Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421801 | Method and apparatus freeze-drying chamber loading and unloading devices using charging plates, conveyors, sliders A freeze-drying apparatus has a chamber (3) in which are located superposed charging plates (4) as well as loading and unloading equipment. The chamber has a loading aperture (2) equipped with closing doors (11, 12) through which the char... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7028414 | Device for continuous drying of material The invention relates to a device for device for continuous drying of material, particularly sewage sludge, which has a belt 2, particularly a filter belt, on which the material is conveyed. It is characterised by a distribution screw 4 being mounted a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020983 | Method and apparatus for drying items of clothing Instead of desiccating articles of clothing by spinning the articles, the method and apparatus according to the invention removes moisture from these articles by pressing or drying them with the aid of hot air. Desiccation of the clothing articles occurs gently and ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6990751 | Rotatable air knife An air knife or air nozzle manifold for drying or blowing off passing articles moved by a conveyor system is provided with a coupling that permits rotation of the air knife or air nozzle manifold relative to the air inlet duct leading from a blower. The air knife or... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6932756 | Corrugated cardboard manufacturing machine A corrugated cardboard manufacturing machine (10) wherein at least one continuous supporting belt (11) for supporting/conveying a sheet of cardboard is moved along a predetermined path by actuating means (13); and where the supporting belt (1... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6868622 | Heat generating conveyor and tunnel oven This invention provides a conveyor and tunnel oven, where the conveyor is continuous, the tunnel oven is gas fired, having its ignited and heated gases passed through a tubular system, being attracted by one or more blowers, to generate by conduction infrared energy... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6857200 | Supercritical point drying apparatus for semiconductor device manufacturing and bio-medical sample processing A critical point drying apparatus for sample preparation in electron microscopy and semiconductor wafer production includes a computer system to automate the operational modes in drying the specimen. These operational modes controlled by the computer system are: coo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6829844 | Evaporative desorption soil treatment apparatus and process Treatment apparatus and a process for thermal desorption of hydrocarbon contaminants from excavated soil provides efficient contaminant removal by handling the soil in a thermally conductive treatment vessel that fits within an insulated treatment chamber. The soil ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6790315 | Drying section and method for drying a paper web A drying section for drying a web in a papermaking machine has a pre-drying section and a final drying section, wherein the pre-drying section includes a hot press formed by a first press member and a rotatable counter roll in engagement with each other so as to for... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6751885 | Vertical kiln Trays are provided with identical vertical spacers which enable the trays to be stacked on top of each other in a centered way, with a suitable or appropriate spacing between them, and enable the various adjacent stacks of trays to be raised and lowered in steps, by... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6742281 | Apparatus for drying semiconductor wafer using vapor dry method A semiconductor wafer drying apparatus is provided. In one embodiment, this apparatus includes a bath which can contain much deionized water so that semiconductor wafers soak in the deionized water; a chamber providing a space where vapor flows over the bath; a vapo... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6742277 | Device and method for drying noodles by hot air A hot air drying apparatus for noodles which makes possible steady production of high quality instant noodles by blowing hot air at an optimal velocity and in an optimal flow rate all over noodle ribbons to be dried in a short period of time and thereby makes a text... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6689180 | Hot air flow control device of heat-shrinking film packaging machine A heat-shrinking film packaging machine includes a conveyor for transporting an article to be packaged through a heating device to have a heat-shrinking film surrounding the article heated and shrunk and thus tightly packaging the article. The heating dev... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684527 | Veneer dryer and method of drying A wheel includes a peripheral outer wall onto which are sequentially loaded veneer panels. The panels are held in place by cable runs against a heated outer surface of the wheel outer wall. Drying of the veneer panels occurs during wheel rotation. A heate... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6662465 | Vacuum processing apparatus A vacuum processing apparatus which includes a conveyor structure for transferring a substrate from a substrate storage device held on a substrate storage device mount table. The apparatus further includes a vacuum loader provided with an additional conve... | 12/16/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6622531 | Drum washing machine with draw-out inner spin basket A drum washing machine with a draw-out inner spin basket is disclosed. The inner spin basket is spigotted movably on a driving shaft through a driving hole in the back plate of the inner spin basket. An axle of the spin basket is provided at a front plate... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6591514 | Centrifuge for draining washed egg trays A centrifuge for draining washed egg trays comprises a centrifuge chamber in a housing (9). A bottom (8) for receiving a washed stack (7) of egg trays in a feeding position is displaceable with respect to said housing (9) between the feeding position and ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6560892 | Air blowing tool for heat-shrinkable packing material An air blowing tool includes a connecting pipe (1) and an air blowing head (2). The air blowing head includes an inner wall (22) and an outer wall (21). An annular passage (24) is defined between the inner and outer walls. The inner wall encloses and defi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6557268 | Dryer and method for drying continuously conveyed products The invention relates to a dryer (1) for drying continuously conveyed products, e.g. a warp, comprising essentially a first dryer array (2) and a second dryer array (3). A passage (4) for passing through the product (W) is formed between the dryer arrays ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6546645 | Air blowing tool for heat-shrinkable packing material An air blowing tool includes a connecting pipe (1) and an air blowing head (2). The air blowing head includes an inner wall (22), and an outer wall (21). An annular passage (24) is defined between the inner and outer walls. The inner wall encloses and def... