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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425688 | Heating assembly for a tumble dryer A heating assembly for heating a hot air stream flowing in a flow passage of a tumble dryer. The heating assembly is configured for installation in the flow passage and comprises at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor. The heating element i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7320808 | Method and apparatus for coating confectionery centers An improved coating apparatus and an improved method of coating a mass of centers are disclosed. The improved coating apparatus comprises a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the surface of the coated centers and/or a moisture sensor for measuring t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305921 | Combined printing press In order to process inexpensive printing materials in connection with the processing of an extremely wide range of coating media, such as solvent-containing printing inks, and, moreover, in connection with variable format configuration and extremely flexible process... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7247090 | System and method for inhibiting moisture and mold in an outer wall of a structure A structure comprises at least one outer wall having an internal wall section and an outer wall section with an air flow passage therebetween. A circulation system circulates air through the flow passage to inhibit moisture accumulation and mold growth. A sensing sy... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204040 | Apparatus for supplying hot air in drum type washer with dry function The present invention provides a drum type washer with dry function, by which a product cost is lowered and by which compatibility of a blower cover is enhanced. The present invention includes a first duct housing provided to a tub included in the drum type washer, ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197838 | Condensing-type dryer A condenser of a condensing-type dryer is provided. In the condensing-type dryer, a hydrophilic film is formed on a heat emission plate by a plasma discharge. In the heat emission plate, an indoor air can be heat exchanged with a circulation air cycling in a drum. A... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194823 | Clothes drier A clothes drying apparatus includes a heat pump mechanism, an air path for guiding drying air into a drying drum accommodating therein clothes, a blower for supplying drying air to the air path, and a controller for controlling a driving of a compressor, wherein the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7024795 | Drying apparatus A drying apparatus having a purpose of shortening a drying time of laundry, comprising an accommodating chamber in which the laundry is accommodated, and executing a washing operation of the laundry and a drying operation after end of the washing operation in the ac... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021089 | Laundry appliance A laundry appliance such as a washing machine includes an outer housing and a drum rotatably mounted therein. The drum has an inner wall and an outer wall separate from the inner wall, the inner and outer walls being perforated to allow washing liquid to flow into a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6966124 | Drum washing machine A drum washing machine, which has a clothes-drying unit with a plurality of heat pipes. The heat pipes recover, during a drying-mode operation of the drum washing machine, heat from high temperature humid air flowing from a water tub, and combine the recovered heat ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6752156 | Humidification cylinder and method of humidifying material A humidifying cylinder includes a first rotatable cylinder having an inlet end and an outlet end and a plurality of first blades extending substantially radially outwardly from an exterior surface of the first cylinder. The humidifying cylinder further includes a se... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6742473 | Machine for coating granular articles and the like A machine for coating granular articles and the like includes a rotating drum or a coating pan (1), which receives a predetermined mass of articles to be treated. The machine includes also a tubular manifold (4), whose axis is parallel to the axis of s... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6678969 | Clothes dryer A clothes dryer is disclosed, in which the clothes dryer comprising a first and second connecting ducts communicating with a drum, respectively, a first flow passage control device to communicate a heating duct with the first connecting duct or with the s... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6643953 | Clothes dryer utilizing suction duct extending into drum interior A clothes dryer in accordance with the present invention includes a drum rotatably supported in a case having an interior space for drying clothes. Air for drying clothes is supplied to the suction duct that is connected to one side of the drum. An extens... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6609310 | Method and apparatus for safety control of the drying cycle in hydrocarbon-solvent dry-cleaning machines The method for safety control of the drying cycle in hydrocarbon-solvent dry-cleaning machines, comprising, in the first step of the drying cycle, when the temperature of the mixture of hot air and solvent at the outlet of the drying drum reaches values w... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6584699 | Three stage single pass high density drying apparatus for particulate materials A single pass, multiple stage, rotary drum heat exchange dryer (22) is provided for drying products such as distillers grains and includes a tubular shell (64) with a moist product inlet (66), an opposed dried product outlet (70), and an internal drying c... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6564470 | Roasting appliance An appliance for thermally processing granular material, especially for roasting food items such as coffee beans. The granular material lies on a perforated base through which gas flows upwardly to create a fluidized bed. The exhaust gas is fed to a cyclo... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6553686 | Grain roasting apparatus The present invention relates to a grain roasting apparatus in which a blower is installed at one side of a body having a support at a lower portion of the same, a heated air flow path is installed in the blower, a heater is provided, a peel collecting po... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6487790 | Apparatus for continuously drying unpackaged food products, in particular vegetables An apparatus for continuously drying unpackaged food products, in particular vegetables, comprises conveyor means for conveying the products to be dried and circulating means for feeding dry air on the product to be dried and for collecting wet air coming... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6453576 | Control of solids deposition from used desiccant solution In a gas dryer for use in a gas transmission line in which a bed of desiccant tablets is suspended in the flow of gas, making an aqueous solution of the desiccant salts from the moisture taken from the gas, the solution is inhibited from generating solids... