Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
454187000 | CLEAN ROOM | 43 |
20080261507 | Blow-off incorporating apparatus for evacuating water and dirt from a cooler box of a cooling system - Apparatus for evacuating water and dirt from a cooler box of a cooling system, incorporated with a blow-off for an air screen of the system. The water and dirt will flow through an aperture in a lower region of the cooler box into a smaller box of the apparatus disposed therebelow. A fan operable for generating the air flow through the air screen and the cooler box, also blows a portion of the flow through a blow-off channel to the air screen for blowing debris away from the air screen. The channel and smaller box are cooperatively configured such that the air flow through the channel will generate a partial vacuum condition in the smaller box operable for evacuating the water and the dirt into the channel so as to be carried away with debris from the air screen. | 10-23-2008 |
20090053989 | Interior Air Quality Space and Methods of Designing and Constructing Same - The invention provides a method and system for constructing a new space or improving and existing space to achieve and maintain high air quality in the interior of the space by limiting airborne allergens, VOCs, particulates, and bio-aerosols therein. One method of the invention, includes the steps of sampling the air quality of the indoor space, removing suspected sources of pollutants, selecting replacement materials having low-VOC off gassing, testing the air quality to ensure the space meets a pre-determined base line air quality, and maintaining the air quality of the indoor space at or below the pre-determined base line air quality. | 02-26-2009 |
20090176447 | AIR SHOWER ROOM - An air shower room ( | 07-09-2009 |
20090275278 | ULTRA-PURE AIR SYSTEM FOR NANO WAFER ENVIRONMENT - In one embodiment, an air filtration system includes a first ventilation path connected between at least one external air supply and a clean room. The first ventilation path is configured to direct air from the at least one external air supply to the clean room. A second ventilation path is connected to the clean room. The second ventilation path is configured to recirculate air in the clean room. A third ventilation path, separate from the first path, is connected between the at least one external air supply and a tool environment disposed within the clean room. The third ventilation path includes an ultra-pure air filtration unit disposed between the outdoor air supply and the tool environment. The ultra-pure air filtration unit includes a compressor and a dryer. | 11-05-2009 |
20090305626 | PREVALIDATED, MODULAR GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE-COMPLIANT FACILITY - The invention is directed to a ready-to-use modular cleanroom and facility, in particular for the production of drugs and biological substances, which is equipped with pre-approved manufacturing equipment cores. The modular cleanroom is implemented in the interior space of a container, such as a standard shipping container, and includes at least one bioreactor station. The modular facility can be installed on-site from pre-approved cleanroom modules without further regulatory approval. The cleanroom and facility comply with FDA-approved good manufacturing practices (GMP) and good laboratory practices (GLP). | 12-10-2009 |
20100022179 | CLEAN ROOM - A dust-exhaust acceleration face of a dust-exhaust assistant member is disposed so as to face a top face of a heat radiating member of a production facility or the like so that a gap between the top face of the heat radiating member and the dust-exhaust acceleration face of the dust-exhaust assistant member is occupied by ascending air flows, each having a falling velocity (terminal velocity) that is not accelerated beyond a fixed velocity, to form a balanced state between the size of an object, such as a dust particulate or a chemical substance particulate, and air resistance when the object is freely falling in the air; thus, the object, such as a dust particulate and a chemical substance particulate, is prevented from falling onto the heat radiating member. | 01-28-2010 |
20100041328 | Positive Air Pressure Isolation System - An air-pressure-control system, the system comprising a system inlet, a system outlet, and a variable-speed fan configured to operate at a speed. A motor controller in communication with the fan is configured to control the speed of the fan. A differential-pressure transducer configured to monitor an air pressure at the system inlet and an air pressure at the system outlet. A closed-loop pressure controller in communication with the motor controller and differential-pressure transducer, wherein the pressure controller is configured to vary the speed of the fan based on the pressure differential between the inlet and outlet of the system, thereby controlling a pressure within a space. An ultraviolet kill chamber may be disposed between the inlet and outlet to expose airborne particulate to UV radiation. The system may also have a filter located within an air-flow path between the system inlet and system outlet. | 02-18-2010 |
