Cleaning and drying method and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8795436
APP PUB NO 20120017946A1
SERIAL NO

13184922

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A cleaning liquid is pressurized and superheated to a condition, in which temperature of the cleaning liquid is above an atmospheric boiling point. A product to be cleaned is interposed between a pair of liquid holding blocks, so that gaps are respectively formed between side surfaces of the product and the liquid holding blocks. The pressurized and superheated liquid is injected to the product so that layers of condensate of vapor of injected cleaning liquid are formed in the gaps. Contamination on the surface of the product is removed by the cleaning liquid and the surface is dried by latent heat of the condensate of the vapor of the cleaning liquid.

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  • DENSO CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Yanagawa, Keita Anjo, JP 5 11

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