Patent ID: 6041796
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: F26B,H01L

Abstract:
An apparatus for drying objects with fluids comprising:(a) a container for temporarily holding fluids and an object to be dried;(b) a valve connected to an exit at a top of said container;(c) a first fluid inlet at a bottom of said container for introducing a first fluid into said container;(d) a second fluid inlet at the bottom of said container for introducing a volatile second fluid, with a specific gravity greater than said first fluid and not miscible with said first fluid so that a stable interface with said first fluid is formed, beneath said first fluid, so that as said volatile second fluid is introduced to said container said first fluid is pushed over said object and out of said exit at said top of said container; and(e) a second fluid drain at the bottom of said container for draining said volatile second fluid from said container.