Abstract: A cleaning apparatus configured to clean a surface of a cell includes a workbench, a cleaning member, and a driving mechanism. The cleaning member is movably disposed at the workbench. The driving mechanism is disposed at the workbench and configured to drive the cleaning member to move so as to allow the cleaning member to perform a frictional motion relative to the surface of the cell.

Abstract: An agricultural sprayer a chassis carrying an engine, a boom, a product tank, a rinse tank, a heat transfer system, a manifold, and a spray applicator. The heat transfer system is configured to transfer waste heat to the rinse tank. A controller is configured to control a pump and a distribution valve to deliver liquid from the product tank and the rinse tank through nozzles to an agricultural field. A method for treating an agricultural field includes propelling an agricultural sprayer through a field; heating a rinse fluid to a temperature above an ambient temperature using waste heat from a heat source; rinsing nozzles by transferring the heated rinse fluid from a rinse tank through the nozzles; and after rinsing the nozzles, spraying liquid from a product tank to the agricultural field.

Abstract: Herein discussed is a method of producing hydrogen comprising: (a) providing an electrochemical reactor having an anode, a cathode, and a membrane between the anode and the cathode, wherein the membrane conducts both electrons and protons, wherein the anode and cathode are porous; (b) introducing a first stream to the anode, wherein the first stream comprises ammonia or a cracked ammonia product; and (c) extracting a second stream from the cathode, wherein the second stream comprises hydrogen, wherein the first stream and the second stream are separated by the membrane.

Abstract: A centering device has three or more contact members each having a contact surface capable of contacting an end face of a substrate supported by a substrate support. These contact members are arranged to surround the substrate support in a horizontal plane with the contact surfaces facing an end face of the substrate. These contact members move toward the substrate in the mutually different directions to sandwich the substrate. Each contact surface is finished such that a contactable region formed to intersect the horizontal plane has a linear shape or a curved shape having a center of curvature located on the substrate side and having the radius of curvature larger than the radius of the substrate and is longer than an arc formed by cutting out the circumference of the substrate by the cut.

Abstract: A drying apparatus is based on supercritical fluid. The drying apparatus includes: an upper cover; a base, arranged below the upper cover and the base and the upper cover; a substrate tray, arranged on the base; a first fluid supply tube, arranged on the top wall of the upper cover; a fluid disturbance plate, arranged below the first fluid supply tube; a second fluid supply tube, arranged on a first side wall of the upper cover; and a fluid discharge tube, arranged on a second side wall of the upper cover. The inner space of the closed chamber can be minimized by using the drying apparatus, thereby saving the usage amount of the supercritical fluid, and reducing the usage costs.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a tub, a basket rotatably positioned within the tub, and an impeller base rotatably mounted within the basket and defining a rotation axis. The washing machine appliance also includes an extended post removably attached to the impeller base and configured to rotate therewith. The extended post defines an inlet and an outlet. The extended post includes a connector column extending along the rotation axis between a bottom end proximal to the impeller base and a top end distal to the impeller base. The connector column includes a filtration wall that defines a filtration chamber. A shader collar is disposed about the connector column. The extended post also includes a trap positioned at the top end of the connector column.

Abstract: A method for producing hydrogen gas through electrolysis of a salt water solution using an electrode with a sedimentary rock portion includes placing a first electrode comprising a metallic material in a salt water solution. The method further includes placing a second electrode comprising a metallic material portion and a sedimentary rock portion into the salt water solution. The method further includes allowing the salt water solution to permeate at least a portion of the sedimentary rock portion. The method further includes connecting a direct current (DC) power supply to the first and second electrodes. The method further includes applying, using the power supply, a DC voltage between the first and second electrodes, thereby causing electrolysis of at least a portion of the salt water solution and producing hydrogen gas.

Abstract: A brush wetting and cleaning system or tool including a brush wetting and cleaning housing. A wetting nozzle in fluid communication with a cavity in the brush wetting and cleaning housing. The wetting nozzle is configured to, in operation, wet a brush of a brush head inserted into the cavity of the brush wetting and cleaning housing. A spray nozzle in fluid communication with the cavity in the brush wetting and cleaning housing. The spray nozzle is configured to, in operation, clean the brush of the brush head inserted into the cavity of the brush wetting and cleaning housing. In a method of utilizing the brush wetting and cleaning system or tool, the brush of the brush head is wetted and cleaned between cleaning successive wafers or workpieces.

Abstract: A device and a method for depositing undissolved materials, in particular undissolved silicon compounds, from a pickling fluid in a pickling plant. A pickling circuit of the pickling plant has a pickling tank for pickling metal strips, a return line between the pickling tank and a circuit tank, a circulation pump for circulating a main volume flow of pickling fluid from the pickling tank, and a heating device arranged in a pressure line between the circuit tank and the pickling tank. The device includes a flocculation device for introducing at least one flocculant into the main volume flow, and a deposition device in the circuit tank and preferably designed as an inclined clarifying device, for the sedimentation of undissolved materials directly from the main volume flow. When pickling silicon-containing steel strips (electrical steel strips), an at least two-stage flocculation can be carried out using two or more mixing zone containers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a portable and self-contained washing and sanitizing apparatus. The apparatus finds particular application in washing small baby items such as bottles, nipples, teething rings or toys. However, the apparatus can likewise be used to clean dishware, glassware, or utensils. The apparatus includes a container with a lid, the container housing the items to be washed; an accessory holder connected to the lid for holding accessories during washing operations; a water reservoir for storing and collecting wash water; and a housing for interconnecting the container and reservoir.

