Abstract: Washing apparatus includes a washing chamber having two lateral walls, bottom wall and upper wall, and at the front an aperture for inlet and/or outlet; a main distribution circuit to distribute treatment fluid inside the chamber; a trolley-type movement device, insertable into the chamber, including a frame to support objects to be subjected to a washing cycle in the chamber and on which treatment fluid distribution elements are mounted. The frame formed by hollow tubular elements functioning as a secondary distribution circuit of washing liquid towards the distribution elements; a connector element located on a frame upper part as a secondary distribution circuit delivery element; and a hydraulic connection pipe mounted on the upper wall, to connect hydraulically the main distribution circuit to the secondary distribution circuit connector element, selectively movable vertically between a first position connected to the connector element and a second position separate from the connector element.

Abstract: A hand carried, manually operated apparatus for cleaning flooring, carpet, upholstery, and the like includes a cleansing fluid chamber, a waste fluid chamber, a pump and an applicator. A first fluid passageway connects the pump and cleansing fluid chamber, a second passageway connects the cleansing fluid chamber and applicator, a third passageway connects the applicator and waste fluid chamber, and a fourth passageway connects the waste fluid chamber and pump. A first one-way valve permits flow from the pump to the cleansing fluid chamber but inhibits reverse flow; and a second one-way valve permits flow from the applicator to the waste fluid chamber but inhibits reverse flow. Air is transferred through the pump from the waste fluid chamber to the cleansing fluid chamber as cleansing fluid is transferred to the applicator from the cleansing fluid chamber and waste fluid is transferred from the applicator to the waste fluid chamber.

Abstract: Washing machine for screen that includes a closed washing chamber having internal nozzles for cleaning the screen. The nozzles are provided on a flushing frame enclosing the screen, and the flushing frame may be moved upwards and downwards within the chamber whereby the screen is flushed and cleaned. A method for cleaning the screen in the washing machine is also described.

Abstract: A rotating and telescoping cleaning system improves high pressure water cleaning of the inner surfaces of vessels or tanks. Vessels can be vertically divided with dividing plates with centered through-holes. Synchronized and controlled transverse and rotary movements of water jets result in a controlled spiral or helical cleaning track along the vessel walls. The water jets are directed at a pre-adjusted distance from the vessel wall and the travel speed of the water nozzle jets is exactly controlled allowing the removal of very hard deposits. One pass with the tool carrier with operating water jets along the length axis of the vessel results in a thoroughly cleaned vessel wall. The tool unfolds and folds inside of the vessel powered by the flow of the high pressure cleaning water.

Abstract: A hand held self contained cleaning apparatus includes a reservoir containing a single use cleaning and/or disinfecting liquid, a pump, and a nozzle for directing a spray of the cleaning and/or disinfecting liquid against a soiled nipple of a pacifier or baby bottle cap. The apparatus includes a platform for supporting the pacifier or bottle cap, a mouth for inserting the nipple into an area just above the nozzle, and a separator for preventing dirty liquid from returning to the reservoir. The spray is directed against a soiled nipple to loosen and remove soil from the nipple. After cleaning the pacifier or bottle cap, the dirty cleaning liquid is released so new clean liquid may be used for the next cleaning. The apparatus may be carried with other related items and used to clean the pacifier or bottle cap at any location and in particular away from home.

Abstract: Wafer cleaning apparatus include a cleaning tub configured to receive a wafer to be cleaned. A wafer cleaning unit coupled to the cleaning tub is configured to provide wafer cleaning solution to the wafer. A probe is positioned in the cleaning tub proximate the wafer. The probe is configured to provide megasonic vibrational energy to a surface of the wafer and/or the wafer cleaning solution to separate contaminants from the surface of the wafer. A probe cleaning unit is configured to provide a probe cleaning solution to the probe to clean the probe. Methods of using the wafer cleaning apparatus are also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for cleaning a substrate, such as a semiconductor wafer, utilizes a rotatable wafer supporting assembly with a cylindrical body to provide stability for the substrate being cleaned, even at high rotational speeds. The rotatable wafer supporting assembly may include wafer holding mechanisms with pivotable confining members that are configured to hold the substrate using centrifugal force when the wafer supporting assembly is rotated. In an embodiment, the cleaning system may include a positioning system operatively connected to an acoustic transducer to provide meaningful control of the acoustic energy applied to a surface of the substrate by selectively changing the distance between the acoustic transducer and the substrate surface so that the substrate can be cleaned more effectively.

Abstract: A cleaning device and method is provided for a glue-spreading element, which spreads glue in a working position onto a material web, in particular a paper web, and which can be moved to a cleaning position inside the cleaning device. At least one scraper element is provided for cleaning the glue-spreading element.

