Cleaning device and a lithographic apparatus cleaning method

Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – Movably mounted fluid-holding receptacles

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C134S135000, C134S16600C

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07900641

ABSTRACT:
A cleaning tool to clean a surface of a component of a lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The cleaning tool includes a sonic transducer, a liquid supply device configured to provide liquid to a reservoir between the surface to be cleaned and the sonic transducer, and a liquid outlet configured to remove liquid provided by the liquid supply device, the cleaning tool constructed and arranged such that, in use, liquid flows into the outlet under the influence of gravity.

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