Abstract: A dishwasher and method for operating the same utilize a diverter valve to control via rotation the flow of fluid such as wash fluid or pressurized air to a rotatable conduit supported in the rack of a dishwasher. A valve member may be disposed at a predetermined rotational position about an axis of rotation of the conduit such that a fluid inlet on a rotatable valve body may be rotated to the predetermined rotational position to restrict fluid flow to the conduit.

Abstract: A system for maintaining a device in a semiconductor manufacturing environment that includes a controller configured to determine a distance travelled by the device within the semiconductor manufacturing environment, where the device has a feature that selectively engages a carrier configured to carry a semiconductor wafer such that the device moves the semiconductor wafer to different processing stations within the semiconductor manufacturing environment. The system also includes an inspection component configured to inspect the device responsive to the distance travelled by the device exceeding a distance threshold, a repair component configured to repair the device responsive to a repair indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component, and a cleaning component configured to clean the device responsive to a clean indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component.

Abstract: A method for cleaning items to be cleaned is disclosed. A cleaning device is used that has at least one cleaning chamber and at least one applicator for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the items to be cleaned in the cleaning chamber. A desired hygiene value is prespecified. The method further includes time-resolved recording of at least two influencing variables which influence hygienization of the items to be cleaned. Hygiene share values are determined from the influencing variables using a prespecified relationship between each influencing variable and the respective hygiene value share of said influencing variable. An expected actual hygiene value at the end of the cleaning from the hygiene value shares is ascertained and compared with the desired hygiene value. At least one of the influencing variables is changed based on the comparison. An inventive cleaning device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A transportable vehicle enclosure for inspecting vehicles is formed as a mono-block suitable for loading onto a transporter and unloading from a transporter. The enclosure includes side, front, rear, ceiling and floor portions, at least one of the portions being configured to allow vehicular assess whereby, in use, a vehicle maybe placed within the enclosure. The enclosure further includes a plurality of cameras integrated into or on a plurality of proportions for imaging each side of the vehicle when a vehicle is located in the enclosure.

Abstract: A laundry drying machine includes: a cabinet, a drum disposed inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate a target object, a driving unit configured to rotate the drum, and an electric field generator spaced apart from the drum and configured to generate an electric field inside the drum. The drum includes: a drum body having a cylindrical shape and accommodating the target object, a ground electrode that is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the drum body, and a support roller that is in contact with the outer circumferential surface and that is configured to, based on the drum body rotating, support the drum body in a direction of the ground electrode, and a shortest distance between a central axis of the support roller and the ground electrode is less than a sum of a diameter of the drum body and a radius of the support roller.

Abstract: A turbine system includes a foam generating assembly having an in situ foam generating device at least partially positioned within the fluid passageway of the turbine engine, such that the in situ foam generating device is configured to generate foam within the fluid passageway of the turbine engine.

Abstract: The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for a vehicle wash system. The disclosed technology includes a vehicle wash system comprising a tire shine assembly. The tire shine assembly can be configured to transition between an extended position and a retracted position. The vehicle wash system can further include a proximity sensor configured to detect a presence of a vehicle. The vehicle wash system can be configured to, in response to the proximity sensor detecting the presence of the vehicle, cause the tire shine assembly to transition to the extended position. In response to the proximity sensor not detecting the presence of the vehicle, the vehicle wash system can cause the tire shine assembly to transition to the retracted position.

Abstract: A system for cleaning a grille of a work vehicle may include a grille defining an inner side facing towards an interior portion of a work vehicle and an outer side facing towards an exterior of the work vehicle. The system may further include a plurality of nozzles fixed relative to the grille and being directed towards the inner side of the grille. Additionally, the system may include a pressurized fluid source configured to supply pressurized fluid to the plurality of nozzles. The pressurized fluid received by the plurality of nozzles is expelled from the plurality of nozzles and directed through the grille.

Abstract: A cleaning system, in particular for a milking cluster, comprising a basket with a base and with a circumferential structure, the said basket receiving an object to be cleaned, wherein the basket circumferential structure has a plurality of cleaning nozzles arranged thereon, which are directed towards the inside of the basket and fluidly connected with the source of a cleaning agent. A cleaning method is also disclosed, in particular for a milking cluster, performed in this cleaning system.

