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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Gregory T. Hall, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An example system to clean a continuous substrate includes: one or more high pressure nozzles configured to spray a high pressure, low flow spray of a first cleaning fluid at the continuous substrate to remove particulate matter from the continuous substrate; an agitation bath and a plurality of rollers configured to transport the continuous substrate from a first volume having the high pressure, low volume spray, to a second volume having the agitation bath; an agitator in the agitation bath, comprising at least one of a megasonic transducer or an ultrasonic transducer, and configured to direct energy at the continuous substrate; and a vacuum roller configured to vacuum moisture from the continuous substrate during transporting of the continuous substrate from the first volume to the second volume; a dryer configured to dry the continuous substrate.