Patents by Inventor Timothy Richard Palmer

Timothy Richard Palmer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System method and apparatus for high pressure liquid jet cleaning of sintered filters
    Patent number: 10632505
    Abstract: A system and method for cleaning a sintered filter includes a cleaning fluid source and a cleaning nozzle. The cleaning nozzle includes an inlet end coupled to the cleaning fluid source and at least one outlet port for outputting the cleaning fluid injected through the cleaning nozzle. The outlet port is disposed proximate to an outlet end of the cleaning nozzle. The cleaning nozzle has an external width less than an internal width of the sintered filter to be cleaned. The cleaning nozzle has a nozzle length greater than a full depth of the sintered filter to be cleaned. The outlet port can be disposed in a side of the cleaning nozzle proximate to the outlet end of the cleaning nozzle. The outlet port can include more than one outlet ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Armin Bernhard Ridinger, Georgiy O. Vaschenko, Chirag Rajyaguru, Peter Michael Baumgart, Timothy Richard Palmer
  • System Method and Apparatus for High Pressure Liquid Jet Cleaning of Sintered Filters
    Publication number: 20170291196
    Abstract: A system and method for cleaning a sintered filter includes a cleaning fluid source and a cleaning nozzle. The cleaning nozzle includes an inlet end coupled to the cleaning fluid source and at least one outlet port for outputting the cleaning fluid injected through the cleaning nozzle. The outlet port is disposed proximate to an outlet end of the cleaning nozzle. The cleaning nozzle has an external width less than an internal width of the sintered filter to be cleaned. The cleaning nozzle has a nozzle length greater than a full depth of the sintered filter to be cleaned. The outlet port can be disposed in a side of the cleaning nozzle proximate to the outlet end of the cleaning nozzle. The outlet port can include more than one outlet ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Armin Bernhard Ridinger, Georgiy O. Vaschenko, Chirag Rajyaguru, Peter Michael Baumgart, Timothy Richard Palmer