Abstract: A method for recycling a fluid in a wet bench tank recycling device, comprising the following steps. An outer recycle tank is provided having sides and a bottom. The outer recycle tank holding outer recycle tank fluid. An inner process tank is provided having sides and a sieved bottom housed within the outer recycle tank. The inner process tank sides being spaced apart from the sides of the outer recycle tank sides and the inner process tank bottom being spaced apart from the outer recycle tank bottom. The inner process tank holding inner process tank fluid. A wide area filter fitted within the inner process tank proximate the inner process tank sieved bottom is provided. A vertically moveable top cover is provided at an uppermost position and fitted between the inner process tank sides and the outer recycle tank sides. The top cover having one-way valves therein that permit flow of fluid only downward through the one-way valves. The vertically moveable top cover having a top and a bottom.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for cleaning or etching wafers. The invention further provides a megasonic transducer designed to apply mechanical vibrations to a layer of fluid in contact with a wafer. The electromechanical transducer is housed in a quartz or sapphire lens which is chemically compatible with the layer of fluid, and sealed to protect the housing interior from fluids and chemical fumes. An electrical power source produces a signal that is sent to the transducer to generate a megasonic wave. The wave travels between the lens and the wafer, through the layer of fluid, dislodging small particles from the wafer which are then removed in the fluid stream. In one embodiment of the present invention, a wafer to be cleaned is placed on a rotatable support below a transducer assembly. A fluid is introduced through the transducer assembly to provide a layer of fluid between the lens and wafer.

Abstract: Washing apparatus for one or more fluid dispensers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a container for washing fluid, a support portion to support the fluid dispensers, and a handle which, in the preferred embodiment, may be used to force the support means and dispensers through the washing fluid in a plunging action so that the washing fluid under pressure is forced through the fluid dispensers to clean them.

Abstract: A pipeline-cleaning method and device thereof is built and applied by firstly forming a sealing circuit including a pipeline pending cleaning, a pressure control device, and two units of pipeline-cleaning device A, A′. A storage tank filled with rigid granules in each pipeline-cleaning device A, A′ is provided with a filter net unit at its lower portion and a filter unit at its upper portion. When cleaning, a pressurized liquid is supplied by the pressure control device to drive the granules circulating the circuit and thereby remove dirt and sediment deposited on the pipe wall by collision and rubbing of the granules to the pipeline inner wall.

Abstract: A new Nonsplashing Washing System for preventing splashing of a hazardous liquid when cleaning parts and for preventing the hazardous liquid from igniting by using a fire retarding screen. The inventive device includes a solvent container, a compression spring within the solvent container, a cleaning solvent partially filling the solvent container, and a fire retarding screen within the solvent container engaging the compression spring.

Abstract: A pump cleaning unit for a heater fixture of a smoking device includes a base member. The base member includes a cup having an open end and a closed end, and a pedestal including a top part disposed in the cup proximate the open end of the cup and a leg connecting the top part to the closed end of the cup. A peripheral edge of the top part and an interior wall of the cup define a circumferential gap. The unit further includes a cylinder having a lower chamber and an upper chamber separated by a wall, a port extending through the wall. The cylinder has a cylinder wall proximate the lower chamber that fits in the circumferential gap and permits axial movement of the cylinder relative to the cup. A holder is provided for holding the heater fixture in the upper chamber over the port such that a central opening of the heater fixture is in flow communication with the port.

Abstract: An adaptor for holding paint rollers of smaller than standard size has a spindle, resilient elongate elements for clamping the roller on the spindle, a stem sized to be releasably retained on a spinning device, and a stop element for setting the position of the adaptor on the spinning device.

Abstract: A device for rinsing objects has a holder (1) for supporting an object (4) to be cleaned, two passages (8, 9) at opposite sides of the object situated in the holder in operation, and two reservoirs (10, 11) for holding rinsing liquid (18), a first reservoir (10) communicating with a first passage (8) and a second reservoir (11) communicating with a second passage (9), and at least the first reservoir (10) having a variable volume.

Abstract: A pulsator with an improved structure having a punching function is used in a washing machine. The pulsator of the present invention is composed such that a rotating member has a guiding dimple formed on its upper end surface, and an elevating member has a guiding protrusion projected from the inner surface. According to this pulsator, non-symmetrical water flow and up-and-down water flow can be generated easily so that the entanglement of the washing articles can be minimized, and the washing is carried out effectively.

Abstract: A low frequency vibration type washing machine has a shrinkable shielder for prevention of clothes jamming in the gap between the low frequency vibrating disc and the inner bottom of the washing tub from the outside. The washing machine includes the washing tub and a vibrating disc placed in the washing tub for causing resonance phenomena in a multi-phase washing medium received in the washing tub. The shrinkable shielder is placed in the gap such that it shields the gap from the outside. The shielder totally or partially shields the gap and is made of rubber or sponge. The shielder may be a tube type shielder placed in the gap at a lower edge of the vibrating disc. Alternatively, the shielder may be a spring type shielder. As a further alternative, the shielder may be a flexible thin film annularly placed in the gap at a lower edge of the vibrating disc. The tube type shielder is charged with gas or liquid.

