Using Solid Work Treating Agents Patents (Class 134/6)
  • Patent number: 8356376
    Abstract: To provide a substrate cleaning apparatus capable of effectively removing deposits adhering to at least an end surface of a substrate by means of a sponge-like brush. A substrate cleaning apparatus includes: a spin chuck configured to rotatably hold a substrate W; a motor configured to rotate the substrate W held by the spin chuck; a cleaning-liquid supply mechanism configured to supply a cleaning liquid to the substrate W held by the spin chuck. The cleaning mechanism includes: a brush made of a sponge-like resin, which is brought into contact with at least an end surface of the wafer W during the cleaning; and a brush compressing mechanism configured to compress the brush. The brush is compressed by the compressing mechanism, and cleans at least the end surface of the substrate W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Mouri, Satoru Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130014782
    Abstract: Provided are a window cleaning apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The window cleaning apparatus including first and second cleaning units which are respectively attached on both surfaces of a window using a magnetic force to move together with each other includes a first magnetic module provided in the first cleaning unit, a second magnetic module provided in the second cleaning unit, a magnetic force detection part for detecting a magnetic force between the first and second magnetic modules, and a magnetic force control part for controlling the magnetic force between the first and second magnetic modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: ILSHIM GLOBAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Man Hyun Ryu
  • Publication number: 20130014781
    Abstract: A tool for cleaning a personal care applicator, particularly an applicator for a product that is subject to dry out. In some embodiments, the invention is implemented as a reusable cleaning tool. In other embodiments, the invention is implemented as a disposable, single-use or limited use cleaning tool. The tool comprises a relatively flat body having first and second exterior surfaces, and one or more cleaning regions that extend through the body. As an applicator is drawn through the cleaning region, dried out product is scraped off the applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Herve F. Bouix, Francis Corbellini, William Robert Bickford
  • Publication number: 20130008465
    Abstract: A cleaning mat for adhesively removing hair or lint or both from an environmental surface, and method of using the cleaning mat. The mat has a first surface which is adapted to receive and cooperate with manual pressure, and an opposed second surface which bears a slightly tacky material and a removable, reinstallable liner. The mat is briefly pressed against the environmental surface by manual contact and removed therefrom. Manual contact may be at an acute angle to the plane of the mat, whereupon frictional characteristics of the mat will oppose ineffectual sliding of the hand over the mat. The mat is flexible and may be pressed into conforming engagement with curved environmental surfaces. The mat may be protected by the liner when not in use. Mats may be provided in stacks suitably enclosed for retail distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventor: Valerie Ray
  • Publication number: 20130008466
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning deposits and accretions from an end plate of a sensor body, for accommodating a measuring apparatus for determining one or more physical and/or chemical, process variables. The sensor body is sealed against penetration by liquid and a wiper is provided having a wiper blade for cleaning the end plate. The wiper is arranged as a subcomponent on a peripheral, appended module, wherein geometries of the wiper and the peripheral, appended module are so embodied that the wiper in the case of rotary movement from a rest position into a cleaning position, with the lower edge of the wiper blade being flush with the upper edge of the end plate, in the cleaning position, and in order that the wiper cleans the end plate by contact of the wiper blade with the end plate, and the wiper then returns to the rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Hasan-Özkan KARAGÖZ, Michael LITTMANN, Thilo KRÄTSCHMER
  • Publication number: 20130008464
    Abstract: A tool for removing ice and residual moisture from a surface includes a semi-annular attachment having multiple teeth arrayed about the periphery on the forward facing edge thereof, the attachment including a substantially straight-edged scrapper bar disposed laterally across the anterior edge of the attachment opposite the multiple teeth, a semi-annular handle guard affixed to the semi-annular attachment, the handle guard including a laterally disposed handle grip, and a flexible squeegee panel mounted to the semi-annular handle guard along the front peripheral edge thereof, the panel disposed above the multiple tooth array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventor: Donald Varner
  • Publication number: 20130000670
    Abstract: A toothbrush containing a handle, a neck, a brush head region extending from the neck and including cleaning elements extending from a base thereof, a motion sensor for acquiring data indicative of motion of the toothbrush along at least one direction thereof concurrent with brushing, a microprocessor for analyzing the data indicative of motion of the toothbrush concurrent with brushing; and means to provide feedback to a user of the toothbrush, wherein the motion sensor, the microprocessor and the feedback means cooperate to provide the user substantially instant feedback, such that the user may adjust brushing motion while brushing teeth, and methods of providing substantially instant feedback to the user of the toothbrush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Curt Binner, Richard J. Fougere, Naomi Furgiuele, Curtis Lee, Megha Reddy
