1. A collapsed liner, adapted for filling with an ultra pure liquid in a rigid container having the liner disposed therein, said collapsed liner comprising a polymeric material compatible with the ultra pure liquid, defining in an inflated state an interior volume for holding the ultra pure liquid, and being compacted in a collapsed state.
2. The collapsed liner of claim 1, wherein said polymeric material comprises PTFE.
3. The collapsed liner of claim 1, as maintained in a compacted form in said collapsed state by isolation of the interior volume from an ambient environment of the liner.
4. The collapsed liner of claim 1, having a fill tube in communication with the interior volume thereof.
5. An ultra pure liquid container, including a rigid outer container, and a collapsed liner as claimed in claim 1 mounted in an interior volume of said rigid outer container.
6. An ultrapure liquid package, comprising:
a rigid container;
a liner adapted to be mounted in said rigid container and having an interior volume to hold the ultrapure liquid;
an assembly including a fill and dispense passage and a gas supply passage, wherein the assembly is adapted for coupling with the rigid container so that the fill and dispense passage is in communication with the interior volume of the liner, and the gas supply passage is in communication with an intermediate area between the rigid container and the liner, and wherein said assembly is adapted to minimize an air-liquid interface of the ultrapure liquid when ultrapure liquid is in the interior volume of the liner.
7. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 6, wherein the assembly includes a probe.
8. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 6, wherein the assembly includes a dip tube.
9. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 6, wherein the assembly includes a fitment.
10. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 6, wherein the assembly includes a vent passage in communication with the interior volume of the liner when the assembly is coupled with the rigid container and the liner is mounted in the rigid container.
11. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 6, comprising the liner mounted in the container in a collapsed state for filling with the ultrapure liquid through the fill and dispense passage.
12. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 6, comprising ultrapure liquid in the interior volume of the liner in a zero or near-zero headspace condition.
13. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 6, wherein the assembly is adapted for pressure dispensing of the ultrapure liquid by flow of gas through the gas supply passage to compress the liner to cause flow of the ultrapure liquid from the liner through the fill and dispense passage of the assembly.
14. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 6, wherein the assembly comprises valves adapted to control flow through the fill and dispense passage and the gas supply passage.
15. An ultrapure liquid package including:
a rigid container;
a liner mounted in said rigid container and having an interior volume to hold the ultrapure liquid; and
an ultrapure liquid in the interior volume of the liner, in a zero headspace condition.
16. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 15, wherein the ultrapure liquid has a particle concentration of less than 2 particles per milliliter for particles at 0.2 \u03bcm diameter.
17. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 15, wherein the ultrapure liquid has a particle concentration of less than 1 particle per milliliter for particles at 0.2 \u03bcm diameter.
18. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 15, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises a semiconductor processing liquid.
19. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 15, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises an LCD market liquid.
20. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 15, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises a photolithography liquid.
21. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 15, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises an organic solvent.
22. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 15, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises an acid.
23. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 15, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises a base.
24. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 15, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises a CMP slurry.
25. An ultrapure liquid package, comprising a rigid container, a liner adapted to be mounted in said rigid container and hold said ultrapure liquid, and a fill and dispense assembly constructed and arranged to minimize air-liquid interface of the ultrapure liquid in the liner during filling of the liner and dispensing of the ultrapure liquid therefrom.
26. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 25, wherein said liner comprises a polymeric material.
27. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 26, wherein said polymeric material comprises PTFE.
28. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 25, wherein the liner is in a collapsed form.
29. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 25, wherein the liner holds an ultrapure liquid.
30. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 29, wherein the ultrapure liquid has a particle concentration of less than 2 particles per milliliter for particles at 0.2 \u03bcm diameter.
31. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 29, wherein the ultrapure liquid has a particle concentration of less than 1 particle per milliliter for particles at 0.2 \u03bcm diameter.
32. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 29, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises a semiconductor processing liquid.
33. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 29, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises an LCD market liquid.
34. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 29, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises a photolithography liquid.
35. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 29, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises an organic solvent.
36. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 29, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises an acid.
37. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 29, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises a base.
38. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 29, wherein the ultrapure liquid comprises a CMP slurry.
39. An ultrapure liquid package, comprising:
a rigid container;
a liner adapted to be mounted in said rigid container and having an interior volume to hold the ultrapure liquid; and
means for minimizing an air-liquid interface of the ultrapure liquid when ultrapure liquid is in the interior volume of the liner.
40. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 39, wherein said means comprise a probe.
41. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 39, wherein said means comprise a dip tube.
42. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 39, wherein said means comprise a fitment.
43. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 39, wherein said means comprise a passage communicating with the space between the rigid container and the liner when mounted in the rigid container, and adapted for flowing pressurizing gas into said space to compress the liner during dispensing of said ultrapure liquid.
44. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 39, wherein the liner is mounted in a collapsed state in the rigid container.
45. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 39, wherein said liner comprises a polymeric material.
46. The ultrapure liquid package of claim 39, wherein said liner comprises a PTFE material.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A conveyor system for processing items on which radio frequency identification tags are disposed, said system comprising:
a frame;
a conveyor that is disposed movably on the frame and that conveys items through a path of travel, each item having at least one respective radio frequency identification tag disposed thereon;
a first antenna disposed proximate the path of travel so that the first antenna
radiates radio frequency signals into a first area that is proximate the conveyor and through which the items pass and
receives responses to the radio frequency signals from the respective radio frequency identification tags on the items on the conveyor;
a second antenna proximate the first antenna and the path of travel so that the second antenna
radiates radio frequency signals into the first area;
at least one radio frequency receiver that receives signals from the first antenna corresponding to the responses received by the first antenna from the respective radio frequency identification tags and outputs first signals corresponding to the responses; and
a processor that receives the first signals from the at least one receiver and is programmed to associate a said first signal with a first said item when the processor receives the first signal from the at least one receiver while at least a portion of the first item is within a predetermined second area that includes at least part of the first area,
wherein the second antenna radiates radio frequency signals that interfere with reception of and response to the radio frequency signals from the first antenna by a said respective radio frequency identification tag in the presence of radio frequency signals from the first antenna and the second antenna, and wherein the second antenna is disposed with respect to the first antenna and the conveyor so that the second antenna radiates radio frequency signals into a third area that is proximate to but generally excludes the second area.
2. The system as in claim 1, wherein the second antenna is disposed upstream from the first antenna with respect to the path of travel.
3. The system as in claim 1, wherein
the first antenna comprises a first substrate and a plurality of first patch elements disposed on the first substrate so that generally planar respective top surfaces of the first patch elements are generally coplanar in a first plane that intersects a plane including a centerline of the path of travel at a first acute angle, and
the second antenna comprises a second substrate and a plurality of second patch elements disposed on the second substrate so that generally planar respective top surfaces of the second patch elements are generally coplanar in a second plane that intersects the plane including the centerline of the path of travel at a second acute angle.
4. The system as in claim 3, wherein the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the first acute angle is approximately 45 degrees, and wherein the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel and the second acute angle is approximately 45 degrees.
5. The system as in claim 3, wherein the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the first acute angle is approximately 45 degrees, and wherein the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel and the second acute angle is approximately 60 degrees.
6. A conveyor system for processing items on which radio frequency identification tags are disposed, said system comprising:
a frame;
a generally planar belt that is disposed movably on the frame and that conveys items through a path of travel, each item having at least one respective radio frequency identification tag disposed thereon;
a first antenna disposed proximate the belt so that the first antenna
radiates radio frequency signals into a first area that is proximate the belt and through which the items pass and
receives responses to the radio frequency signals from the respective radio frequency identification tags on the items on the belt;
a second antenna proximate the first antenna and the belt so that the second antenna
radiates radio frequency signals into the first area;
at least one radio frequency receiver that receives signals from the first antenna corresponding to the responses received by the first antenna from the respective radio frequency identification tags and outputs first signals corresponding to the responses; and
a processor that receives the first signals from the at least one receiver and is programmed to associate a said first signal with a first said item when the processor receives the first signal from the at least one receiver while at least a portion of the first item is within a predetermined second area that includes at least part of the first area,
wherein the second antenna radiates radio frequency signals that interfere with reception of and response to the radio frequency signals from the first antenna by a said respective radio frequency identification tag in the presence of radio frequency signals from the first antenna and the second antenna, and wherein the second antenna is disposed with respect to the first antenna and the belt so that the second antenna radiates radio frequency signals into a third area that is proximate to but generally excludes the second area.
7. The system as in claim 6, wherein the second antenna is disposed upstream from the first antenna with respect to the path of travel.
