Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for a hose comprises: a wash basin comprising an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, and a basin drain port; a fresh water reservoir connected to the wash basin via a fill valve; a sprayer fluidly connected to the exhaust manifold via a conduit and configured to spray liquid; a pump fluidly connected between the basin drain port and the intake manifold and configured to pump the liquid from the basin drain port to the intake manifold; a drain port fluidly connected to the pump via a drain valve; a blower fluidly connected to the intake manifold via a three-way valve and configured to blow air; an air intake port fluidly connected to the blower; and a controller configured to control the pump, the blower, the fill valve, and the drain valve.

Abstract: A steam mop that includes a handle, an extension member, a base mount, a steam generator, and a mop head. The steam generator includes a body that at least partially contains a fluid tank, fluid pump and a heating element used to at least partially vaporize fluid. The body of the steam generator is designed to be releasably connected to the base mount such that the steam generator can be used as a steam producing device for the steam mop or can be disconnected from the base mount and be used as a stand alone steam producing device.

Abstract: An optical irradiation equipment provided with a cage body having an UV radiation transmission window, and an excimer lamp which is arranged in an interior of said cage body, wherein gas flow openings being connected to one of a cooling gas supply mechanism and a cooling gas suction mechanism are provided at a periphery of said UV radiation transmission window.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaning coked cavities, in particular inlet, channels (10) and valves (15) of an internal combustion engine (12), comprising the following steps: introducing an alkaline liquid into a cavity to be cleaned; heating the alkaline liquid; and extracting the alkaline liquid and the dirt particles contained therein by suction from the cavity. Said method can be carried out especially simply and effectively using a device comprising a first probe (21), which is provided at the leading end thereof with one or more nozzles (23) for injecting an alkaline liquid into the cavity to be cleaned and which is connected at the other end thereof to the delivery side (24) of a pump (25), wherein warmed alkaline liquid can be supplied to the intake side (26) of said pump. A second probe (22) is provided for extracting the alkaline fluid and the dirt particles contained therein by suction from the cavity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (2) for cleaning at least one medical hearing unit comprising an earpiece (101), said device (2) comprising a space (3) for receiving said earpiece (101), said space (3) comprising at least one seat (4) designed in such a way as to receive said earpiece and comprising, in the lower part, an orifice (11designed such that the distal end of said earpiece extends inside a cavity (12) formed underneath, and means (9) for causing a liquid to circulate within said space (3) in such a way that said liquid comes into contact with said earpiece, characterized in that said cavity (12) comprises at least one outlet (15) for flow or aspiration of said liquid, opening out opposite and below each orifice (11), and in that the bottom of said cavity (12) comprises means (14) for directing said liquid towards and under said orifice (11), as far as said outlet (15), in such a way that said liquid flows across said earpiece, in particular its standard or made-to-measure ear mold.

Abstract: A system and process for cleaning a flow passage of a dirty device, such as a fuel injector, are provided. The dirty device has one or more flow passages undesirably clogged with deposit layers of carbon, sulfur, and other contaminants. The device is placed within a thermal chamber heats the device to a first temperature. A fluid supply provides pressurized fluid having an oxidizer, and a heat exchanger heats the pressurized fluid to a second temperature. A conduit is coupled between the heat exchanger the flow passage of the device. The device is heated at the first temperature by the thermal chamber and heated fluid at the second temperature is supplied to the flow passage of the device. The thermal chamber can provide heat to the heat exchanger and the device simultaneously for a period of time.

Abstract: The present subject matter provides a dishwashing appliance having a flow of air through an air passageway defined between an inner panel and an outer panel of the dishwasher appliance. The inner panel has a condensation surface for assisting in drying dishes in the dishwasher appliance. A dampening baffle causes at least one change of direction in the flow of air through the air flow passageway.

Abstract: A polymer removing apparatus for use in removing polymer annularly adhered to a peripheral portion of a target substrate includes a processing chamber for accommodating the target substrate having the polymer annularly adhered to the peripheral portion thereof; a mounting table for mounting the target substrate thereon; and a laser irradiation unit for irradiating ring-shaped laser light at once to the whole polymer annularly adhered to the target substrate. The polymer removing apparatus further includes an ozone gas supply unit for supplying an ozone gas to the polymer annularly adhered to the target substrate and a gas exhaust unit for exhausting the ozone gas.