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6412428 | Method and apparatus for drying and incineration of sewage sludge A system for drying sludge includes a shaftless spiral feed screw for moving sludge through a drying chamber. An high energy inductor is located at a output of the drying chamber for drawing hot gases through the chamber to dry the sludge as it advances f... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6223451 | Apparatus for drying granular objects involving pre-heating process An apparatus for drying granular objects comprises, from the top of the apparatus, a holding section; a heating section for heating the granular objects flowing down from the holding section, the heating section being provided beneath the holding section ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6185837 | Anti-torsion dryer connection A vent system has a rotatable connection between flexible conduits, which carry heated air from the dryer to an external location, such as the atmosphere. The vent system consists of a swivel coupler rotatably connecting a pair of flexible exhaust conduit... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6161302 | Dryer apparatus for fiber webs The invention relates to a dryer apparatus for fiber webs (10), such as webs of natural fiber, synthetic fiber and the like. The apparatus comprises a rotating dryer cylinder (1), the interior of which is provided with elements (8) for injecting hot heat-... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6138377 | Apparatus and process for cooling and de-steaming calcined stucco The present invention is an apparatus and process for cooling and de-steaming hot calcined stucco used in the production of gypsum boards or bagged plaster. The apparatus is a fluid bed stucco cooler and comprises a cooler housing having a plenum with two... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6128828 | Drying machine A drying machine includes a hot air blower, a housing divided horizontally into plural long chambers having an open upper side, a closed bottom and two longitudinal sides bored with through holes, a screw conveyor respectively positioned in each long cham... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6125550 | Food drying method The field of the invention is food drying apparatus and methods. In particular, the invention discloses a rotary dryer which dries food granules, such as rice, by rotation within a perforated cylindrical barrel, to prepare the rice for packaging. The drye... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6105272 | High temperature rotating vacuum kiln for heat treating solid particulate material under a vacuum A rotating vacuum kiln for heat treating solid particulate material under vacuum conditions uses a rotating refractory metal cylindrical vessel with a cool inlet zone, hot intermediate zone, and cool exit zone, with a first series of inner radiation shiel... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6098312 | Exhaust vent adapter for a clothes dryer An adapter for a clothes dryer provides for venting exhaust air from a drying chamber outlet within the clothes dryer cabinet to an exhaust opening in the cabinet wall. The adapter provides for alternative dryer vent exhaust locations without the need for... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6079118 | Continuous drying system A continuous drying system for flake-formed or granular solid, of which bottom inside surface is semi-cylindrical and arranged almost horizontally, comprises drying system main body having a supplying means of a drying object at one end thereof and having... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6061924 | Batch sludge dehydrator A dehydrating apparatus includes a chamber for receiving wet material to be dehydrated. A rotatably-mounted agitator is provided with the chamber. The agitator is adapted to agitate material in the chamber when the agitator rotates in a first direction an... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6058623 | Apparatus and process for removing volatile components from a composition Apparatus and processes for removing volatile components from a composition utilize a dryer having an inlet chamber and a plurality of channels. A flow restriction is disposed immediately upstream of the inlet of each channel with respect to a direction o... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5996245 | Aeration-type rotary dryer An aeration-type rotary dryer injects air into or onto a flow of materials a rotating cylinder. The air is supplied to an air duct (21) axially passing through the cylinder (10) from the outlet box (11) to the inlet box (12). The axial duct (21) is compos... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5970623 | Dryer vent connection A dryer duct assembly for connecting directing the exhaust air flow from a clothes dryer to an exhaust area, such as the exterior of a building. The dryer duct assembly comprises a rigid duct connected at one end to the rear of the dryer by an elbow conne... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5881473 | Drying device for a coating machine A drying device for a coating machine equipped with a rotary pan (1), in which the products to be coated are introduced, includes air injecting means (5) for supplying air to dry the products inside the rotary pan (1), and an exhaust air pipe (7), equippe... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5718164 | Arrangement for roasting vegetable bulk material, such as coffee beans An apparatus for roasting vegetable bulk material, in particular coffee beam is disclosed, in which essentially all of the cooling waste air of a cooler which cools the bulk material after the roasting operation is heated to roasting-gas temperature in a ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5673748 | Heating chamber for solid material A heating chamber is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and contains a number of heating tubes orientated parallel to each other. Solid material which is lifted up during the rotation can become detached from the heating tubes and upon impact can lead ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5584129 | Quick connector for a dryer duct and external vent A quick connector assembly having a conical end section, a collar, and a cylindrical sleeve section attached to an external vent system for easy and quick connection of a dryer vent exhaust system employing rigid tubing and an external vent.... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5312599 | Rotary furnace apparatus for making chemically activated carbon An improved apparatus and method for the manufacture of activated carbon wherein a carbonaceous raw material impregnated with a chemical activating agent is treated by controlling the rate of heat transfer to the particles via indirect heating of the acti... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5270017 | Apparatus for making chemically activated carbon An improved apparatus and method for the manufacture of activated carbon wherein a carbonaceous raw material impregnated with a chemical activating agent is treated by controlling the rate of heat transfer to the particles via indirect heating of the acti... | 12/14/1993 |
