With Interstation Fluid Flow Means Patents (Class 134/60)
  • Patent number: 11857133
    Abstract: A dishwashing machine is used for pre-rinse operation of soiled dishes. A cavity is configured and arranged to contain the soiled dishes. A nozzle is proximate the cavity and is in fluid communication with the cavity. An accumulator pan accumulates wash and rinse water including cleaning chemicals used in a previous cycle of the dishwashing machine. A fluid passageway interconnects the nozzle and the accumulator pan. A pump directs the accumulated wash and rinse water from the accumulator pan to the nozzle via the fluid passageway for pre-rinse operation of the soiled dishes in the cavity, and the nozzle directs the accumulated wash and rinse water into the cavity with the soiled dishes to assist in removing soil from the soiled dishes prior to a wash cycle of the dishwashing machine. The wash cycle utilizes fresh wash water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventor: Adrian E. Hartz
  • Patent number: 11332915
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and techniques for cleaning sinks and dishes are provided. In some embodiments, a cleaning system comprises at least one fluid supply, at least one opening in a side wall of a sink basin, and at least one nozzle positioned along an exterior of the sink basin. The nozzle is configured to receive fluid from the fluid supply, and dispense fluid through an opening in a side wall of the sink basin to an interior surface of the sink basin. In some embodiments, the nozzle is configured to dispense fluid to the interior of a sink basin, such that substantially all surfaces of the interior of the sink basin are covered with a thin layer of fluid. In some embodiments, nozzle dispensing angle, duration of a cleaning cycle, flow rate or amount of dispensing fluid, or activation of a cleaning cycle may be manually or automatically controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: AS America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Bok Song, Alison Lyons, Jiekun Qian, Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, Emilie Williams
  • Patent number: 11181295
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner and an air conditioner are provided. A bracket of the indoor unit has a chassis. The chassis has a limiting structure. An air duct assembly of the indoor unit is detachably engaged or magnetically connected with an upper portion of the chassis. A movable limiting member of the indoor unit is provided to the air duct assembly. The movable limiting member is configured to movably protrude from the air duct assembly and engage with the limiting structure to retain the air duct assembly within the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiansong Wang, Qiang Qin
  • Patent number: 10905308
    Abstract: Disclosed a dishwasher, wherein dishes placed on a conveyor are washed, rinsed, and dried while being sequentially conveyed to a washing chamber, a rinsing chamber, and a drying chamber, the dishwasher including: a heat exchanger allowing hot air to be supplied to the drying chamber by heat exchange; a wash water tank in which water supplied to the washing chamber or the rinsing chamber is stored; and a spray device spraying water supplied from the wash water tank onto the dishes placed on the conveyor, whereby it is possible to save energy by providing a single heat exchanger to preheat wash water and rinse water and supply hot air to the drying chamber, and to improve circulation of wash water by a filtering device applied to a structure for reusing wash water, thereby improving sanitation of dishwashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: PRIME CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10905306
    Abstract: A dish washing machine including a cabinet having a frame defining a periphery of the dish washing machine, with the cabinet having a top, a front, a rear and a pair of sides. A dish washing area is located within the cabinet and includes a nozzle for spraying a liquid onto dishes in the dish washing area. The front of the cabinet has a door for allowing access into the dish washing area. A top wash basin is on the top of the cabinet, with the top wash basin including a spout for water and a sink for accepting liquid therein. The cabinet also can include a rinse detergent tank and a wash detergent tank, wherein a rinse detergent can be added to the rinse detergent tank and a wash detergent can be added to the wash detergent tank while the wash washing machine is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Clean Tech Limited
    Inventors: Kwok Din Wong, Kam Por Chan
  • Patent number: 10893790
    Abstract: A warewash machine for washing wares includes a chamber for receiving wares, the chamber having an inlet side, an outlet side, multiple spray zones between the inlet side and the outlet side, and a conveyor arrangement for moving wares along a conveyance path through the multiple spray zones in a ware travel direction. A prescrapping zone is located toward the inlet side of the chamber, the prescrapping zone having a blow-off system comprising a plurality of prescrapping nozzles and a compressed air feed line for delivering compressed air to the prescrapping nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Ashworth, Alexander R. Anim-Mensah, Mary E. Paulus
