Abstract: Damper for a full automatic washing machine including an upper buffering member fitted to an inside of an upper portion of a washing machine housing, an elastic member under a lower buffering member for elastic supporting of the lower buffering member, and a damper bar for passing through, and connecting the upper buffering member, the lower buffering member, and the elastic member in succession, for damping vibration and impact, wherein the upper buffering member has a through hole for passing the damper bar therethrough with an upper diameter equal to, or smaller than a diameter of the damper bar, a lower diameter greater than a diameter of the damper bar, and the lower buffering member has an extension projected upward from an upper surface, a plurality of reinforcing ribs in an upper portion of the extension, sloped guide ribs extended downward from a bottom thereof for preventing the lower buffering member from coming out of a top of the elastic member, and a hole for passing the damper bar therethrough,

Abstract: In the present invention, the disturbing noise of the operating pump created due to the periodic unstable rhythm of the discharge pump when the water level in the tub decreases during the evacuation of the washing machines, is eliminated by providing the cycling of the remaining small amount of water in the machine by means of a by-pass hose (1) placed between the discharge pump and the discharge hose (6).

Abstract: The dyeing apparatus for carrying out laboratory tests comprises a dyeing chamber which can be sealingly coupled to at least one portion of the fabric to be dyed, means being additionally provided for displacing the dyeing liquid, adapted to carry out a sequence of alternate passages of the dyeing liquid through said fabric to be dyed.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a washing shaft for rotating agitating blades disposed in a dewatering tank, and the washing shaft is disposed coaxially on a hollow dewatering shaft for rotating the dewatering tank. The washing shaft is connected to the output side of a reduction mechanism, and a washing side input shaft is connected to the input side of the reduction mechanism to rotate the washing shaft by decelerating the rotation of a drive motor. A rotor of the drive motor is coupled to the lower part of the washing side input shaft. Therefore, the rotating torque of the agitating blades can be increased without increasing the torque of the drive motor. In addition, if the laundry collides against the agitating blades, the eccentricity to the washing side input shaft is suppressed, thereby the increase of the washing capacity can be handled without increasing the size of the drive motor.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus that uses a surfactant to clean a hydrophobic wafer is provided. In a first aspect, the method may clean and dry a wafer without applying pure DI water to the wafer. In a second aspect, the method may clean a wafer by applying pure DI water to the wafer only for a short duration of time such that the DI water application ceases prior to or as soon as a surfactant solution is rinsed from the wafer thereafter the wafer is dried. In a further aspect a hydrophobic wafer is maintained wetted with surfactant as it is transferred between cleaning apparatuses and is rinsed via diluted surfactant or via a brief DI water spray and is thereafter dried.

Abstract: A front-loading washing machine includes a rotatable laundry basket. The basket's lowest casing line deviates from horizontal by sloping upward toward the front when the machine is in an operating position. The basket has hollow longitudinally extended carriers disposed on the inside surface of the casing and including liquid inlets in the basket's rear area. The inlets are loaded with liquid when the basket rotates into a lowest position and direct the liquid into the carriers, which lift the liquid therein and deliver it from a lifted position into the basket's interior through openings. The basket remains easy to manufacture while ensures both rapid wetting of the laundry and at least equally good washing action. The laundry basket is mounted cylindrically around a rotational axis that slopes upward toward the front, and the carriers are slantingly disposed with regard to the basket rotation direction.

Abstract: Structure of driving unit in a drum type washing machine including a tub mounted inside of a cabinet, a drum mounted inside of the tub, a shaft connected to the drum mounted inside of the tub for transmission of a driving force from a motor to the drum, a front bearing and a rear bearing mounted on an outer circumference of the shaft at opposite end portions thereof respectively, a bearing housing built in a central portion of a rear wall of the tub for supporting the front bearing, a rotor composing the motor together with the rotor, and coupled to the rear end portion of the shaft, a stator fixed to the tub rear wall inward of the rotor to compose the motor together with the rotor, a connector serration coupled to the outer circumference of the shaft in front of the rear bearing and fixed to the rotor, for transmission of a rotating power from the rotor to the shaft, and a bearing bracket fixed to the rear wall of the tub to cover an outside of the rotor and support the rear bearing, thereby reducing noise,

Abstract: A washing machine according to the present invention includes a pressure sensor provided at a rod holding plate holding a suspension rod with which an outer tub is suspended. The pressure sensor is constructed so that a coil is wound around a magnetostrictive element whose magnetic characteristic changes when it is expanded, compressed or twisted by an external force. The change in the magnetic characteristic is converted to the change in the inductance of the coil, and an oscillating signal of a frequency corresponding to the inductance generated. Based on the frequency of the signal, the load on the pressure sensor is detected. Before supplying water, the amount of the laundry contained in a wash-and-extraction tub is detected based on the output of the pressure sensor, and an object water level corresponding to the amount is determined. After that, a water supply valve is opened to start supplying water into the wash-and-extraction tub.

Abstract: A covering device for washers and dryers including a washer cover dimensioned for covering the conventional clothes washer. The washer cover has a first removable access panel aligned with the door of the conventional washer whereby removal of the first removable access panel will allow the door to be fully opened and closed. The washer cover has a second removable access panel aligned with the control panel of the conventional washer whereby removal of the second removable access panel will allow access to the control panel for use. A dryer cover is dimensioned for covering the conventional clothes dryer. The dryer cover has a first removable access panel aligned with the door of the conventional dryer whereby removal of the first removable access panel will allow the door to be fully opened and closed.

