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6508257 Food washing apparatus with rotary agitator and method for washing food  
A hands-free, electrically operated food washing device having a fluid dispenser, such as a reservoir, a wash compartment, a motor-driven agitator, a removable food basket, and a drain for removing...
6508260 Vehicle washing system  
An automotive vehicle washing system includes a frame comprising a bridge member end opposed and support sections mounted for linear reciprocating movement on spaced apart support rails. Pivoting...
6509558 Optical sensor for measuring opaqueness of washing or rinsing liquid  
The invention concerns an optical sensor for measuring the property of a gaseous or liquid medium, particularly the opaqueness of a washing or rinsing liquid in a washing or rinsing machine, with...
6508085 Horizontal axis washer or dryer door with viewing system  
A door for a horizontal axis laundry appliance that includes an inner panel that closes the appliance and an outer panel spaced from the inner panel. The inner and outer panels are connected...
6494967 Chemical treating apparatus and flow rate controlling method thereof  
When trying to keep the amount of a liquid treating chemical in a treating bath constant by discharging almost the same amount of the liquid treating chemical as the liquid treating chemical...
6494964 Monitoring of cleaning process  
An apparatus and method for monitoring a cleaning process for a medical device. The apparatus comprises a soil detector. The soil detector is capable of detecting inorganic and/or organic soil on a...
6491045 Apparatus for and method of cleaning object to be processed  
A method for cleaning an object to be processed in which the atmosphere in a drying chamber is replaced by an inert gas prior to placing an object to be cleaned from an external environment into...
6463941 Concentration control apparatus of liquid chemical  
A concentration control apparatus of a liquid chemical is provided, which is capable of real-time concentration/composition control of a liquid chemical without sampling the same. This apparatus is...
6463940 Smart rack and machine system  
A method and system provide an automated cleaning apparatus for cleaning various types of articles, wherein each type of article is detected and washed according to its own pre-determined...
6460550 Apparatus for automatically performing cleaning processes in a semiconductor wafer processing system  
A semiconductor wafer processing system with a multi-tasking sequencer control that performs an automatic cleaning process for the process chamber or chambers of the system.
6454874 Method for detecting the cleanliness of a medical device  
A method for monitoring a cleaning process for a soiled medical device. The method involves cleaning the soiled device with a cleaning liquid in a cleaning chamber, exposing a detector to the...
6453916 Low angle solvent dispense nozzle design for front-side edge bead removal in photolithography resist process  
An edge bead removal system and method is provided that employs a nozzle for applying edge bead removal solvent to an edge bead of a photoresist material layer disposed on a wafer. The nozzle...
6450184 Apparatus for measuring cavitation energy profiles  
An apparatus and method for measuring cavitation energy of a device placed in a cleaning bath tank of ultrasonic and megasonic cleaning systems. Probe apparatus having an array of probes positioned...
6450182 Methods, compositions and apparatus for cleaning pipes  
The present invention cleans contaminants from pipes. The first step may be pulling a vacuum on the pipe to be cleaned. The pipe is then filled with a solvent, which is preferably a fluorocarbon...
6446647 Cassette holder for cleaning equipment  
A cassette holder is positioned within cleaning equipment. The cleaning equipment includes a solution tank, at least one pipe positioned on an internal wall of the solution tank, and a cassette in...
6446645 Dip cleaning system for a substrate, system for evaluating the amount of particles and method of evaluating the amount of particles adhering to a substrate  
There are provided an system for evaluating the amount of particles, a dip cleaning system, and a method of evaluating the amount of particles adhering to a substrate, which enable high-precision...
6431189 Apparatus for and method of disinfecting hands  
An apparatus for disinfecting a user's hands has a spray chamber or an open spray zone with an opening for a user to insert his or her hands into the chamber. A supply of a disinfecting solution is...
6432215 Fully automatic plating wax removing device and method thereof  
An improved method for removing and collecting plating wax from waxed components such as turbine engines components from aircraft, and an improved collector for reducing this method to practice....
6427708 Device for visually indicating the status of the washing cycle of a dishwasher with opening of the door thereof  
The invention relates to a visual monitoring device for use in conjunction with a dishwasher wherein a buoyant and weighted member is maintained in a cup-shaped receptacle and movable by water...
6419756 Process and equipment for pickling a metal strip  
Process and equipment for pickling a metal strip, in particular a rolled strip, by means of a pickling plant, through which the metal strip passes and in which the metal strip is pickled using a...
6415803 Method and apparatus for semiconductor wafer cleaning with reuse of chemicals  
An apparatus and method for cleaning and rinsing of disk-shaped objects, such as silicon wafers, high precision lenses and the like. The cleaning and rinsing may take place in a single chamber,...
6394111 Detection of cleanliness of a medical device during a washing process  
An apparatus and method for monitoring a cleaning process for a medical device. The apparatus comprises a soil detector. The soil detector is capable of detecting inorganic and/or organic soil on a...
6378536 Ultrasonic cleaning device fault detector  
An ultrasonic cleaning device fault detector, comprising an ultrasonic wave converter, an amplifier, a band-pass filter, and an integrator. The ultrasonic wave converter operates at the same...
6374834 Substrate processing method and processing apparatus  
This invention provides a cleaning method of cleaning a laser mark formed on a semiconductor wafer. A semiconductor wafer is rotated in a circumferential direction, and a laser mark is detected...
6360757 Insertion and control apparatus  
An insertion and control apparatus for use with a pipe carrying fluids and having turns and sludge therein to repair a piping system. The apparatus includes a storage and aiming device rotatably...
