B08B9/0323

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING DEBRIS FROM A VACUUM LINE IN A DENTAL OFFICE
20220062527 · 2022-03-03 ·

Systems and methods are described to flush debris from a suction pipe network installed in a medical office. A filter, an amalgam separator and at least one flexible vacuum line are disconnected from a suction pipe network. The suction pipe network has a main trunk line, a downstream end, and at least one branch line. A neutral pH cleaning fluid solution is passed through the main trunk line from a location downstream of the at least one branch line to flush debris from the main trunk and the at least one branch line. The neutral pH cleaning fluid solution is collected subsequent to the neutral pH cleaning fluid solution being circulated through the main trunk line and the at least one branch line. Then, the filter, the amalgam separator and the at least one flexible vacuum line are reconnected to the suction pipe network.

Flow balancing in food processor cleaning system
11147291 · 2021-10-19 · ·

A plurality of bypass lines are configured to selectively engage a corresponding plurality of food flow paths in a food processor. Each bypass line fluidly communicates with an inlet of a pressure regulating valve such that a common pressure occurs at a spaced position in each food flow path providing an equal pressure at the pressure regulating valve.

AUTOMATIC PIPE CLEAN SYSTEM FOR MASSAGE BATH EQUIPMENT
20210315770 · 2021-10-14 ·

An automatic pipe clean system for massage bath equipment includes a bathtub, a water-filling pipe, a water-draining pipe, a suction pipe, a pump pipe, a pump connected between the suction pipe and the pump pipe, an automatic water-filling pipe, a water-filling valve and a controller. The controller is configured to: in a cleaning stage: turn on the pump to allow the water to pass and clean the suction pipe and the pump pipe; and in a drying stage: turn on the pump to allow the water to drain out from the suction pipe and the pump pipe; and turn off the pump.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING FIREARM SUPPRESSORS

A method for cleaning a firearm suppressor having firing residue deposits on inner surfaces thereof, includes: providing a hydraulic system including a cleaning chamber, a turbulence-inducing nozzle, and a non-petroleum-based cleaning solution; installing a used firearm suppressor onto the turbulence-inducing nozzle; placing the used firearm suppressor into the cleaning chamber; tempering the non-petroleum-based cleaning solution to a temperature between about 120° F. and about 180° F.; and flowing the non-petroleum-based cleaning solution through the turbulence-inducing nozzle and the used firearm suppressor at a predetermined pressure and flow rate during a predetermined period of time. An apparatus for cleaning a firearm suppressor having internal baffles and expansion chambers is also described.

WASH THROUGH PIPETTOR
20210276004 · 2021-09-09 ·

A pipettor includes a wash chamber between an upper plate, a lower plate, an upper seal, and a lower seal. The upper and lower seal retain each other and are located between the upper and lower plates. The pipettor includes a gasket located below the lower plate, a pipette tip retained by the gasket, and a piston with a tapered tip that passes through the plates, seals, and gasket into the pipette tip. The upper and lower seal isolate the piston from the wash chamber. The pipettor includes a channel defined by the piston, extending into the pipette tip, and an actuator that advances and retracts the piston. When the actuator retracts the piston such that the piston loses sealing contact with the lower seal and the wash chamber is supplied with wash fluid and pressurized, wash fluid passes through the groove in the upper seal and into the channel

CYCLONIC VALVE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING PUMPS
20210291237 · 2021-09-23 ·

A cyclonic valve for cleaning pumps for transferring powders of any type in high density, including an inlet duct for introducing a flow of cleaning fluid, a flow dividing element adapted for dividing the flow in inlet into a plurality of flows, and a flow orienter having means for deviating and orienting in space the plurality of flows so as to give each of the flows a tangential motion component with respect to the direction of the flows, and then conveying the flows into one or more ducts towards the device to be cleaned, so as to generate a single cleaning flow in outlet having helical motion.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPROCESSING A MEDICAL DEVICE
20210212559 · 2021-07-15 ·

An apparatus and method for reprocessing a medical device includes a decontamination basin, a first flush conduit, a second flush conduit, and a manifold. The first and second flush conduits have respective first and second coupling ports configured to fluidly connect to the medical device positioned within the decontamination basin. The manifold is fluidly connected to the first and second flush conduits and configured to distribute the fluid received therein accordingly. The apparatus also includes a first valve, a second valve, and a primary pump configured to discharge the fluid into the manifold at a predetermined supply flow rate. The first and second valve are positioned respectively in the first and second flush conduits for balancing the respective flow rates discharged therefrom at a first predetermined conduit flow rate and a second predetermined conduit flow rate.

Automatic pipe clean system for massage bath equipment

An automatic pipe clean system for massage bath equipment includes a bathtub, a water-filling pipe, a water-draining pipe, a suction pipe, a pump pipe, a pump connected between the suction pipe and the pump pipe, an automatic water-filling pipe, a water-filling valve and a controller. The controller is configured to: in a cleaning stage: turn on the pump to allow the water to pass and clean the suction pipe and the pump pipe; and in a drying stage: turn on the pump to allow the water to drain out from the suction pipe and the pump pipe; and turn off the pump.

METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY CLEANING BOILER PIPES
20210222871 · 2021-07-22 ·

Disclosed herein is a method of automatically cleaning boiler pipes. The provision of a pipe-cleaning tank on one side of a casing to store a cleaning solution therein and a tank supply valve in the pipe-cleaning tank allows the cleaning solution stored in the pipe-cleaning tank to automatically flow into a heat exchanger and various pipes inside the casing by means of only a simple operation of manipulating the tank supply valve, thereby making it easy to eliminate scale that has accumulated in the heat exchanger and the pipes.

Method and apparatus for improved electrospray emitter lifetime

A method for cleaning an electrospray emitter of a mass spectrometer, comprises: (a) changing a mode of operation of the electrospray emitter from a stable jet mode of operation to a dripping mode or a pulsating mode of operation by lowering a magnitude of a voltage applied between an counter electrode and the electrospray emitter; (b) causing a cleaning solvent to flow through the electrospray emitter at least until a droplet of the cleaning solvent forms on an exterior surface of the electrospray emitter while operating the electrospray emitter in the dripping mode of operation; and (c) causing the droplet to dislodge from the electrospray emitter exterior.