Eastman-kodak Company

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Brian A Giles

Frederick J Schwab

A carrier for transporting bicycles on the front of a motor vehicle allowing unrestricted access to vehicle trunk, rear cargo area, and top luggage rack. Carrier frame has a horizontal crossmember (10) and two vertical uprights (12). Two removable bicycle support arm assemblies (14) with safety tips extend forward from the crossmember (10). A protector sleeve (22) as part of arm assembly (14) protects bicycle finish at point of contact. An adaptable system comprised of elastic cord assemblies (42) and eyebolts (14, 16, & 18) secures bicycles to the carrier. Carrier mounts to vehicle at top surface of grill and front surface of bumper--four points, mirror image. Custom-designed mounting kits accommodate carrier to a multitude of vehicle makes and models while maintaining a low forward profile for Carrier and bicycle. Eyebolts (14, 16, and 18) serve as structural members, a system component for securing bicycles, attaching hardware, and a safety feature. An additional embodiment for frame-mounting of the Carrier is disclosed for vehicles where bumper-mounting is not practical.

Front mounted bicycle carrier

A method and apparatus for cleaning and drying semiconductor wafers wherein the wafers may be stored in a wet environment until the cleaning step and wherein, after drying, the wafers are substantially isolated from the remainder of the apparatus and the workplace environment to prevent or at least substantially eliminate the recontamination of the wafer surface. The wafers are removed one at a time from an incoming storage bath and are transported to a cleaning station where they are cleaned and are then transported to a drying station. After being dried the wafers are transported to an output station where they are loaded into a portable enclosure member which substantially isolates the wafers in the enclosure from further contamination. Further, means is provided for introducing clean air into the drying station and venting at least a portion of the air through the cleaning station while at the same time substantially precluding the escape of air into the output station enclosure member. The cleaned wafer is substantially isolated during the cleaning and drying steps from the less clean portions of the method and apparatus thereby substantially preventing recontamination of the cleaned and dried wafer.

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Honeoye Falls, NY, United States of America

Brian A Giles