Cleaning and liquid contact with solids inventions 03/07

20070068551 - Squirter jet ultrasonic cleaning: A method and device for cleaning a hollow article and specifically a turbine blade assembly utilizes a cleaning solution flowed through the turbine blade assembly and a transducer that generates an ultrasonic frequency that is transmitted through the flowing cleaning solution to the internal surfaces of the turbine blade. Ultrasonic... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070068552 - Ozonation for elimination of bacteria for wet processing systems: In a first aspect, an apparatus adapted to clean a semiconductor device manufacturing component is provided. The apparatus includes an ozone module adapted to (1) obtain Ozone; (2) combine the Ozone with a fluid to generate ozonated fluid; and (3) deliver the ozonated fluid to the semiconductor device manufacturing component... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070068554 - Car wash tire applicator and related method: A car wash tire applicator including a movable follower and a sprayer. The follower moves alongside a vehicle and the sprayer sprays a treatment liquid on a tire of the vehicle, optionally toward the bottom portion of the tire of the vehicle as the tire rotates. The sprayer continues to... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20070068555 - Flow control in a washing and centrifugal drying system: A method of filling a drying system 24 with product comprises providing a washing unit 22, and a drier or driers 26a, 26b arranged such that one at a time the driers 26a, 26b receive product 48 discharged from the output of the washing unit 22. The washing unit 22... Agent: Mark Allison Bauman

20070068553 - Plastic reprocessing with controlled decontamination: A method and device for reprocessing used plastic containers, especially PET bottles, by analyzing the degree of contamination of the plastic, determining the decontamination process parameters as a function of the degree of contamination found the analyzing in step, and conducting a controlled decontamination of the plastic according to the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070068556 - Ash and dust removal system: A system for removing dust, dirt and like from the surface of a flexible paper substrate and accurately positioning same comprises a transport assembly for conveying the paper substrate along a path of travel. The transport assembly includes a rotating vacuum drum having an outer surface over which the paper... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP 1007 North Orange Street

20070068557 - Polymer systems and cleaning compositions comprising same: The present invention relates to stable polymer systems comprising anionic and modified polyamine polymers. When such polymer systems are employed in cleaning compositions, such cleaning compositions exhibit unexpectedly improved anti-soil re-deposition and situs whitening capabilities.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070068558 - Apparatus and methods for mask cleaning: An integrated substrate cleaning processes capable of removing residues and particulates from the surface of a photomask is described. In one embodiment, an ozonated de-ionized water treatment is the first wet cleaning operation. In an embodiment of the present invention, the substrate cleaning process includes a wet cleaning operation employing... Agent: Michael A. Bernadicou Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070068559 - Method and apparatus for electronic device manufacture using shadow masks: Electronic devices are formed on a substrate that is advanced stepwise through a plurality of deposition vessels. Each deposition vessel includes a source of deposition material and has at least two shadow masks associated therewith. Each of the two masks is alternately positioned within the corresponding deposition vessel for patterning... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070068560 - Methods and apparatus for inkjet print head cleaning: Methods and apparatus for cleaning a nozzle plate of an inkjet print head are provided. A first method includes positioning a cleaning medium proximate the inkjet print head, determining a pressure for a pressure roller to apply against the cleaning medium, contacting the cleaning medium with the pressure roller with... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070068561 - Dish washer and blower cover thereof: A blower cover assembly of a dishwasher includes an attaching cap contacting a door liner, a guide sleeve extending frontward from the attaching cap, and a guide rib formed on an inner circumference to guide flow of washing water.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070068562 - Multiple spray arm dishwashing apparatus and method for assembling same: A dishwasher includes a cabinet, an upper rack and a lower rack disposed within the cabinet. The upper and lower racks support articles to be cleaned. The dishwasher also includes a first spray arm and a second spray arm rotatably mounted within the cabinet. The first and second spray arms... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070062556 - Device and process for cleaning electrified contact rail insulators for rail rapid transit systems: A process for cleaning electrical insulators supporting a contact rail parallel to a rail track comprises moving a vehicle having cleaning stations with cleaning tools (such as water jets) mounted on them, along a rail track adjacent to a parallel contact rail supported by electrical insulators, said cleaning stations being... Agent: Arun Vohra

