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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marc J Robert, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Liquid Air Corporation, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134-6 ; 134-7 ; 134-9 ; 134 15 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for cleaning elongated objects of surface contaminants. The elongated objects are exposed to a liquid or solid inert gas at suitable quantities to embrittle the contaminants. The elongated objects are then drawn through a die orifice causing the embrittled surface contaminants to be removed from the elongated objects.