Abstract: A sonic cleaner for small articles includes two tanks for receiving a liquid and articles to be cleaned and a base unit having chambers for receiving each tank. A vibratory motion generator attaches to the base unit through an isolating structure. Complementary attachment elements on the vibratory motion generator and each tank form a releasable, rigid connection. When the tank is attached to the vibratory motion generator, liquid in the tank can be agitated. When the releasable, rigid connection is detached, the tank can be removed from the base unit for disposing of liquid in the tank without having to handle the entire sonic cleaner.

Abstract: A washing agents dispenser for dishwashing machines has a body with a compartment for containing a washing agent, a compartment cover which can be opened and closed in a planar motion, a locking/release system for the cover, and a seal, for the cover, having a surface which is partially inclined with respect to the plane of motion of the cover for facilitating closing of the cover.

Abstract: The invention relates to an easy mountable paper moistening device (1) comprising two structural units (17, 18). One of the units consists of a roller (3) which supports the cleaning paper (2), said roller being connected to the room wall (12), and the other unit is connected in a separated manner to the housing (8) which comprises a tank (9) and a moistening roller (10) in addition to a conductor element (11), which is also connected in a separated manner to the room wall (12). The two-part housing (8) can be easily connected to the room wall (12) and in the respectively correct position, whereby distancing hooks (21, 22) are arranged as an aid. The individually connected sheets (4, 5, 6) can be guided by the conductor element (11) either over the moistening roller (10) or on the moistening roller (10), in order to dry or moisten the user. Said type of housing (8) can easily be associated, in retrospect, with a roller (3) and represents an optimal paper moistening device (1).

Abstract: Household-type front loading and water-recirculating clothes washing machine adapted to automatically measure the nature of the dry clothes loaded in the machine for washing, in which the measurement of such weight of the washload is performed by measuring the amount of water that is absorbed by the clothes in the washload when this is soaked with water to a point at which it is in a dynamic saturation, i.e. steady-state condition. Said measurement of the amount of water absorbed in the clothes is obtained by subtracting the amount of water that is present in the machine, and that does not interact with the washload, from the total amount of water let into the wash tub. The nature of the load of clothes is finally calculated by processing and interpolating the amount of water that is released by said load with respect to the water previously absorbed, and comparing said data with corresponding data relevant to reference textiles, whose nature is known.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling a washing course in a washing machine, by which a drive motor for rotating a drum is prevented from being overloaded according to a laundry amount and by which a drum can be smoothly rotated without unnecessary power consumption provided to a motor. In a washing machine having a motor for rotating a drum in a first direction, the present invention includes the steps of driving the motor to rotate the drum at a prescribed angle in the first direction, stopping driving the motor so that the drum is rotated by a gravitational force of a laundry within the drum in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and rotating the drum in the first direction again by driving the motor while the drum is rotated in the first direction switched from the first direction by the gravitational force of the laundry.

Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a substrate transfer unit having a plural-wafer conveyer that transfers plural wafers collectively and a single wafer conveyer that transfers a single wafer at a time. The single-wafer conveyer is accessible to the plural-wafer conveyer to deliver and remove a wafer to and from the plural-wafer conveyer.

Abstract: A drum-type washing machine, by which an enhanced assembly of a top plate can be provided, is disclosed. The top plate for a washing machine includes a board covering a top of the washing machine, a front frame provided to a front side edge of the board to enhance a structural strength of the board, a rear frame provided to a rear side edge of the board to enhance the structural strength of the board, at least one connecting member provided to adjoining portions of the front and rear frames to secure the adjoining portions together, and at least one fixing guide spaced apart from the at least one connecting member, the at least one fixing guide providing a slip-fit connection between the front and rear frames.

Abstract: An assembly for use in the collection and disposal of water and debris during the hydroblast cleaning of a heat exchanger including a containment shield having an end portion and an annular portion mounted adjacent one end of the heat exchanger such that the annular portion circumscribes the area between the end of the heat exchanger and the end portion of the shield and a flexible waterproof shroud disposed about the containment shield for collecting water and debris generated during the hydroblast cleaning and directing same to a collection location. Optionally, an energy absorbent element can be mounted adjacent said one end of the heat exchanger. A portable washing and back spray collection station is optionally positioned about the upstream end of the heat exchanger.