Class 34/318 - Rotating drum or basket

Subclass of Class 34 - Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Definition: Process wherein a vessel containing the treated material
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 08/21/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
7257905	Laundry appliance A laundry drying machine includes a cabinet and a laundry holding drum rotatably supported within the cabinet for rotation. The drum includes a wall that is circumferential relative to the rotation and a drum hatch that is a section of the wall. The drum forms an en...	08/21/2007
7226514	Spin-rinse-dryer An inventive vertical spin-dryer is provided. The inventive spin-dryer may have a shield system positioned to receive fluid displaced from a substrate vertically positioned within the spin-dryer. The shield system may have one or more shields positioned to at least ...	06/05/2007
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
7117613	Laundry appliance A laundry machine includes a cabinet and a laundry holding drum rotatably supported therewithin. The drum includes a wall and a drum hatch comprising a section of the wall. A motor is connected to rotate the drum. A controller is configured to operate the motor to d...	10/10/2006
7020982	Method for controlling clothes dryer A method for controlling a clothes dryer is disclosed to precisely dry clothes on the basis of a load amount according to moisture contained in clothes in the clothes dry and a temperature change according to proceeding drying of clothes. The method includes: detect...	04/04/2006
6832441	Washing and drying machine and method for controlling drying process thereof Method for controlling a drying process of a washing and drying machine including a preheating step for tightly closing and heating an inner tub for preparing an environment favorable for vaporization of water by elevating a temperature of the inner tub within a sho...	12/21/2004
6754977	Method and apparatus for drying long fibre hay A method and apparatus for drying long fiber hay. A first step involves providing round bales of long fiber hay. A second step involves separating the bales to form a loose mass of long fiber hay. A third step involves feeding the loose mass of long fiber hay into a...	06/29/2004
6752156	Humidification cylinder and method of humidifying material A humidifying cylinder includes a first rotatable cylinder having an inlet end and an outlet end and a plurality of first blades extending substantially radially outwardly from an exterior surface of the first cylinder. The humidifying cylinder further includes a se...	06/22/2004
6742279	Apparatus and method for rinsing substrates Embodiments of the invention provide a spin rinse dry (SRD) chamber for a semiconductor processing system. The SRD chamber includes a selectively rotatable substrate support member having an upper substrate receiving surface formed thereon, and a selectively rotatab...	06/01/2004
6698107	Drum for clothes drier In a drum for a clothes drier having a plurality of baffles projected from the inner circumference of the drum, lifting and moving clothes, a drum for a clothes drier comprises a cylindrical body housing clothes and rotating and a plurality of baffles pro...	03/02/2004
6665953	Method for controlling washing and drying machine Method for controlling a washing and drying machine, for improving drying performance, and saving energy, the method having a drying cycle for supplying heated air into an inner tub to dry laundry in the inner tub, wherein the drying cycle includes a plur...	12/23/2003
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
6584699	Three stage single pass high density drying apparatus for particulate materials A single pass, multiple stage, rotary drum heat exchange dryer (22) is provided for drying products such as distillers grains and includes a tubular shell (64) with a moist product inlet (66), an opposed dried product outlet (70), and an internal drying c...	07/01/2003
6571488	System for sensing position of spin dryer cover Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for spin drying substrates in a spin dryer tank. A spin dryer cover is movable between a closed position to close an opening of the spin dryer tank and an open position to open the spin dryer tan...	06/03/2003
6505418	Apparatus and method for a clothing dryer having a fire protection system A clothes dryer having a fire protection system. The clothes dryer chamber has an inlet which receives drying air and an exhaust for removing moisture laden air. The temperature within the drying chamber is monitored, and a determination is made from the ...	01/14/2003
6503335	Centrifuge and method for centrifuging a semiconductor wafer A centrifuge for a semiconductor wafer has a centrifuge plate for holding a semiconductor wafer, has a drive for setting the centrifuge plate in rotation, and has a device for supplying a medium to a front side and a rear side of the semiconductor wafer. ...	01/07/2003
6473992	2-step method for drying mash-products The present invention relates to a method and device for drying mash-products, and more particularly to a 2-step device for drying mash-products comprising a first drying unit (a flow rotary drying unit) and a second drying unit (a mixing rotary drying un...	11/05/2002
