Patent ID: 6579464
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: B08B

Abstract:
A fixture for optimizing the processing of workpieces exposed to a supercritical fluid; comprising:a pressure vessel having a sealable chamber including sidewalls and a closed bottom end wall; a closure member fastenable to an upper end of said vessel for sealingly closing said chamber; said closure member having an orifice communicating with said chamber; an elongated rod member attached to said closure member so as to extend downwardly into said chamber in spaced relationship from said sidewalls and bottom end wall; an article-supporting fixture being mounted at a lower free end of said elongated rod members, said workpieces being supported on said fixture in angular orientations facing said orifice; and means for introducing a supercritical fluid under high pressure into said chamber through said orifice toward said fixture so as to subject the surfaces of said workpieces to a flow of said supercritical fluid.