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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1997
Thomas Lawrence Miller, Vestal, NY (US);
Richard Francis Nelson, Apalachin, NY (US);
John Keith Ostrom, Binghamton, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A fluid treatment device and method for treating moving substrates with fluid as the substrates move through the device at a relatively high rate of travel. Fluid injection in combination with the application of vibration energy (e.g., ultrasonic) results in enhanced fluid treatment of the substrates. In one embodiment, a bifurcated horn is utilized in combination with fluid injector members having pluralities of rows of spaced injector ports, the injectors being strategically positioned relative to the vibrational source. In one example, the device and method may be used for enhanced penetration by dye materials of ceramic substrate surfaces to detect adverse surface conditions (e.g., cracks) and thus potentially defective product.