Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Workpiece cleaning
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Application No.: US15687851Application Date: 2017-08-28
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Publication No.: US10464108B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Timothy Ronald Brown , Grant Nicholas Hester , Dennis Quinto Cruz , David Maxwell Harrold , Hans John Geittmann
- Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
- Current Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Crawford Maunu PLLC
- Main IPC: B25J11/00
- IPC: B25J11/00 ; B08B5/02 ; B08B15/04 ; B25J21/00 ; B08B15/02

Abstract:
Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards apparatuses and methods which autonomously decontaminate parts. Parts to be cleaned are identified, and based on the identification of the part, a part specific cleaning program is initiated. During the cleaning, the part is manipulated about a gas supply in such a way that the drag force on the contamination particles attached to the part exceeds the contamination particles' surface adhesion force and accordingly is removed from the surface of the part. The removed contamination is then evacuated from the atmospheric environment near the part by a low pressure zone of a second gaseous material near the part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170354997A1 WORKPIECE CLEANING Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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