Abstract: Exemplary substrate supporting apparatus and method for attaching and/or detaching substrate are provided. In one aspect, substrate supporting apparatus has a plurality of supporting members 10 that contacts a circumferential part of a substrate W and rotate the substrate W; a pair of driven members 30 on which the plurality of supporting members 10 are provided; a connecting member 20 connecting one driven member 31 and another driven member 32; and a driving device 40 that brings the pair of driven members 30 close to each other or separates the pair of driven members 30 from each other, linearly along a first direction, by moving at least a part of the connecting member 20. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus for treating a substrate with a treating liquid, the apparatus including the following: a rotating member including a plurality of through-holes formed therein; a plurality of support pins attached to the through-holes with a non-sealing structure, and configured to support a substrate in such a manner that the substrate is spaced apart; a supply nozzle configured to supply a treating liquid to the substrate; a cover spaced apart below the rotating member; a rotational drive device configured to drive the rotating member rotationally in a horizontal plane; and a drive device configured to drive the support pins.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: immersing a wafer in a bath within a cleaning chamber; removing the wafer out of the bath through a solvent and into a gas within the cleaning chamber; determining a parameter value from the gas; and performing remediation within the cleaning chamber in response to determining that the parameter value is beyond a threshold value.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in the treatment of substrates with a solid particulate material, said apparatus comprising: (a) a housing having mounted therein a rotatably mounted drum (8) having an inner surface and an end wall; and (b) access means for introducing said substrates into said drum, wherein said drum comprises storage means (2) for storage of said solid particulate material and a plurality of flow paths to facilitate flow of said solid particulate material between said storage means and the interior of said drum (8), characterised in that: said drum (8) comprises a dispensing flow path (5) to facilitate flow of said solid particulate material from said storage means (2) to the interior of said drum (8), and a collecting flow path (6) to facilitate flow of said particulate material from the interior of said drum (8) to said storage means (2), wherein said dispensing flow path (5) and said collecting flow path (6) are different flow paths.

Abstract: A laundry drying machine includes: a cabinet, a drum disposed inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate a target object, a driving unit configured to rotate the drum, and an electric field generator spaced apart from the drum and configured to generate an electric field inside the drum. The drum includes: a drum body having a cylindrical shape and accommodating the target object, a ground electrode that is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the drum body, and a support roller that is in contact with the outer circumferential surface and that is configured to, based on the drum body rotating, support the drum body in a direction of the ground electrode, and a shortest distance between a central axis of the support roller and the ground electrode is less than a sum of a diameter of the drum body and a radius of the support roller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wafer cleaning device which can prevent a cleaning solution from leaking and enables prompt treatment. The present invention provides a wafer cleaning device comprising: a cleaning bath which receives a cleaning solution and from which the cleaning solution overflows according to the dipping of wafers; a plurality of lift parts arranged at the outside of the cleaning bath and dipping the cassette into the cleaning solution in the cleaning bath; an external water tank having the cleaning bath and the lift parts received therein and including a drain hole through which the cleaning solution is drained; and a tray which can be detachably attached to the inner bottom surface of the external water tank and collects the cleaning solution to guide same to the drain hole.

Abstract: A hydraulic control device for liquid-conducting household appliances or systems comprises:—a hydraulic unit (11), having a hydraulic body (15) defining a duct (30) for the liquid, the duct (30) having an inlet (18i) and an outlet (31), the duct (30) being at least partially defined with an electrically insulating material, —an electrical valve arrangement (EV, SH) on the hydraulic body (15), which is electrically switchable between a closing position and an opening position, to prevent or enable, respectively, passage of the liquid between the inlet (180 and the outlet (31) of the duct (30), —a flow sensor on the hydraulic body (15).

Abstract: A mat washer includes: a body adapted for highway transport; a loading platform adapted to receive a stacked pair of mats from, for example, a forklift, and adapted to pivot the pair of mats to an upright position; a splitter adapted to receive the mats from the loading platform and to separate the mats from one another; a transporter adapted to transport each of the mats longitudinally relative to the body from the splitter; a uniter adapted to receive the mats from the transporter and urge them together; an unloading platform adapted to receive the pair of mats from the uniter and pivot them downwardly for retrieval by, for example, the forklift; and a washing facility disposed between the loading and the unloading platform and adapted to wash the mats.

Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate holding member that holds a peripheral portion of a substrate; a rotating member that includes a plate provided with the substrate holding member and rotates the substrate by rotating the plate; a fluid supply unit that is disposed at a center of the rotating member and supplies a processing liquid and an inert gas to a lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holding member; and a controller that controls to perform a liquid processing by supplying the processing liquid to the lower surface of the substrate while rotating the substrate, and, after the liquid processing, to perform a drying processing of the substrate while supplying the inert gas to the lower surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a molten salt ultrasonic cleaning machine. The molten salt ultrasonic cleaning machine includes a tank body, a molten salt heating system, an ultrasonic application system and a stirring system, wherein the tank body is configured to accommodate molten salt and a to-be-cleaned workpiece; the tank body includes a bottom wall, and a side wall arranged circumferentially in a surrounding way; the molten salt heating system is configured to heat the molten salt in the tank body; the ultrasonic application system is configured to apply ultrasonic impact to the to-be-cleaned workpiece in the tank body; and the stirring system includes a stirring rod which is rotatably arranged in the tank body. When the molten salt ultrasonic cleaning machine provided by the present invention cleans a workpiece, the stirring rod rotates to improve the flowability of the molten salt.

Abstract: Proposed is a mat cleaning device. The mat cleaning device includes a casing which constitutes an exterior of the mat cleaning device, a washing water spray nozzle which is disposed on one side of the casing and sprays washing water on the mat, a drive motor which is disposed inside the casing and provides power, a plurality of rollers which is rotated by the power supplied from the drive motor and transfers and washes the mat, a vacuum pump which forms vacuum pressure, a vacuum suction means which sucks moisture and foreign matter on a surface of a washed mat by using the vacuum pressure formed by the vacuum pump, and a centrifugation chamber which provides the vacuum pressure formed by the vacuum pump to the vacuum suction means.