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Method for cleaning closed spaces with ultraviolet rays

US5225000A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1991
Grant dateJul 6, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB03C3/16
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Cleaning a closed space such as safety cabinets, clean boxes, safes and wafer storage spaces are performed by irradiating a photoelectron emitting member with ultraviolet rays and/or other forms of radiation to emit photoelectrons into the closed space, electrically charging the fine particles in the closed space with the emitted photoelectrons, and removing the charged fine particles from the closed space.

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