8. The system as in claim 6, wherein
the first antenna is disposed with respect to the belt so that a center of a gain pattern from the first antenna is oriented at an approximately 45 degree angle with respect to a line parallel to a center line of the belt,
the second antenna is disposed with respect to the belt so that a center of a gain pattern from the second antenna is oriented at an approximately 45 degree angle with respect to a line parallel to a center line of the belt, and
the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel so that the center of the gain pattern from the first antenna is oriented at an approximately 90 degree angle with respect to the center of the gain pattern from the second antenna.
9. The system as in claim 6, wherein
the first antenna is disposed with respect to the belt so that a center of a gain pattern from the first antenna is oriented at an approximately 45 degree angle with respect to a line parallel to a center line of the belt,
the second antenna is disposed with respect to the belt so that a center of a gain pattern from the second antenna is oriented at an approximately 60 degree angle with respect to a line parallel to a center line of the belt, and
the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel so that the center of the gain pattern from the first antenna is oriented at an approximately 105 degree angle with respect to the center of the gain pattern from the second antenna.
10. The system as in claim 6, wherein
the first antenna comprises a first substrate and a plurality of first patch elements disposed on the first substrate so that generally planar respective top surfaces of the first patch elements are generally coplanar in a first plane that intersects a plane including a centerline of the belt at a first acute angle, and
the second antenna comprises a second substrate and a plurality of second patch elements disposed on the second substrate so that generally planar respective top surfaces of the second patch elements are generally coplanar in a second plane that intersects the plane including the centerline of the belt at a second acute angle.
11. The system as in claim 10, wherein the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the first acute angle is approximately 45 degrees, and wherein the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel and the second acute angle is approximately 45 degrees.
12. The system as in claim 10, wherein the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the first acute angle is approximately 45 degrees, and wherein the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel and the second acute angle is approximately 60 degrees.
13. The system as in claim 6, wherein a power level at which the second antenna is driven is less than a power level at which the first antenna is driven.
14. The system as in claim 6, including
two said first antennas respectively disposed on opposite sides of the belt laterally offset from the belt with respect to the path of travel and facing the belt, and
two said second antennas disposed proximate respective said first antennas and facing the belt.
15. The system as in claim 14, wherein the two first antennas radiate radio frequency signals into the first area in a predetermined sequence with respect to each other, and the two second antennas radiate radio frequency signals into the first area simultaneously with each other and with radiation of radio frequency signals into the first area by the two first antennas.
16. The system as in claim 14, including
a said first antenna facing the belt and disposed on a side of the belt on which items are conveyed and that is offset from the belt so that items pass through the path of travel between the belt and said first antenna, and
a said second antenna disposed proximate the first antenna disposed on the side of the belt on which items are conveyed and facing the belt.
17. A conveyor system for processing items on which radio frequency identification tags are disposed, said system comprising:
a frame;
a generally planar belt that is disposed movably on the frame and that conveys items, each item having at least one respective radio frequency identification tag disposed thereon;
a first antenna disposed proximate the belt so that the first antenna radiates radio frequency signals into a first area that is proximate the belt and through which the items pass and receives responses to the radio frequency signals from the respective radio frequency identification tags on the items on the belt;
a second antenna proximate the first antenna and the belt so that the second antenna radiates radio frequency signals into the first area;
at least one radio frequency receiver that receives signals from the first antenna corresponding to the responses received by the first antenna from the respective radio frequency identification tags and outputs first signals corresponding to the responses;
a processor that receives the first signals from the at least one receiver and is programmed to associate a said first signal with a first said item based upon whether the processor receives the first signal from the at least one receiver while at least a portion of the first item is within a predetermined second area that includes at least part of the first area; and
a radio frequency transmitter that drives the second antenna to radiate radio frequency signals that interfere with reception of and response to the radio frequency signals from the first antenna by a said respective radio frequency identification tag in the presence of radio frequency signals from the first antenna and the second antenna,
wherein the second antenna is disposed with respect to the first antenna and the belt so that the second antenna radiates radio frequency signals into a third area that is proximate to but generally excludes the second area.
18. The system as in claim 17, wherein the second antenna is disposed upstream from the first antenna with respect to the path of travel.
19. The system as in claim 17, wherein
the first antenna is disposed with respect to the belt so that a center of a gain pattern from the first antenna is oriented at an approximately 45 degree angle with respect to a line parallel to a center line of the belt,
the second antenna is disposed with respect to the belt so that a center of a gain pattern from the second antenna is oriented at an approximately 45 degree angle with respect to a line parallel to a center line of the belt, and
the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel so that the center of the gain pattern from the first antenna is oriented at an approximately 90 degree angle with respect to the center of the gain pattern from the second antenna.
