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US 8,596,287 B1Granted
Cross flow tank
AssigneeWD Media, LLC
InventorsChaoyuan C. Chen, Bing-Shiuan Chang
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Abstract
A cleaning tank apparatus and methods for cleaning workpieces are described. The cleaning tank may include an outlet plate having a top edge and a bottom edge, with the outlet plate having a plurality of rows of outlet openings. The plurality of rows of outlet openings including a first row of outlet openings being closest to the top edge of the outlet plate, and a second row of outlet openings below the first row of outlet openings, wherein at least one of the outlet openings of the first row is larger than the outlet openings of the second row.
Claims12
A cleaning tank, comprising:
- an outlet plate having a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the outlet plate is a side plate of the cleaning tank, the outlet plate comprising a plurality of rows of outlet openings, wherein the plurality of rows comprise:
- a first row of outlet openings being closest to the top edge of the outlet plate;
- a second row of outlet openings below the first row of outlet openings, wherein at least one of the outlet openings of the first row is larger than the outlet openings of the second row, wherein an offset distance between the top edge of the outlet plate and a center line of the first row is less than an inter-row distance between respective centerlines of the first and second rows.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.