  • Patent number: 10323149
    Abstract: A method for producing an asphalt mix suitable for use as an asphalt pavement is provided. The method may include receiving in a preliminary mixing unit an asphalt shingle material input from a first feed system and a fluid asphalt material input from a second feed system, and heating and melting the asphalt shingle material and the fluid asphalt material in the preliminary mixing unit and then agitating the same to produce a molten asphalt. The method may include receiving in a primary mixing unit recycled asphalt material input from a third feed system and particulate material input from a fourth feed system, and mixing the molten asphalt from the preliminary mixing unit in the primary mixing unit with the same to produce an output of said asphalt mix. The method may include recirculating, in an intermediate tank, the molten asphalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventor: Atlas James Russell
  • Patent number: 9951224
    Abstract: A system for producing an asphalt mix output suitable for use as an asphalt pavement is provided. The system may include a preliminary mixing unit configured to mix asphalt shingles with hot fluid asphalt to melt the asphalt shingles. The molten asphalt formed from the asphalt shingles and the hot fluid asphalt may be mixed with aggregate material and/or recycled asphalt material to form an asphalt mix output. An intermediate tank may store the molten asphalt prior to mixing with the aggregate material and/or the recycled asphalt material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Inventor: Atlas James Russell
  • Publication number: 20150136182
    Abstract: Disclosed is a continuous type apparatus for surface treatment of workpieces, comprising at least a surface treating bath, a rinsing bath installed on a lifting stage in a production line, a transfer all assembly, and a plurality of water storage tanks out of the production line. The transfer rail assembly passes through the surface treating bath and the rinsing bath where the horizontal transfer height of the transfer rail assembly passing through the rinsing bath is higher than the horizontal transfer height passing through the surface treating bath. The water storage tanks are installed in a non-production line area located outside the transfer path of the transfer rail assembly. The water storage tanks are connected to the rinsing bath by individual pipes. Thereby, the rinsing efficiency can be improved and the lengthy production line can be shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Round Elegant Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yen-Yu CHEN
  • Patent number: 8931495
    Abstract: Systems and methods for recovering particulate matter washed from piece of construction equipment with water. Waste materials washed from the construction equipment are collected in a bin. The liquid in the bin is allowed to drain into a receptacle having a sloped bottom for conveying the liquid to a sump. The liquid in the sump is pumped to a first baffle box extending into a first settlement tank to remove a portion of the particulate matter in the liquid. The liquid cascades from the first settlement tank to a second baffle box extending into a second settlement tank to remove another portion of the particulate matter. The liquid is stored after removal of the portions of the particulate matter for recycling in a tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Inventor: Ricki Joe Abney, Sr.
  • Patent number: 8919356
    Abstract: An ozone supply module for supplying ozonated water to an appliance that typically includes: an appliance module housing having a water inlet; a water outlet; and an electrical connection for receiving electrical power; a proton exchange membrane cell positioned within the housing; and a water conveying system within the module housing and operably connected to both the water inlet and water outlet. The water conveying system is typically configured to allow water to flow through the deionizing resin and into contact with the proton exchange membrane cell. The module and the proton exchange membrane cell receive electrical power from a home appliance when the module is operably connected to the appliance. The module produces water that contains (dissolved) ozone to be delivered to a chamber within the appliance when the module is in the engaged position with the appliance. The appliance is typically a residential appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Irene M. Brockman, Steven J. Kuehl, Mark M. Senninger
  • Publication number: 20140345649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for remediating highly contaminated fine soil using multiple micro hydrocyclones that includes: a mill adapted to mix contaminated soil with water and to individualize the soil; a screen adapted to separate the soil introduced from the mill into soil having given particle sizes; a separator adapted to finely separate the soil having particle sizes of less than a given value by particle size from the soil having the given particle sizes separated through the screen; a remediating unit adapted to wash the finely separated soil introduced from the separator by particle size by means of process water for washing; and a filtering unit adapted to separately discharge the soil washed and introduced through the remediating unit and the process water for washing contained in the soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungyo Jung, Wan Hyup Kang, Heehun Chae, Junghee Chang