20070062555 - Ultrasonic cleaning system and method: An ultrasonic cleaning system includes an ultrasonic cleaner and a bubble generator. The bubble generator generates a micro-emulsified liquid containing a plurality of micro-to-nano-sized bubbles. The ultrasonic cleaner communicates with the bubble generator such that the micro-emulsified liquid is able to be outputted into the ultrasonic cleaner for performing an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070062557 - Lithographic apparatus comprising an electrical discharge generator and method for cleaning an element of a lithographic apparatus: A method for cleaning elements of a lithographic apparatus, for example optical elements such as a collector mirror, includes providing a gas containing nitrogen; generating nitrogen radicals from at least part of the gas, thereby forming a radical containing gas; and providing at least part of the radical containing gas... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070062558 - Apparatus and method for surface treatment to substrate: An apparatus and a method for surface treatment of substrates whereby the quality of substrates can be maintained by preventing excessive plasma treatment of substrates. In carrying out the plasma treatment on a surface of the substrate in a reaction chamber, there are provided an emission spectroscopic analysis device or... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070062559 - Electronic device cleaning equipment and electronic device cleaning method: An electronic device cleaning method includes the steps of: placing, on a processing face, a semiconductor substrate having an obverse face portion in which an electronic device is formed so that the processing face faces a reverse face of the semiconductor substrate; diselectrifying at least the reverse face of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070062560 - Process for cleaning wafers in an in-line cleaning process: A wafer cleaning process includes the steps of supplying a cleaning liquid while rotating the wafer at a first rotational speed, supplying a rinsing liquid on the wafer at a second rotational speed substantially equal to the first rotational speed, supplying a rinsing liquid on the central area of the... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.

20070062561 - Method and apparatus for testing particulate contamination in wafer carriers: Wafer carriers in an integrated circuit fab are tested for residual particle contamination by replacing the standard carrier door by a test cover having a gas inlet and outlet, counting the number of FM particles exiting the carrier during a flush cycle with a test gas having a known concentration... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20070062562 - Method of cleaning oil strainer: A method for cleaning an oil strainer in an oil pan of an internal combustion engine from which substantially all lubricant has been drained, the method comprising connecting a first conduit to said oil pan; introducing a cleaning fluid into said oil pan; connecting a second conduit to an opening... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070062563 - Concrete washout container: A washout container to which are mounted inclined ramps that allow a transit mixer, concrete pumping truck or other concrete handling vehicle to drive up over a portion of the container for dumping excess concrete and washing out waste concrete. The container cross-section may be rectangular to semi-circular, and is... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070062564 - Device for dispensing a washing or rinsing agent: The device for dispensing a washing or rinsing agent for a dishwashing machine comprises: a container which has an inlet opening, which is adapted to be closed in a fluid-tight manner, for filling a quantity of a washing/rinsing agent inside the container; an outlet opening which is adapted to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070056604 - Cleansing method of fluid-supply apparutus and cleansing module for the same: A cleansing method of fluid-supply apparatus and cleansing module using the same is disclosed. First, a cleansing module is fixed to the fluid-supply apparatus to be cleansed for disposing the nozzles of the fluid-supply apparatus in the cleansing tank of the cleansing module. Second, a liquid used for cleansing is... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070056605 - Megasonic cleaning using supersaturated solution: A method and system for the megasonic cleaning of one or more substrates that reduces damage to the substrate(s) resulting from the megasonic energy. The substrates are supported in a process chamber and contacted with a cleaning solution comprising a cleaning liquid having carbon dioxide gas dissolved in the cleaning... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070056606 - Cleaning bullet: A cleaning bullet for use in a pipe or track includes a compressible body. In one embodiment, a sheet draped over the body is engageable with interior walls of the pipe or track to clean small contaminants. In another embodiment, the body is formed from an absorbent material that absorbs... Agent: S.c. Johnson Commercial Markets Inc