20100105309 | CLEAN UNIT, METHOD OF OPERATING CLEAN UNIT, AND CONNECTED CLEAN UNIT - In a clean unit which has a dust filter with a blowing power source on the upper surface of a working chamber and which can maintain a clean environment, an external gas flow passage is directly connected or connected through a partition wall, through which dust particles cannot pass but gas molecules can pass, to a feedback gas flow passage for connecting air-tightly a ventilation hole formed in the wall of the working chamber and the inlet of the dust filter to each other. On both sides of the partition wall, the flow velocity vector of a gas flowing in the feedback gas flow passage is made to be equal to the flow velocity vector of the gas flowing in an external gas flow passage. | 04-29-2010 |
20100112926 | UNIT TYPE CLEAN ROOM - A unit type clean room has a wide operation space while providing a high air cleaning effect, is unitized and can be easily installed. The unit type clean room is characterized by including: a machine room unit; a front room unit; and a clean room unit, wherein an air conditioner and a fixed air volume device are installed in the machine room unit, the air conditioner is connected to two HEPA filter units installed in the clean room unit via an air duct, the fixed air volume device is connected to a return air chamber installed in the clean room unit via a return air duct to circulate purified air, purified air is always retained in the clean room, and a front room and an air shower are placed in the front room unit. | 05-06-2010 |
20100120349 | Surgical theater ventilating devices and methods - Provided are methods for ventilating a surgical theater using temperature-regulated laminar air flow. Velocity of a downward directed laminar clean air flow is determined by an air-temperature difference between the supply air and room air temperature at the level of the operating table. Room air temperature at the level of the operating table is measured and clean supply air temperature controlled in relation to this measurement. In order to maintain a constant downward directed laminar clean air flow velocity, a constant difference in temperature is maintained between room air temperature at the level of the operating table and the lower temperature of the supply air. In preferred embodiments, this constant temperature difference provides a downward directed air flow velocity of at least 0.25 m/s and is maintained in part by minimizing fluctuations in ambient air-temperature through use of air supply units supplying heated or cooled air outside the clean air zone. Also provided are ventilating devices which create a uniform and stable downward laminar air flow that forms a clean air zone surrounding the operating table workplace region. Preferred embodiments comprise a number of air supply units arranged in a closed pattern, e.g, in a circle, with air stop and guide units situated between air supply units such that a widely spread uniform and stable, downward, combined, laminar air flow is created. | 05-13-2010 |
20100221993 | STORAGE CONFIRMATION WITH PREDETERMINABLE STORAGE ATMOSPHERE - The invention relates to a storage configuration having a predeterminable storage atmosphere, comprising a storage chamber for receiving a plurality of storage product carriers for storage product, which can be delivered to a feeding and removal opening for the storage and removal of the storage product using a transport apparatus, and further comprising an air-conditioning apparatus, which associated with the storage chamber and exhausts air from the storage chamber, treats it, and injects it back into the storage chamber via exhaust and injection openings provided on the storage chamber. The exhaust and injection openings are disposed such that the air flows through the storage chamber in the vertical direction. | 09-02-2010 |
20100304658 | MOBILE LABORATORY FOR ANALYSIS OF PATHOGENIC AGENTS - This invention relates to a mobile laboratory for analysis of pathogenic agents. According to the invention, the laboratory ( | 12-02-2010 |
20100317280 | BEVERAGE BOTTLING PLANT OR FOODSTUFF CONTAINING ELEMENT FILLING PLANT EACH HAVING A CLEAN ROOM AND EACH HAVING APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING IN THE CLEANING OF THE CLEAN ROOM, AND A METHOD OF CLEANING THE CLEAN ROOM - A beverage bottling plant and foodstuff containing element filling plant each having a clean room and each having apparatus for assisting in the cleaning of the clean room, and a method of cleaning the clean room. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 12-16-2010 |
20110053486 | MODULAR, SELF-CONTAINED, MOBILE CLEAN ROOM - Biosafety units, methods of making, and sealing the same are disclosed herein. The units comprise at least one controlled air, sealable, sterilizable cleanroom; and a mechanical system room adjacent to the cleanroom comprising: at least two air handling units in a support room adjacent the cleanroom that provide redundant air to the cleanroom with at least Class 100,000 air purity, the air handling units connected to a one or more supply ducts to the cleanroom, and an exhaust duct in communication with the cleanroom and the air handling unit exhaust, wherein a pressure gradient is formed between the cleanroom and the exterior of the structure; and at least two power supplies that provide redundant power to electrical outlets in the cleanroom, wherein the at least two power supplies are connectable to one or more external power sources and the structure is pre-validatable or validated for pharmaceutical manufacturing. | 03-03-2011 |
