Apparatus and method for cleaning objects having generally irregular, undulating surface features
US6490746B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B23/50
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus and method for cleaning objects having generally irregular, undulating surface features, such as reloadable photographic cameras, has a partial enclosure having opposing side walls, and a top wall joining the opposing side walls. A pair of air ionizing members are arranged on the interior of the opposing side walls and a source of a curtain-like stream of air is arranged in the top wall.
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