  • Publication number: 20130000671
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning method is provided, which can clean a surface of a substrate with a roll cleaning member more uniformly over the entire surface even when a point (area) exists in the cleaning area of the surface of the substrate at which the relative speed between the rotational speed of the substrate and the rotational speed of the roll cleaning member is zero. The substrate cleaning method for scrubbing a surface of a substrate with a roll cleaning member, extending along the diametrical direction of the substrate, by rotating the substrate and the roll cleaning member while keeping the roll cleaning member in contact with the surface of the substrate, includes changing a rotational speed of at least one of the substrate and the roll cleaning member or a direction of rotation of the substrate during the scrub cleaning of the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Xinming WANG, Kunimasa Matsushita, Fumitoshi Oikawa
  • Patent number: 8343286
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of washing ware, in particular in an automatic domestic or institutional ware washing machine, using a detergent composition containing a cationic starch. This eliminates the need for a surfactant in the rinse step. The cationic starch provides a layer of cationic starch on the ware so as to afford a sheeting action in an aqueous rinse step without any added rinse agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Diversey, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonius Maria Neplenbroek, Julie Jessica Beau, Florian Romain Marie Raphanel
  • Publication number: 20120325265
    Abstract: A point value corresponding to a load state of an electric motor is set. The load state of the electric motor is detected so as to calculate a load point value of the electric motor and accumulate the load point values (S3, S4). A wiper-device operation mode is identified (S6). A difference Ptd between the accumulated load point value for forward operations and the accumulated load point value for return operations is compared with a criterion threshold value SVb (S24). When the difference Ptd exceeds the criterion threshold value SVb, it is determined that a vehicle is in a high-speed running state. Then, an angle of rotation of the electric motor is reduced to narrow a wiping angle of the wiper blade (S25). In this manner, an upper reversal position is set closer to a return side than a given position. As a result, overrun caused by the deflection of a blade or the like due to a wind generated by running when the vehicle is running at a high speed is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: Toshiyuki AMAGASA
  • Publication number: 20120325266
    Abstract: A cleaning performance prediction method determines a first distance from the origin of an X-Y plane to a first cleaning point on the X-Y plane, and the X-Y coordinates being determined for cleaning of the substrate to be carried out under first cleaning conditions. The method also determines a second distance from the origin of the X-Y plane to a second cleaning point on the X-Y plane, the X-Y coordinates of the second cleaning point being determined in the same manner as those of the first cleaning point but for cleaning of the substrate to be carried out under second cleaning conditions different from the first cleaning conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: Tomoatsu ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 8337626
    Abstract: A method of removal of beryllium contamination from an article is disclosed. The method typically involves dissolving polyisobutylene in a solvent such as hexane to form a tackifier solution, soaking the substrate in the tackifier to produce a preform, and then drying the preform to produce the cleaning medium. The cleaning media are typically used dry, without any liquid cleaning agent to rub the surface of the article and remove the beryllium contamination below a non-detect level. In some embodiments no detectible residue is transferred from the cleaning wipe to the article as a result of the cleaning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald F. Simandl, Scott M. Hollenbeck
  • Patent number: 8337625
    Abstract: An escalator step cleaner for cleaning escalator steps having a plurality of parallel tread ridges separated by tread grooves has a cleaning pad assembly configured to extend generally perpendicular to the direction of motion of the escalator steps and clean the escalator steps while the escalator is in motion. The cleaning pad assembly has a rigid upper plate and a flexible disposable bottom pad having a cleaning contact surface. The contact surface carries a plurality of spaced parallel pad ridges separated by pad grooves that matingly engage between the tread ridges of the escalator steps and cause dislodgement of the accumulated debris. The cleaning pad assembly can be secured on a hand-held cleaning tool or on a motorized cleaning tool with rotating brushes and a vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Renaelc, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick C. Gehm, Michael Knight
  • Publication number: 20120318294
