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Cleaning system to clean articles to remove foreign matters from surfaces of the articles. At least two treatment baths filled with respective cleaning liquids are provided. An intermediate bath is located between the adjacent two treatment baths. The intermediate bath is filled with the cleaning li

Cleaning system to clean articles to remove foreign matters from surfaces of the articles. At least two treatment baths filled with respective cleaning liquids are provided. An intermediate bath is located between the adjacent two treatment baths. The intermediate bath is filled with the cleaning liquid filled in one of a pair of the adjacent treatment baths adjacent to the intermediate bath, and the cleaning liquid filled in the intermediate bath is then replaced with the cleaning liquid filled in the other treatment bath. At least one of the articles is moved successively from a first to the last one of the at least two treatment baths and through at least one the intermediate bath, while the article is maintained continuously and completely immersed in the cleaning liquid.

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A system for cleaning articles to remove foreign matters from surfaces of the articles, comprising: at least two treatment baths and an intermediate bath disposed between the adjacent two treatment baths, these baths being connected in series to each other, at least one of said articles to be cleane

A system for cleaning articles to remove foreign matters from surfaces of the articles, comprising: at least two treatment baths and an intermediate bath disposed between the adjacent two treatment baths, these baths being connected in series to each other, at least one of said articles to be cleaned being successively moved from a first to the last one of said treatment baths through at least one said intermediate bath; tanks with one associated with each of said treatment baths and receiving respective cleaning liquids; supply line means for connecting each of said at least two treatment baths and the adjacent intermediate bath to the tank associated with the treatment bath; delivery means for forcedly delivering the cleaning liquid from each of said tanks to the associated treatment bath and the adjacent intermediate bath through the associated supply line means; when a first of said at least two treatment baths is filled with a first of the cleaning liquids supplied from a first of said tanks associated with said first treatment bath through a frist of said supply line means associated with said first treatment bath by a first of said delivery means associated with said first treatment bath, said article being completely immersed in said first cleaning liquid within said first treatment bath and cleaned by said first cleaning liquid so as to cause foreign matters to be removed from the surface of said article; moving means for moving said article between each of said at least two treatment baths and the adjacent intermediate bath, said moving means moving said article from said first treatment bath filled with said first cleaning liquid to said intermediate bath filled with said first cleaning liquid supplied from said first tank through said first supply line means by said first delivery means, while maintaining said article completely immersed in said first cleaning liquid, said article being completely immersed in said first cleaning liquid within said intermediate bath; replacing means for replacing said first cleaning liquid within said intermediate bath with a second of the cleaning liquids supplied from a second of said tanks associated with a second of said at least two treatment baths adjacent to said first treatment bath through a second of said supply line means associated with said second treatment bath by a second of said delivery means associated with said second treatment bath, after said article is moved from said first treatment bath filled with said first cleaning liquid to said intermediate bath filled with said frist cleaning liquid by said moving means; and after said first cleaning liquid within said intermediate bath is replaced with said second cleaning liquid, said moving means moving said article from said intermediate bath filled with said second liquid to said second treatment bath filled with said second cleaning liquid supplied from said second tank through said second supply line means by said second delivery means, while maintaining said article completely immersed in said second cleaning liquid, said article being completely immersed in said second cleaning liquid within said second treatment bath and being cleaned by said second cleaning liquid so as to cause foreign matters to be removed from the surface of said article.