Methods and apparatus for ultrasonic cleaning
AssigneeCavitus Pty Ltd
InventorsDarren M Bates, Andrew Sin Ju Yap, Arthur R Mcloughlin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of cleaning a surface by applying highly propagating ultrasonic energy to said surface, the method comprises immersing at least a portion of the surface into a fluid, wherein said fluid is in contact with an highly propagating ultrasonic energy emitting assembly; and emitting highly propagating ultrasonic energy from the assembly into the fluid to generate cavitation at the surface thereby cleaning said surface.
Claims15
A method of cleaning, disinfecting or removing a contaminant from a surface, or any combination thereof, by applying highly propagating ultrasonic energy to said surface, the method comprising:
- immersing at least a portion of the surface into a fluid, wherein said fluid is in contact with, or is brought into contact with an assembly comprising at least one ultrasonic sonotrode;
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- emitting highly propagating ultrasonic energy from said at least one sonotrode to generate cavitation at the surface thereby cleaning, disinfecting or removing a contaminant from said surface;
- and wherein the highly propagating ultrasonic energy is emitted substantially orthogonal to the axial direction of a sonotrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.