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6505415 | Vacuum processing apparatus A vacuum processing apparatus which includes a cassette mount table for holding at least one cassette, a conveying structure which includes a robot for conveying a wafer held on the cassette mount table, a vacuum loader which includes an additional robot,... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6499229 | Vacuum processing apparatus This invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus having vacuum processing chambers the insides of which must be dry cleaned, and to a method of operating such an apparatus. When the vacuum processing chambers are dry-cleaned, dummy substrates are t... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6499493 | Washed sand drying and handling plant A washed sand drying and handling plant (100) includes a belt feed hopper (1), a conveyor belt (2), a sand rinsing unit (3), a dewatering apparatus (4), a radial conveyor (5) and a sand drying and handling apparatus (6). The sand drying and handling appar... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6487791 | Vacuum processing apparatus This invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus having vacuum processing chambers the insides of which must be dry cleaned, and to a method of operating such an apparatus. When the vacuum processing chambers are dry-cleaned, dummy substrates are t... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6488816 | Drying section for drying a paper web in a papermaking machine A drying section for drying a web in a papermaking machine has a pre-drying section and a final drying section, wherein the pre-drying section includes a hot press formed by a first press member and a rotatable counter roll in engagement with each other s... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484414 | Vacuum processing apparatus A wafer conveyor system for use in a vacuum processing apparatus wherein the conveyor structure is provided with a robot disposed in the conveyor chamber of the vacuum loader. The robot includes an arm which is extendible into the lock chambers which are ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6484415 | Vacuum processing apparatus A wafer conveyor system for used in a vacuum processing apparatus wherein the conveyor structure is provided with a transfer structure and a robot apparatus is arranged on the transfer structure. The robot provides for rotation of the wafer horizontally f... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6473989 | Conveying system for a vacuum processing apparatus A vacuum processing apparatus which includes a cassette mount table for holding at least one cassette, a conveying structure that includes a robot, a cassette table for holding the cassette, an additional conveying structure for transferring a wafer held ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6473991 | Apparatus to transport and cool rolled products such as rods, wires, round pieces or similar Apparatus to transport and cool rolled products such as bars, round pieces, rods or similar, arrangable downstream of a coil-forming head, comprising a plurality of transport rollers, at least partly motorized and parallel to each other to define a substa... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6467189 | Method of transferring a material from first apparatus to second apparatus in the clean room and an assembly line A transport enclosure arranged between a first apparatus and a second apparatus, all located in a clean room, is shielded from the clean room and maintained a degree of cleanliness which is cleaner than that of the clean room. Accordingly, the volume of s... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6446353 | Vacuum processing apparatus A vacuum processing apparatus which includes a cassette mount table for holding a cassette, a conveying structure for transferring a wafer from the held on the cassette mount table, a robot, and a vacuum loader. The vacuum loader is provided with a vacuum... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6446354 | Handler system for cutting a semiconductor package device A handler system is provided with an on-loader unit for loading at least one of strips deposited in a cassette, a drawer unit for holding the strip from the on-loader unit at a drawer picker, a strip transferring unit for fixing in a suction manner after ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6430839 | Method of transferring a material from first apparatus to second apparatus in the clean room and an assembly line A transport enclosure arranged between a first apparatus and a second apparatus, all located in a clean room, is shielded from the clean room and maintained a degree of cleanliness which is cleaner than that of the clean room. Accordingly, the volume of s... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6397491 | Ultraviolet light curing apparatus Apparatus for curing ink, paint and coatings on containers and articles which includes a rotatably mounted assembly that includes a plurality of workstations disposed about the periphery thereof, an emitter disposed next to the periphery of the rotatably ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393722 | Chamber and installation for drying animal waste The invention concern a chamber for drying animal waste, in particular poultry manure, adapted to receive a mixture (M) of fresh waste and dry waste, the floor thereof being adapted to retain the mixture (M) while being permeable to air (A), said floor co... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393721 | Drying apparatus A device which is employed in drying of particulate, granular or powdered material, substantially fish-related material. The device has a drying chamber designed substantially as a vertical standing container. The drying chamber may be circular cylindrica... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6370795 | Article handling apparatus Holders (20) for articles such as newly-formed packets or groups of cigarettes are used to constrain and protect the articles while being conveyed by handling apparatus (22), e.g. in a packing machine (10). Holders (20) of similar external shape, adapted ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 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 |