Abstract: A method for cleaning a plurality of drainpipes installed in a movable equipment by causing a flow of a cleaning solution through the drainpipes includes the steps of connecting provisional pipes to the plurality of drainpipes, feeding a cleaning solution into the provisional pipes and the drainpipes, and applying negative pressure suction force to the provisional pipes and the drainpipes to cause a flow of the cleaning solution in the opposite direction to a drain direction in normal use, to thereby clean the drainpipes.

Abstract: The use of saturated steam for the steaming of tubular fabric is known. However, this does not produce permanent fixing of the fibers. This only takes place at considerably higher temperatures, where the fibers are damaged, however. If the treatment is carried out rapidly, such as on a rotary screen and using a steam-air mixture, it is possible to carry out advantageous fixing also for elastic fibers at temperatures of e.g. 210° C. without damage. It is advantageous, if the tubular fabric is spread out at ambient temperature and treated in this spread-out state on the rotary screen.

Abstract: A wash water recirculation unit and system for use in cleaning ventilation system equipment, and components of the system, are described.

Abstract: A portable power-cleaning device for use with commonly available containers includes a pulsation device consisting of an electric motor with a shaft, an eccentric weight attached to the motor shaft, a speed control for the motor, and a mount that connects the motor to an adjustable bracket. A clamp or strap attaches the adjustable bracket to a container, and a cover protects the user from contact with the motor, electronic controls, and the eccentric weight.

Abstract: The invention provides for an anti-drip feature for the common contact lens cleaning cup so as to avoid spillage of cleaning solution by providing an overflow container which attaches to the lens cleaning cup to catch spillage.

Abstract: A washing machine, with an inner tub designed to be linearly reciprocable along its vertical axis in addition to being rotatable on the vertical axis during the washing or rinsing process, is disclosed. In the washing machine, a washing tub is suspended within a cabinet forming the profile of the washing machine and having an openable cover at its top end. The washing tub consists of an outer tub suspended within the cabinet and containing water therein, and a perforated inner tub set within the outer tub. This inner tub contains laundries therein, and washes or rinses the laundries during the washing or rinsing process. A drive unit is mounted to the bottom of the outer tub, and rotates and vertically reciprocates the inner tub within a predetermined stroke. The washing machine of this invention thus forms vertical moving currents of water in addition to active swirling currents of water within the inner tub, and prevents laundries from being twisted during the washing or rinsing process.

Abstract: A ball balancing mechanism includes an annular ring having a hollow cross section forming an enclosed hollow cavity therein. A circular race is placed within the hollow cavity and extends around the circumference of the annular ring. A plurality of balls are retentively contained within the annular race and are free to roll within the race around the circumference of the ring.

Abstract: The fluid treatment apparatus, as disclosed, comprises upper and lower Bernoulli-plates 12 and 14, each of which includes a metal plate 25 provided on overall outer surface thereof. On each of the metal plates 25, there is arranged a spiral-shaped circulating pipe 24 through which a heating medium or a cooling medium are circulated so as to rapidly heat or cool the upper and lower Bernoulli-plates. During the treatment of a wafer 16 by the apparatus, the upper and lower Bernoulli-plates are disposed in parallel with each other to define a narrow gap therebetween while a clearance between the wafer 16 and the upper Bernoulli-plate and a clearance between the wafer 16 and the lower Bernoulli-plate are kept to be equal to each other. Thus, the present invention can achieve various purpose such as a time saving for the cleaning, reduction of consumption of the cleaning liquid and inhibition of cleaning irregularity.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for removing residues from the bottoms outflow of an evaporation apparatus which produces tops product and bottoms product and is equipped with an outflow, comprising: a) an outflow vessel (7), b) a collection vessel (8), c) an outflow valve, (10), d) a cleaning water valve (11), e) a vessel outflow valve (12), f) a cleaning outflow valve (13), g) a vent valve (14), h) a line (17) leading from the bottom to the outflow valve (10), i) a cleaning agent introduction tube (3), j) an outflow line device (6, 16) and connection lines between the devices a) to j). The cleaning apparatus can be used in the workup of salt-containing solutions by distillation.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide dry cleaning system features a pair of liquid carbon dioxide storage tanks in communication with a compressor. A sealed cleaning chamber contains the objects to be cleaned. By selectively pressurizing the storage tanks with the compressor, liquid carbon dioxide is made to flow to the cleaning chamber through cleaning nozzles so as to provide agitation of the objects being dry cleaned. Liquid carbon dioxide displaced from the cleaning chamber returns to the storage tanks. In an alternative embodiment, a single storage tank is pressurized via a compressor with gas from the cleaning chamber so that liquid solvent from the storage tank travels to the cleaning chamber through nozzles. The objects in the cleaning chamber are agitated by a rotating basket. After a prewash cycle, liquid solvent from the cleaning chamber is directed to a still. The liquid solvent in the still is boiled through a connection with the head space of the cleaning chamber.

Abstract: A gasket for a laundry washing machine door having a central opening provided with a glass (13). The gasket (15) includes first and second mainly U-shaped parts (15a, 15b) that are interconnected to one another. The first U-shaped part (15a) surrounds an edge of the door that borders on the opening. The second U-shaped part (15b) surrounding the edge of the glass (13). The second part has a tab (16) extending mainly perpendicular to a waist of the second part (15b) for abutting the door glass (13). An area between the waist and the tab supports a flange (17) extending toward an outer drum (18) of the laundry washing machine. An outer portion of the flange is provided with a sideways extending lip (20), as seen in a length direction of the flange (17) which, when the door is closed, seals against the drum (18).