20070056607 - Process and apparatus for cleaning wires or the outer surface of a tube: A process for cleaning a wire or the outer surface of a tube using one or more textile or textile-like material strands that runs substantially parallel, but opposite, to the direction of travel of the wire or tube, that may contain at least one cleaning material, and that are arranged... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070056608 - Spindle chuck cleaner: Wafer holder cleaning devices, systems and methods that are capable of removing contaminants from a wafer holder. An embodiment includes a particle removal surface on the cleaning device. An embodiment of the surface is a brush. An embodiment includes moving the surface into contact with the wafer holder. An embodiment... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070056609 - Method and apparatus for pushing a dual diameter pig into a pipeline: An apparatus for pushing a dual diameter pig through a conical reducer attached to a pig trap and into a pipeline includes a frame configured such that the pig rests and moves forward on the frame, which has a front end adapted for attachment to the trap. The vertical position... Agent: Stites & Harbison, PLLC

20070056610 - Washer and operation control method therefor: A washer and a method of controlling operation of the washer is provided. The washer includes a main body; a washing chamber which is disposed in the main body and accommodates a stuff to be washed, including a water outlet formed on the bottom surface thereof and a water feed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070056611 - Waste solid cleaning: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing oil from oil-contaminated waste. In particular, the present invention relates to the removal of oil from drilling wastes such as drill cuttings and oil slops, and other industrial oily wastes such as refinery and interceptor wastes by forming a microemulsion... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070056612 - Tunnel washer system with improved cleaning efficiency: A tunnel washer that includes fluid exhaust paths that are optimized to minimize fluid transfer between chambers of the washer and minimize heat loss from each chamber of the washer. The fluid exhaust paths also facilitate uniform vapor evacuation from each chamber of the washer. The tunnel washer also includes... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070056613 - Dishwasher comprising a circulating pump: A dishwasher includes a circulating jump, a spraying system and a spray nozzle enabling device. The spraying system is disposed in a spray chamber and includes a first and a second group of spray nozzles, the first and second group of spray nozzles being disposed on a rotatable nozzle arm.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070056614 - Washing mechanism for optical members: An exemplary washing mechanism (9) for optical members includes a positioning assembly (10), a carrying assembly (20), and an adjusting assembly (30). The carrying assembly is mounted on the positioning assembly and includes poles (22) and slidable members. The slidable members are configured for holding optical members. Each slidable member... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070051388 - Apparatus and methods for using high frequency chokes in a substrate deposition apparatus: In certain aspects, a substrate deposition apparatus, including a gas tube coupled to a gas source, an RF power source and a substrate processing chamber, is provided. The gas tube is adapted to carry process gas and cleaning plasma from the gas source/remote plasma gas source to the substrate processing... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, Pc

20070051387 - Method of cleaning plasma applicator in situ and plasma applicator employing the same: A method of cleaning a plasma generating area of a plasma applicator in situ is disclosed and comprises; supplying a by-product cleaning gas to the plasma generating area, and generating a plasma from the by-product cleaning gas in the plasma generating area.... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt Pllc

20070051389 - Method and apparatus for substrate rinsing: A semiconductor substrate rinsing method and apparatus. A wet processed substrate is spun to reduce the amount of process solution on the surface of the substrate. The concentration of the process solution on the surface of the substrate is reduced by applying a cleaning solution to the surface. The cleaning... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070051390 - Cleaning filter components: A method of cleaning a filter component comprises subjecting the component to an atmosphere of superheated steam at a pressure of a least 0.5 bar in a vessel and subsequently decompressing the vessel to achieve a pressure reduction of at least 0.5 bar in at most 5 seconds. The method... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070051391 - Stain removal kit, and method for removing stains: A stain removal kit that includes a pad impregnated with a substantially dry cleaning composition is provided. The pad is placed into a sealed, water-impermeable, sealable container. The pad is removable after opening and activating with warmed water. The pad may then be applied to fabric to remove a stain.... Agent: Peter L. Brewer Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz Law Firm

