Cleaning and liquid contact with solids inventions

20090266380 - Mitigation of deposits and secondary reactions in thermal conversion processes: Described herein are systems and methods for reducing cumulative deposition and unwanted secondary thermal reactions in pyrolysis and other thermal conversion processes. In an embodiment, a system comprises a device, referred to as a reamer, for removing product deposits between thermal conversion and condensation operations of a pyrolysis process. The... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090266381 - Portable washing and disinfecting apparatus: A mobile washing and disinfecting system includes a wash chamber with an openable door, a mobile base coupled to the wash chamber, the mobile base having a recess containing all electromechanical components, a re-configurable spray arm assembly having a pivotable spray arm with a plurality of nozzles connected to a... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20090266382 - Vacuum cleaner and method of controlling the same: A vacuum cleaner and a method of controlling the vacuum cleaner are provided. The vacuum cleaner may include a main body, a dust collection device mounted in the main body, at least one compression member that compresses the dust in the dust collection device, and a driver that drives the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090266383 - Economizing on water type washing and sterilizing method for vegetables and fruits: A water-saving type fruit and vegetable washing and disinfecting method and device, the washing process of which utilizes a middle water level spray wash combined with a water flow tumbling and swirling ozone wash. The wash trough bottom section has disposed a return flow water discharge port, a water discharge... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090266389 - Push-in metering system for domestic appliances: A domestic appliance having a metering device into which a storage insert containing additive substances can be inserted and by means of which additive substances can be dispensed in metered fashion during a number of cleaning operations. The metering device is distinguished in that it has an interface device for... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090266390 - Mobile automated-hand car wash: Modular structures, machinery and modes of connectivity that are currently available have never been assembled to create a mobile automated-hand car wash or any other structure will similar design or purpose. I propose a design and method for constructing a mobile and automated-hand car wash utilizing automated water and soap... Agent: Brad Pollack

20090266384 - Wash fluid containment system for use on an uneven surface: A number of embodiments of improved wash fluid containment systems are described herein. The wash fluid containment systems may include side walls that allow the systems to be easily positioned on uneven ground. The side walls are designed to reduce or eliminate binding and/or gaps that occur when conventional systems... Agent: Holland & Hart LLP

20090266385 - Dishwasher: A dishwasher includes a washing container having a washing chamber, an expansion housing with a condensing surface, and an expansion line with a first end connected to the washing chamber and a second end in the expansion housing.... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090266386 - Dishwasher and base tray for said dishwasher: A dishwasher includes a washing compartment having a boundary wall with a base, spray devices inside the washing compartment, and a hydraulic circuit with a distributor which subdivides a washing liquor flow into two partial flows which are each routed to the spray devices, wherein the distributor is integrated in... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090266387 - Low profile non-clogging non-polluting surface treating pads, assemblies and methods: Low profile wash pads, usable alone or with other like pads in a module array, are disclosed whereby one or more motor driven or motorless vehicles may be wheeled onto or across (or other object placed upon) a full drainage impervious washing platform such that substantially all spent wash liquid... Agent: Holland & Hart LLP

20090266388 - Flexible showering device for a pulp and paper making machine: A hose for use in a showering device and a showering device for cleaning, with a liquid, a machine used in the pulp and paper industry are described. The hose has a flexible wall for circulating the liquid and comprises a plurality of nozzles attached to the wall. The nozzles... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090260654 - Method and device for replacing objective parts: A method and a device for replacing objective parts, especially of a projection or illumination objective for microlithography in which an objective having an objective interior and objective parts provided therein is provided. At least one objective part is replaceably accommodated in the objective. Immediately prior to installation in the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090260656 - Processing system, processing method and recording medium: A lid 81 included in a processing vessel 30 is held by a simple mechanism to prevent the leakage of an atmosphere in a processing space 83 formed in the processing vessel 30 into an environmental space. A low-pressure space 84 surrounds the processing space 83 formed in the processing... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090260655 - Substrate cleaning system, substrate cleaning method, subtrate cleaning program, and program recording medium: A substrate cleaning system according to the present invention comprises cleaning devices, and a controller for controlling the driving of the cleaning devices in accordance with driving recipes predetermined. The controller prioritizes the cleaning devices, calculates, on the basis of a driving recipe for a cleaning device having a higher... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090260657 - Method for cleaning deposits from equipment that have accumulated during a method for recovering nmp, by the introduction of hot water and agitation: A process is proposed for cleaning an apparatus to remove deposits from a process for the recovery of purified N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) by evaporating NMP from a contaminated NMP stream which is obtained in a process for the extractive separation of acetylene from the reaction mixture of a partial oxidation of... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090260658 - Toilet bowl cleaning apparatus and methods: A toilet bowl cleaning unit disposed to intercept an intermittent flow of water from each flush of the water from a water line to a toilet bowl comprising a mounting device for installation in the flow of water, and a water-soluble compound positioned on the mounting device to intercept a... Agent: Alan J. Howarth

20090260659 - Limescale and soap scum removing composition containing methane sulfonic acid: A cleaning composition including an acid component is provided, along with methods for using the composition to remove soil from hard surfaces. The concentrate cleaning composition includes between about 1 and about 70 wt % of methane sulfonic acid, about 0.1 to about 15 wt % of a surfactant component,... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property (74074)

20090260660 - Method and apparatus for cleaning a turbofan gas turbine engine: Device for cleaning a gas turbine engine, and in particular an engine of turbofan type. The present invention further relates to a method for cleaning such an engine. The device comprises a plurality of nozzles arranged to atomize cleaning liquid in the air stream in an air inlet of the... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper LLP (us)