20110097986 | Ceiling system with integrated equipment support structure - A modular air-handling plenum for capable of supporting surgical apparatus or other objects is disclosed. The plenum is usually rectangular, may be formed of sheet metal, and features a truss spanning the width of the plenum to carry the weight of the apparatus. The plenum itself is attached to the ceiling of a room. An air handling component may be included to provide filtered and/or conditioned air in the vicinity of the suspended apparatus, or the plenum may be used strictly as an apparatus support, with no air-conditioning function. An ordinary suspended ceiling may also be mounted in the plenum for continuity with the remainder of the room. | 04-28-2011 |
20110143645 | LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A liquid processing apparatus, includes an apparatus main body, a power room having an atmosphere separated from the clean room by a partition member, an air suction path configured to suction an air in the clean room and take the air into the power room, a temperature control part provided in the power room and configured to control at least a temperature of the air taken in via the air suction path, an air supplying path configured to supply the air from the temperature control part to the liquid processing unit, a ventilation part configured to take the air from the air suction path and supply the air via the air supplying path, and a cleaning filer configured to clean the air taken in from the air suction path. | 06-16-2011 |
20110165833 | INTERMEDIATE STORAGE UNIT FOR THE INTERMEDIATE STORAGE OF OBJECTS TO BE PAINTED - To provide an intermediate storage unit for the intermediate storage of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies and/or for the transport of objects to be painted in the form of vehicle bodies and/or parts of vehicle bodies from one process section of a paint shop to another process section of the paint shop, which allows the objects to be painted to also be stored in the intermediate storage unit over a lengthy period of time, e.g. during a shift change, overnight or over a weekend, without impairment to the quality of the painting of the objects to be painted, it is proposed that the intermediate storage unit is configured as a clean-room area. | 07-07-2011 |
20110217917 | AIR FILTRATION AND HANDLING FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR HABITABILITY AREA - A system for circulating and conditioning air within a nuclear reactor habitability area is provided. The system may include an upper plenum formed between a lowered ceiling partition within the habitability area and a ceiling of the habitability area and a lower plenum formed between a raised floor partition within the habitability area and a floor of the habitability area. The system can additionally include at least one recirculation air handling unit located within the habitability area, the at least one recirculation air handling unit operable to generate a recirculation air flow within the habitability area by circulating air between the lower and upper plenums absent any air carrying ductwork routed through the ceiling, floor or walls of the habitability area. | 09-08-2011 |
20110230130 | LAMINAR-FLOW OPERATING THEATRE - Laminar-flow operating theatre that comprises a support ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110294411 | Surgical Theatre Ventilating Devices and Methods - Provided are methods for ventilating a surgical theater using temperature-regulated laminar air flow. Velocity of a downward directed laminar clean air flow is determined by an air-temperature difference between the supply air and room air temperature at the level of the operating table. Room air temperature at the level of the operating table is measured and clean supply air temperature controlled in relation to this measurement. In order to maintain a constant downward directed laminar clean air flow velocity, a constant difference in temperature is maintained between room air temperature at the level of the operating table and the lower temperature of the supply air. In preferred embodiments, this constant temperature difference provides a downward directed air flow velocity of at least 0.25 m/s and is maintained in part by minimizing fluctuations in ambient air-temperature through use of air supply units supplying heated or cooled air outside the clean air zone. Also provided are ventilating devices which create a uniform and stable downward laminar air flow that forms a clean air zone surrounding the operating table workplace region. Preferred embodiments comprise a number of air supply units arranged in a closed pattern, e.g, in a circle, with air stop and guide units situated between air supply units such that a widely spread uniform and stable, downward, combined, laminar air flow is created. | 12-01-2011 |
20120040600 | Clean Room, Clean Room Suit and Arrangement Therefor - A clean room suit for clothing a person in a clean room, the clean room suit comprising a fabric configured to cover at least a part of a body of the person, and a clean room lock adapter arranged on and/or in the fabric and being configured for coupling to a clean room lock in such a manner that, in an operation mode in which the clean room lock is coupled to the clean room lock adapter and is activated, particles on and/or in the fabric are moved out of the fabric towards an exterior of the clean room suit. | 02-16-2012 |