6357458 Cleaning apparatus and cleaning method  
Wafers (W) is immersed in a cleaning liquid (L) contained in a cleaning tank ( 20 ). The cleaning liquid (L) is supplied into the cleaning tank ( 20 ) so that the cleaning liquid (L) overflows the...
6354310 Apparatus and process to clean and strip coatings from hardware  
Apparatus for stripping ceramic coatings from the surfaces of articles. The apparatus includes a dedicated pressure vessel, such as an autoclave, which is maintained at an elevated temperature....
6338760 Method in final rinsing of dishes in a dishwasher  
A method is provided for final rinsing in a dish washing machine with clean hot water from a water heater having an elongated standing flow tank which has a cold water inlet with a shut-off valve...
6321754 Tank washing apparatus and method  
A tank washing apparatus includes a cover that can be attached to a manhole or other such through-hole in a tank. Washing is effected by liquid sprayed under high-pressure by a spraying machine...
6311703 Scarf flushing apparatus  
A scarf flushing apparatus for cleaning the inside of tubes. The apparatus comprises a continuous and uninterrupted fluid flow system. The system comprises a transfer mechanism communicating with a...
6296808 Method and apparatus for protecting building personnel during chemical or biological attack  
A system for at least partially decontaminating personnel in response to detection of an agent harmful to human life such as a chemical or biological agent. The system can provide a sprinkler head...
6295004 Appliance warning light device  
A warning light device attachable to, or as a permanent part of, a front door of an automatic dishwasher or oven, the front door being openable to a generally horizontal very low position above the...
6290778 Method and apparatus for sonic cleaning of heat exchangers  
A method for cleaning a tube-in-shell heat exchanger, comprising removably inserting an ultrasonic transducer within the shell of the heat exchanger; providing a liquid medium within the shell of...
6286526 Method for treatment of semiconductor substrate with chemical solution and apparatus used for said treatment  
The concentrations of predetermined components of a chemical solution 5 present in a cleaning bath 1 are measured by a measurement unit 11. From the results are calculated the concentrations of...
6281020 Method of testing cleanness of inner surfaces of the parts of a fuel injection system  
The present invention provides a method of testing the cleanness of the inner surface of a high-pressure fuel injection pipe in which the cleanness of the inner surface of a high-pressure fuel...
6264758 Method for removing carbon from kitchen utensils and the like  
A method for removing carbon from utensils includes filling a tank with a batch of carbon removing solution for removing carbon from utensils, heating the solution prior to and/or during soaking of...
6260562 Substrate cleaning apparatus and method  
A substrate cleaning apparatus includes a spin support for supporting and spinning a substrate, a nozzle for discharging a cleaning liquid with a given cleaning condition from a discharge opening,...
6249927 Duct-cleaning unit  
An improvement of the duct-cleaning unit is disclosed for scraping the deposits from the inner surface of the flow line, which are residual in the flow lines after the completion of conveyance of...
6244275 Method and device for controlling processing of the inside areas of bottles or the like  
A method and a device for the control of the treatment of the interior of bottles or similar containers, where the introduction of the fluid into the interior occurs by means of a nozzle presenting...
6209553 Method of and apparatus for washing photomask and washing solution for photomask  
Organic matter and metal impurities present on the surface of a photomask are removed. Foreign matter still adhering to the surface of the photomask is removed with H 2 gas dissolved water. The...
6196239 Dishwasher status indicator  
An indicator for use with a dishwasher for indicating whether the dishes in the dishwasher are clean or dirty includes a housing having a substantially translucent front wall. A graphic image is...
6192904 Flexible lance for machining or inspecting a tube bottom of a steam generator  
A flexible lance for machining or inspecting a tube bottom of a steam generator includes a flexible metallic strip which has recesses disposed one after the other in its longitudinal direction. A...
6189547 Ultrasonic washing apparatus  
A sensor chamber is formed a side portion of a liquid supply inlet of a housing, a sound pressure sensor is mounted in the sensor chamber, ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic vibrator provided in...
6179929 Motorized vehicle for cleaning and degassing underground storage tanks  
A device for cleaning and degassing underground storage tanks is constituted by an entirely pneumatically or hydraulically powered motorized vehicle, which can be placed internally of a tank to be...
6164299 Ion extraction apparatus for single side wafers  
An apparatus for extracting inorganic ionic contaminants from a front surface of a silicon wafer for chemical analysis. The apparatus includes a container adapted to receive the wafer and inhibit...
6154953 Multi-tool system that can be used for connecting pipes  
It is of the type comprising a multi-tool system for inspecting, cleaning and replacing members in an oil installation and is one which comprises a support (8) on which there are mounted means (9,...
6135130 Washer with a double pane window  
A dismantlable door (22) seals an opening (24) in a chamber (20) of a washer. The door includes removable glass panes (36) and (38) which allow an operator to view the contents of the washing...
6129100 Wafer cleaning apparatus and structure for holding and transferring wafer used in wafer cleaning apparatus  
A transfer robot 2 for holding the peripheral edge of a wafer 1 and transferring the wafer 1, a turning-over alignment section 7 for turning over the wafer 1 and centering the wafer 1, and a...
6125860 Washing centers for machinery  
PLANT FOR WASHING MACHINERY, which is characterized by being a compact plant which includes a small engine room of approximately 9m3, inside which the different elements such as the following are...
6125871 Valve assembly with flush and sample capability  
A chemical fluid valve transfer (e.g., load/unload) assembly is formed from a male valve assembly and a female valve assembly. The male valve assembly is fitted with a male connector which houses a...