Abstract: A support removal apparatus is disclosed for removing water-soluble support material from rapid prototype parts, substantially comprising a retention tank for holding an aqueous cleaning solution; a box manifold hydraulically coupled to the retention tank and equipped with nozzle heads in hydraulic communication with a pump's discharge; a heat chamber for housing a heating element to heat the aqueous cleaning solution to a predetermined temperature range; a drain box hydraulically coupled to the retention tank and a pump's intake to convey the aqueous cleaning solution into and through the box manifold; a thermocouple for maintaining the temperature within an optimal range; a level indicator for measuring the solution level in the retention tank for safe operability of the pump and heating element; a cabinet for housing select components of the support removal apparatus and having an integral work platform, accessible compartments, and a localized water supply; and a microprocessor having communicative capabi

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of cleaning a liquid hydrocarbon-cooled bipropellant rocket engine. In an embodiment, method includes heating the engine to a temperature. The method includes applying ozone for a period of time. The method includes determining the temperature and the period of time are each sufficient to remove carbonaceous deposits. In another embodiment, the method may further include thermally imaging the heat transfer surfaces. There is disclosed apparatus for cleaning a liquid hydrocarbon-cooled bipropellant rocket engine. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a heater, an ozone source, and a thermal camera. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the disclosure provides a system for removal of deleterious chemicals from a fiber optic line. The system may a fiber optic line having two ends, an outer tube, an optical fiber, and an inner volume, a fluid operable to move through the inner volume, the fluid operable to remove at least one deleterious chemical other than hydrogen from the fiber optic line, and a fluid controller connected to at least one end of the fiber optic line and operable to control movement of the fluid through the inner volume. According to another embodiment, the disclosure provides a method of removing a deleterious chemical from a fiber optic line. According to a third embodiment, the disclosure provides a method of removing a deleterious chemical from a fiber optic line by introducing a vacuum in an inner volume of a sealed fiber optic line in a static or cyclical manner.

Abstract: A tank system is described for dropping fluid onto a passing vehicle. The tank system includes a tank with a fluid supply inlet. Optionally, a soap injector is included for injecting soap into the water flow to create a fluid mix that is supplied to the tank. A lighting system is attached to the tank. The fluid mix, or any other chemical in the tank, may be heated with the heating unit. An air motor is included for providing air to an air manifold that is disposed within the tank. When air is introduced into the fluid mix, bubbles are created. As the fluid mix and bubbles fill the tank, they fall from the tank via an overflow lip, with the fluid mix and/or bubbles being illuminated by the lighting system as they fall onto a vehicle passing below.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method can rinse a substrate with water, a plurality of protruding patterns being formed on the substrate. The method can dry the substrate by removing water from a recess between the protruding patterns by irradiating microwaves.

Abstract: A device and method of use for a towed portable cleaning facility is disclosed. The device employs storage tanks for both the storage and transport of cleaning fluids. The tanks serve the additional function of surrounding and enclosing the cleaning area an area that may be used for cleaning or storage. By utilizing the tanks as walls, the present invention provides a portable cleaning station. The device may further include the ability to treat and clean used fluids in order to either reuse or safely dispose of the used fluids as well as the ability to recover heat energy from an engine compartment to heat cleaning fluids.

Abstract: A dishwasher with a closed loop condenser having a moist air conduit, a dry air conduit having a portion in overlying relationship with a portion of the moist air conduit, wherein the overlying portions of the moist air conduit and the dry air conduit form a heat exchanger, and a controllable gate for selectively introducing, exhausting, or redirecting air relative to the condenser.

Abstract: The present application provides a water wash system for use with a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The water wash system may include a number of spray nozzles in communication with the compressor, a heat recovery steam generator, a flow of heating water from the heat recovery steam generator, and a tap off line in communication with the flow of heating water and the spray nozzles so as to deliver the flow of heating water to the compressor.