20120077429 | MOBILE, MODULAR CLEANROOM FACILITY - A mobile, modular, cleanroom facility is made from one or more pre-assembled modules, transportable in their pre-assembled form. Each pre-assembled module includes an air filtration system including a ceiling plenum for providing clean air to the interior of the module. The air filtration system provides air cleaned to at least an ISO 8 classification. When the mobile, modular cleanroom facility is made of two or more modules, each of the modules is pre-assembled, and is transportable in its pre-assembled form. Each of the modules also includes an air filtrations system having a ceiling plenum for providing clean air to the interior of the module. Most preferably, the modules are connected by a connection assembly effective for providing a seamless transition from one module to the other while maintaining the appropriate clean air classification in the transition space. | 03-29-2012 |
20120190287 | AIR HANDLING SYSTEM FOR CLEAN ROOM - A clean room air handling system is disclosed. The system includes an air handler adapted to receive an air flow, the air handler further provided with a cooling apparatus, and at least one supply fan downstream of the at least one air handler, each supply fan not having an assoiciated cooling unit or filter structure and capable of providing an air velocity of greater than 1600 feet per minute, and modulation means for operating said system. | 07-26-2012 |
20120214396 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VERTICALLY ORIENTING SUBSTRATE PROCESSING TOOLS IN A CLEAN SPACE - The present invention provides various aspects of support for a fabrication facility capable of routine placement and replacement of processing tools in at least a vertical dimension relative to each other. | 08-23-2012 |
20120276835 | ISOLATION BOOTH - An isolation booth for creating a locally isolated space, includes: a top portion; a bottom portion; a curtain rail that is provided on at least one of the top portion and the bottom portion; and a curtain member that is in an endless belt shape and has a ring shape when viewed from above, is supported by the curtain rail in a manner so as to be able to be moved along the curtain rail, and is provided so as to create the space between the top portion and the bottom portion, the curtain member including a glove member that bulges out toward an inside of the space. | 11-01-2012 |
20120295530 | BACKFLOW PREVENTION APPARATUS OF CLEAN ROOM - The present invention is to provide a backflow prevention apparatus of a clean room for solving a negative pressure point in the clean room so as to prevent a backflow from underfloor of the clean room. An intake port for suctioning the air of an underfloor chamber, a fan for supplying the air to an upper part in the apparatus, and a blowoff port installed on a side surface of an upper-floor part of the apparatus for supplying the air into the clean room are provided. By supplying the air of the underfloor chamber into the clean room, the backflow from the underfloor chamber into the clean room is prevented. | 11-22-2012 |
20120295531 | OPERATING AN ARRANGEMENT FOR A LABORATORY ROOM - A method for operating the arrangement for a laboratory room confined by a floor, a ceiling and walls connecting the floor with the ceiling, including inducing an air flow from an air inlet through a platform to an air outlet in a substantially laminar fashion. The arrangement includes a main base suspended on the floor; a tool base arranged on the main base; a platform arranged around the tool base, wherein the platform is permeable for air, and the platform is suspended at the walls; the air inlet arranged below the platform; the air outlet arranged above the tool base; and air guides for directing an air flow upwards. | 11-22-2012 |
20130109291 | MODULAR, SELF-CONTAINED, MOBILE CLEAN ROOM | 05-02-2013 |
20130237139 | METHOD FOR TESTING THE AIR QUALITY IN AN OPERATING ROOM - The invention relates to a method for testing and/or monitoring the air quality in an operating room ( | 09-12-2013 |
20130252533 | Gas Enclosure Assembly and System - The present teachings relate to various embodiments of an hermetically-sealed gas enclosure assembly and system that can be readily transportable and assemblable and provide for maintaining a minimum inert gas volume and maximal access to various devices and apparatuses enclosed therein. Various embodiments of an hermetically-sealed gas enclosure assembly and system of the present teachings can have a gas enclosure assembly constructed in a fashion that minimizes the internal volume of a gas enclosure assembly, and at the same time optimizes the working space to accommodate a variety of footprints of various OLED printing systems. Various embodiments of a gas enclosure assembly so constructed additionally provide ready access to the interior of a gas enclosure assembly from the exterior during processing and readily access to the interior for maintenance, while minimizing downtime. | 09-26-2013 |
20130324026 | CLEAN ROOM CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a system and method of controlling particulate count in a clean room having a number of compartments/zones in series, in response to a first level of energy consumption by speed adjustable fans supplying a first volume of air per unit of time to the clean room, differential air pressures are established in the clean room compartment/zone-by-compartment/zone in series from a first compartment/zone which has a requirement for the highest air pressure to a last compartment/zone which has a requirement for the lowest air pressure. In response to a second level of energy consumption by the speed adjustable fans supplying a second volume of air per unit of time to the clean room, the same differential air pressures are substantially maintained in the clean room. | 12-05-2013 |