    Abstract: An unblocking roller for removing excess material from the openings of cells of a honeycomb core is disclosed. The unblocking roller includes a cylindrical core having a center axis and a plurality of clusters each comprising a plurality of bristles. Each of the plurality of bristles of each cluster is coupled to the core at a first end and projecting outward from the core. Each bristle projects a minimum of a first distance from the core. Each cluster is separated from adjacent clusters by at least a second distance that is at least 20% of the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Giannone, Christopher R. Wirz, Craig Scott
  • Patent number: 8332984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus for printed circuit board. The cleaning apparatus includes a base, a clamping plate fixed to the base, at least one holding member, at least one cleaning roller, and a driving mechanism. The holding member is elastically supported on the base. The at least one cleaning roller is pivotably disposed on the at least one holding member respectively. The cleaning roller includes a cleaning layer attached to a surface of the cleaning roller. The clamping plate is opposite to and departs from the cleaning roller at a distance. The driving mechanism is coupled to the cleaning roller and configured for driving the cleaning roller to rotate. The cleaning apparatus can clean printed circuit board high efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Zhen Ding Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tso-Hung Yeh, Hung-Yi Chang, Chih-Lung Hsiao, Cheng-Hsien Lin
  • Publication number: 20120312322
    Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning substrates is provided. The cleaning device includes a generally cylindrically-shaped brush mandrel and a cylindrical brush. The brush mandrel has a body section with an outer surface positioned about a central axis. The outer surface is interrupted by an engagement member having primary features adjacent secondary features. The brush has a hollow bore formed around the brush mandrel with an inner surface interrupted by a second engagement member which mates the first engagement member. The primary features flow in a direction generally perpendicular to a rotational direction of the brush mandrel around the central axis and include a first surface which is generally perpendicular to the outer surface. The secondary features include a second surface which flows in a direction generally perpendicular to the first surface and along the central axis. No primary feature includes a radially obstructing feature formed over any secondary feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Robert Willis, Bradley S. Withers
  • Publication number: 20120312321
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a laundry treating appliance using mechanical and chemical cleaning action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: SHAWN A. ARMSTRONG, TREMITCHELL WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20120312323
    Abstract: There is provided a substrate cleaning method which optimizes the shape of a roll cleaning member and can efficiently clean a substrate surface with a high degree of cleaning and reduce the number of defects remaining on the substrate surface. The substrate cleaning method performs scrub cleaning of a surface of a substrate with a roll cleaning member, having a large number of nodules on the surface and extending linearly over approximately an entire length of a diameter of the substrate and which forms a cleaning area between it and the substrate surface, by bringing the nodules into contact with the substrate surface while rotating the roll cleaning member and the substrate each in one direction. During this scrub cleaning, the area of contact between the nodules and the substrate surface in the cleaning area is made smaller in a forward-direction cleaning area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventor: Tomoatsu ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 8328952
    Abstract: A method of perfuming in automatic dishwashing comprising the step of providing a first perfume into an automatic dishwashing machine wherein the first perfume is capable of generating a second perfume comprising from about 0.001% to about 10% by weight thereof of a sulphurous compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Amanda Kiser Jukes, Natasha Eve Ferguson, Nicola Jane Binney, Anju Deepali Massey Brooker
  • Patent number: 8328767
    Abstract: Caps can be used to cover and disinfect a male protrusion portion of a medical connector. Some caps can create a seal with the male protrusion to prevent antiseptic from entering a lumen the protrusion. A biasing element can aid in creating or maintaining the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Catheter Connections, Inc., The University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Donald D. Solomon, F. Mark Ferguson, Robert Hitchcock, Steven Bandis, James V. Mercer, Michael W. Howlett
  • Patent number: 8328949
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a freshly laid egg is provided. An egg cleansing towelette is impregnated with an egg cleansing solution and sealed in a container. The towelette can be removed from the container when needed. The impregnated towelette can be rubbed over the shell of the freshly laid egg to remove dirt, blood, yolk and other undesirable materials found in a chicken coop. The towelette can also include an abrasive material to help remove the undesirable material. The egg cleansing solution can be fragrance-free and blended as to not potentially damage the bloom on the egg. The towelettes can be purchased in a container with a resealable opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventor: Samuel Jeffries
  • Publication number: 20120305025
