Cleaning and liquid contact with solids inventions 07/07

20070169791 - Cleaning process: Provided is a cleaning process which is simplified and in which a time required for the cleaning process is reduced and which has an excellent cleaning effect. The cleaning process comprises loading a wafer in a high pressure cleaner, injecting high-purity gaseous carbon dioxide (CO2) having low pressure into the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070169793 - Substrate treatment apparatus and substrate treatment method: The substrate treatment apparatus includes a substrate holder mechanism for holding a substrate to be treated, and a bifluid nozzle for supplying liquid droplets on a surface of the substrate held by the substrate holder mechanism. The bifluid nozzle has a casing, a liquid outlet port for discharging a treatment... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070169800 - Acoustic energy system, method and apparatus for processing flat articles: A system, apparatus and method for processing this flat articles, such as semiconductor wafers, with acoustical energy. In a cleaning process, the inventive system, apparatus and method can remove particles from both sides of a wafer more efficiently and effectively. in one aspect, the invention is a system for processing... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070169799 - Apparatus for washing and disinfecting medical instruments and method of supplying gas to medical instruments for water leakage examination: There is provide an apparatus for washing and disinfecting an endoscope having a duct for detecting a water leakage, the duct having an opening to which a fitting is attached. The apparatus comprises a nozzle unit having a nozzle to supply a gas into the duct via the fitting in... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070169795 - Apparatus for cleaning substrates: An apparatus for cleaning substrates includes a supporting member supporting substrates in an upright position, and a liquid supplying member including a first nozzle disposed at one side of a vertical centerline of the substrates, and a second nozzle is disposed at another side of the vertical centerline of the... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070169794 - Cleaning apparatus and high pressure cleaner for use therein: A cleaning apparatus in which a cleaning process is simplified, a time required for the cleaning process is reduced and which has an excellent cleaning effect, and a high pressure cleaner for use therein are provided. The cleaning apparatus comprises a liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) supply source and a gaseous... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070169792 - Apparatus and method of chemical separation: An apparatus and method for processing substrates such as silicon wafers, wherein process chemicals or other fluids are used on the top or other surface of the substrate followed by a de-ionized water (“DI”) or other fluid rinse. The used process chemicals or fluids are separated from the rinsing fluid... Agent: John W. Goldschmidt, Jr. Esquire Dilworth Paxon LLP

20070169796 - Vehicle undercarriage washing apparatus: A mobile undercarriage cleaner design for (but not limited to) use on tractor trailers, buses, dump trucks and other such medium to heavy duty trucks and equipment is disclosed. The apparatus provides a frame to which is attached rotary flow lines that track circles of differing diameters. In one embodiment,... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20070169797 - Mobile mark removal system: Disclosed is a cleaning system for removing coatings from a hard surface by high pressure liquid. The system employs a combination liquid and vacuum reservoir connected to a high pressure pump for directing ultra high pressure water through a blast head mounted on a front portion of the vehicle. The... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070169798 - Automatic paint roller cover washer: Disclosed is a device for cleaning paint roller covers. At the end of a painting operation, the operator removes one or more paint roller cover, places them onto a shaft and drops into open slots on the ends of the enclosure. A pressurized fluid hose is attached and allows the... Agent: Wayne Lanier

20070163627 - Nozzle for substrate treatment apparatus: Provided are a nozzle and a related substrate treatment apparatus. The substrate treatment apparatus includes a process chamber, a supporting member disposed in the process chamber to support substrates, and a nozzle disposed in the process chamber to supply treatment fluid. The nozzle includes an outer tube along which a... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20070163617 - Method for cleaning treatment chamber iin substrate treating apparatus and method for detecting endpoint of cleaning: In a substrate processing apparatus for performing a plasma process on a substrate including a tungsten-containing film, cleaning is performed for a process chamber. This cleaning includes, after the plasma process, supplying a gas containing O2 into the process chamber without setting the process chamber opened to the atmosphere, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070163618 - Cleaning solution for silicon surface and methods of fabricating semiconductor device using the same: There are provided a cleaning solution for a silicon surface containing a buffer solution including acetic acid (CH3COOH) and ammonium acetate (CH3COONH4), iodine oxidizer, hydrofluoric acid (HF), and water. In a method for fabricating a semiconductor device, a silicon substrate may have an exposed silicon surface, which may be cleaned... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070163619 - Cleaning apparatus and cleaning method for wafer: A wafer on which a CMP processing is completed is rotated. A front surface cleaning brush and a rear surface cleaning brush are made contact both surfaces of the wafer while being rotated. After the front surface cleaning brush and the rear surface cleaning brush are made to contact the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070163620 - Sump assembly for a re-circulating warewashing machine: A sump assembly includes a sump, a divider, and a drain. The sump has a top, a bottom, and a cavity in which rinse water and soiled water are stored. The divider divides the cavity into a first portion and a second portion, which are in fluid communication. The drain... Agent: Ann Kulprathipanja Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070163621 - Cleaning member for semiconductor apparatus and process for producing the same: A cleaning member for semiconductor apparatus, characterized in that the cleaning member comprises a wafer 1 and formed on at least one side thereof a cleaning layer 2 made of a heat-resistant resin formed by thermally curing a poly(amic acid), and that the cleaning layer 2 has a part 12... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070163622 - Multi-pass inverting bottle cleaner: A bottle cleaner that inverts the bottles to spray solutions into them. The cleaner sends the bottles through two inverting passes for multiple stages of liquid cleaning. Thus, on the first pass, the bottles invert and receive, for example, a spray of a cleaning solution of some sort. The cleaner... Agent: Eugene F. Friedman Friedman & Friedman, Ltd.