  • Patent number: 8875720
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polycrystalline silicon washing apparatus that sequentially immerses polycrystalline silicon into a plurality of acid baths each of which is filled with an acid to wash the polycrystalline silicon. The temperatures of the acids in the acid baths are set such that the temperature of the acid in a later acid bath of adjacent acid baths is equal to or lower than that of a former acid bath and the temperature of the acid in the last acid bath is lower than that of the acid in the first acid bath. Each of the acid baths is provided with a temperature adjusting unit that controls the temperature of the acid at a constant value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakai, Tetsuya Atsumi, Yukiyasu Miyata
  • Patent number: 8834642
    Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher having multiple wash chambers, with each wash chamber executing a different cycle of operation, and liquid from one chamber may be reused in the other chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kristopher L. Delgado, Jordan R. Fountain, Barry E. Tuller
  • Patent number: 8807149
    Abstract: This invention is generally directed to a new metal parts quenching medium recycling apparatus. This device is composed of a heating furnace, a spray rinsing chamber, a immersion cleaning tank, a washing chamber, a liquid storage tank, a quenching chamber and a molten and mixing tank. At one side of a thermal insulation door, a liquid transportation pipeline is connected with the circulation pump that is installed in the liquid storage tank; at another side of the thermal insulation door, a pipeline that transports the spray rinsing water is connected with the spray rinsing chamber. In present invention, the recovering and recycling of quenching media is carried out automatically in the molten and mixing tank, providing a minimized workload and safely procedure to recover and recycle the quenching media. This procedure eliminates both the loss of the quenching media, and the related environmental pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventors: Changzhi Fu, Yuxuan Fu
  • Patent number: 8778088
    Abstract: A foreign matter removal device 10 preliminary cleans the work 50 in a bucket 12 housed in an input tank 15, then further cleans the work 50 in buckets 13, 14 housed in cleaning tanks 16, 17 by agitating cleaning liquid while inverting the buckets to transfer the work to a subsequent bucket. Particularly, the bottom of the cleaning tank is formed such that the nearer to a center of the bottom, the deeper the bottom becomes. The cleaning liquid overflowing from the cleaning tanks are stored in auxiliary tanks 22, 23. First and second ejection units 29a, 29b are arranged at different heights in the cleaning tank to generate a circulating flow in the cleaning liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Itoham Foods Inc., Mayekawa Mfg, Co., Ltd, Hosoda Kogyo Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishimoto, Masaya Ichihara, Yo Komatsu, Satoshi Mashiba, Suguru Sakuramoto, Shinji Shimamura, Ryuzo Urakami
  • Patent number: 8689810
    Abstract: A device installation and methods for extracting dust during the transfer of pulverulent products from a first container to a second container, the combination of the first container and of the second container forming, with the dust extraction device, a closed containment volume with connection between the two containers. A hollow connector with a side wall between its two ends defines an external wall and an internal wall so that the connector is pierced with several inlet pipes connected to hoses fed with a stream of pressurized fluid and also pierced with at least one fluid discharge pipe. The pipes projecting from said external wall of the connectors and opening onto the internal wall via orifices allows fluid to be introduced, the orifices being oriented relative to one another in such a way as to cause the fluid to flow in a cyclone within the connector, carrying with it any pulverulent product that remains on the internal wall and/or upstream and/or downstream of said connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Changexplorer Production
    Inventor: Francois Rolin
  • Patent number: 8671959
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a substrate includes an application unit having a top inlet conduit and a bottom plate section. The top inlet conduit has an opening for receiving a non-Newtonian fluid and the bottom plate section has an opening through which the non-Newtonian fluid can flow. The bottom plate section is perpendicular to the top inlet conduit, and a surface of the bottom plate section is disposed above and parallel to a surface of a substrate so as to define a gap between the surface of the bottom plate section and the surface of the substrate. The defined gap has a height configured to create a flow of the non-Newtonian fluid in which a portion of the flow exhibits plug flow, and the plug flow moves over the surface of the substrate to remove particles from the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: John M. de Larios, Mike Ravkin, Jeffrey Farber, Mikhail Korolik, Fred C. Redeker
