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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 |
| 7261208 | Method and installation for drying sludge Apparatus and method for drying sludge, in particular sewage sludge, by creating a granulate from the dried product. A mixture of a carrier material consisting of recycled sludge which has already been dried and liquid sludge is fed to a dryer 6. The dried pr... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7204928 | Process and apparatus for the fractional distillation of crude oil A process for the fractional distillation of crude oil, which comprises the steps of: feeding a continuous current of crude oil at 310–400° C. into a turbomixer comprising a tubular cylindrical body (1) provided with a rotor (9) formed with helicall... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7127828 | Lockdown rotor for a processing machine A rotor that may be used by itself or in a processing machine for processing semiconductor wafers includes two pairs of combs. A lock down mechanism has a lock bar, temporarily engaged and moved by a loading/unloading robot, drives a retainer against the edges of th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7028415 | Canted manually loaded produce dryer A drying apparatus for use with many kinds of objects, but is particularly suited for use in drying most kinds of produce and vegetables including leaf vegetables. In one embodiment, the dryer includes a canted drum design which provides a number of benefits and adv... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6993855 | Method for drying compact containing metal oxide, method for reducing metal oxide, and rotary-hearth-type metal reducing furnace The present invention provides: a method for drying compacts containing water so as not to cause explosion and powdering; a method for reducing the compacts after being dried with great efficiency in a rotary-hearth-type reducing furnace; and a rotary-hearth-type me... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994831 | Oxidative tritium decontamination system The Oxidative Tritium Decontamination System, OTDS, provides a method and apparatus for reduction of tritium surface contamination on various items. The OTDS employs ozone gas as oxidizing agent to convert elemental tritium to tritium oxide. Tritium oxide vapor and ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971189 | Variable volume clothes dryer The invention is a clothes dryer featuring an interior working volume that is adjustable to suit the size of the load and type of article(s) to be dried. Since the volume is adjusted to fit the load, only the necessary volume is heated. For large loads or bulky arti... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6918192 | Substrate drying system A substrate drying system for drying substrates after the substrates are washed typically using deionized water, is disclosed. The substrate drying system comprises a substrate cleaning tank in which the substrates are washed. A dry pump is provided in fluid communi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6837969 | Method for the concentration of liquid mixtures A method for the concentration of liquid mixtures includes the step of causing a continuous stream of the liquid mixtures to flow in the form of a turbulent thin layer in contact with a heated wall; for that purpose, a continuous stream of liquid mixture is fed into... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6829843 | Process for preparing vinylpyrrolidone polymer powder The present invention provides a process for preparing vinylpyrrolidone polymer powder, which has high bulk density and favorable powder flowability and can be handled with ease. Specifically, the present invention relates to a process for preparing vinylpyrrolidone... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6757987 | Method for producing powder paints A method for producing powder paints which comprises the steps of: a) preparing a paste comprising at least one thermosetting plastic resin, at least one curing agent, at least one pigment and water and making the paste flow in the form of a thin layer and un... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6605474 | Method and apparatus for determining temperature of and controlling the evaporation of liquid samples A method is described for evaporating liquid samples contained in sample holders mounted within a chamber and rotated by the rotor during an evaporation process in which the pressure in the chamber is reduced below atmospheric and the sample holders are r... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6460269 | Wafer dryer comprising revolving spray nozzle and method for drying wafers using the same A wafer dryer for drying a wafer includes a chamber and a support adapted to support the wafer in the chamber. A spray nozzle is disposed in the chamber. A source gas supply tank is in fluid communication with the spray nozzle. At least one heater is oper... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6408536 | Process for drying protein crystals The present invention relates to a process for drying protein crystals starting from an aqueous protein crystal suspension, which comprises drying the protein crystal suspension in a centrifugal dryer, where the protein crystals, after they have been filt... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6385862 | Method and apparatus for drying articles having internal cavities within a clothes dryer An apparatus for use in drying articles defining internal cavities within a conventional clothes dryer includes a manifold and a plurality of tubes extending therefrom. Each of the tubes is provided with various, circumferentially spaced and longitudinall... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6378228 | Process to monitor linen drying in a drier To monitor the linen drying in a clothes drier, the residual moisture level of the linen inside the drier is measured and compared to a maximum permissible threshold, which is adjustable and authorization to open the door (14) of the drier is not allowed ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6212792 | Basket and method of use A basket or dryer liner that has the usual basket shape, i.e, generally cylindrical, but is resiliently compressible or deformable along multiple axes for reshaping into irregular shapes. It has perforate bottom wall and side walls and an open top and is ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6199298 | Vapor assisted rotary drying method and apparatus A process for drying semiconductor wafers includes loading a wafer wetted with rinsing fluid into a rotor and orientating the wafer along a substantially vertical plane. A gas saturated with a solvent vapor is passed over the wafer surfaces until condensa... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6161305 | Process and plant for mechanical and thermal dewatering of sludges A process and apparatus for mechanical and thermal dewatering of solid-liquid mixture, particularly industrial and sewage sludges, feeds the sludge to a dewatering device to produce a dewatered material which is then dried in a thermal drier. The dewatere... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6122837 | Centrifugal wafer processor and method A dryer for processing semiconductor substrates which rotates a carrier containing the substrates within a housing in combination with a bubbler which heats and directs a gas containing a water tension reducing vapor to the housing to contact the substrat... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5891347 | Centrifugal filtration method and apparatus therefor Centrifugal filtration capable of improving recovery of crystal in a baskey. The basket is so arranged that a central axis thereof is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction to obliqely downwardly orientate a bottom wall of the basket. A crystal r... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5617649 | Device and method for drying fluorescent material A device and method for drying a fluorescent material are provided. The device includes a container having a predetermined space for containing a fluorescent material, a first driver for rotating the container, a heater for heating the container, a vacuum... | 04/08/1997 |
| 4189846 | Process for the continuous production of solids, in particular protein concentrates, from aqueous solutions, and apparatus for the practice of the process A process for continuously producing dried protein concentrates, namely blood meal, from an aqueous solution of animal blood, in which the solution is atomized in superheated steam at a temperature of about 400° C. The atomization of the solution is acco... | 02/26/1980 |
