The present wire brush is adapted to clean a grill grate and basically comprises and outer housing, a grate-engaging flange, a flexible bristle-receiving retainer and a plurality of wire bristles. The outer housing has upper and lower portions. The grate-engaging flange extends from the lower portion of the housing in generally perpendicular relation thereto. The flexible retainer is disposed in the upper portion of the housing. The bristles have upper portions embedded in the retainer and grate-engaging free ends that extend no more than one-half inch beyond the grate-engaging flange.

Foldable drinking straws, cleaning elements, and related storage cases are disclosed. In accordance with a first example, a system for drinking liquids includes a storage case, a reusable drinking straw, and a cleaning element. The storage case has a lid and a base defining an internal cavity that includes a straw storing area and a cleaning element storing area. The reusable drinking straw includes a flexible tube having a passageway, a proximal end, and a distal end. The reusable drinking straw is configured to move from a folded configuration to an extended configuration based on an elasticity of the flexible tube. The cleaning element includes a brush and being disposable within the cleaning element storing area and adapted to clean the passageway of the flexible tube.

A method for cleaning and coating a tip of a test probe in an integrated circuit package test system is provided. The method includes 1) saturating a brush tip comprising nonporous bristles with a solution of phosphonic acid; 2) applying the solution of phosphonic acid to the tip of the test probe with the brush tip to coat the tip of the test probe with the solution of phosphonic acid; and 3) allowing the solution of phosphonic acid to dry on the tip of the test probe and form a self-assembled monolayer of phosphonates thereon.

The cable cleaning and rolling system combines an automated cleaning and winding system for industrial cables and the like with a water filtration system for recycling the water used to clean the cable. The cable cleaning and rolling system includes a hollow base, a feed drum and a receiving drum. The feed drum is adapted for releasably retaining and feeding the cable to be cleaned, and the receiving drum is adapted for receiving and robing the cable after it has been cleaned and dried. At least one nozzle, for spraying cleaning water on the cable, at least one brush, for scrubbing the cable, and a blower, for drying the cable, are positioned between the feed drum and the receiving drum. Waste water from the cleaning is received within the hollow base, extracted therefrom, and delivered to a water filtration unit for recycling.

A cleaning apparatus and a method of using the cleaning apparatus are provided. The method includes first moving a pencil pad into contact with a top surface of a wafer, wherein the pencil pad is connected to a pivot arm and second moving the pivot arm in a sweeping motion from a first zone to a second zone, the first zone being closer to a center of the top surface of the wafer than the second zone, wherein the sweeping motion is controlled by a controller, the pivot arm moves at a first speed in the first zone and the pivot arm moves at a second speed in the second zone, wherein the first speed is different from the second speed.

Systems and methods for monitoring the cleaning conditions of a facility include the use of a cleaning apparatus with a tracking device. The tracking device is adapted to detect an operating parameter of the cleaning apparatus. In embodiments, the operating parameter includes at least one of the location of the cleaning apparatus within a facility over time, the movement of the cleaning apparatus, and the dynamic coefficient of friction encountered by a cleaning head of the cleaning apparatus as it traverses a surface being cleaned in the facility.

A cleaning device for cleaning a warming drawer is described, the cleaning device comprising a body portion and at least one cleaning member peripherally mounted on the body portion. The body portion further comprises an aperture; or a recess in a side of the body portion; wherein the aperture or the recess extends through the thickness of the body portion. In this way, an improved device for cleaning a warming drawer is provided. A method of cleaning a warming drawer and a kit of parts is also described.

A substrate cleaning device may include a chamber body configured to hold a substrate and a brush assembly. The brush assembly may include a first roller, a second roller, and a belt extending between the first roller and the second roller. At least one of the first roller and the second roller may be movable between a first position where the belt contacts a first surface of a substrate disposed in the chamber body and a second position where the belt is spaced from the first surface. Other substrate cleaning devices and methods of cleaning substrates are disclosed.

Spray nozzle systems and methods of use are described herein. The spray nozzle system may include a stationary tube, a rigid rotor, and a sub-medium supply source. The stationary tube may be in fluid communication with a pressurized air source. The substantially rigid rotor is in fluid communication with the pressurized air source. The substantially rigid rotor includes a substantially rigid conduit that is in fluid communication with the passages of the stationary tube and the rotor. A portion of the conduit is substantially arched such that an outlet of the conduit is offset a radial distance in a radial direction from the rotor axis. Pressurized air ejected from the outlet produces directional components of the pressurized air in the direction of rotation about the rotor axis; and during use, the pressurized air rotates the rotor and sucks sub-medium from the sub-medium supply source into the stationary tube passage.

The present disclosure provides a cleaning string for cleaning a tip end face of a single core optical connector, which contains a quite small residual amount of oil components and has a high wiping property without the attachment of oil components to the tip end face of a single core optical connector. Further, the present disclosure provides a method for producing a cleaning string for cleaning a connector which can suitably remove oil components adhering to a multifilament made of chemical fibers. A cleaning string for cleaning a connector formed by twisting plural multifilament made of chemical fibers, wherein a residual amount of oil components is 3 mg/g or less. A method for producing a cleaning string for cleaning a connector which comprises a step of removing oil components adhering to multifilament made of chemical fibers by washing with a surfactant-containing solution in a form of knitting, reel, or honeycomb wound before or after twisting plural multifilament made of chemical fibers, a step of washing with pure water, a step of drying and a step of unwinding the form.