Abstract: An input energy saving device for a low frequency vibration type washing machine. The device lets the resonance frequency of the washing tub and the input frequency of the oscillating disc be equal to each other during generation of resonance phenomena in the multi-phase washing medium for clothes washing, thus to save the input energy required in generation of the resonance phenomena. The device comprises a washing tub receiving multi-phase washing medium therein and an oscillating disc provided in the washing tub for generation of resonance phenomena in the washing medium. A flexible elastic body is placed between the disc and the inner bottom of the washing tub for letting the input frequency of the disc means and the resonance frequency of the washing tub be equal to each other. An actuator is coupled to the disc through a shaft so as to drive the disc means.

Abstract: A device for forcing liquid into the wells of a multi-well plate, comprising a tank having an interior for holding a liquid, the tank including a bottom portion having multiple fine orifices spaced for registry with each of the multiple wells of the plate, a top portion opposite the bottom portion, and side portions connecting the top portion and the bottom portion, an inlet for supplying rinsing liquid to the interior of the tank, and a pushable surface portion selectively movable towards the interior of the tank for forcing rinsing liquid contained within the tank through the orifices.

Abstract: A contact lens cleaning device provides a mechanical apparatus for the thorough agitation and cleaning of contact lenses immersed in a disinfecting solution. The device comprises a base portion bearing a reservoir for containing a measured amount of disinfecting solution, and a main housing portion including a lens holder portion for releasable capture of the contact lenses to be cleaned. The lens holder is connected to rotating crankshafts by connecting rods, and the crankshafts are connected to a knob on the outside of the main housing, so that rotary motion of the crankshafts is translated to reciprocating motion of the lens holder.

Abstract: Apparatus for the care of contact lenses comprising a housing, a chamber in a lower part of the housing for containing a treatment liquid, a vibration generator for agitating the treatment liquid, a contact lens holder for holding contact lenses in said chamber optionally having means for holding a treatment tablet to be dissolved in the treatment liquid, and means for coupling the contact lens holder to the vibration generator and for positioning the contact lens holder in the treatment liquid.

Abstract: A cleansing apparatus for test-vessels such as cuvettes or the like comprising a support shaft and three spaced paralleled disks, two of said disks being secured to the shaft and the third disk being rotatably positioned on the shaft, a nozzle secured to the first disk, the second and third disks having apertures thereon for receiving cuvettes, so that a cuvette may be positioned over the nozzle through the apertures in one of the disks, and retained by the rotatable disk so that immersion of the apparatus into a cleansing solution forces a jet of solution through the nozzle for cleansing the cuvette.

Abstract: A method and a washing machine for cleaning of rugs or mats having a nap or pile side, whereby the rugs or mats are successively conveyed along a conveying path and are exposed to cleaning operations, at least one of which is a pulsating operation, during which each mat or rug is also exposed to a relatively abrupt change of direction of conveyance in order to open an area of pile at the pile side of the mat or rug. The change of direction preferably has a radius of curvature in a range between 1.5 cm and 15 cm during an angular change of direction of approximately 180 degrees. The cleaning fluid used in one operation is for saving of energy preferably used also in another earlier cleaning operation on the mats or rugs, possibly after having been conditioned for this earlier operation.

Abstract: Apparatus for the processing of exposed photographic negatives and prints consisting of a tank containing thermostatically controlled fluid in which are immersed one or more processing containers having the active solutions therein. A holder supporting the sensitized element with an agitator having elements facing the sensitized surface are assembled and placed within the container. The agitator has an extension which permits vibration of the agitator manually and/or electrically from outside the container which the active solution is reacting with the sensitized surface within the container.

Abstract: A device for use in thoroughly cleaning wet paint or varnish from a brush through the application of a cleaning solvent. The device includes a pump for pumping the solvent through a plurality of nozzles. The nozzles are adapted to be positioned between the bristles at the heel of a brush to be cleaned, with end portions of the nozzles in an opening between the bristles adjacent a divider wedge around which the bristles are fastened. Such positioning orients outlet openings adjacent the ends of the nozzles to direct solvent pumped through the nozzles transversely outwardly through the bristles to thoroughly clean the bristles at the heel of the brush.

Abstract: A fluid application system which is useful for the subjection of substantially planar objects to various fluids for cleaning, etching, photoresist developing and the like. The system includes a chamber which has at least one agitation mechanism. The agitation mechanism includes an orificed plate positioned on one side of one or more of the planar objects. Means are provided for moving the fluid through the orificed plate with a pulsating motion. The agitation mechanism can either be substantially within the chamber or form one or more of the sides of the chamber. The agitation mechanism includes in addition to the orificed plate, a pneumatic chamber, a fluid chamber, a flexible diaphragm between the pneumatic and fluid chambers, and a piston being movable within the agitation mechanism to force the fluid through the orificed plate with the pulsating motion.