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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364625 | Rinsing processes and equipment Described are methods of rinsing and processing devices such as semiconductor wafers wherein the device is rinsed with using a surface tension reducing agent; the method may include a subsequent drying step which preferably incorporates the use of a surface tension ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7258067 | Drying equipment for high speed printer Drying equipment to aid drying of a web of freshly printed media, the equipment having a feed path along which the freshly printed web is fed by a drive means, and a drying fluid supply means that directs drying fluid across the web along the extent of the feed path... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254902 | Sheet dryer A sheet dryer includes sprockets and a delivery chain, at least one heat-resistant glass plate, at least one lower-surface drying lamp, a guide plate, a plurality of first discharge holes, and a plurality of second discharge holes. The sprockets and delivery chain c... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241003 | Media drying system having a heated surface and a directed gas flow A drying system and method are provided. The drying system includes a plenum and a gas source in fluid communication with the plenum. A gas flow guide is attached to the plenum and is operable to direct gas flow provided by the gas source. A support includes a surfa... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238381 | System for microorganism control A method of infrared heat-processing of nuts (e.g., almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, walnuts and mixtures thereof) in order to reduce the microorganism level thereof is provided wherein the nuts are sequentially mo... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225560 | Computer to plate curing system A system for curing printing plates with controlled radiant energy sources. A conveyor moves a printing plate through a chamber having energy radiators above and below the conveyor. Power to the radiators is controlled for each radiator or to groups of radiators def... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222439 | Method for operating an appliance comprising at least one sub-program step drying The invention relates to a method for operating an appliance comprising at least one sub-program step “drying”, which permits appliances comprising at least one sub-program step “drying” to be operated in the most economic manner possible and permits the eff... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7159535 | Apparatus for heating and curing powder coatings on porous wood products An improved apparatus is provided for curing powdered coatings on the face of porous wood products, such as medium density fiberboard (MDF), wherein a pair of inclined infrared catalytic heaters are used to apply heat directly onto the side edges of the board. In ad... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7098465 | Integrated inert gas for electromagnetic energy spot curing system The present invention provides an electromagnetic energy spot curing method and system which integrates the UV radiation with an inert gas to disperse the gas and the radiation energy simultaneously to cure an adhesive surface on a target or work piece. The system p... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6968633 | Paint drying system A paint drying system for drying a painted body (4), such as a painted motor vehicle, includes a spraybooth (1) having an enclosure (2) through which air flows from an air inlet (6) to an air outlet (16, 18). The spraybooth (1 | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959502 | Drying apparatus and workpiece processing apparatus having the same A drying furnace contains therein hot plates which are disposed in a plurality of stages in a vertical direction, on each of which is seated a platelike workpiece. A gateway for the workpiece is disposed on a front side of the drying furnace and is normally left ope... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6933017 | Method of manufacturing lithographic printing plate A method for manufacturing a lithographic printing plate is provided in which conditions for heating a support and a photosensitive coated layer in a drying and heating step can be changed rapidly over a wide range, and the photosensitive coated layer and the suppor... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6901685 | Method for drying washed objects A method for drying washed objects which is capable of drying the objects in a reduced period of time, effectively preventing contamination of the objects, and preventing energy loss. The apparatus for carrying on the method of drying washed objects includes a dryin... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6871418 | Apparatus and related method for rapid cure of sol-gel coatings This invention resides in an apparatus and related method for rapidly curing thin film sol-gel coatings, particularly such coatings adhered to low melting temperature plastic substrates, whether rigid or flexible, without deforming the substrate. The curing is achie... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6668468 | Drier for commercial printers A drier for commercial printers comprises an air receiving and directing member having end walls, side walls, and a bottom wall and characterized by air receiving slots formed in the side walls and air discharging slots formed at the intersections between... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6665950 | Gas-heated infrared radiator for an infrared drying unit Known gas-heated infrared radiators for infrared drying units have a radiator housing (1) that is subdivided by a gas-permeable burner plate (5) in a distribution chamber (6) for the gas-air mixture and a combustion chamber (7), the front side of which em... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6601318 | Dryer unit A drier unit (10) for drying printed products has a plurality of drier rails (12), which comprise in each case a supporting body (14) manufactured from a hollow section (16). The clear outer contour of the cross-sectional area of the supporting bodies (14... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6536134 | Drier for commercial printers A drier for commercial printers comprises an air receiving and discharging member having end walls, side walls, and a bottom wall and characterized by air receiving slots formed in the side walls and air discharging slots formed at the intersections betwe... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6537927 | Apparatus and method for heat-treating semiconductor substrate A method and apparatus for heat-treating a semiconductor substrate to heat different areas of the substrate at different temperatures. The method includes using an apparatus having a chamber of a refractory material; a support plate located at a lower sid... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6523276 | Produce drying system utilizing multiple energy sources Methods and systems for extending the shelf life of produce are disclosed which provide an accelerated drying process for washed produce in order to further clean and fully crystallize a layer of solute-laden slurry that has been applied on the external s... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6511015 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing the running of a web in a paper machine or a like A method and a device for stabilizing the web run in a paper machine or the like having a blow suction module (12) mounted above and/or below the web. The blow suction module comprises a blow nozzle unit (14) extending across the web, through which gas, s... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6449872 | Method and apparatus for treating cereal kernels, treated cereal kernels and their use The invention relates to a heat treatment method of cereal kernels which enables the decrease in the mould content of the cereal kernels without disturbing their germinability. The method is especially applicable to the treatment of kernels to be germinat... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6412190 | Infrared and hot air dryer combination A combined infrared and hot air dryer includes a pressurized hood which is fed with combustion air through an air delivery duct. Each cross-direction zone of the hood includes a mixer. The air enters the mixer without any direct connection between the del... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6401358 | Method and device for drying a rapidly conveyed product to be dried, especially for drying printing ink A method and an apparatus for drying a substance that is being rapidly conveyed in a conveyor apparatus, in particular for drying layers of printing ink on rapidly transported paper, wherein in a drying zone by means of incident electromagnetic radiation ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6399923 | Heating furnace including vertically spaced-apart double-sided far-infrared-radiation panel heaters defining multi-stage drying chambers A multi-stage heating furnace for drying large-sized substrates arranged in a stack, including a furnace body, and shelf heaters arranged within the furnace body such that the shelf heaters are spaced from each other in a vertical direction at a predeterm... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6223452 | Clothes dryer with emissive coating An improved clothes dryer has a rotatable drum with an emissive coating on the drum to reflect energy from a heat source, such as a radiant infrared lamp, inside the dryer. By reflecting the energy inside the rotatable drum, the rate of heat transfer is i... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6205676 | Method and apparatus for removing particles from surface of article An apparatus for removing particles from a surface of an article, such as a semiconductor wafer in a clean room. The particles are supplied with an electric charge. Subsequently, an ultrasonic wave or a gas stream is applied onto the surface of the articl... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6192600 | Thermocapillary dryer A process and apparatus for drying semiconductor wafers includes the controlled-rate extraction of a wafer immersed in rinsing liquid, irradiation of the wafer using high intensity lights or filaments along the wafer-liquid interface, and delivery of gas ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6170172 | Device and method for curing an adhesive between two layers of an information carrier A device and method cures an adhesive by means of UV radiation in an inert-gas atmosphere. The adhesive is interposed as an adhesive layer between two superposed layers of a disc-shaped optical information carrier. The device includes a UV source, a suppl... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6128829 | Method for drying substrates In a method for drying substrates, in particular, semiconductor wafers, an especially residue-free drying of the substrates results when, during removal of the substrates from a liquid, a meniscus of the liquid forming at the transition between the substr... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6125549 | Radiant heater system for thermally processing flowable materials A system for the thermal processing of material in a housing having an inlet for receipt of the materials and an outlet for the discharge of the material after thermal treatment. The heating of the materials is accomplished, at least in part, by contact o... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6108933 | Device for curing an adhesive between two layers of an information carrier A device cures an adhesive by means of UV radiation in an inert-gas atmosphere. The adhesive is interposed as an adhesive layer between two superposed layers of a disc-shaped information carrier. The device includes a UV source, a supplier for an inert ga... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105273 | Agitated bed cooling, drying, or heating apparatus An agitated bed apparatus (20) for heating, cooling, and/or drying particulate material (152) is provided which includes a housing (22) having an elongated flexible bed (24) therein adapted to receive the material (152). An agitator assembly (26) made up ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6088931 | Interstation infrared heating unit A dryer is disclosed in a compact design for interstation use on printing presses, particularly lithographic presses. High velocity air is combined with intense infrared radiation to heat, evaporate and scrub vapor from freshly printed substrates. Air und... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088930 | Convection-radiation system for heat treatment of a continuous strip In a heat treatment installation a strip moves continuously past infrared radiant elements and elements for blowing air onto the strip. The installation comprises a succession of blower elements separated from each other by at least one infrared radiant e... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6038786 | Hand dryer A wall-mounted hand dryer provides a heated pulsating or modulating air stream to break down a boundary layer of moisture on a user's hands to reduce the drying time. The hand dryer accomplishes this by quickly generating a heated air stream at a maximum ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6026748 | Infrared dryer system for printing presses A printing press having a plurality of laterally spaced printing stations is provided with an interstation dryer system, interposed between the printing stations, for effectively drying liquid printing substances, such as inks, coatings, and the like, on ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6003244 | Agitated bed infrared drying method An agitated bed drying apparatus (20) for particulate material (152) is provided which includes a housing (22) having an elongated, essentially imperforate, flexible bed (24) therein adapted to receive the material (152). An agitator assembly (26) made up... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5966836 | Infrared heating apparatus and method for a printing press A dryer (10, 200) is provided for use in drying freshly printed substrates such as corrugated sheets (14). A plurality of infrared heating lamps (28) are positioned below the travel path (16) of the corrugated sheets (14) and the heat lamps are physically... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5966835 | Method and apparatus for heat treating webs A web to be heat-treated bears against a rotary cylinder containing a stationary complement of IR burner modules in an assembly that is axially removable from the cylinder. The IR burner complement extends all along--but only partway around--the cylinder,... | 10/19/1999 |