Abstract: A metering device for metering and supplying media via a fluid line to at least one target apparatus, in particular to an industrial textile washing machine, wherein the metering device is connected to at least one container which is filled with a medium. The metering device has a control unit which, in order to carry out a metering process with the aid of at least one pump, causes a specific volume of medium to be removed from the container and a conveyance of this volume towards the target apparatus. The fluid line has at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor connected to a measuring device, wherein, by way of the measuring device, with the aid of a measurement value output by the temperature sensor, information about a performed conveyance of the medium through the fluid line can be determined and transmitted to the control unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a portable and self-contained washing apparatus. The apparatus finds particular application in washing baby items such as bottles, bottle accessories, and nipples. The apparatus includes a washing chamber with a removable cover. A supply water reservoir and a return water reservoir are also removably attached to the device. Upper and lower racks with upper and lower manifolds and sprayers are included within the interior of the washing chamber. The lower sprayers are used in washing bottles and the upper sprayers are used in washing nipples.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a residual gas on a wafer comprises at least one spraying nozzle disposed at a front of a loading volume formed within a housing and extending linearly along a horizontal direction respectively; and a plurality of spraying holes formed at each spraying nozzle along the extending direction of each spraying nozzle, wherein the residual gas or a contaminating matter on a surface of the wafer is removed by a gas or a CDA (Clean Dry Air) sprayed through the plurality of the spraying holes.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a treating bath for liquid treating a plurality of substrates and having an accommodation space for accommodating a treating liquid; and a posture changing member for changing a posture of a substrate which is immersed in the treating liquid from a vertical posture to a horizontal posture.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a first polishing station including a first platen to support a first polishing pad, a transfer station to receive a substrate from a robot, a carrier head movable on a predetermined path from the polishing station to the transfer station, a gas flow regulator having an input for a carrier gas, a liquid flow regulator having an input for a cleaning liquid, and a fluid jet cleaner at a position along the predetermined path. The fluid jet cleaner includes an atomizer nozzle including an input port coupled to the gas flow regulator, an injection port coupled to the liquid flow regulator, and an output port positioned to spray the cleaning liquid entrained in the carrier gas onto the substrate held by the carrier head when the carrier head is located above the fluid jet cleaner.

Abstract: A cloth or rag washing bucket has a container with an interior volume defined by a bottom and a wall extending upwardly from the bottom, a fluid inlet affixed adjacent the bottom of the container, a fluid outlet formed on the container at a level above the level of the fluid inlet. The inlet is adapted to be connected to a water hose. The fluid inlet extends through the wall of the container so as to have one end in the interior volume of the container and another end exterior of the wall of the container. The fluid outlet is adapted to allow water in the interior volume of the container to flow outwardly of the container.

Abstract: Inferring the laundry cycle type for a load of laundry items is provided. Measurements are performed of a laundry load in a drum of a laundry appliance during a pre-rinse cycle, the measurements including one or more of an absorption ratio of the laundry load, a retention ratio of the laundry load, a dry mass of the laundry load, a wet mass of the laundry load, or a spun mass of the laundry load. A model is used to determine load parameters based on the measurements. The load parameters are used to determine a laundry cycle type for the laundry load.

Abstract: This application provides a pool robot, including a housing provided with a first water outlet hole and an accommodation cavity, a filtering box disposed in the accommodation cavity, and a water baffle plate provided over a second water outlet hole. The second water outlet hole is disposed on the accommodation cavity. When the pool robot is located in water, the water baffle plate closes the second water outlet hole. When the pool robot leaves the water, the pool robot tilts, the first water outlet hole is located lower than the second water outlet hole, and the water baffle plate does not close the second water outlet hole, so that the filtering box, the accommodation cavity, the second water outlet hole, and the first water outlet hole are sequentially in fluid communication to form a water path used for water in the housing to be quickly drained from the housing.

Abstract: A solution for cooling tower maintenance and repair including a hydro-power tool for cleaning beneath low hanging cooling tower fills, a tool for accessing between hanging cooling tower fills, a system for removing gas and other non-compressibles from an effluent flow while cleaning a cooling tower basin, and various hydro-booster components for interjecting a motive force of high pressure water into a vacuumed flow or an effluent flow while cleaning a cooling tower basin. The hydro-power tool operates under negative pressure produced by high-pressure nozzles within the interior of the hydro-power tool body. The hydro-boosters are fed by a high-pressure water manifold and include high-pressure nozzles that are angled into the flow path of a tube to increase the negative pressure.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an automated cleaning robot which includes a robot body capable of realizing automatic walking and a mop mechanism provided at a rear end of the robot body. The mop mechanism includes a mount support rotatably connected to the robot body, a rotation component received in and rotatably connected to the mount support, a crawler-type wiping cloth sleeving outside the rotation component, and a lifting mechanism being in transmission connection with the mount support, for driving a rear end of the mount support to ascend or descend relative to a front end of the mount support.