    Abstract: A remotely-operable vehicle for cleaning material from beneath a structure. The vehicle includes a body having a front portion and a rear portion, a pair of support arms pivotally supported within the body, a drive system for moving the vehicle, a hydraulic system, a receiver for receiving control signals from a remote control device, a processor which generates signals for operating the drive system and the hydraulic system in response to received control signals, and at least one cleaning attachment removably attached to the vehicle at a proximal end of each support arm. A vehicle system as well as a method of cleaning coal from beneath a conveyor belt in a coal mine are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Courtland Joshua Helbig, Michael Robert Meyers, Reuben Jay Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 8323417
    Abstract: A method of treatment for inhibiting sulfur-based corrosion or scaling or for removing scaling from a surface including inhibiting corrosion caused by sulfur-containing materials, reducing corrosion caused by sulfur-containing materials, inhibiting scaling caused by sulfur-containing materials in gas, liquid or solid phase or any combination of multiple phases of materials, reducing scaling caused by sulfur-containing materials, and removing scaling caused by sulfur-containing materials. The method involves contacting sulfur-containing materials with a composition containing a turpentine liquid. The method also involves contacting corrodible surfaces or surfaces prone to scaling with a composition containing a turpentine liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Green Source Energy LLC
    Inventors: Liang-tseng Fan, Mohammad Reza Shafie, Julius Michael Tollas, William Arthur Fitzhugh Lee
  • Publication number: 20120298136
    Abstract: Device for processing a ground surface of artificial turf comprising filler, the device comprising a frame (11) and moving means arranged for moving the device over the ground surface in a working direction, a supplier arranged for taking up a flow of material from the ground surface, such as dirt and filler, and for supplying the flow to a processing device (3) arranged for processing the flow of material, wherein the supplier extends at a distance above the ground surface and that the device further comprises an engaging device (41) arranged for engaging the material on the ground surface for loosening said material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: REDEXIM HANDEL-EN EXPLOITATIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B.V.
    Inventor: Cornelis Hermanus Maria De Bree
  • Publication number: 20120302485
    Abstract: A method and composition for removing stubborn stains that includes the application of a mixture comprising alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chlorides, bleach, and water. A major advantage of the method is that the composition solution is strong enough to remove stubborn stains from soft and hard surfaces and restore original appearance and scent to old fabrics, yet sufficiently mild to not damage delicate and colored fabrics or pose a threat to the person treating the stain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventor: Beth Chester
  • Publication number: 20120298137
    Abstract: Floor grinding- and cleaning body (1) for machine-based processing of structured floorings (2) comprising a base body (10) which is provided on a first side (12) with a resilient, textured surface (14), a processing layer (20) that is arranged on the textured surface (14) of the base body (10) and a hook-and-loop adaption layer (30), which is arranged on a second side (16) of the base body (10) opposed to the first side (12), wherein the textured surface (14) comprises a resilient burling structure, wherein the burls (18) thereof are designed to be able to treat deep areas (4) of a structured surface (3) of a flooring (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventor: Peter Jost
  • Publication number: 20120298135
    Abstract: An oral care device is provided. The oral care device includes a toothbrush and an absorbent pad. The toothbrush has an elongated shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end defines a handle for a user. The toothbrush also includes a plurality of bristles at the distal end. The bristles are dimensioned to enter the mouth of a human user. The pad has an outer circumference or edge. The pad further has an interior through-opening for frictionally and removably receiving the shaft of the toothbrush. The pad is fabricated at least along its circumference from an absorbent material. A method for brushing one's teeth using a toothbrush with a pad is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Lindsay G. Luttrell, Bradley J. Luttrell
  • Patent number: 8317931
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and products enabling decontamination of chemical warfare agents and/or toxic industrial chemicals. More particularly, the invention pertains to improvements of surface decontamination processes using novel sorbents such as nanotubular titania.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: George W. Wagner, Yue Wu, Alfred Kleinhammes
  • Publication number: 20120291802
    Abstract: A multi-use cloth for cleaning and conditioning metal and non-metal objects includes a two-layer, three-layer or multi-layer structure. Each layer is made of material either capable of retaining an oil, aqueous solution, aqueous suspension or solid or capable of preventing penetration of an oil, aqueous solution, aqueous suspension or solid. In a three-layer or multi-layer cloth, the separation layer is affixed in between two layers having one or both layers embedded with an oil, aqueous solution, or aqueous suspension. In a two-layer cloth, the separation layer is affixed to one side of the layer that is embedded with an oil, aqueous solution or an aqueous suspension. The cloth is folded with the oil, or aqueous solution, or aqueous suspension embedded side on an inner side. A user's hand holds the outside of the cloth and no contamination from oil, aqueous solution, or aqueous suspension or solid occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Lei Zhu, Chunlei Huang
