Abstract: The present invention provides a washing apparatus and control method thereof, by which laundry can be dry-cleaned through the loaded configurations of the wet pad cloth, the filth transfer cloth, the steam providing unit, the fragrance spraying unit, and the detergent supplying unit using either the wet pad cloth or the filth transfer cloth or without using both of the wet pad cloth and the filth transfer cloth.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control button of a drum type washing machine. The control button comprises a button securing part, a button operating part, an elastic member, and a cylindrical button provided to a control panel. The button securing part includes a securing body having a fitting hole formed at the center thereof, a securing portion having a rack formed on an outer surface thereof, and a coupling hole coupled to the rotary switch. The button operating part includes an operating portion having an operating trough and a pinion corresponding to the rack to allow the securing portion to be coupled to the operating portion, a guide member formed on one side of the operating portion, and an operating body integral to one side of the guide member and operating portion. The operating body is press-fitted into the button adjusting part that is provided to a control panel.

Abstract: The arrangement for continuous treatment of a textile product with steam includes one or more treatment chambers; a transporting device having a horizontal conveyor guided through the treatment chamber or chambers; a steam-tight housing surrounding the treatment chamber or chambers; at least one circulating device with at least one circulating fan arranged in the treatment chamber or chambers and nozzle boxes arranged above and below the horizontal conveyor for delivering superheated steam to the product web conveyed on the conveyor. The horizontal conveyor is a sieve band, preferably with an opening degree amounting to from 50 to 90%. A method of steam treatment is also described.

Abstract: A dish-cleaning appliance comprising a sink defining a wash chamber with an open top for providing access to the wash chamber. A liquid recirculation system is provided for spraying liquid onto the dish rack to effect the cleaning of any dishes along the rack. The lid is mounted to the sink and is movable to selectively cover the open top of the bowl. A latch is provided to hold the lid in the closed position. The latch comprises a catch and a strike, with the strike having an integrated handle resulting in a small form factor.

Abstract: A method of removing a photoresist or a photoresist residue from a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The semiconductor substrate with the photoresist or the photoresist residue on a surface of the semiconductor substrate is placed within a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber is then pressurized. Supercritical carbon dioxide and a stripper chemical are introduced to the pressure chamber. The supercritical carbon dioxide and the stripper chemical are maintained in contact with the photoresist or the photoresist residue until the photoresist or the photoresist residue is removed from the semiconductor substrate. The pressure chamber is then flushed and vented.

Abstract: A clutch for washing machine includes a rotating hub driven by a motor. The hub engages a rotatable intermediate plate which is mounted in spaced relationship inside an annular hub. As the rotational speed of the intermediate plate increases it expands radially outwardly and engages the hub to complete the clutch engagement.

Abstract: The invention is a method for dry cleaning with binary vapor in which articles such as fabrics and the like are subjected to tumbling in a basket or chamber while heated air is circulated through said chamber. While being tumbled, the articles are exposed to binary vapor consisting of water and solvent under pressure which loosens or removes debris and soils from the articles. The debris and soils are carried by the air and binary vapor to a filter where the soils and debris are captured with the binary vapor continuing on to a condenser where the binary vapor is converted to binary liquid. Upon conclusion of the cycle the articles are removed from the chamber.

Abstract: An improved method for detecting a laundry weight in a washing machine employing a sensorless BLDC motor is provided. The motor is rotated until the washer reaches a first speed. The washer then operates in a torque control mode for a predetermined amount of time, and a laundry weight is then determined based on a speed of the motor after the predetermined amount of time has elapsed. In this manner, laundry weight can be accurately determined and the laundry can be effectively washed. Additionally, since a washing machine employing this improved method for detecting does not require a hall sensor and its peripheral circuit manufacture is simplified, and thus cost may be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to systems for controlling a drying cycle in a drying apparatus by monitoring the lipophilic fluid vapor concentration. The systems utilize a gas sensor capable of sensing the concentration of lipophilic fluid vapor in the drying apparatus drum or a combination of sensors/condition detectors, at least one of which is capable of sensing the concentration of lipophilic fluid vapor in the drying apparatus drum.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a substrate treating apparatus of a multi-nozzle type comprising an outer tube nozzle through which a chemical fluid, a combination of a chemical fluid and a gas, pure water, or a combination of pure water and a gas is discharged onto a substrate to be treated, and an inner tube nozzle through which a chemical fluid, a combination of a chemical fluid and a gas, pure water, or a combination of pure water and a gas is discharged onto the substrate. The inner tube nozzle may be provided in the outer tube nozzle such that the inner and outer tube nozzles constitute a multi-nozzle structure. The outer tube nozzle may have at a distal end a wafer top that may extend parallel to the substrate from the distal end, and be adapted to avoid contact with the substrate during treatment.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for a lens defining opposed top and bottom surfaces and a peripheral edge. The cleaning apparatus comprises a rotatable base having a plurality of arms pivotally connected thereto and rotatable therewith. The arms are configured to releasably engage the peripheral edge of the lens. The cleaning apparatus further comprises a steam conduit including a dispensing nozzle which is selectively positionable in a prescribed orientation relative to the lens mounted within the arms, the dispensing nozzle being operative to propel steam towards at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the lens while the lens is being spun by the rotation of the base and the arms.