  • Publication number: 20130269736
    Abstract: A multi-compartment dishwasher may include a treating chemistry dispenser for storing and dispensing treating chemistry into the multiple compartments of the dishwasher. In one embodiment, the treating chemistry may be dispensed into a liquid recirculation circuit. In another embodiment, the treating chemistry dispenser may be located between the multiple chambers of the dishwasher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: MARK W. BALDWIN, MIKE S. HEMRY, BARRY E. TULLER, AMERESH B. VISWANATHAN
  • Patent number: 8522799
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus having a first head unit and a second head unit. The first head unit is positioned proximate to the surface of the substrate and has a first row of channels defined within configured to supply a foam to the surface of the substrate. The second head unit is positioned substantially adjacent to the first head unit and proximate to the surface of the substrate. A second and a third row of channels are defined within the second head unit. The second row of channels is configured to supply a fluid to the surface of the substrate. The third row of channels is configured to apply a vacuum to the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Erik M. Freer, John M. de Larios, Katrina Mikhaylichenko, Michael Ravkin, Mikhail Korolik, Fred C. Redeker, Clint Thomas, John Parks
  • Patent number: 8522800
    Abstract: The invention in one variation is a specialized tub-like apparatus for cleaning sponges. The apparatus is nestable and can be seated in the mouth of a bucket. The apparatus has a ribbed flat bottom, a flanged quasi-circuline tapered side wall contiguous with a pair of elevated shelves with level control holes that establish the water level and flow rate, and a garden hose fastening element that includes two wedged shaped holes that are orthogonal. There is an indentation with drain holes in the center bottom that disburses flow of the incoming water outwardly. The apparatus has a second inward deviation that provides an access port to the interior of the bucket. The access port is large enough to accommodate a drain line for the bucket and wiring. The bottom has several tapered legs with annular drain holes that enable the apparatus to drain dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Inventor: Rob Parker
  • Patent number: 8499772
    Abstract: The present invention includes a vacuum cleaner nozzle assembly that has protective rollers that glide along the surface to be cleaned without interfering with the function of the vacuum cleaner nozzle. The nozzle comprises a tubular nozzle conduit in fluid communication with a vacuum conduit on a first end of the tubular nozzle and a nozzle mouth at the second end of the tubular nozzle opposite the first end. The nozzle conduit has a circumferential roller assembly collar attached to the outside of the tubular nozzle, the collar is formed with a plurality of radially spaced apart seats that are sized and configured to securely receive a plurality of respective balls that are rotatable inside the respective seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: Courtney Schumacher
  • Patent number: 8479753
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus includes a substrate holding member configured to rotate along with a substrate held thereon in a horizontal state; an annular rotary cup configured to surround the substrate held on the substrate holding member and to rotate along with the substrate; a rotation mechanism configured to integrally rotate the rotary cup and the substrate holding member; and a liquid supply mechanism configured to supply a process liquid onto the substrate. The apparatus further includes an annular drain cup configured to receive the process liquid discharged from the rotary cup, and provided with a drain port; and a circular flow generation element configured to generate a circular flow within the drain cup when the rotary cup and the substrate holding member are rotated, such that the circular flow serves to lead the process liquid within the drain cup to the drain port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Nanba, Norihiro Ito
  • Patent number: 8459276
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recovery and cleaning of broken substrates, for fabrication systems using silicon wafers. A placing mechanism moves a suction head to a location of the broken substrate and a suction pump coupled to a flexible hose is used to remove the broken pieces. A hood is positioned at the inlet of the suction head, and setback extensions are provided at the bottom of the hood to allow air flow into the inlet and prevent thermal conductance from the tray to the hood. Pins are extendable about the inlet of the suction head to enable breakage of the substrate to smaller pieces for removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Orbotech LT Solar, LLC.