  • Publication number: 20120291801
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning implement based on melamine-formaldehyde foam comprising hollow microspheres, wherein said hollow microspheres have a median particle diameter (D50, volume averaged, Malvern, Fraunhofer diffraction) in the range from 260 ?m to 490 ?m, and wherein the hollow microsphere are at least partly filled with a benefit agent. Additionally the present invention encompasses a method for cleaning a hard surface with a cleaning implement according to the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: David John Pung, Denis Alfred Gonzales, Tobias Heinz Steinke, Peter Nessel
  • Publication number: 20120285483
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a wafer is disclosed in the present invention. This method is particularly suitable for cleaning the metal layer on the wafer. First, a wafer having a metal layer is loaded into a cleaning chamber, wherein a plurality of particles are inlaid in a surface of the metal layer. Later, a first clean stage is performed to rinse the wafer by jetted liquid introduced with megasonic energy. After the first clean stage, a second clean stage is performed to scrub the wafer. Finally, the wafer is dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Li-Chung Liu, Yi-Nan Chen, Hsien-Wen Liu
  • Publication number: 20120285484
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning method includes: (1) providing a wafer cleaning apparatus comprising a sponge for scrubbing a surface of a semiconductor wafer to be cleaned; (2) implementing a pre-conditioning flow to pre-condition the sponge using a dummy wafer; and (3) performing a regular cleaning flow to scrub the surface of the semiconductor wafer to be cleaned using the pre-conditioned sponge. The dummy wafer has a plurality of upward protruding features on a surface of the dummy wafer for removing residual fibers or unwanted substances from the sponge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Li-Chung Liu, Yi-Nan Chen, Hsien-Wen Liu
  • Patent number: 8308868
    Abstract: A device for cleaning an artificial “infill turf” field includes a rotating brush assembly and a basket for receiving waste and infill material. The basket has a bottom with openings that allow infill material to be returned to the field, and a vibrator to promote separation of infill from waste. The device may include wheels connected to the brush assembly in a manner effective to rotate the brush when one or both of the wheels rotate, and a magnet for picking magnetic waste material from the field. The device may include an actuator for adjusting the height of the brushes, and a tow bar that allows the device to be positioned in an “active” orientation to sweep a field, or an “uplifted” orientation to transport the device across curbs or rough terrain. Multiple brushes and/or baskets may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: GreensGroomer WorldWide, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Davis, John Kitterman
  • Publication number: 20120280706
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning unit for removing foreign matter adhering to a probe needle of a probe card for a continuity test, the cleaning unit being capable of effectively removing the foreign matter adhering to the probe needle without abrading the probe needle. A cleaning sheet of the present invention is a cleaning sheet, including a cleaning layer for removing foreign matter adhering to a probe needle of a probe card for a continuity test, in which the cleaning layer has an arithmetic average roughness Ra in conformity with JIS-B-0601 of 100 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: C/O NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Uenda, Makoto Namikawa, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20120279520
    Abstract: A push broom apparatus is shown having an elongated handle with an elongated broom head attached to the elongated handle. A plurality of substantially rigid bristles are attached laterally to the broom head. A plurality of substantially flexible bristles are also attached laterally to the broom head. At least one scraper blade is attached to the elongate broom head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Catherine Sarris, Bill Nelson
  • Patent number: 8303720
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the floor of an accommodation of an animal includes a master unit and a mobile unit that is movable relative to the master unit. A floor-cleaning device and an air-flow-generating device are disposed on the mobile unit that is movable relative to the remaining part of the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a control system for controlling the operation of the apparatus. The control system activates the air-flow-generating device when the mobile unit moves away from the master unit and deactivates the air-flow-generating device when the mobile unit moves towards the master unit. After activation of the air-flow-generating device, the control system activates the floor-cleaning device when the mobile unit moves towards the master unit and deactivates the floor-cleaning device when the mobile unit has reached the master unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Maasland N.V.
