Abstract: A system includes an input configured to connect to a power source providing an input voltage, an output configured to connect to a load and to transfer power from the power source to the load, a battery selectively coupled to the input to receive current from the power source, a detector configured to indicate whether the input voltage drops more than a threshold amount, and a processor configured to regulate the selective coupling of the battery to the input to regulate a charging current supplied to the battery, the processor configured to regulate the selective coupling such that if a first charge current induces a drop in the input voltage beyond the threshold amount, then the processor will change the charging current to a second charge current that is lower than the first charge current.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser for use in the processing of substrates. The dispenser has a dome shaped body with a convex upper surface and has a number of conduits designed to supply fluid to the surface of a substrate at predetermined points.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser for use in the processing of substrates. The dispenser has a dome shaped body with a convex upper surface and has a number of conduits designed to supply fluid to the surface of a substrate at predetermined points.

Abstract: A chuck assembly for holding a sample includes a shaft; a generally circular chuck member, the shaft extending from a first surface of the chuck member; and a sample holder associated with a second surface of the chuck member. The second surface is opposite the first surface. A sample receiving assembly holds the sample on the sample holder so that the sample remains fixed to the sample holder when the shaft rotates and causes the chuck member and the sample holder to rotate with the shaft. The chuck assembly may be used in a reactor assembly including a reactor chamber for receiving the chuck assembly; a spindle assembly for receiving an end of the shaft distal from the chuck member; and a motor for rotating the spindle assembly and the shaft so that fluid in the chamber flows generally along the shaft in a first direction and through the openings in the chuck member, around the sample holder, and then along a wall of the chamber in a second direction generally opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: A workpiece holder for processing a workpiece in a chamber of a liquified fluid. In one embodiment, the workpiece holder includes a cylindrically shaped rotator having an exterior wall and at least one fluid guide on the exterior wall. The rotator is adapted to rotate and provide fluid flow across a first end of the rotator, and is adapted to provide fluid flow and mixing perpendicular to a surface of the first end of the rotator. A fixture is coupled to the first end of the rotator for securing the workpiece to the first end of the rotator.

Abstract: Provided is a wafer rotary holding apparatus by which a reduced pressure is created on an upper surface of a rotary disk by a simple and easy-to-make mechanism with no need of any of a vacuum source apparatus, a compressed air supply apparatus, a compressed gas supply apparatus and other apparatuses in use; a wafer can be held while rotating with no contact to a rear surface thereof; a degree of pressure reduction can be adjusted with ease and even a thin wafer (of 0.1 mm or less in thickness) can be held while rotating with no deformation; and the wafer with a bowing can be held while rotating with no correction of the bowing. A wafer rotary holding apparatus includes: a rotary disk on which a fluid flow path is formed; a through hole formed in a central section of the rotary disk; and a plurality of wafer rests provided on an upper surface of the rotary disk.

Abstract: A unitary system for recycling contaminated solid material such as plastic chips having contaminants on the surface includes an elongated vessel having an inlet for contaminated solid material adjacent one end and an outlet for cleaned solid material at a second end. A plurality of divider walls are spaced apart along the length of the vessel to form a plurality of discrete, separate, spaced apart treatment chambers and each chamber is adapted for holding an individual charge of solid material being treated. Charges in the chambers are moved simultaneously from chamber to chamber from the inlet toward the outlet. Piping is provided for introducing various liquid media into the respective treatment chambers for washing away the contaminants from the surface of the solid material. During each operational cycle, the vessel is rotated at a suitable speed in an oscillating fashion to provide washing action as basher bars move the contaminated solid material through the liquid medium.

Abstract: A vibrating type cleaning apparatus for floating objects utilizes a pair of motors to produce a thrust against the cleaning objects by way of resonance, which has a cleaning platform with a meshed plate placed thereon to support the objects to be washed. A detergent pipe system and a water pipe system formed on the top of the cleaning platform provide a plurality of spraying heads, thereby the cleaning objects are washed by detergent and clean water in sequence. Therefore, the combination effect of spraying downwardly by spraying heads and spraying upwardly caused by vibration of motors is suitable for washing the floating objects.

Abstract: A device for the ultrasonic cleaning and disinfecting of fruit and vegetables, which facilitates removing practically all resudues of contaminants such as mud, biological dirt, microbiological flora like mold, worms, bacteria, germs, and chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, fertilizer remains etc., from rough or smooth surfaces of fruit and vegetables of all types. The device is equipped to stir the fruit and vegetable items within a cleaning tank filled with water, so as to expose all of their sides to a maximum level of vibration energy, achieving a predetermined cleaning probability.

Abstract: An improvement on conventional clothes dryers including a spray nozzle, a control valve, and a water line coupled to an existing water source. The touch-up spray is used for removal of wrinkles from clothing and fabrics and permanent press clothing in particular without removing a garment's factory set creases. The apparatus may also include a water heating unit for spraying water of a selected temperature or steam. The apparatus may further be provided with a liquid additive dispenser for dispensing static electricity removal agents and clothes softening fluids.

Abstract: A rotating spray arm is supported by a removable and vertically adjustable upper rack of a dishwasher. The fluid coupling for the spray arm is not affected by changes in the upper rack vertical position. The spray arm is also protected by a guard which forms a stand for the rack when removed from the dishwasher.

Abstract: Apparatus for washing aggregate material comprises a cylindrical drum including first and second end walls having central openings defining respectively an outlet and an inlet. The drum is inclined from the horizontal to provide flow of the aggregate material toward the outlet along the interior of the drum. The drum is mounted for rotation on its longitudinal axis, driven by a tangentially engaged chain and sprocket, and is supported and stabilized by a system of guide rolls. The drum contains a series of longitudinally extending agitator vanes spaced around the cylindrical inner wall of the drum. As the drum rotates, the vanes agitate the aggregate material in the presence of wash water for efficient aggregate cleaning. A series of scoop-shaped flume elements attached to and abutting the outlet end wall bodily rotate with the drum.