    Inventors: Craig Lyle Stevens, David Eric Berkstresser, Wendell Thomas Blonigan
  • Patent number: 8459275
    Abstract: The in situ cleaning system provides an inlet capable of providing feed water to an in situ cleaning component, one or more in situ cleaning components, including water treatment components, an oxidizing agent generating component and/or alkalinity generating component, and an outlet in fluid communication with a washing system, providing a cleaning use solution to the washing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson, Erik C. Olson, Michael S. Rischmiller
  • Patent number: 8453656
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Anastasios J. Tousimis
  • Patent number: 8444773
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a jet engine with a first compressor stage and a second compressor stage comprises a water holding tank, a waterproof cover, and input hose coupled between the water holding tank and the waterproof cover. Further, the system includes a J-hook coupled to the input hose. The J-hook affixes to a front compressor stator of the second compressor stage of the jet engine. To clean the jet engine, fluid from the water holding tank is injected though the input hose and directed through the J-hook inside the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Aero Jet Wash LLC
    Inventor: Shahin Tadayon
  • Patent number: 8425686
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus is provided which can reduce the amount of liquids used and reduce the difference of the process level between objects to-be-processed. The liquid processing apparatus includes a main pipe, a liquid supply device, a main valve, a plurality of branch pipes, and a plurality of processing units. The liquid supply device includes a mixer, a first liquid supply pipe, and a second liquid source supplying a second liquid and supplies a mixed liquid prepared by mixing the first and second liquids in the mixer to one end of the main pipe. The main valve is configured to close the other end of the main pipe opposite to the liquid supply device when the object to-be-processed is processed in the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8404054
    Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher having multiple wash chambers, with each wash chamber executing a different cycle of operation, and liquid from one chamber may be reused in the other chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kristopher L. Delgado, Jordan R. Fountain, Barry E. Tuller
  • Patent number: 8397735
    Abstract: An apparatus for level control in a fluid tank is provided, wherein the fluid tank is designed to accommodate a supply of a fluid. The apparatus includes at least one conveying line through which the fluid can flow and which has at least one control opening which is hydraulically connected to the fluid tank. The control opening is designed to at least largely prevent fluid flowing out of the conveying line and into the fluid tank when at least one minimum level in the fluid tank is exceeded, and the control opening is further designed to allow fluid to flow out of the conveying line and into the fluid tank when the at least one minimum level in the fluid tank is undershot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Roederer, Joachim Franz
  • Patent number: 8371315
    Abstract: A washing system comprising a washing machine vessel, a fluid-treatment component for activating a liquid, a dispenser for dispensing the activated liquid to the washing machine vessel, an electrode in electrical contact with the activated liquid, and at least one control circuit configured to generate an alternating electrical field through the dispensed activated liquid between the electrode and the washing machine vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Tennant Company
    Inventors: Thomas R. Denison, Bruce F. Field, Jonathan A. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 8316866
    Abstract: A method for cleaning a substrate is provided. The method initiates with applying an activation solution to a surface of the substrate. The activation solution and the surface of the substrate are contacted with a surface of a solid cleaning surface. The activation solution is absorbed into a portion of the solid cleaning element and then the substrate or the solid cleaning surface is moved relative to each other to clean the surface of the substrate. A method for cleaning the surface of the substrate with a solid cleaning element that experiences plastic deformation is also provided. Corresponding cleaning apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Erik M. Freer, John M. deLarios, Katrina Mikhaylichenko, Michael Ravkin, Mikhail Korolik, Fred C. Redeker
  • Publication number: 20120222704
    Abstract: This invention is generally directed to a new metal parts quenching medium recycling apparatus. This device is composed of a heating furnace, a spray rinsing chamber, an immersion cleaning tank, a washing chamber, a liquid storage tank, a quenching chamber and a molten and mixing tank, in present invention, the recovering and recycling of quenching medium is carried out automatically in the molten and mixing tank, providing a minimized workload and safely procedure to recover and recycle the quenching medium. This procedure eliminates both the loss of the quenching medium, and the related environmental pollution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Changzhi Fu, Yuxuan Fu
  • Patent number: 8192558
    Abstract: A conveyor warewasher for washing wares includes a first tank including a drain system having a drain outlet and a drain stop movable between a drain outlet closed position and a drain outlet open position. A second tank includes a drain system having a drain outlet, an associated drain path that leads to the first tank and an associated drain path stop moveable between a drain path open position and a drain path closed position. A drain control assembly includes a common drain actuator operatively connected to cause both (i) movement of the drain stop from the drain outlet closed position to the drain outlet open position and (ii) movement of the drain path stop from the drain path closed position to the drain path open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventor: Charles E. Warner
  • Patent number: 8051861