20140087649 | Cleanroom and Cleaning Apparatus - The present invention discloses a cleanroom for storing glass substrates. The cleanroom includes an outlet disposed on a bottom of the cleanroom. A cleaning unit is arranged on a ceiling of the cleanroom and which provides a cleaned, ionized air flow so as to eliminate a static electricity and airborne particles accumulated over a surface of a glass substrate. In addition, the present invention further provides a cleaning unit. An ionized airflow is generated so as to remove the airborne particles and static electricity accumulated over the glass substrate. It features an excellent performance, and therefore increases the yield of the product. | 03-27-2014 |
20140087650 | Cleanroom - The present invention provides a cleanroom for storing glass substrates, and which comprises an exhaust is disposed on a bottom floor of the cleanroom. A first filtering device is arranged on a ceiling of the cleanroom to provide purified airflow to the cleanroom. A second filtering device is arranged on the bottom floor of the cleanroom jointly to create a vertical airflow with the first filtering device so as to reduce the turbulence within the cleanroom. The present invention can readily resolve the prior art issue in which the airborne particles stirred by turbulence within the cleanroom cannot be effectively eliminated. | 03-27-2014 |
20140179216 | Particle Containment Systems - A particle containment system includes an anteroom, an air-cleaning machine, and a vent. The anteroom includes a door and a first end configured to engage an opening in a building. The air-cleaning machine is coupled to a first port formed in a first wall of the anteroom. The air-cleaning machine is configured to provide filtered air to an interior of the anteroom or filter air provided from the interior of the anteroom. The vent is coupled to a second port formed in the first wall or a second wall of the anteroom. The vent is configured to close and seal when the door of the anteroom is opened. | 06-26-2014 |
20150011153 | VENTILATION DEVICE FOR CLEAN ROOM APPLICATIONS - A ventilation device for supplying air to a clean room having a passage duct ( | 01-08-2015 |
20150056909 | System for Managing a Cleanroom Environment - A system for managing cleanroom resources by providing a number of critical features in an integrated, low-cost package is described. The critical features include monitoring and recording cleanroom environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity and room differential pressure, notifying users of alarm situations when cleanroom environmental conditions fall outside predetermined limits, and reducing cleanroom energy usage by turning off HEPA filter fan units (FFUs) and cleanroom lights when they are not needed. | 02-26-2015 |
20150072609 | CLEAN AIR APPARATUS - A clean air apparatus comprises clean air means for producing a flow of clean air and for discharging the clean air from an outlet and towards a target clean area. The apparatus comprises a Coanda effect device disposed at least adjacent the clean air means, which is arranged, in use, to induce a Coanda effect upon the flow of clean air. The apparatus comprises guide means for guiding the clean air towards a target clean area in the form of an air curtain. | 03-12-2015 |
20150298117 | CLEAN ROOM SEPTUM - A clean room septum, usable for clean rooms of the type including one controlled-atmosphere room having one partitioning wall configured to separate a controlled-atmosphere environment inside the room from an external not controlled-atmosphere environment. The septum includes one main body having a plurality of openings substantially identical to each other, a plurality of intermediate bodies, each of which is adapted to be stably engaged with the through openings. The intermediate bodies include a plurality of connecting elements and a plurality of closing elements: the connecting elements have a through hole and an attachment device suitable for being connected to operative machines housed inside the room, while the closing elements are hermetically engageable with the through openings. | 10-22-2015 |
20150345811 | Aluminum Repair Stations and Methods of Using the Same - The present invention relates to an aluminum repair station. More specifically, the present invention provides an enclosed area having a floor, a ceiling, and a rigid wall, and a curtain wall, said rigid wall and said curtain wall defining a perimeter of said enclosed area between the ceiling and the floor, said ceiling comprising an exhaust system for circulating air into and out of the enclosed area. | 12-03-2015 |
20160010883 | MODULAR PARTS THAT SUPPLY UTILITIES TO CLEANROOM, ISOLATION OR CONTAINMENT CUBICLES, PODS, OR MODULES | 01-14-2016 |
20160010884 | MODULAR, SELF-CONTAINED, MOBILE CLEAN ROOM | 01-14-2016 |
20160060951 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REFUGE PASSAGEWAYS - A system and method for providing safe passageways in refuge walls such that the completed apparatus limits the infiltration of noxious and/or hazardous gasses in the atmosphere external to the refuge from entering the refuge during personnel ingress or egress, in which entry and exit can be accomplished without contaminating the refuge environment by way of flexible, conforming, rubber like sheeting, partially overlapped in single or multiple layers of varying directions, that will conform to occupants as they enter or leave the refuge or shelter. | 03-03-2016 |
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