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Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021

Filed:

May. 13, 2020
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventor:

Sergey G. Ponomarev, Lynnwood, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/12 (2006.01); B08B 7/02 (2006.01); B08B 5/04 (2006.01); B08B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/12 (2013.01); B08B 5/04 (2013.01); B08B 7/026 (2013.01); B08B 7/028 (2013.01); B08B 7/04 (2013.01); B08B 2203/0288 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for cleaning an object having a surface, the method including steps of (1) delivering acoustic waves to the object to dislodge debris from the surface; (2) delivering a cleaning medium to the surface to collect dislodged debris; (3) delivering the acoustic waves to the object to acoustically treat and atomize the cleaning medium and the dislodged debris; (4) applying a vacuum airflow to collect atomized cleaning medium and dislodged debris; (5) delivering a rinsing medium to the surface; (6) delivering the acoustic waves to the object to acoustically treat and atomize the rinsing medium; and (7) applying the vacuum airflow to collect atomized rinsing medium.


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