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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:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Applicant:
David S. Gibbel, Falls City, OR (US);
Inventor:
David S. Gibbel, Falls City, OR (US);
Assignee:
MEI, LLC, Albany, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Solar wafer clean systems, methods and apparatus capable of receiving wafer combs that have been treated with a wire-saw cutting device and providing final clean solar wafers while the wafers are on the beam (before or without any pre-cleaning) are disclosed. Embodiments of methods and apparatus produce clean solar wafers while attached to the beam without the need for a pre-clean step or tool. As such certain of the embodiments provide efficient and cost-effective cleaning of solar wafers on the beam that is also economically viable on a commercial scale.