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes a supply of purified water, a supply of cleaning agent, a mixing junction, and a distributor. The mixing junction is configured to combine a flow of the purified water and a flow of the cleaning agent and output a flow of cleaning liquid comprising the flows of the purified water and the cleaning agent. The distributor includes an output through which the cleaning liquid can be discharged. In a method of cleaning a surface, flows of purified water and cleaning agent are provided. The flow of purified water and the flow of cleaning agent are mixed to form a flow of cleaning liquid. The flow of cleaning liquid is then discharged to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Tennant Company
    Inventors: Bruce F. Field, Hans C. Killingstad
  • Patent number: 8043437
    Abstract: A method of operating a dishwasher having multiple wash chambers, with each wash chamber executing a different cycle of operation, and liquid from one chamber may be reused in the other chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Kristopher L. Delgado, Jordan R. Fountain, Barry E. Tuller
  • Patent number: 8042557
    Abstract: Multitank conveyor-type dishwasher (2) for washing items (10) to be washed, comprising at least two wash zones (6, 8) which are arranged in succession in the conveying direction (4); a liquid forward-flow apparatus (26) between in each case two successive wash zones (6, 8) for transferring liquid between these wash zones (6, 8) in a forward-flow direction (28) counter to the conveying direction (4); characterized in that a liquid recirculation apparatus (60) is provided for transferring sprayed liquid of a front wash zone (8), as seen in the conveying direction (4), into a rear wash zone (6) which is arranged downstream of the front wash zone (8), as seen in the conveying direction (4), counter to the forward-flow direction (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Dietrich Berner, Klaus Padtberg, Harald Disch
  • Publication number: 20110155183
    Abstract: The invention in one variation is a specialized tub-like apparatus for cleaning sponges. The apparatus is nestable and can be seated in the mouth of a bucket. The apparatus has a ribbed flat bottom, a flanged quasi-circuline tapered side wall contiguous with a pair of elevated shelves with level control holes that establish the water level and flow rate, and a garden hose fastening element that includes two wedged shaped holes that are orthogonal. There is an indentation with drain holes in the center bottom that disburses flow of the incoming water outwardly. The apparatus has a second inward deviation that provides an access port to the interior of the bucket. The access port is large enough to accommodate a drain line for the bucket and wiring. The bottom has several tapered legs with annular drain holes that enable the apparatus to drain dry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Rob Parker
  • Publication number: 20110139191
    Abstract: A hydraulic acne suction cleanser includes a suction head, a body connecting to an end connector of a shower duct or an adapter duct of an outlet of a faucet and a connection hose communicating the suction head and the body. The body includes a pressurized chamber, a suction port, a water discharge passage and a water intake passage. The pressurized chamber communicates with exterior space of the body through the suction port. The water discharge passage and water intake passage are extended respectively to form a converging orifice and an ejection orifice surrounded by the converging orifice in the pressurized chamber, and form respectively a water outlet and a water inlet on the body. The suction port has an opening directing towards the circumference of the converging orifice. The water inlet has external threads formed on the circumference corresponding to internal threads of the end connector or adapter duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Kuei-Hsin Huang
  • Patent number: 7913704
    Abstract: A system for washing-out concrete pouring equipment includes a bin for receiving waste materials washed with water from the concrete pouring equipment. The bin includes openings allowing liquid to drain into a base unit that includes sidewalls defining a receptacle for receiving the bin and a sloped bottom for conveying liquid drained from the bin to a sump. A filtering system filters particulate matter from liquid provided from the sump to recover the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Ricki Joe Abney, Sr.
    Inventor: Ricki Joe Abney, Sr.
  • Patent number: 7891365
    Abstract: Disclosed are a nozzle cleaning apparatus and a nozzle cleaning method, which are capable of effectively cleaning a nozzle for discharging a process liquid to a substrate, with a simple structure and a low cost. A nozzle 30 is accommodated in a cleaning container 2 having a funnel-shaped portion 2b. A solvent T as a cleaning liquid is supplied along an inner surface of the funnel-shaped portion 2b. The solvent T forms a vortex flow whirling around the nozzle 30. By exposing the nozzle 30 to the vortex flow, the nozzle 30 can be effectively, thoroughly cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirao, Akihiro Fujimoto, Yasutaka Souma
  • Patent number: 7892359
    Abstract: A dishwasher in the form of a programmable machine, in particular a commercial dishwasher, having a pre-cleaning station, which is disposed outside a treatment chamber of the dishwasher, and having a waste water transfer system, by which washing liquid can be fed from a wash tank of the dishwasher as pre-cleaning liquid to the pre-cleaning station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Dietrich Berner, Harald Disch, Markus Heidt
  • Patent number: 7861733
    Abstract: A device for treating pieces of a substrate at high pressure, piece by piece or in batches, with a treatment medium in the supercritical or near-critical state, includes a first pressure chamber, a pipe system for supplying and discharging the treatment medium, to and from the pressure chamber under high pressure and an electric motor, which is fixed to the housing in the first pressure chamber or in a second pressure chamber coupled to the first pressure chamber under the high pressure, for driving an actuator to carry out a mechanical action in the treatment medium. The electric motor is in this case open to the treatment medium and is disposed and designed to be accessible to the treatment medium, in such a manner that during the treatment of a substrate the treatment medium flows through and around the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Stork Prints B.V.
