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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7497031 | Agricultural drying apparatus and methods An apparatus for enhanced drying of bulk agricultural products is provided in a transport trailer. The apparatus includes a perforated false bottom below the product, an air manifold buried within the product, and baffles for air distribution. Product unloading capa... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7188435 | Knock-down type dryer assembly for prosthesis liners A knock-down type dryer assembly for prosthesis liners includes a housing mounted on a base member and a prosthesis liner support detachably mounted to the housing. The prosthesis liner support comprises a cross-member detachably coupled to an arm member and include... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7166151 | Flow distributor for PSA vessel The present invention is a PSA system having at least one vessel that uses a multi-segmented flow distributor to provide a uniform fluid across the adsorbent bed in the vessel. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7100301 | Combustible grain drying system for producing energy byproduct A system for drying grain includes a receiving bin defining a cavity therein and further includes intake and outlet ports. A conduit is operably connected to the receiving bin that includes a plurality of check valves and a stop valve. The system further includes a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7077888 | Device for separating dust from flue gases from combustion plants, especially solid fuel combustion plants The invention relates to a device for separating dust from flue gases from combustion plants, especially solid fuel combustion plants, comprising at least one dust filter via which the flue gases are guided, and by means of which the dust from the flue gases can be ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7022221 | Stripping apparatus and process An FCC apparatus uses a cantilevered support for supporting baffles in a stripping vessel. Only one end of the support is fastened to a wall of a contacting conduit or a wall of the stripping vessel and the other end is spaced apart from the near wall of the contact... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011320 | Motorcycle carriage Apparatus 10 discloses a motorcycle 12 carriage 14 used for passenger transport. The motorcycle carriage 14 is comprised of an open carriage mounted to a frame having wheels thereunder with the frame extending to a coupling member mountable to a motorcycle receiver.... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6993856 | Apparatus for producing powder from biomaterials A jet spouted fluidized bed drier is described in which the bottom half of the drier chamber comprises a first lower conical part, and the top half of the drier chamber comprises a second upper conical part surrounding a conical grid located near to the top end of t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6935051 | Heating and drying apparatus for particulate material A continuous gravity flow apparatus for heating and/or drying of particulate material is vertically disposed and is provided with an inlet at the top and an outlet at the bottom. The apparatus includes a flow passage for the particulate material which is defined bet... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6449869 | Device and method for drying pourable products Device and method for drying a pourable products. The device includes a rotor chamber in which a rotor is arranged with a vertical rotor axis. The rotor has a central horizontal surface and, at least in its radially outer third, a conical shell which is i... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6374510 | Drier-heat-exchanger The invention relates to a drier-heat-exchanger for heat treating PET granulate and similar products. The drier has a channel which is delimited by air permeable sheets. This ensures that the product can pass through efficiently and evenly which in turn m... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6354018 | Heat and/or mass transfer processes and apparatus A heat and/or mass transfer process and apparatus for treating various types of materials. A heat and/or mass transfer process includes causing a gas to impinge upon a flowing material, wherein the gas velocity having a component tangential to the flow di... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6330754 | Door for ear corn dryer An access door to a pressurized enclosure such as an ear corn dryer swings about an axis of rotation that divides the door into first and second panels. If the door axis of rotation is midway between the door edges, forces on the panels from the pressuriz... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6311411 | Vertical dryer with vertical particle removal plenum and method of use An vertical dryer (10) is provided having a plurality of individual dryer decks (12-18) including alternating fan and heater decks (14, 16), an air circulation assembly (11), and an upright, common plenum chamber (26) in communication with the decks (12-1... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6266895 | Apparatus for the drying of moist particulate material in superheated steam An apparatus for the drying of particulate material in superheated steam in a closed vessel (1) has a number of upwardly open, elongated and substantially vertical processing cells (2) which are placed around a central part with a heat exchanger (3). The ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6253465 | Multi-chamber fluidized bed-carrying classifier A multi-chamber fluidized bed classifying apparatus comprising; a main chamber having a fluidized bed arranged on wind boxes, through a perforated gas distributing plate is divided into a drying chamber and a classifying chamber by a partition plate, and ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6237247 | Apparatus and method for a spray dryer A spray dryer apparatus and method suitable for the production of detergents, cleaners and components thereof wherein the inner wall of the drying chamber is provided with an air-permeable textile material lining at a distance from the inner wall, and at ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6230421 | Method and apparatus for drying grain A method and apparatus for drying grain in which a plurality of conveyors are mounted one above the other. The discharge end of one conveyor feeds the input end of the next lower conveyor. The conveyors have a porous top surface and are vibrated to move t... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6192598 | Microwave and millimeter wave method and apparatus for controlling insects in stored-products A method and apparatus for disinfecting granular material using microwave energy in an applicator that mixes the material with air for consistent and effective insect mortality rates.... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6163978 | Corn dryer A seed corn dryer capable of being switched between a single pass mode and a dual path mode of operation. The invention includes an air supply unit adapted to delivery drying air to only one dryer plenum in a dual path mode and to both dryer plenums in a ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6154979 | Method and apparatus for the removal of liquid from particulate material Method and apparatus for the removal of liquid from particulate material by evaporation through the supply of heat, said heat being transferred substantially by superheated vapours or steam of the liquids existing in the particulate material, and where sa... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6122841 | Apparatus for the drying of moist particulate material in superheated steam Apparatus for the drying of particulate material in superheated steam in a closed vessel (1). The vessel consists of a number of upwardly open, elongated and substantially vertical processing cells (2) which are placed around a central part with a heat ex... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6122838 | Method and apparatus for drying grain A method and apparatus for drying grain which includes a method and apparatus for unloading the grain from a grain dryer of a type including spaced apart first and second walls for defining a passageway or grain column for directing grain flowing downward... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6092300 | Process for the operation of a regenerator and regenerator The invention relates to a process for the operation of a regenerator, hot and cold gas being repeatedly passed through a bulk material 4 with a maximum particle diameter Dmax which is received in the annular space 1 between a substantially cyl... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6085443 | Apparatus and method for drying relatively small lots of products An apparatus and method for drying small lots of product, for example ear corn. The method includes simultaneously directing air flow through the product while weighing the product from time to time to derive moisture content to the product. Air temperatu... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6035544 | Grain turner for tower grain dryer and method A grain turner (101)of the present invention is adapted for use with a grain dryer having an inner dryer wall (7) and an outer dryer wall (9) spaced therefrom and defining a vertically extending grain path (11) therebetween. A grain turner (101) of the pr... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5992049 | Grain moisture regulating system A grain moisture regulating system includes a grain bin with a perforated grain supporting floor and a fan for blowing outside ambient air into the grain bin through the grain mass set thereupon, and through an air outlet at the top of the grain bin. A hu... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5941165 | Apparatus for continuously processing dried solid products There is disclosed an apparatus that provides an apparatus for continuously re-hydrating, cooking or blanching dried solid products. Specifically, the apparatus provides controlled high pressure and temperature to continuously re-hydrate, cook or blanch d... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5940982 | Particulate material dryer A continuous flow particulate material dryer includes a base and a heating chamber extending upwards from a central location of the base for providing heated air to the dryer. A perforated inner wall structure extends upwardly from the base and surrounds ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5829160 | Apparatus for generating heated air A heater for a grain bin is attached to the inlet flange of a centrifugal inline blower and comprises a housing having a vertical front wall attached to the inlet flange of the blower and a parallel vertical rear wall. The front wall has an opening aligne... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5802735 | Dental model dryer A dryer for drying dental models includes a solid base member, a top member, a variable plurality of modular drying units, each of which includes a frame and a slidable, foraminous tray, an air blower and an articulated support arm. In use, the modular dr... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5671550 | Proportioning particulate conveying apparatus The invention relates to a particulate conveying apparatus for evenly drying particulate material. The apparatus comprises a plurality of spatially separate, essentially parallel, vertically oriented proportioning plates, disposed between a first end and ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5653043 | Batch crop dryer and method of batch crop drying Apparatus of the present invention for batch drying crop in the shell comprises a bin having a generally cylindric bin wall, a conical upper drying floor carded by the bin wall, means floor for forming a substantially uniform layer of the crop to be dried... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5566470 | Metering grain unloader for tower dryer A metering unloader (29) of the present invention is for use in a tower grain dryer (T). The tower dryer has a grain drying path (11) and the latter has a grain outlet (27) at the lower end thereof, and the tower has at least one discharge outlet (15) in ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5544423 | Gas distributor The specification relates to a gas distributor for an inlet gas plenum comprising a plurality of spatially separate gas deflectors, each deflector arranged and positioned to successively cut diagonally across a gas flow path in a gas flow direction from a... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5517767 | Grass and other yard waste materials dryer apparatus and method A dryer apparatus and method for drying yard waste or other particulate matter is disclosed. The dryer has a generally vertical housing defining an internal drying chamber. An input device may be positioned adjacent the housing top for transferring the pa... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5467535 | Moisture equalizer for a continuous flow grain dryer A grain drying apparatus of a type including, a pair of spaced apart air pervious walls for confining a column of grain to be dried. A plenum chamber is formed on one side of the innermost of the air pervious walls. A blower or the like is provided for ca... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5330726 | Device for the separation of undesired exhaust gas components A device for separating undesired exhaust gas components from a fluid comprises a reactor with a reaction chamber and having a top and a bottom. The top has a device for introducing a granular adsorption medium. The bottom comprises first and second oppos... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5316076 | Method and arrangement for an enforced heat transmission between alimentary bodies and gases A method and arrangement for enforced heat transmission between a solid or liquid alimentary body and an ambient gas takes place in connection with cooling/freezing or when cooking, frying or drying the entire part or parts of the alimentary body. This me... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5233766 | Vertical grain dryer A vertical dryer for granular materials the dryer having a substantially vertical chute into which granular material is deposited, the chute having walls that are at least in part air pervious for passing heated air through the chute, the chute having inc... | 08/10/1993 |