20090260661 - Cleaning assembly: To achieve complete cleaning of a tank (11) by means of a cleaning head (4, 5) having nozzles (6) mounted on a liquid supply pipe (3), the cleaning head (4) according to the invention is provided with one or more nozzle openings, nozzles (7), which eject a jet/jets (8, 9)... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20090260662 - Splash curtain for conveyor warewasher: A conveyor warewasher includes splash curtains that function differently according to their orientation. The top connection part of the splash curtains and the connections mounted on the warewasher are designed to attach the curtain only when the curtain is hung in the proper orientation and not when the curtain is... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090255555 - Advanced cleaning process using integrated momentum transfer and controlled cavitation: A method and apparatus for cleaning a workpiece are disclosed. A gas and cleaning solution are supplied to an atomizing nozzle which atomizes the cleaning solution and sprays the top surface of a workpiece with an atomized spray. A liquid having a controlled gas content is flowed to the top... Agent: Applied Materials/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090255557 - Automated heat exchanger tube cleaning assembly and system: An automated heat exchanger tube cleaning assembly and system are provided. The present system can automatically (without ongoing human intervention) survey the tube sheet of a heat exchanger in three-dimensions, convert and record the survey results as a digital file in three-dimensions, and then, according to sequential parameters input via... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (hou) Intellectual Property Department

20090255556 - Warewasher including heat recovery system with hot water supplement: A warewasher for washing wares includes a housing defining an internal space with at least one spray zone for washing wares. A liquid delivery system provides a spray of liquid within the spray zone. A tank includes an inlet that is connected to a hot water source for filling the... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090255558 - Cleaning apparatus for semiconductor wafer and cleaning method for semiconductor wafer: A cleaning apparatus for a semiconductor wafer includes: a gas jet device including a gas nozzle which jets a first gas onto the surface of a semiconductor wafer to thin the thickness of a stagnant layer on the surface of the semiconductor wafer; and a two-fluid jet device including a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090255559 - Gas channeling device for directing blasts of gas through alternative outlet passageways and method therefor: A gas channeling device for selectively channeling blasts of gas from an air cannon to various locations comprises a stationary portion and a movable portion. The stationary portion comprises a fluid inlet passageway and at least first and second fluid outlet passageways. The movable portion comprises a fluid channeling passageway,... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP

20090255560 - Nozzle system: A cleaning machine, preferably a dishwasher is provided. The machine comprises at least one spray pipe, spray arm or spray arm blade being substantially of elongate extent which is provided with a plurality of, at least two, nozzles along its elongate extent. Cleaning fluid is sprayed onto items to be... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090250077 - Apparatus for removing foreign material from substrate and method for removing foreign material from substrate: Provided are an apparatus for and a method of removing foreign materials from a substrate which reliably remove the foreign materials, eliminate a chance of redeposition of the foreign materials, and are applicable even to large-size substrates. The apparatus for removing foreign materials includes electrostatic chucks (2, 3) forming a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090250078 - Methods for removing residual particles from a substrate: Methods for removing residual particles from a substrate are presented including: receiving the substrate including the residual particles; and functionalizing the residual particles with functionalizing molecules, wherein the functionalizing molecules selectively attach with a surface the residual particles, where the functionalizing molecules impart a changed chemical characteristic to the residual... Agent: Kali Law Group, P.C.

20090250079 - Substrate cleaning method and substrate cleaning apparatus: The present invention relates to a substrate cleaning method for cleaning a substrate whose static contact angle with respect to water is 85 degrees or more. The substrate cleaning method includes a step in which the substrate is held horizontally by a substrate holder in such a manner that a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090250081 - Device and method for lens cleaning for surgical procedures: The present invention provides a standalone cleaning device for cleaning at least a portion of a surgical instrument, especially the scope, within a body cavity during minimal invasive surgical procedure comprising, at least one cleansing means characterized by an un-deployed configuration in which said device is inserted into said body... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090250080 - System and method for cleaning a printer: A printer ROS window cleaning system enforces unidirectional cleaning motion through a passageway formed in the printer housing. A guide has a distal portion that engages a cleaning tool from insertion until a cleaning portion reaches the rear of the passageway. A cleaning tool deflector positioned at the rear of... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090250082 - Conveyor debris washing apparatus and methods: The invention relates to systems and methods that remove debris from conveyor systems, such as swarf conveyors used in machining operations. In an example, the invention relates to swarf conveyor cleaning and collecting systems and methods, or may be generally applicable for operation with other conveyor systems and environments. The... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090250083 - Method for the decontamination of an oxide layer-containing surface of a component or a system of a nuclear facility: A method of decontaminating an oxide layer-comprising surface of a component or a system of a nuclear facility. An acidic water film is produced on the surface, the film of water is brought into contact with a gaseous acid anhydride, and the oxide layer is treated with gaseous ozone as... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090250085 - Heat recovery device with self-cleaning: A heat recovery device is provided for recovering thermal energy from a fluid medium, in particular for use in a waste-water system of a dishwasher. The heat recovery device comprises at least one heat exchanger with at least one heat exchanger surface. The heat recovery device further comprises at least... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090250086 - Control system for vehicle washing system: A vehicle washing system. The vehicle washing system includes a vehicle washing system component. Also, provided is an apparatus for moving the vehicle relative to vehicle washing system component. The speed of the relative motor of the vehicle is selected either by an operator automatically or may be varied to... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20090250084 - Pendulum-type wheel washer: A vehicle wheel washer comprising a pair of spaced-apart, mirror image, depending spray arms with spray heads mounted at the lower ends and directed inwardly toward the wheels of a vehicle which passes between the spray heads. The spray arms are mounted pendulum-type from an overhead pivotal support to move... Agent: Young Basile