Patents Examined by Natasha N Campbell
  • Patent number: 9995554
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for cleaning the internal bore of the barrel of a firearm, is provided. More specifically, an apparatus, system and method is provided for efficiently and effective cleaning the bore of a firearm, wherein a cleaning cloth or patch is easily attached and removed from the body of the apparatus using a magnetic attachment. The cleaning cloth drapes over the body of the apparatus, which then fits tight, but moveable, within the bore for maximum contact with the interior surface. The result is an improved firearm cleaning apparatus that not only provides for more effective and less time consuming cleaning, but it also requires less cleaning cloths and solvent, which results in less waste and thus is more environmentally friendly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventor: Ronald W. Thompson
  • Patent number: 9995263
    Abstract: Fuel nozzle assemblies are flushed after ultrasonic cleaning. In one embodiment, a method includes: cleaning a fuel nozzle assembly by ultrasonic cleaning; and after the ultrasonic cleaning, flushing the fuel nozzle assembly using a solution, the fuel nozzle assembly comprising a valve located in an interior of the fuel nozzle assembly, the solution flowing through the interior of the fuel nozzle assembly, and the flowing of the solution controlled by the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: STANDARD AERO (SAN ANTONIO) INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Rodriguez, Ulises Noguera
  • Patent number: 9993851
    Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaning apparatus and method, the ultrasonic cleaning apparatus (10) comprising a tank (12) for in use receiving a cleaning liquid and for receiving an item to be cleaned in a cleaning region (16) thereof, a transducer (21) arranged, when driven, to direct ultrasonic pressure waves into cleaning liquid received in the tank (12) and a controller (30) arranged in use to drive the transducer (21), a gas introducer (40) arranged to in use provide a supply of gas into cleaning liquid in the tank so that macroscopic bubbles of gas are produced wherein the gas introducer (40) provides a plurality of bubble sources distributed below the cleaning region of the tank. The apparatus further comprises an assembly arranged in use to enable movement of the item to be cleaned in the cleaning region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ALPHASONICS (ULTRASONIC CLEANING SYSTEMS) LTD.
    Inventor: David Stanley Jones
  • Patent number: 9991141
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a heater having an infrared lamp and a housing for heating an upper surface of a substrate held by a substrate holding mechanism with the heater in opposed relation to the upper surface. A heater cleaning method includes locating the heater at a position above a lower nozzle in opposed relation to a first spout of the lower nozzle, the lower nozzle being in opposed relation to a lower surface of the substrate held by the substrate holding mechanism, and a lower cleaning liquid spouting step of supplying a cleaning liquid to the lower nozzle to spout the cleaning liquid upward from the first spout with no substrate being held by the substrate holding mechanism to thereby supply the cleaning liquid to an outer surface of the housing of the heater located at the heater cleaning position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryo Muramoto
  • Patent number: 9975155
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaner for use in washing an internal surface of a container, the cleaner comprising an elongate boom having a head, the head having a multiplicity of nozzles in fluid communication with a pressure chamber, and at least a portion of each nozzle being angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: NIBIRU PTY LTD
    Inventor: Kenneth John Greenwood
  • Patent number: 9962740
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a self-actuating debris removal or disruption device for use on a punch plate or other like water screening instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Ruggenthaler Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne Thaler
  • Patent number: 9943210
    Abstract: A warewasher includes a scrap reducing arrangement located within a wash zone for capturing scrap debris falling downward toward a tank. The scrap reducing arrangement is configured to automatically deliver captured scrap debris away from the tank when liquid spraying within the wash zone ceases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Steven H. Kramer, Nicholas T. Weiss, Gary A. Gerber
  • Patent number: 9931010
    Abstract: In an autonomously traveling floor washer, a position estimating unit estimates position data. When a manual operation teaching mode is being executed, a taught data obtaining unit obtains taught position data and a taught cleaning condition at a taught data obtaining time. A cleaning schedule generation unit generates a cleaning schedule. When an autonomous cleaning mode is executed, a cleaning reproduction unit calculates and outputs a reproduced travel control command and a reproduced cleaning condition in an elapsed time based on the cleaning schedule. An elapsed time determining unit determines the taught data obtaining time and the elapsed time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Nakano, Yoshinori Itou
  • Patent number: 9925569
    Abstract: Methods for conditioning interior surfaces of a process chamber are provided herein. In one embodiment a method of conditioning interior surfaces of a process chamber is provided. The method comprises maintaining a process chamber at a first pressure and at a first temperature of less than about 800 degrees Celsius, providing a process gas to the process chamber at the first pressure and the first temperature, wherein the process gas comprises chlorine (Cl2) and high IR absorption gas, and exposing the process gas to radiant energy to remove residue disposed on interior surfaces of the process chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Zhiyuan Ye
  • Patent number: 9907429
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a beverage preparation machine (1) for preparing a beverage from a food substance contained in a capsule (12) by injection of a fluid into said capsule (12), said machine comprising: —a capsule holder (8) for holding a capsule, said holder (8) having a cup-shaped body (27), a handle portion (28), and a dispensing opening (29) through the bottom portion (30) of said body (27); —a fluid conduction system comprising a fluid reservoir (2), a fluid pump, optionally a fluid heater, said reservoir, pump and heater being connected by fluid pipes; —a brewing head (3) having an aperture for receiving said capsule holder (8), and an injection support (17) connected to the fluid conduction system; —an injection plate (18) supported by said support (17), said injection plate (18) comprising an upper surface (23) with a fluid coupling (32) connected to the fluid conduction system through said support, said injection plate (18) further comprising a fluid conducting channel (24) connecting the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Talon, Alfred Yoakim
  • Patent number: 9885269
    Abstract: A gas flow regulating device for cleaning a particulate filter is configured to be arranged in connection to the filter at a side thereof in a through-flow of a gas to be used for cleaning the filter. The device is a standalone unit configured to be removably installed in connection with a cleaning process, wherein the device includes a frame defining a gas flow passage and a gas flow regulating element arranged inside the frame, wherein the gas flow regulating element is provided with at least one opening for gas through-flow and a blocking part capable of blocking a portion of a gas through-flow area of the filter such as to force the gas to flow through the at least one opening, wherein the gas flow regulating element is movably arranged between at least two different positions, and wherein the at least one opening covers different portions of the gas through-flow area in the different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignees: Volvo Truck Corporation, Renault Trucks
    Inventors: Albin Hedman, Gert-Ove Wahlström, Tobias Stålfors, Ervin Omerspahic, Ladislaf Verbo
  • Patent number: 9878498
    Abstract: Provided is a method and device for removing chemically dissolvable support material from objects created by a three-dimensional printing process. In one exemplary embodiment a tank for holding a cleaning solution has a cleaning section and a fluid handling section, and a full level below a top rim thereof. A generally box-shaped parts basket configured to be removeably installed within the cleaning section of the tank has four fluid impermeable walls, a bottom panel perforated throughout with an array of holes, and an openable top cover, wherein the openable top cover is below the full level of the tank and the bottom panel of the parts basket is supported above a floor of the tank when the parts basket is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kou-Rey Chu, Solomon Pena, Mark C. Johnson