Abstract: A household appliance using water is described, in particular a washing machine, comprising a supply system of water from an external source (8,9), a softening system for at least a portion of the supplied water (10,17), and a control system of the appliance, characterized in that permanent water softening means (10,17,H,21) are provided, which are controlled by said control system and which do not periodic interventions by the user to the appliance, for adding regeneration media and/or replacing components.

Abstract: A fuel injector cleaner injection device for use with an automobile having an engine having a fuel injection system, a fuel supply, and a fuel line extending between the fuel supply and fuel injection system, the device having a main housing defining an interior volume, and a reservoir. The main housing has a fuel in port which is connected to the fuel line toward to the fuel supply, a fuel out port which is connected to the fuel line toward the engine, and a cleaner in port in communication with the reservoir through an adjustment valve. During use of the automobile, fuel flows from the fuel supply through the fuel in port through the interior volume to the fuel out port into the engine. Fuel injector cleaner from the reservoir is introduced into the fuel flow through the cleaner in port, under the control of the adjustment value.

Abstract: A method of cleaning potable liquid flow lines employing a high pH caustic cleaning solution or a low pH acid cleaning solution with a stable dye in sufficient concentration so as to have a visible color when the solution is further diluted. The cleaning solution is pumped through the lines. The lines then are flushed with clean water until no colored solution is discharged from the lines, indicating the lines have been purged of cleaning solution. The method can be used with draft beer, soft drink or other potable liquid flow lines to prevent inadvertent consumption of caustic cleaning solution along with subsequently dispensed potable liquid.

Abstract: A vehicle washing apparatus having a frame suspended from the ceiling and adapted for encircling a vehicle, the frame being capable of being raised and lowered with respect to the vehicle and provided with nozzles for ejecting fluid against the vehicle to clean the vehicle. A pair of overhead bars extend transversely of the vehicle and are supported for traveling longitudinally with respect to the vehicle, the overhead bars being provided with nozzles for ejecting fluid onto the top of the vehicle. The overhead bars are movable towards and away from one another to wash the entire top of the vehicle.

Abstract: An outer covering wall (26) and an inner covering wall (27), which are capable of surrounding a rotor (24), can be horizontally moved. A wafer carrier waiting portion (30) is disposed right below the rotor (24). A wafer holding member (41) included in a wafer lifter (40) moves into a wafer carrier (C) containing wafers (W) and mounted on a stage (31) (sliding table 32) included in the wafer carrier waiting portion (30), lifts up the wafers (W) and transfers the wafers (W) to the rotor (24). The outer covering wall (26) or the inner covering wall (27) surrounds the rotor (24) to define a processing chamber. The wafers (W) held on the rotor (24) are subjected to a cleaning process in the processing chamber.

Abstract: A canister for use in a liquid disposal device featuring a lid removal bracket and a canister bracket. The canister includes a lid featuring a patient port, a vacuum port and a lip adapted to be engaged by the lid removal bracket of the liquid waste disposal device. The canister also includes a body including an open top surrounded by a circumferential rim that is engaged by the lid in a removable fashion. A tab is attached to an exterior surface of the body of the canister in a generally horizontal extending fashion and is sized and vertically spaced from the circumferential rim so as to engage the canister bracket of the liquid waste disposal device when the canister body is positioned therein and turned about a generally vertical axis.

Abstract: A coatings removal head assembly for mounting on a self-propelled apparatus and for connection to one or more fluid supplies and one or more vacuum containment systems. A spring mounting assembly maintains a constant nozzle stand-off distance from a surface to be cleaned. A positively driven rotary spray bar assembly is employed to control the nozzle pass rate in conjunction with the movement of the self-propelled apparatus. A specifically configured exhaust is provided to enhance collection and containment of waste fluid and removed material.

Abstract: A sulfuric acid recycle apparatus capable of concentrating sulfuric acid, which is lowered in concentration upon completion of a wafer cleaning process, to a level to be recycled is provided. The sulfuric acid recycle apparatus for recycling sulfuric acid in a wafer cleaning fluid prepared by mixing sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide solution comprises a reaction bath having two openings formed of at least an introduction port and a discharge port for obtaining concentrated sulfuric acid by concentrating sulfuric acid in the wafer cleaning waste fluid introduced from the introduction port upon completion of a wafer cleaning process, then discharging the concentrated sulfuric acid from the discharge port, a wafer processing bath for processing wafers, and a supply unit for supplying the concentrated sulfuric acid to the wafer processing bath.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic washing apparatus for dry laundering hanging garments. The automatic washing apparatus has a sealed wash cabinet and a working fluid storage chamber for storing an amount of working fluid sufficient to dry launder a fabric load. The working fluid storage chamber is in fluid communication with the sealed wash cabinet. The sealed wash cabinet has an interior region, an upper assembly above the interior region, a lower assembly housed below the interior region and a door sealing the interior region of the wash cabinet. The upper assembly shakes the hanging garments in the wash cabinet and dispenses a wash a working fluid into the wash cabinet. The lower assembly has a moisture generator and a heater to respectively generate moisture and heat inside the wash cabinet.