    Inventor: Jan Lambertus Pastoor
  • Publication number: 20120273001
    Abstract: An optics cleaning apparatus includes a holder with a first end, a second end and an outer surface where the outer surface encloses an internal reservoir. A fluid applicator is connected with the first end and with the internal reservoir and a scrub pad is connected with the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: Melvin A. Burklow
  • Publication number: 20120273003
    Abstract: A device for cleaning and sanitizing a moving handrail, such as those found on escalators and moving walkways. The device can automatically and continuously sanitize a handrail as it moves past or through the device, thereby preventing the spread of germs and viruses and encouraging users to make contact with the handrail for safety reasons without worrying about disease transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Holloway, Luke Schwandt
  • Publication number: 20120273374
    Abstract: Corrosion inhibitor compositions and methods of use are disclosed. Corrosion inhibitors are selected from polyacrylate and calcium corrosion inhibitors, zinc and calcium corrosion inhibitors and/or sugar acids and calcium corrosion inhibitors combined with hypochlorite sources provide use solutions for effective corrosion inhibition for metal surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Erik C. Olson, Kim R. Smith, Steven E. Lentsch, Sherri L. Tischler
  • Publication number: 20120273002
    Abstract: A method of scraping a prescribed area of the external periphery of a synthetic plastics pipe (31) prior to the electro-fusion of a saddle fitting, comprises releasably attaching a scraping device (1), which incorporates a scraping tool (23), to the external periphery (30) of the pipe (31), in a manner that permits movement of the scraping device (1) from a start position around an arc of the pipe (30) in a scraping stroke; and indexing the scraping tool (1) axially along the pipe for repeated arcuate scraping strokes until scraping has been completed over the prescribed area. The invention also includes a pipe scraping device (1) for scraping a prescribed area of the external periphery (30) of a synthetic plastics pipe (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Nicholas Myers, Steven Garfield Farrar, Gordon Leslie Lilley
  • Patent number: 8298343
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing ice from overhead utility power lines which includes a tool having an extendable pole with an ice removing roller having an annular outer channel rotatably supported on the pole. The pole is extendable for enabling a user to place the roller over an ice-laden utility power line while standing on the ground, and then is movable along the power line by the workmen while standing on the ground or walking along a line parallel to the power line for removing ice from the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventor: Timothy D. Ailey
  • Patent number: 8298342
    Abstract: A dedusting device and method is disclosed for the dry or moist dedusting (i.e., cleaning, dusting, or removal of dirt, dust, or other debris) from components, e.g., of motor vehicles. An exemplary method may generally include positioning a dusting tool driven by a drive motor in a predetermined dusting position such that the tool contacts or touches the component, and determining a first operating variable of the drive motor of the dusting tool when positioning the dusting tool in the predetermined dusting position. The first operating variable may reflect a mechanical load of the drive motor due to the contact with the component to be dusted. The method may further include calculating a corrected dusting position as a function of the predetermined dusting position and the first operating variable of the drive motor, and positioning the dusting tool in the corrected dusting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Durr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Haas, Alexander Meissner, Marcus Frey
  • Publication number: 20120266916
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has plural squeegee blades joined by a head. The head has a slot therethrough. A sheet may be longitudinally move over one or more than one of the blades to renew its surface before, during or after use. Each squeegee blade may have a dedicated sheet. The sheet(s) may travel through the slot to originate from or be stored within the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Nicola John Policicchio, William Michael Cannon, Patricia R. Soll, Kuang-Kai Liu, Mark John Steinhardt
  • Publication number: 20120266915