20. The system as in claim 17, wherein
the first antenna is disposed with respect to the belt so that a center of a gain pattern from the first antenna is oriented at an approximately 45 degree angle with respect to a line parallel to a center line of the belt,
the second antenna is disposed with respect to the belt so that a center of a gain pattern from the second antenna is oriented at an approximately 60 degree angle with respect to a line parallel to a center line of the belt, and
the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel so that the center of the gain pattern from the first antenna is oriented at an approximately 105 degree angle with respect to the center of the gain pattern from the second antenna.
21. The system as in claim 17, wherein
the first antenna comprises a first substrate and a plurality of first patch elements disposed on the first substrate so that generally planar respective top surfaces of the first patch elements are generally coplanar in a first plane that intersects a plane including a centerline of the belt at a first acute angle, and
the second antenna comprises a second substrate and a plurality of second patch elements disposed on the second substrate so that generally planar respective top surfaces of the second patch elements are generally coplanar in a second plane that intersects the plane including the centerline of the belt at a second acute angle.
22. The system as in claim 21, wherein the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the first acute angle is approximately 45 degrees, and wherein the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel and the second acute angle is approximately 45 degrees.
23. The system as in claim 21, wherein the first antenna faces downstream with respect to the path of travel and the first acute angle is approximately 45 degrees, and wherein the second antenna faces upstream with respect to the path of travel and the second acute angle is approximately 60 degrees.
24. The system as in claim 17, wherein a power level at which the second antenna is driven is less than a power level at which the first antenna is driven.
25. The system as in claim 17, including
two said first antennas respectively disposed on opposite sides of the belt laterally offset from the belt with respect to the path of travel and facing the belt, and
two said second antennas disposed proximate respective said first antennas and facing the belt.
26. The system as in claim 25, wherein the transmitter drives the two first antennas to radiate radio frequency signals into the first area in a predetermined sequence with respect to each other and drives the two second antennas to radiate radio frequency signals into the first area simultaneously with each other and with radiation of radio frequency signals into the first area by the two first antennas.
27. The system as in claim 26, including
a said first antenna facing the belt and disposed on a side of the belt on which items are conveyed and that is offset from the belt so that items pass through the path of travel between the belt and said first antenna, and
a said second antenna disposed proximate the first antenna disposed on the side of the belt on which items are conveyed and facing the belt.
28. A method of processing items on each of which at least one respective radio frequency identification tag is disposed, where the items are conveyed through a path of travel by a generally planar belt that is disposed movably on a frame, said method comprising the steps of:
radiating first radio frequency signals into a first area that is proximate the belt and through which the items pass;
receiving responses to the first radio frequency signals from the respective radio frequency identification tags on the items on the belt and outputting first output signals that correspond to the responses;
associating a said first output signal with a first said item if the response that corresponds to the first output signal is received while at least a portion of the first item is within a predetermined second area that includes at least part of the first area; and
radiating second radio frequency signals, wherein the second radio frequency signals interfere with reception of and response to the first radio frequency signals by a radio frequency identification tag in the presence of the first radio frequency signals and the second radio frequency signals, into a third area that includes at least part of the first area and is proximate to but generally excludes the second area.
29. A conveyor system for processing items on which radio frequency identification tags are disposed, said system comprising:
a frame;
a conveyor disposed movably on the frame and that conveys items through a path of travel, each item having at least one respective radio frequency identification tag disposed thereon;
a first antenna disposed proximate the path of travel so that the first antenna communicates with radio frequency identification tags on said items conveyed by the conveyor through the path of travel;
a radio frequency receiver in communication with the first antenna so that the receiver reads the radio frequency identification tags via the antenna;
a processor in communication with the receiver, wherein the processor is programmed to associate information read from a first said radio frequency identification tag by the receiver with a first said item based upon whether the receiver reads the first radio frequency identification tag while at least a portion of the first item is within a first area along the path of travel corresponding to the first antenna through which the receiver read the first radio frequency identification tag; and
a second antenna proximate the first antenna and the path of travel so that the second antenna radiates radio frequency signals into the path of travel that interfere with communication between the first antenna and radio frequency identification tags in the path of travel within a second area that is adjacent to the first area.