Kenneth F Mccullough

US Patent:

6558475, May 6, 2003

Filed:

Apr 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/546355

Inventors:

Jesse Stephen Jur - Cayce SC
Kenneth J. McCullough - Fishkill NY
Wayne Martin Moreau - Wappingers Falls NY
John Patrick Simons - Wappingers Falls NY
Charles Jesse Taft - Wappingers Falls NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

B08B 300

US Classification:

134 21, 134 2, 134 3, 134 18, 134 251, 134 254, 134 26, 134 30, 134902

Abstract:

The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning a workpiece with a cleaning medium that is maintained at a single fluid phase. The apparatus includes means for providing the cleaning medium; a pressurizable cleaning vessel for receiving the cleaning medium and the workpiece; and means for maintaining a single fluid phase of the cleaning medium in the cleaning vessel. The present invention further provides a process for cleaning the workpiece with cleaning medium under conditions such that the workpiece is exposed to a single fluid phase of the cleaning medium. The present invention further includes a process for a storage media that includes instructions for controlling a processor for the process of the present invention. The storage media includes means for controlling the processor to control contacting conditions of the workpiece and the cleaning medium such that the workpiece is exposed to a single fluid phase of the cleaning medium.

US Patent:

6892741, May 17, 2005

Filed:

Jan 21, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/761496

Inventors:

Jesse Stephen Jur - Cayce SC, US
Kenneth J. McCullough - Fishkill NY, US
Wayne Martin Moreau - Wappingers Falls NY, US
John Patrick Simons - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Charles Jesse Taft - Wappingers Falls NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

B08B003/02

US Classification:

134105, 134108, 134902, 134200

Abstract:

The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning a workpiece with a cleaning medium that is maintained at a single fluid phase. The apparatus comprises means for providing the cleaning medium; a pressurizable cleaning vessel for receiving the cleaning medium and the workpiece; and means for maintaining a single fluid phase of the cleaning medium in the cleaning vessel. The present invention further provides a process for cleaning the workpiece with cleaning medium under conditions such that the workpiece is exposed to a single fluid phase of the cleaning medium. The present invention further includes a process for a storage media that includes instructions for controlling a processor for the process of the present invention. The storage media comprises means for controlling the processor to control contacting conditions of the workpiece and the cleaning medium such that the workpiece is exposed to a single fluid phase of the cleaning medium.

US Patent:

6953042, Oct 11, 2005

Filed:

Nov 15, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/295531

Inventors:

Jesse Stephen Jur - Cayce SC, US
Kenneth J. McCullough - Fishkill NY, US
Wayne Martin Moreau - Wappingers Falls NY, US
John Patrick Simons - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Charles Jesse Taft - Wappingers Falls NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

B08B003/00

US Classification:

134 56R, 134 951, 134 18, 134 26, 134 30, 134 31

Abstract:

The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning a workpiece with a cleaning medium that is maintained at a single fluid phase. The apparatus comprises means for providing the cleaning medium; a pressurizable cleaning vessel for receiving the cleaning medium and the workpiece; and means for maintaining a single fluid phase of the cleaning medium in the cleaning vessel. The present invention further provides a process for cleaning the workpiece with cleaning medium under conditions such that the workpiece is exposed to a single fluid phase of the cleaning medium. The present invention further includes a process for a storage media that includes instructions for controlling a processor for the process of the present invention. The storage media comprises means for controlling the processor to control contacting conditions of the workpiece and the cleaning medium such that the workpiece is exposed to a single fluid phase of the cleaning medium.