    Inventors: Hubert Clemens Pellikaan, Geert Feye Woerlee
  • Patent number: 7849878
    Abstract: A purge drain valve including a spool spliced in a fluid line includes a control valve and an actuator coupled to the control valve for regulating fluid flow. During a washing operation, fluid flows between a supply end and a delivery end of the spool, and during a purging operation, the control valve diverts fluid entering the supply end from the delivery end towards a drain leg. A washing system includes a fluid supply coupled to an input of a wash delivery system and a delivery line coupled to an output of the wash delivery system. The purge drain may be spliced into the delivery line to permit fluid to reach a wash apparatus during a washing operation and to prevent fluid from reaching the wash apparatus during a purging operation. A rinse cycle sensor apparatus may be employed to indicate to an operator if a washing operation is complete based upon a conductivity of fluid exiting from a device being washed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Gas Turbine Efficiency Sweden AB
    Inventors: Rodney W. Kohler, Thomas Wagner
  • Publication number: 20100132746
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polycrystalline silicon washing apparatus that sequentially immerses polycrystalline silicon into a plurality of acid baths each of which is filled with an acid to wash the polycrystalline silicon. The temperatures of the acids in the acid baths are set such that the temperature of the acid in a later acid bath of adjacent acid baths is equal to or lower than that of a former acid bath and the temperature of the acid in the last acid bath is lower than that of the acid in the first acid bath. Each of the acid baths is provided with a temperature adjusting unit that controls the temperature of the acid at a constant value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sakai, Tetsuya Atsumi, Yukiyasu Miyata
  • Publication number: 20100043821
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and apparatus for removing photoresist in the presence of low-k dielectric layers. In one embodiment, the method includes exciting a first mixture of gases having a ratio of a flow rate of reducing process gas to a flow rate of an oxygen-containing process gas that is between 1:1 and 100:1 to generate a first reactive gas mixture. Next, the method includes exposing the photoresist layer that overlays the low-k dielectric layer on a substrate to the first reactive gas mixture to selectively remove the photoresist layer from the dielectric layer. Next, the method includes exposing the photoresist layer to a second reactive gas mixture to selectively remove the photoresist layer from the dielectric layer. The first and second reactive gas mixtures contain substantially no ions when the substrate is exposed to these mixtures in order to minimize damage to the low-k dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Siyi Li, Ryan Patz, Qingjun Zhou, Jeremiah Pender, Michael D. Armacost
  • Publication number: 20100024853
    Abstract: In order to provide a liquid solvent abutment unit for accelerating the reaction of a liquid solvent against an adhesive member existing between a perforated support plate and a wafer, a liquid solvent abutment unit comprises: a supply part for supplying a support plate surface with a liquid solvent; a retention part for retaining the supplied liquid solvent in the hole-formed region on the support plate surface; a recovery part for recovering the liquid solvent retained in the hole-formed region; and a vibration unit for vibrating the liquid solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Miyanari, Yoshihiro Inao, Yasumasa Iwata
  • Publication number: 20090242004
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity having a base, a sump below the dishwasher cavity base, a collecting channel that catches liquid leaking over an upper edge of the sump, and a drainage element that drains liquid collected in the collecting channel past an electrical component that is in a region of the sump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Buesing, Bruno Reiter, Markus Wecker
  • Patent number: 7585373
    Abstract: A dishwashing machine is provided with a washing compartment and with devices for washing dishes using a washing solution as well as with a sorption drying device, which is connected to the washing compartment in an air-conducting manner via an outlet of the washing compartment and via an inlet of the washing compartment and which comprises a sorption column containing reversibly dehydratable material, the outlet of the washing compartment being connected to the sorption drying device via an air duct. In order to obtain an optimized sorption drying device, the air duct is provided, at least in part, in the form of a condensing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jerg, Kai Paintner
  • Publication number: 20090211612
    Abstract: A steam generator lance configured as a stack of adjacent tubes in a single column. The tubes are secured at least some locations. The lance includes a distal end with tube nozzles. A mechanism is provided for positioning the distal end of the lance into a tube lane. There is typically another mechanism for driving the lance so that the distal end thereof enters the tube lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Christos Athanassiu, Joseph William Valentine, JR., Michael W. Osborne, Abed Kanaan