20070163623 - Lens wash station and methods of its use: An apparatus and method for removing debris from ophthalmic lens transfer tips during the manufacturing or the ophthalmic lenses.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070163624 - Method for cleaning of articles: A method to clean an article or an object wherein the surface of the article or object to be cleaned (i) is in contact with one or more liquids having a dielectric constant of from 1 to 200, and is (ii) placed in an electric field in the range of... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070163625 - Method for forming a photoresist pattern: A photoresist cleaning solution and method for forming photoresist patterns using the same. More specifically, disclosed are a photoresist cleaning solution comprising H2o and an ionic surfactant represented by Formula 1, and a method for forming a photoresist pattern using the same. By spraying the cleaning solution of the present... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070163626 - Liquid-conducting electrical household appliance: An electric household appliance has a chamber that is at least partially filled with liquid during operation of the appliance. A motor drives a pump for drawing liquid from the chamber. A monitoring device detects the rotational speed and the power of the motor, compares detected values for the rotational... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070163628 - Method for diafiltration of a product and device for carrying out this method: The invention relates to a diafiltration stage for concentrated fruit juices, comprising a cross-flow filtration element (1). The product inlet (2) and the product outlet (3) of the filtration element (1) are united via a circulation pump (5) to form a product circuit, to which product is continuously supplied via... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070163629 - Cleaning of a furnace: The invention relates to a device (1) for cleaning a flue of a combustion system. Said device (1) comprises a nozzle head (8) that is located in a flue (2) during the cleaning process and directs a cleaning medium onto interior walls (9) of the flue (2) and/or against pipes... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070163630 - Wash liquid spray nozzles for pulp mat and method to assemble nozzle: A nozzle assembly for spraying a wash liquid towards a pulp mat, the assembly including an integral fastener-nozzle having a conduit for the wash liquid, an outlet to the conduit for discharging the wash liquid and an attachment to secure the fastener-nozzle to an aperture in a wash liquid pipe,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070157947 - Substrate drying apparatus and method of substrate drying using the same: A substrate drying apparatus, including a cleaning bath having a liquid supply unit, a drying tank having a gas supply unit and at least one nozzle in fluid communication with the gas supply unit, and a transfer unit for transferring a substrate from the cleaning bath to the drying tank.... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070157948 - Cleaning implement comprising a modified open-cell foam: A cleaning implement comprises a modified open-cell foam with a density in the range from about 5 to about 1,000 kg/m3 and with an average pore diameter in the range from about 1 μm to about 1 mm, comprising an amount in the range from about 1 to about 2,500%... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070157957 - Substrate transfer robot and apparatus having the substrate transfer robot for cleaning a substrate: In a substrate transfer robot and a substrate cleaning apparatus, the substrate transfer robot transfers substrates between a container supported by a load port and a processing module for cleaning the substrates. The substrate transfer robot includes a driving member that provides a driving force to transfer the substrates, a... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070157950 - Automatic recycling of exhaust tubes for fiber optics: An apparatus and method of recycling exhaust tubes used to manufacture optical fiber includes the automated use of 1) a machine vision system that signals a conveyor system when to stop so that a cutting machine will cut contaminates and discoloration from an exhaust tube at the correct place and... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070157949 - Steam generator auto - blow down and scale reduction system: The invention is a dual functioning system for de-scaling or blowing down an electrically powered steam boiler. The steam boilers are generally used for sterilizing equipment and other items commonly used by health care professionals. The system includes a microprocessor controlled module, which is interfaced with the sterilizer controlled module,... Agent: Robert W. Fletcher