Abstract: A quartz window with an interior plenum is operable as a shutter or UV filter in a degas chamber by supplying the plenum with an ozone-containing gas. Pressure in the plenum can be adjusted to block UV light transmission into the degas chamber or adjust transmittance of UV light through the window. When the plenum is evacuated, the plenum allows maximum transmission of UV light into the degas chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the circulation and dehumidification of moist air (54) within an automatic cleaning machine (10), in particular a commercially used program-controlled dishwasher. The inventively proposed apparatus is accommodated within a cleaning chamber (12) delimited by walls (18, 20). At least one of the walls (18, 20) is cooled from outside by a medium (24). In the cleaning chamber (12) is located a blower (50). This imparts to moist air (54) sucked up from the cleaning rack (17) a flow (52, 56, 58) along the at least one wall (18, 20) cooled by a medium (24).

Abstract: A hyperbaric cyclic nucleation transport (H-CNX) process is disclosed, including pressure cycling liquid and/or vapor from pressure higher than atmospheric pressure or vapor across the boiling point of the liquid. The higher pressure can be accompanied by higher temperature, which provides additional benefits of more efficient cleaning and cheaper liquid medium.

Abstract: In a substrate processing apparatus, a liquid film of a supercooled liquid of pure water is formed on the upper surface of a substrate and then cooled with cooling gas into a frozen film. The temperature of the liquid film is lower than the freezing point of pure water, and thus the liquid film is in an easy-to-freeze state. Thus, the time required to freeze the liquid film can be shortened. Even if the temperature of the cooling gas is increased, the liquid film can be speedily frozen as compared with the case in which a liquid film is formed of pure water having a temperature higher than its freezing point. Thus, heat insulating facilities such as piping that supply cooling gas can be simplified. This results in a reduction of the cooling cost required to freeze the liquid film.

Abstract: A steam appliance includes a steam applicator which is connectable to the steam appliance, but the steam applicator is permitted to rotate without loosening or disengaging the connection of the steam applicator to the steam appliance. Embodiments may be particularly suitable for use with a portable, handheld steam appliance that employs steam pocket technology.

Abstract: Processes and systems are used to reduce undesired deposits within a reaction chamber associated with a semiconductor deposition system. A cleaning gas may be caused to flow through at least one gas flow path extending through at least one gas furnace, and the heated cleaning gas may be introduced into a reaction chamber to remove at least a portion of undesired deposits from within the reaction chamber.

Abstract: A dishwasher with a closed loop condenser having a moist air conduit, a dry air conduit having a portion in overlying relationship with a portion of the moist air conduit, wherein the overlying portions of the moist air conduit and the dry air conduit form a heat exchanger, and a controllable gate for selectively introducing, exhausting, or redirecting air relative to the condenser.

Abstract: A cleaning agent/rinsing agent for cleaning a heating apparatus for cooking food are contained in a cartridge. The cartridge is sealed to prevent premature release of the cleaning/rinsing agents. Inside the cavity of the heating apparatus, a mechanism for opening the cartridge is located in the drain of the cavity of the heating apparatus. By pushing the cartridge onto the mechanism and twisting the cartridge, protruding edges of the mechanism penetrate the seal. Upon lifting the cartridge, the cleaning/rinsing agent drops out and into the cavity drain. The rinsing agent may be retained above the drain and cleaning box via encapsulation or the rinsing agent and configuration of the mechanism. The empty cartridge is removed and the cavity of the heating apparatus is ready for cleaning.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system of creating and applying a heated cleaning fluid to a surface. The system includes a housing with a first, a second and a third exhaust gas opening. A first, second, and third heat exchanger are enclosed within the housing. The first and second exchangers are serially arranged, while the third is at an angle relative to the first and second and directly adjacent to the first opening. Super heated exhaust gas flows through first opening and third exchanger. Heated gas flows through the second opening and passes below the third exchanger. Super heated exhaust gas exiting the third exchanger mixes with the heated gas in a mixing chamber of the housing, which is then supplied to the first and second exchangers. Fluid passes through the three exchangers and exits the third exchanger heated. That heated fluid passes to a cleaning wand for application.

