of paint, lacquer, and adhesive guns, in particular guns connectable to a hose. The device having a receptacle for collecting the residue, and the receptacle configured in such a way that during an interior rinsing of the guns using a rinsing flow for interior cleaning of the guns with a solvent, the degree of interior cleaning of the guns can be controlled optically by the user of the device. The indicator element for displaying the degree of interior cleaning may be made removable from the device. The device for collecting the residue out of paint, lacquer, and adhesive guns may likewise be used when the guns are connected to a hose.

Abstract: A domestic appliance having a metering device into which a storage insert containing additive substances can be inserted and by means of which additive substances can be dispensed in metered fashion during a number of cleaning operations. The metering device is distinguished in that it has an interface device for interacting with different storage inserts.

Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, includes a control facility for performing a wash cycle to clean items to be washed based on a plurality of selectable wash programs. The control facility operates, in particular controls or regulates, a drain pump for pumping off wash fluid from the dishwasher. At least one of the wash programs includes an automatic execution of a pump-off sequence having at least three successively executed pump-off phases to define first, second and third pump-off phases, during each of which the drain pump is activated, with a break being provided between the first and second pump-off phases and a break being provided between the second and third pump-off phases, wherein the drain pump is deactivated during each of the breaks.

Abstract: A method of cleaning robotic surgical instruments includes inserting a tool-end of a robotic surgical instrument into a tool-end cleaning chamber, the tool-end cleaning chamber fluidly connected to a system for pumping. A suction orifice of a control box of the robotic surgical instrument is interfaced to the system for pumping and then submerging the robotic surgical instrument and the tool-end cleaning chamber into cleaning fluid. Next, simultaneously drawing cleaning fluid into the tool-end cleaning chamber through a plurality of intake holes in a body of the tool-end cleaning chamber creating turbulence around the tool-end of the robotic surgical instrument; drawing the cleaning fluid into the robotic surgical instrument through another orifice of the control box and through a shaft of the robotic surgical instrument, exiting through the suction orifice; and subjecting the robotic surgical instrument to ultrasonic waves.

Abstract: The treatment device 100 of the present invention is a treatment device for carrying out treatment to a treatment object 18 whose treatment surface includes a second treatment surface 18b and a first treatment surface 18a surrounding the second treatment surface 18b, the treatment device including: a table section 10 for placing the treatment object 18 thereon; and a first feeding section 24 for feeding a first treatment liquid to an approximate boundary between the first and the second treatment surfaces 18a, 18b and a second feeding section 46 for feeding a second treatment liquid to the second treatment surface 18b. Thus, the present invention provides a treatment device, a treatment method, and a surface treatment jig, each of the treatment device and the treatment method being capable of carrying out independent treatments to a treatment surface and an exposed surface surrounding the treatment surface, respectively.

Abstract: The invention provides an intermediate storage device of an electrostatic coating system that can clean efficiently, a method for cleaning the same, and a method for coating. An intermediate storage device 10 comprises: a first hole 141 which is open to a cylinder chamber 14 and is connected to a paint supply source; a second hole 142 which is open to the cylinder chamber 14 and is connected to a coating gun; and a switch means which switches between a first cleaning which cleans the cylinder chamber 14 by supplying cleaning fluid W from the first hole 141 and discharging from the second hole 142 waste fluid that has undergone cleaning and a second cleaning which cleans the cylinder chamber 14 by supplying cleaning fluid W from the second hole 142 and discharging from the first hole 141 waste fluid that has undergone cleaning.

Abstract: Provided is a detergent supplying apparatus of a washing machine. The apparatus includes a drawer and drawer caps. The drawer has bleach supplying parts provided with bleach siphon tubes, and softener supplying parts provided with softener siphon tubes. The drawer caps are provided with bleach siphon caps covering the bleach siphon tubes together with softener siphon caps covering the softener siphon tubes.

Abstract: An automatic washing machine including a tub, a drum mounted for rotating within the tub, a treating chamber for receiving laundry to be treated, a door selectively moveable between opened and closed conditions to provide access to the treating chamber, a position sensor configured to sense the opened and closed conditions of the door and accordingly output a door condition signal, a humidity reduction device coupled to the treating chamber, and a controller configured to execute a treating cycle of operation and operably coupled with the position sensor to receive the door condition signal and the humidity reduction device to control its actuation, and further configured to operate the humidity reduction device and to rotate the drum to reduce the humidity in the treating chamber in response to the door being opened and subsequently closed after the completion of the treating cycle of operation.

Abstract: A substrate cleaning device is capable of removing more diverse contaminants from substrates than ultra-low temperature aerosol ejection, while avoiding technical problems inherent to wet cleaning, such as micro-roughness, watermarks, loss of substrate material and destruction of the device structure. A substrate cleaning device for cleaning wafers to which cleaning target objects have adhered includes a cluster spraying unit which sprays the wafer with one or more types of clusters formed of cleaning preparation molecules agglomerated together, a suction unit which sucks the cleaning target objects separated by spraying the clusters of the cleaning agent molecules; and a unit for moving the wafer and the cluster spraying unit relative to the one another along the surface of the wafer W to which the cleaning target objects have adhered.

Abstract: An automatic washing machine includes a wash additive dispenser for dispensing detergent and one or more additives into a wash tub. Water is delivered to a first wash agent chamber in the wash additive dispenser for delivery into a wash tub during a wash cycle. Water is subsequently delivered to a second wash agent chamber to flush from that chamber any unintended collection of water or additive residue therein, as may result from the water delivery to the first wash agent chamber and/or from an earlier dispensing of additive from the second wash agent chamber.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning washware, in particular dishes, is provided. In the process, the washware is subjected to at least one wash process in which adhering dirt is at least largely removed. The washware is then subjected to a final-washing process which has at least two substeps. The washware is acted on by a first rinse liquid in a first substep, with the first rinse liquid containing a disinfectant. The washware is acted on by a second rinse liquid in a subsequent second substep, with the second rinse liquid comprising at least one permeate which is produced by reverse osmosis.

Abstract: There is provided a dishwasher. The dishwasher includes a tub for receiving dishes, a steam generation unit provided at an outside of the tub and generating steam that will be supplied to the tub, a steam passage along which the steam generated from the steam generation unit is supplied to the tub, and a chamber for storing water used for generating the steam.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for microsurgical instruments of the type having screw-type mechanisms used to advance or retract a plunger has a hollow sleeve into which the injector is liquid-tightly inserted, the sleeve being configured to hold the plunger in a fixed position when the plunger is disengaged from the injector body. A cap having an inlet port is liquid-tightly attached to the sleeve and cleaning liquid is forced from a syringe into and through the inlet port, flushing detritus from the injector. Various sizes and shapes of sleeves are used to accommodate different injectors.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine and a method for fabricating a drum thereof are provided. The drum type washing machine includes a motor, a drum having a drum center of a cylinder shape and a drum back connected to an opening formed in a side of the drum center to define a rear surface of the drum, a connector mounted in the rear surface of the drum, and a rotation shaft connected to the connector to transmit a rotation force of the motor to the drum. The drum back is formed in a bowl shape to have a drum expanding part expanding toward an outer side of the drum from the opening of the drum center, and a portion of the drum back where the connector is mounted is recessed toward an inside of the drum to reduce a distance between the drum center and the connector.