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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360346 | Purging system and purging method for the interior of a portable type hermetically sealed container A fine pressure fluctuation at short time intervals occurring when a portable type hermetically sealed container is purged is reduced to thereby prevent the deterioration or the like of a seal member due to the pressure fluctuation. In order to achieve this object, ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7291565 | Method and system for treating a substrate with a high pressure fluid using fluorosilicic acid A method and system is described for treating a substrate with a high pressure fluid, such as carbon dioxide in a supercritical state. A process chemistry is introduced to the high pressure fluid for treating the substrate surface. The process chemistry comprises fl... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7255772 | High pressure processing chamber for semiconductor substrate A high pressure chamber comprises a chamber housing, a platen, and a mechanical drive mechanism. The chamber housing comprises a first sealing surface. The platen comprises a region for holding the semiconductor substrate and a second sealing surface. The mechanical... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250374 | System and method for processing a substrate using supercritical carbon dioxide processing A method and system for processing a substrate in a film removal system. The method includes providing the substrate in a substrate chamber of a film removal system, where the substrate has a micro-feature containing a dielectric film on a sidewall of the micro-feat... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7140393 | Non-contact shuttle valve for flow diversion in high pressure systems A valve for redirecting flow in a supercritical fluid or other high pressure processing system is disclosed. In high pressure supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) equipment for semiconductor wafer processing, a major hurtle in providing clean equipment and clean waf... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7073661 | Self cleaning conveyor with roller scraper and debris reduction skirt Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for a street sweeper having a conveyor assembly. The conveyor assembly has a pair of rollers and a conveyor belt connected therebetween. The conveyor assembly is provided with debris skirts to lift the edge of the conveyor ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6941673 | Multi-function closed-type drying system with solar energy collection arrangement A closed-type drying system a drying chamber with glass windows to allow light entering, an condensation and heating system connected between two distal ends of the drying chamber and controlled by an automatic control system, the condensation and heating system inc... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920702 | Cooling grid for bulk material A cooling grate for bulk material, having a carrying plate for accommodating a layer of the material for cooling, and having conveying elements by means of which the material for cooling is conveyed in a conveying direction on the resting carrying plate and which co... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6739072 | Method for drying paste-like materials On drying pasty materials, particularly sewage sludge, the material is compacted in an intermediate drying stage with a dry fraction of 60 to 80%, so that relatively low energy costs are required. The conveying of the material takes place both during pre-drying and ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6716959 | Device and method for treating plastic material The invention relates to a method for treating plastic material, especially polyethylene terephthalate, wherein the relatively low temperature material is initially crystallized by heating before subjecting said material to heating or condensation in the solid phase... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6655041 | Multilevel roller-conveyor dryer The invention relates to a roller belt drier. The drying of panel-shaped products often requires the drier to have considerable construction lengths in order to achieve a high capacity. Long roller belt dryers, which are usually equipped with chain drives... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6523277 | Apparatus for drying and stacking treated workpieces Apparatus for drying and stacking treated workpieces includes a housing defining a drying chamber; a workpiece carrying assembly mounted to the housing for moving the workpieces along a travel path through the drying chamber, including an endless strand t... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6360452 | Drying tunnel for fruit and vegetables The object of the Patent is a drying tunnel for fruit and vegetables which is prismatic rectangular in shape and is internally divided by spacing walls (1) with a bucket conveyor travelling successively up and down. The buckets are elongate, parallel to the wa... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6233841 | Dehydration plant A dehydration plant for dehydrating food products, including a microwave kiln (2), conveyor means (3) for conveying food products through the kiln (2), circulation means (21, 6) for circulating air through the kiln (2), refrigerated dehumidification means... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6173507 | Arrangement and operation of improved dryer between shrinkage compactors to control residual shrinkage of wet knitted web to below that produced by tumble drying Apparatus and a related method control within acceptable limits, of less than two percent (2%), residual shrinkage in garments to be made from a knitted fabric web or other fabrics subject to high shrinkage. The knitted fabric web is passed continuously i... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5806205 | Method and apparatus for dehydrating particulate material The apparatus includes a channel having an inlet end for receiving particulate material to be dehydrated and an outlet end for discharging the particulate material in a dehydrated condition. A screw conveyor rotatably mounted in the channel advances the p... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5802734 | Method for facility for dehydrating plants, particularly for dehydrating forage A method and a facility for dehydrating plants, particularly for dehydrating forage. The method consists in introducing the forage to be dehydrated in a drier with a retention time and a temperature that are suitable to achieve the at least partial drying... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5669156 | Can end curing system with magnetic fanning and belt conveying An article separating and drying system which receives container ends from an infeed station, separates and dries the container ends and the compound applied thereto in a separating and drying station, and passes the articles to an outfeed station. The ar... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5621982 | Electronic substrate processing system using portable closed containers and its equipments Disclosed is an electronic substrate processing system comprising a processing equipment for processing electronic substrates including semiconductor wafers and liquid crystal substrates; a cleaning equipment for cleaning said electronic substrate in a pr... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5607652 | Biological and chemical decontamination chamber The invention provides a transportable reaction chamber for continuous biological and chemical decontamination of articles by means of a mixture of hot air and steam. The reaction chamber has a tunnel shaped reaction section through which the contaminated... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5557858 | Infrared wood product dryer An infrared wood product dryer apparatus (10) constructed in accordance with the invention broadly includes enclosure structure (12) defining an interior (20), a conveyor assembly (14) configured for conveying a particulate material along a material flow ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5552262 | Process for production of photopolymerizable flexographic printing plates High volume manufacturing process for flexographic printing plates comprises wash out, drying and post-exposure. During drying the printing plates are transported with a plurality of endless conveyors. The transport speed during drying/post-exposure is lo... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5353488 | Yarn conditioning apparatus An automated yarn conditioning apparatus is provided. This device allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conveyor. Yarn conditioning is ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5340398 | Foliage coating method and apparatus A foliage coating and treating apparatus is provided for treating plants with a coating in a manner which advantageously removes excess coating from plants passing through the apparatus. The apparatus includes a coating stage wherein the plants are coated... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5276978 | Temperature controlled conveyor dryer A temperature controlled conveyor system where a non contact sensor detects the presents of a product to be treated and then supplies a signal to a control device to regulate a radiant heating device. Also the conveyor has an adjustment device to set the ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5105563 | Apparatus for harvesting and drying crops A harvester apparatus is provided for drying and baling forage crops in the field. The harvester apparatus includes an inlet for conveying forage crops to a dryer arrangement of the harvester where the forage crops are substantially evenly dried as they a... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5038498 | Bulk material dryer A bulk material dryer includes a cabinet with material inlet and outlet openings and air inlet and outlet openings. A conveying system is located in the cabinet for conveying the bulk material therethrough from the material inlet opening to the material o... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5023429 | Vessel and method for thermally processing bulk material A vessel for thermally processing bulk material includes a housing system with a cabinet forming an interior. A conveying system is provided for conveying the bulk material through the housing cabinet interior. The cabinet includes composite panels with h... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4989346 | Dryer for pieces of food A device for drying pieces of food comprising a series of blowers, an absorbent multi-layered conveyor belt, and a aereation bed. Two blowers providing a blast of air and a suction, respectively, that pulls the water from the outer layers of the food thro... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4872949 | Process for treatment of drilling mud Used drilling muds containing substantial quantities of organic liquids and water-soluble salts are treated to render them environmentally acceptable for disposal purposes, by drying the muds to evaporate all liquids, aqueous and non-aqueous, preferably i... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4862600 | Opposed belt drier for wood veneers A wood veneer drier in which the veneers are fed between two belts one above the other along a path, which is generally sinusoidal, formed by a plurality of guide rollers around which the said belts partially wind, the said guide rollers being disposed al... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4779356 | Dryer for photosensitive material A dryer for photosensitive material has a main housing. A blower housing with a blower is mounted inside the main housing. A container defining a drying compartment is also mounted inside the main housing on top of the blower housing. An inlet opening in ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4683667 | Steam dryer for pressed fibrous material A steam dryer for pressed fibrous material, such as sugar beet cossettes, has a pressurized, horizontally arranged pipe or drum (1) closed at both ends and provided with a diametrically opposed supply manifold and exhaust manifold piping (5, 6) for the st... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4349968 | Process and apparatus for drying material In a drying oven having plural superposed endless belts on which material to be dried, such as fruit, moves in a circuitous path from top to bottom, excessive drying of the material on the lower belts is prevented, by directing hot air toward the upper be... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4335525 | Balloon dryer A balloon dryer comprises facing inner and outer belts which hold the neck of the balloon closed between them. The inner belt is driven, while the outer belt is an idler being driven by the inner belt, in a preferred embodiment of the invention.... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4308667 | Continuously operating multistage drying installation and a process for continuously drying a workpiece A continuously operating multistage drying installation is provided for drying a workpiece. The drying installation includes a conveyor belt for transporting along a predetermined path a workpiece having two opposite longitudinally extending surfaces and ... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4253825 | Grain drier A grain drier comprising a plurality of horizontal conveyor belts arranged one above another in staggered relationship so that grain delivered to one end of the upper conveyor belt will drop onto the lower conveyor belt when it gets to the other end of th... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4233754 | Apparatus for ultraviolet drying and/or curing of solvent-free ink on three-dimensional articles Apparatus for ultraviolet drying and/or curing of freshly applied solvent-free ink on three-dimensional articles such as containers. Baskets for carrying the articles are swivelly mounted at spaced locations on an endless conveyor. The conveyor pathway ha... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4231470 | Conveyor system A conveyor system of the type which may be utilized with an apparatus comprising a plurality of treatment areas such as an oven system containing a proofer for conditioning dough and a baking oven downstream of the proofer for baking the conditioned dough... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4219942 | Continuous drying chamber A continuous drying system for fabrics, comprising fabric inlet and outlet means, respectively; means for continuously introducing the fabric into the chamber and laying it down on at least one conveyor moving it to said outlet means. A system for drying ... | 09/02/1980 |