Abstract: A dishwashing machine is provided. The dishwashing machine includes a washing container, at least one device for washing crockery using a washing solution, a heating device, and a sorption drying device communicated with the washing container for the passage of air between the sorption drying device and the washing container. The sorption drying device contains reversibly dehydratable material that operates to withdraw moisture from air during the passage of the air through the sorption drying device. The sorption drying device is housed in a housing and has air passing from the washing container into the sorption drying device via an air inlet and thereafter flowing along a flow path through the sorption drying device and eventually exiting the sorption drying device via an air outlet. The heating device is located upstream of the air inlet relative to the flow of air through the sorption drying device.

Abstract: An automatic wax removing device includes a base, a heating plate, a cooling plate, a first actuator, a second actuator, and an operation plate. The base includes a base plate and a framework. The heating plate is arranged on the base plate. The cooling plate is arranged on the base plate and separated from the heating plate. The first actuator includes a sliding rail and a elongated sliding member on the sliding rail. The sliding rail is fixed on the frame and parallel with the heating plate. The second actuator includes a main body and a rotation shaft arranged on the main body. The main body is slideable along the length of the sliding member. One end of the rotation shaft is connected to the main body. The operation plate is fixed to the other end of the rotation shaft.

Abstract: Processing and drying of a sample, such as a semiconductor or MEMS device, is achieved using a single pressure chamber. The pressure chamber holds the sample in a sealed interior volume throughout various process steps, such as, but not limited to, photoresist removal, sacrificial layer etching, flushing or rinsing, dehydration, and critical point drying. The pressure chamber is constructed of a chemically-resistant and pressure-resistant material to withstand the various chemicals and pressures that are encountered in the various process and drying steps. For example, the pressure chamber is constructed from a nickel-copper alloy. Automated release etching and critical point drying of a MEMS or semiconductor device is provided without removing the device from the sealed pressure chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed is an oil clearing apparatus for a bowling ball which clears oil on a surface of a bowling ball by using high-temperature heat, thereby preventing the bowling ball from sliding due to the oil applied to a lane of a bowling alley, and is utilized for the purpose of keeping the bowling ball warm and heating the bowling ball, as well as storing the bowling ball.

Abstract: A vaporized material supply apparatus includes: a storage tank for storing a liquid material; a first temperature controller for controlling the storage tank to be at a first temperature; a carrier gas inlet line for introducing a carrier gas into the storage tank; a processing gas outlet line for discharging a processing gas out of the storage tank; a container having an inlet port connecting to the processing gas outlet line and an outlet port via which the processing gas is discharged; an interference member to interfere with flow of the processing gas in the container; and a second temperature controller for controlling the container to be at a second temperature lower than the first temperature.

Abstract: A Quick Disconnect Power and Pump System for Manual Parts Washers includes a Housing Base, a Pump Tube, and a Thermowell. This Quick Disconnect Power and Pump System for Manual Parts Washers is used for the purpose of connecting a plurality of conduits and for housing objects.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning, sanitizing and recharging a self chilling container having a heat exchange unit including compressed carbon internally thereof including a plurality of sources of cleaning and sanitizing materials connected through a plurality of valves to the container for injecting and exhausting the materials into and from the container. A source of carbon dioxide gas to be injected into said heat exchange unit to be adsorbed by said carbon. A source of chilled fluid and means for circulating the chilled fluid through the container during adsorption of said carbon dioxide gas to remove heat generated thereby.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning a tubular member is disclosed. A storage device holds the tubular member in a finished form and a translation device passes the tubular member from the first storage device. A gas is supplied through the tubular member. A heating device heats the drawn tubular member and the gas passing through the tubular member to clean debris from inside the tubular member.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating material includes a pressure vessel and an agitation device for agitating the material received in the pressure vessel. The agitation device may include a drum which may be rotatably arranged inside the pressure vessel and which has an inner space for receiving the material that is introduced into the pressure vessel. The agitation device may include one or more agitation blades mounted in the drum so as to act on the material received in the inner space of the drum as the drum rotates in relation to the pressure vessel. A drive mechanism may rotate the drum in relation to the pressure vessel. Waste, such as garbage, may be treated with steam and pressure using the apparatus.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for washing a vehicle or water craft includes heating only a quantity of clean wash fluid required to completely wash the exterior of the watercraft to a first predetermined temperature. The heated clean wash fluid is discharged through one or more nozzles on a wash station platform at a predetermined temperature so that the temperature of the wash fluid as it strikes the hull of the water craft is at a second minimum temperature to kill organisms adhered to the vehicle. The clean wash fluid is applied in a number of successive wash cycles each covering a predetermined section of the exterior of the watercraft over a predetermined discharge time period for each section. Rotary spinning, oscillating, fixed and manually moveable nozzles are mounted on the wash station platform to automatically and manually provide wash fluid over the entire exterior surface of the water craft.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for washing a vehicle or water craft includes heating only a quantity of clean wash fluid required to completely wash the exterior of the watercraft to a first predetermined temperature. The heated clean wash fluid is discharged through one or more nozzles on a wash station platform at a predetermined temperature so that the temperature of the wash fluid as it strikes the hull of the water craft is at a second minimum temperature to kill organisms adhered to the vehicle. The clean wash fluid is applied in a number of successive wash cycles each covering a predetermined section of the exterior of the watercraft over a predetermined discharge time period for each section. Rotary spinning, oscillating, fixed and manually moveable nozzles are mounted on the wash station platform to automatically and manually provide wash fluid over the entire exterior surface of the water craft.