20070051392 - Device for cleaning subsea surfaces such as ship hulls: Device for cleaning of surfaces under water, such as ship hulls, includes a rotary disc furnished with nozzles for discharge of pressurized liquid against the surface to be cleaned. The nozzles are mounted obliquely in relation to the rotational axis of the rotary disc and are arranged to be supplied... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070051393 - Apparatus for cleaning a wafer: An apparatus for cleaning a wafer includes a rotary chuck for supporting and rotating a wafer, a cleaning solution supply unit for supplying a cleaning solution onto the wafer, a bowl spaced apart from and surrounding the rotary chuck, and a protrusion portion protruded from the rotary chuck and having... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070044816 - High-pressure processing apparatus and high-pressure processing method: Infrared light is irradiated whose wavelength corresponds to the absorption band of water contained in a chemical agent of a processing fluid introduced into inside a processing chamber of a pressure container. Only during irradiation with the infrared light, the water content of the processing fluid is selectively heated and... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070044817 - Wafer protection system employed in chemical stations: Semiconductor wafers have ashed photoresist residue and/or post-etch residue thereon to be cleaned through the chemical wet station, and a pattern of exposed metal layer. Post-etch residue removing solvent such as EKC-270 is fed into the solvent tank through a first solvent valve and first liquid feeding conduit that connected... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070044818 - Apparatus and method for removing debris from a tool: An apparatus in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure has frame and a debris removal opening within the frame. The frame is secured to the ground by driving a blunt point of the frame into the ground. Further, the apparatus comprises a faucet positioned above the debris... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070044820 - Automatically configurable chemical dispensing system for cleaning equipment: A system controls dispensing different chemicals received from containers at a plurality of ports. Each container has data thereon that identifies the chemical within the container. The system reads the data from each container to determine which port is associated with each chemical. When a given chemical is required, the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070044819 - Automatically configurable chemical dosing apparatus for cleaning equipment: A dispensing system responds to reading data stored on a container by determining a dose for a chemical stored in that container. Then each time that the chemical is to be fed into a cleaning machine, the dispensing system operates a flow control device to deliver the designated dose. Thus... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070044821 - Method for operating a vacuum cleaner: A method for operating a vacuum cleaner having a fan, an electronic control system for the fan and/or another load, and a dust chamber for receiving an air-permeable dust bag, includes providing the dust bag with an identifier, and providing the vacuum cleaner with an identifying device associated with the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070044822 - Car wash and maintenance system: A method for car wash and maintenance includes steps for car-washing, post-washing for preparing the car for the driver's riding, and performing a basic car maintenance. The step of performing a basic car maintenance is performed during the step of post-washing. The step of performing a basic car maintenance also... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070044823 - Substrate cleaning device and substrate cleaning method: A substrate cleaning device and a substrate cleaning method reduces liquid drops remaining on a substrate to prevent the irregular heating of the substrate by a heating process due to liquid drops or water marks remaining on the substrate. A cleaning liquid is poured through a cleaning liquid pouring nozzle... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070044824 - Processing system and method of processing: This invention relates to a processing system, a method of processing and products produced by said process. Such system and method can reduce change over time and/or off quality product.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070044825 - Wheel well deicer: The nozzles of a wheel well deicer are connected to the electrically controlled pump motor. The nozzles are located at the top of all four-wheel wells. These nozzles are securely mounted and connected to a rubber line which is connect to the electronic pump to carry thereon electrically conductive plate... Agent: Joanie Dalessandro