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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320186 | Appliance door having see-through portion A door for a household appliance comprising a door body having a cylindrical portal with a ridge extending radially inwardly from an end of the portal. The door body includes multiple receptacles disposed adjacent the portal and spaced around the portal. A rear glas... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311267 | Product dispenser and carrier A product dispenser and carrier (10, 110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610) for attachment to a surface such as a dryer fin includes a plate member (11, 111, 211, 311, 411, 511) and a product carrier (21, 121, 221, 321, 421, 521). The plate member (11... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299665 | Lift for drum-type washing machine A drum-type washing machine, having a plurality of lifts installed on an inner circumferential surface of a drum, enables improved washing performance by providing friction plates on the inclined sides of each lift to increase a frictional force between the lift and... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7254969 | Ribbed washing machine basket A basket for a washing machine includes a body comprising an outer wall and at least one rib extending radially inward from said wall, said rib comprising at least a first portion having a first cross section and a second portion having a second cross section, said ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7010942 | Drum type washing machine A drum type washing machine includes a cabinet which defines an outer appearance of the washing machine, a water tub set inside the cabinet to contain wash water therein, a rotary tub having spin drying perforations and rotatably set in the water tub, and a water tu... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007409 | Drying rack for a laundry dryer A drying rack for the stationary drying of articles to be dried, which can be installed in the drum of a clothes dryer. The articles can be knitwear or shoes that must not be moved when dried even when the drum turns. For articles, especially, wool articles, to dry ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6935048 | Device for supporting burner and dryer with the same A device for supporting a burner (20) and a dryer having the same are disclosed, in which a structure for supporting the burner is simplified, thereby decreasing the manufacturing price and fabricating of the device is easy. The device for supporting the burn... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6915593 | Drying rack for a laundry dryer A drying rack can be fixed in the drum of a tumble dryer to dispose items to be dried in a static manner. The items can be, for example, woolens or shoes that should not be rotated with the moving drum during the drying process. To prevent the items to be dried from... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6823607 | Plant for the drying and treatment of pourable mineral material A plant for the drying and treatment of a pourable mineral material. The plant includes a combustion apparatus, introducing smoke gases into a rotary-driven rotary drum for cocurrently with the pourable mineral material. The rotary drum is inclined in the conveying ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6745491 | Dryer wall cap system An intermediate assembly has a vertical plate with a rectangular opening. The intermediate assembly has a container with side walls and a rear wall and a horizontal upper wall. The upper wall has parallel side edges rearwardly and a semicircular edge forwardly. A se... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6618958 | Laundry dryer and rear plate for drum thereof A laundry dryer has a drum rotatively installed inside a case, a heater heating air flowing inside the drum, a rear plate coupled so as to cover a rear portion of the drum and having a vertically elongated inlet hole traversing upper and lower areas of th... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6618956 | Device for dewatering and drying suspensions The operation of dewatering and drying devices which consist of a dewatering centrifuge and a concentrically arranged spray drier may be disturbed by leaks between the drier housing and the centrifuge or by deposits and encrustation of solid particles ins... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6378226 | Screen drum for drying permeable webs of goods Each screen drum design has, in front of the rotating screen drum which transports the web, a stationary screen cover whose purpose is retention of the dry air coming from the fan, uniform throughput of the air through the screen cover, and a uniform dryi... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6199299 | Feeding of comminuted fibrous material to a pulping process In a chisel-type convergence for a chip bin in a wood chip pulping process and system, an improvement in uniformity of discharge of the chips from a chips bin or the like is provided. The bin includes a conventional hollow substantially right circular cyl... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6119363 | Rotary drum for drying pourable goods Directly heated rotary drums are used in the drying of pourable goods such as wood chips or strands. Drums are provided with built-in fixtures such as cross fixtures, in order to ensure good heat transmission from the drying gas to the goods. The inventio... | 09/19/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5946815 | Apparatus for roasting legumes An apparatus and method for roasting legumes such as soybeans to enhance their nutritional properties. Raw legumes are introduced to a roaster having an oven section and a steeping section downstream of the oven section. The raw legumes are heated to a se... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5182981 | Revolving peanut roasting apparatus An outer cylindrical stationary housing is mounted on a support frame. An inner removable rotating drum mounted at an angle of 6-7 degrees from the base of the apparatus is turned by a shaft driven by an electric motor turning the shaft at 2-4 rpm. A heat... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4996780 | Method and apparatus for drying brine shrimp cysts A method, and associated apparatus, for drying harvested brine shrimp cysts for storage for subsequent hatching for fish food. The cysts are washed with fresh water, and strained through a sieve to remove foreign material, flotation separated to eliminate... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4961274 | Seal system for dryer A seal system for preventing leakage of air from the tumbler cylinder of a dryer. The system includes a pair of spaced seal members derfining a zone through which air is withdrawn from the cylinder. End seals are provided at each end of the cylinder, each... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4825560 | Electric clothes dryer The heat source apparatus is positioned at an outer peripheral portion of a rotative drum and an upper portion of an inhale port member of a drum supporting member for supporting the rotative drum. The heater of the heat source apparatus is positioned at ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4817297 | Fabric dryer support structure A fabric dryer support structure serves multiple functions and facilitates dryer assembly. The dryer includes a drum, a panel supporting the open front end of the drum and a housing having front panel spaced from the open end of the drum. A unitary interm... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4817298 | Fabric dryer with improved blower assembly A fabric dryer includes an improved blower assembly, incorporating a tangential blower wheel and a blower housing formed by parts which serve additional functions in the dryer housing. The blower wheel is mounted forward of and the blower motor is mounted... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4407078 | Drive system for rotary drum type dehydrating apparatus A drive system for rotary drum type drying apparatus including an axial air-gap induction motor mounted in the substantially central portion of a rear surface member of an outer case containing a rotary drum, a blower mounted on a rotor or a rotor shaft o... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4216663 | Rotatable laundry machine drum Curved inwardly flanged members in the form of cylinders (1) or conical frusta have the flange (2) thereof formed by folding sheet material (24) about a plurality of fold lines (3,10) to form corrugations or castellations having sides (6) of triangular fo... | 08/12/1980 |
| 3946500 | Tumbler drum for a domestic appliance A drum for a tumbler drier or washing machine is assembled from front and rear pressings and a wrapper, each secured only to a set of lifters to form a rigid construction. Plastic lifters and pre-coated metal parts eliminate a need for painting after asse... | 03/30/1976 |