Abstract: A surface cleaning device having a steering assembly is provided. The surface cleaning device includes a foot, a handle assembly with a user manipulated handle, and a steering assembly coupling the handle assembly to the foot. The steering assembly defines an open path between the handle assembly and the foot and includes a means for biasing the foot with respect to the handle assembly. Movement of the handle assembly stores energy within the biasing means so that the biasing means exerts a corresponding force on the foot.

Abstract: A vehicle maintenance system is disclosed having a power unit, a pump, a foam generator, an air compressor, first and second fluid tanks, a hose reel assembly, a wash gun assembly and a support member.

Abstract: Selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) of pollutant remissions in a fossil fuel combustion furnace having water cannons installed therein for removing combustion incrustation is accomplished by using the water cannons intended for de-slagging by mixing a reagent with water and administering the mixture under high velocity and high blast flow rate to the interior of the furnace for reduction of pollutant emissions, such as NOx, with the water cannons. The water cannons may be switched from the SNCR function to a de-slagging function.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure cleaning appliance comprising a first functional device required for operation in the form of a heatable heat exchanger for heating a liquid that is dischargeable from the high pressure cleaning appliance, and at least one further, second functional device required for operation which is arranged below the heat exchanger. In order to develop such a high-pressure cleaning appliance such that it is more user friendly to maintain, the invention proposes that the high-pressure cleaning appliance comprise a first appliance unit having a carrying device on which the heat exchanger is held, and a second appliance unit having a support device on which the at least one second functional device is held, and that the carrying device be releasably connectable to the support device in a force-locked and/or positively-locked manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure cleaning appliance, comprising a heatable heat exchanger for heating a liquid that is dischargeable by the high-pressure cleaning appliance, a motor having a drive shaft that defines a drive axis, a pump unit for increasing the liquid pressure, a blower wheel for generating a combustion air flow, and a fuel pump for delivering a fuel to the heat exchanger, wherein the pump unit, the blower wheel, and the fuel pump are disposed along the drive axis and are drivable by means of the drive shaft and form an assembly together with the motor. In order to fit the assembly to the appliance in a simplified manner while achieving a more compact design for appliance, the appliance comprises a half-shell housing having a first half-shell and a second half-shell which between them define an accommodating chamber in which the assembly is at least partially accommodated.

Abstract: A system and method for heating a purging fluid contained in a portable oil sump or reservoir, and pumping the hot purging fluid through a bearing housing in order to purge the bearing and bearing housing of accumulated hardened grease, sludge, and debris. The heated purging fluid can then be suctioned into the sump or reservoir, screened and filtered, and re-circulated through bearing housing to continue purging the bearing and bearing housing.