    Abstract: A device for treating a target surface, such as occurs when cleaning a window. The device has a substrate. The substrate has plural, alternating zones. One zone may apply a liquid to the target surface, while the immediately succeeding zone removes the liquid from the target surface. The following plural zones may be used to repeat this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, Nicola John Policicchio, William Michael Cannon, Arthur Hampton Neergaard, Kuang-Kai Liu, Patricia R. Soll
  • Publication number: 20120266917
    Abstract: Compounds and related methods are present to assist in the collection and/or disposal of polymers and/or coagulants, such as hydrophilic long chain polymers. A compound may be provided as a mixture of a polysaccharide, a salt, and a substrate. Such mixture may be cast over an area including, e.g., a spilled hydrophilic long chain polymer, and the polymer and mixture may be easily swept up and disposed of.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Innovative Next Generation Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Marta M. Broge, Lynn Marie Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120266914
    Abstract: A contamination cleaner for a socket of a charging connector used with a charging station for an electric vehicle wherein the charging connector mates to a charging coupler of the electric vehicle during charging includes a housing mechanically configured generally similarly to the charging coupler enabling the housing to mechanically mate to the charging connector; and a cleaning contact, coupled to the housing and complementary to the socket, for engaging the socket and removing surface contaminants from the socket whenever the housing mechanically mates to the charging connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hugo Van Dyke, Scott Ira Kohn, Vineet Haresh Mehta, Troy A. Nergaard
  • Publication number: 20120260940
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning workpieces (5) using two pairs of substantially vertical rotating roller brushes (15) at each brush station whereby rotation of said brushes (15) propel workpieces (5) from one brush station to the next. Workpieces (5) are held for a predetermined period of time at each station by edgewheels (30, 31) which also rotate the workpieces (5). Cleaning fluid is sprayed onto workpieces (5) as they rotate to assist in removing particulate contamination. Method involves inserting a single workpiece (5) in between two pairs of rotating roller brushes (15) which scrub said workpiece as it is rotated by a pair of edgewheels (30, 31). There may be a divider shield (9) in between each brush station to prevent a large proportion of particulate matter and use cleaning fluid from traveling between the brush stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: INVENPRO (M) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Kae Jeng NG, Kien Hui LIANG, Kien Yew LIANG
  • Publication number: 20120260951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reagents for use in deactivating nucleic acids and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Norman C. NELSON, Kenneth A. BROWNE, Lizhong DAI, James RUSSELL, Mark E. FILIPOWSKY, Margarita B. KAMINSKY, Daniel L. KACIAN
  • Publication number: 20120260939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a windscreen-wiper blade (1) of a motor vehicle which comprises: an elongate flexible strip (6); a conduit outlet (23) arranged such as to be able to spray a jet of liquid in substantially the longitudinal direction of the strip (6); characterised in that the conduit outlet (23) is offset on the side of the flexible strip (6) relative to the longitudinal médian plane of the flexible strip (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: MGI COUTIER, PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A.
    Inventors: Gerard Jeuffe, Brahim Hamza, Jean-Michel Issartel, Akim Driss Bouguerra, Rodolphe Emaille
  • Patent number: 8287655
    Abstract: A method of cleaning dirt and debris from surfaces using a cleaning device, such as a vacuum cleaner. The cleaning device has a handle unit which is attached to the body of the cleaning device adjacent a filter compartment. The handle unit has a handle portion that is spaced from the filter compartment to allow a user to place his or her hand through the space and grasp the handle portion and thereby carry the cleaning device using only the handle unit. The handle unit can also be detached from the body of the cleaning device, and then later re-attached, via lockable mating connecting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Stein & Co. GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Stein, Achim Liffers