20070157952 - Methods for removing and reclaiming unconsolidated material from substrates following fabrication of objects thereon by programmed material consolidation techniques: Methods for cleaning consolidatable material from substrates or from features that have been fabricated with the material include application of pressure, force, or a cleaning agent to the substrate or feature. The pressure, force, or cleaning agent may be applied in a variety of ways. The unconsolidated material that has... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20070157951 - Systems and methods for processing microfeature workpieces: Systems and methods for processing microfeature workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes a processing vessel for receiving a plurality of microfeature workpieces, an inlet through which a processing fluid can flow into the processing vessel, and a workpiece mover for moving the microfeature workpieces in the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070157953 - Method for improving glass bond adhesion: The present invention relates to methods of preparing a substrate for bonding that includes applying a cleanser to a reaction injection molded component. The substrate is dried to remove some or all of the liquid of the cleanser. The invention also relates to methods of bonding two substrates together. After... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070157954 - Dishwasher: A dishwasher is provided that allows washed dishes located in the washing container to be dried effectively and efficiently from an economic perspective so as to keep the energy consumption as low as possible in spite of a very good drying performance. The dishwasher includes a washing container, a device... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070157955 - Fresh produce washing and disinfecting apparatus and its ozone concentration detecting apparatus: A fresh produce washing and disinfecting apparatus comprises a housing and a basket for containing vegetables and fruits, wherein the housing has a lid, a containing space, a washing turntable, a driving motor, an ozone generator module, and a control circuit. The driving motor is connected to a washing turntable,... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070157956 - Automatic wash water storage apparatus for use with portable wash water supply hose: Disclosed herein is a wash water storage apparatus for exclusive use with a portable wash water supply hose that is used to remove feces contained for a long time in the human large intestine or wash the interior of the woman's vagina. The wash water storage apparatus can remove impurities... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070151577 - Apparatus and method for cleaning nozzle: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for cleaning a nozzle, which can automatically clean pollutant of the nozzle. The nozzle cleaning apparatus comprises the nozzle in a polluted state, a nozzle cleaning unit to clean a pollutant material from the nozzle by use of an absorbing member, and an... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070151583 - Method and apparatus for particle removal: A method and system for cleaning a surface, having particulate matter thereon, of a substrate features impinging upon the surface a jet of a liquid having coupling elements entrained therein. A sufficient drag force is imparted upon the coupling elements to have the same move with respect to the liquid... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070151576 - Treatment systems and methods: Improved immersion vessel configurations for treatment of precision manufactured devices such as semiconductor wafers are provided. In one aspect, an immersion vessel is provided wherein the sidewalls of the immersion vessel are less than about 10 mm from the major surfaces of the wafer or wafers. In another aspect, an... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20070151578 - Dishwasher and method of controlling the same: A controlling method of a dishwasher is provided. The method includes performing various cycles according to a selected course, beginning a rinse cycle during the execution of the various cycles, controlling the operation of a heater and a wash pump according to whether the rinse cycle was specified as a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070151579 - Methods and apparatus for controlling a dishwasher: A control system for controlling a fill operation of a dishwasher having a pump and a pump motor driving the pump, and the dishwasher having a valve for controlling the flow of water to the dishwasher includes a monitoring device configured to be coupled to at least one of the... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070151580 - Robot system and method for cathode washing in industrial and electrometallurgical processes: A robot system and robotic method for the automatic washing of cathodes have been developed. The robotic system is composed mainly of a robotic manipulator (1) of at least 6 degrees of freedom and a gripping mechanism (2) which allows to take a pressurized hot water and/or vapor injection device... Agent: Hugo Salamanca P.

20070151581 - Cleaning method used in removing contaminants from a solid yttrium oxide-containing substrate: Disclosed herein is a gas distribution plate for use in a gas distribution assembly for a processing chamber, where the gas distribution plate is fabricated from a solid yttrium oxide-comprising substrate, which may also include aluminum oxide. The gas distribution plate includes a plurality of through-holes, which are typically crescent-shaped.... Agent: Shirley L. Church, Esq.

20070151582 - Supercritical fluid washing method and system: A supercritical fluid washing method and system in which a supercritical fluid washing system employs a supercritical fluid to clean the surface of materials possessing surface microstructures, and where a supercritical fluid is used to soak, wash, and dry elements; the element surface may include nanometer pores or high aspect... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070151584 - Dishwasher: The dishwasher according to the present invention has two operation courses: one course adapted for using a low-foaming dedicated detergent; and the other course adapted for using a high-foaming kitchen detergent. In the kitchen detergent course, the dishwashing operation includes a first mode of the “spray and wait” process carried... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070151585 - Method for producing wash-free rice and apparatus therefor: The present invention provides a method for producing wash-free rice which does not require washing before cooking. The method comprises the following steps: preparing polished rice from brown rice polished by a built-in rice polishing machine and sifted by a built-in sifting machine and/or polished rice from outside sources; preparing... Agent: James C Wray