Abstract: By a method and a device for preventing corrosion on and in the region of a gas inlet nozzle during nitric acid condensation, contact of the condensing gas with the nozzle and with the surroundings of the nozzle are supposed to be minimized. This is achieved in that the gas inlet nozzle has a sleeve on the inside in the transition region to the interior of the condenser, by which sleeve a gas inlet orifice in the form of an annular gap is formed, whereby the annular space is provided with at least one feed opening for secondary air, so that an enveloping flow of secondary air is produced around the entering NO gas.

Abstract: A method of cleaning an inside of a processing chamber is provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method includes supplying a fluorine-based gas and a nitrogen oxide-based gas as the cleaning gas, into the processing chamber heated to a first temperature, and removing a deposit by a thermochemical reaction. The method further includes changing a temperature in the processing chamber to a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and supplying the fluorine-based gas and the nitrogen oxide-based gas as the cleaning gas, and removing extraneous materials, remaining on the surface of the member in the processing chamber, by a thermochemical reaction.

Abstract: In an ion bombardment treatment apparatus (1A) and a cleaning method, base materials (W) to be treated are held by a work table (11) so as to be placed between a filament (3) and an anode (4) in a vacuum chamber (2), and a discharge power supply (5) which can generate a glow discharge upon the application of a potential difference between the filament (3) and the anode (4) is insulated from the vacuum chamber (2). In the ion bombardment treatment apparatus (1A) and the cleaning method, the efficiency of the cleaning of a base material can be improved and a power supply can be controlled stably.

Abstract: A method controllably and sustainably creates an upwardly directed gradient of dropping temperatures in a wet treatment tank between a cooled and face down workpiece (e.g., an in-process semiconductor wafer) and a lower down heat source. A thermal fluid upwell containing thermally collapsible bubbles is then directed from the heat source to the face down workpiece. In one class of embodiments, bubble collapse energy release and/or bubble collapse locations are controlled so as to avoid exposing delicate features of the to-be-treated surface to damaging forces. In one class of embodiments the wet treatment includes ultra-cleaning of the work face. Cleaning fluids that are essentially free of predefined contaminates are upwelled to the to-be-cleaned surface and potentially contaminated after-flows are convectively directed away from the workpiece so as to prevent recontamination of the workpiece.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses by which an oxidized metallic surface can be prepared for a subsequent repair operation without excessive removal of parent metal material. At least one gas is supplied to a limited portion of a metallic surface of a component, and the limited portion is locally heated in the presence of the gas to a treatment temperature sufficient to cause the gas or a gas that forms therefrom to chemically remove oxides from the limited portion of the metallic surface. At least a second portion of the metallic surface is not locally heated to the treatment temperature.

Abstract: A mobile mattress sanitizing and cleaning system. A cleaning chamber and drying chamber may be located within the body of truck which may also carry a water supply and steam generator. The cleaning and drying chambers are dimensioned and configured to receive a mattress therein, and may be separate or combined. The mattress is steam cleaned in the cleaning chamber and air dried in the drying chamber. The cleaning and drying chambers may face the rear of the truck to facilitate loading and may be oriented such that mattresses stand on edge when being cleaned and dried. The system may include a water purifier. Drying may be conducted by blowers mounted to the drying chamber. Drying air may be heated.

Abstract: A method of removing a polymer material from an optical fiber assembly includes: disposing a liquid metallic material proximate to the polymer material, the polymer material being bonded to the optical fiber; heating the liquid metallic material to a temperature sufficient to burn the polymer material and de-bond the polymer material from a surface of the optical fiber; and removing the polymer material and liquid metal from the surface of the optical fiber.

Abstract: A cleaning system for a photomask unit is disclosed. The photomask unit defines an inner chamber and includes a photomask, a pellicle frame, a diaphragm-like pellicle film, and a ventilation port. The cleaning system includes: a housing defining an outer chamber; and a reduced-pressure generating unit disposed to intermittently generate a reduced-pressure zone in the outer chamber and in proximity to the photomask unit such that a pressure differential is generated between the inner chamber and the reduced-pressure zone to cause a central film portion of the diaphragm-like pellicle film to move toward or away from a central pattern region of the photomask so as to permit the cleaning gas to flow out of or into the ventilation port alternately.