Appeal No. 94-3000
Application 07/914,654
used in said bath, and said organic solvent forming with said
liquid a mixture having a surface tension lower than that of
said liquid alone,
wherein contaminants and drying marks are substantially
eliminated from said at least one substrate.
25. A method of treating substrates comprising the steps
of
(a) immersing at least one substrate into a bath of a
liquid,
(b) maintaining said at least one substrate in said bath
for a given time period,
(c) withdrawing said at least one substrate from said
bath at a speed such that substantially all of said liquid
remains in said bath, and
(d) directly contacting said at least one substrate with
a vapor of an organic solvent immediately upon leaving said
bath, said vapor being free of condensation on said at least
one substrate upon withdrawing said at least one substrate
from said bath, said organic solvent being chosen from a group
of organic solvents which are miscible with a liquid which is
the same as said liquid used in said bath, and said organic
solvent forming with said liquid a mixture having a surface
tension lower than that of said liquid alone,
wherein contaminants and drying marks are substantially
eliminated from said at least one substrate by said step (d).
The references of record relied upon by the examiner are:
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