6473988	Auxiliary container for salad spinner A food drying device of the type which includes an outer housing, a perforated main container in the housing and a drive apparatus on the housing for rotating the main container relative to the housing, includes a perforated auxiliary container disposable...	11/05/2002
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
6405453	Material drying arrangement An arrangement for drying material in a selected drying location by a heated and flowing drying stream wherein the temperature and relative humidity levels of the drying stream are sensed upstream and downstream of such selected drying location and are re...	06/18/2002
6368512	Process for the filtration and drying of solid particles out of liquids In a housing (1), a hollow shaft (3) is located for rotation, driven by a motor (5). Rigidly attached to the shaft (3) is a pressure vessel (6). Fitted to the shaft (3) inside the vessel (6) is a filter comprising a number of tube-shaped filter elements (...	04/09/2002
6269552	Method of drying substrates and drying apparatus A substrate transporting device and method 19 transports a plurality of wafers W standing upright in a row, from a previous process, i.e., a cleaning process. A substrate holder 40 is carried by a transporting device 50 arranged outside a drying chamber 2...	08/07/2001
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
6170170	Device and method for transporting products such as leafed vegetables A leafed vegetable dryer includes an entrance for products, an exit for the products and one or more transporters for transporting the products between the entrance and the exit. The transporters have the form of a centrifuge. A transport driver is utiliz...	01/09/2001
6125551	Gas seal and support for rotating semiconductor processor A rotating wafer processor uses a non-contacting gas seal mounted to a process chamber and a vibration isolation mount between the chamber and a support structure. The non-contacting seal incorporates a housing with a chamfer on opposing ends of an annula...	10/03/2000
5992042	Dryer and method for drying harvested vegetables A drying apparatus and method is described wherein baskets, or totes, filled with produce to be dried, are stacked vertically within an inner support frame. The totes are arranged with the open tops facing upwardly. The inner support frame has top and bot...	11/30/1999
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
5647140	Produce centrifugal spin drying apparatus An apparatus for drying vegetables, fruits, and other produce having a support including a base and at least two upstanding posts. A housing element is secured to the support. A roller conveyor for transferring a container from outside of the housing elem...	07/15/1997
5282319	Bottom dump basket for vegetable spin dryer A spindrying apparatus for removing retained rinse water from leafy product such as lettuce, cabbage, broccoli and spinach which includes a basket of wire mesh or perforated metal and a trapdoor in its floor. A liftbar extends across the top of the basket...	02/01/1994
5155923	Apparatus and process for conditioning particulate material A controlled spinning bed of particulate material such as coffee beans or the like is formed and maintained in a stationary chamber, the particulate material is mixed nd uniformly conditioned. For example, coffee beans are uniformly roasted within a relat...	10/20/1992
4756169	Device for loading and unloading rotating baskets for the centrifugal spin drying of bobbins of yarn A device for loading and unloading a rotating basket in a centrifuge for spin drying bobbins of yarn wherein a hub is provided centrally of the basket and which guides an annular bearing plate which is vertically shiftable with respect to the basket so as...	07/12/1988
4547975	Method and apparatus for adjusting the quantity of water deposited on a fine aggregate A quantity of water deposited on sand particles is adjusted to a predetermined value by utilizing a method and apparatus disclosed having a hopper through which the sand particles to be treated are supplied. A velocity energy is imparted to the particles ...	10/22/1985
4525938	Spin drier for semiconductor material A spin drier including a casing and a rotor equipped with at least one holder for a carrier, which is adapted to enclose a semiconductor material such as a silicon wafer therein, and embraced in the casing so that the semiconductor material placed on the ...	07/02/1985
4517752	Splash retarder An apparatus and method for retarding splashback of liquids collected from a rotating workpiece is disclosed. In accordance with the apparatus, there is provided a work station upon which a workpiece, such as a semiconductor wafer, is positioned, a collec...	05/21/1985
4236322	Apparatus for and method of drying items by open air and solar energy A dryer which employs open air and solar energy for tumble drying of such items as clothes comprises a rotatable, closed drum and a frame. The drum has first and second end surfaces and a lateral surface. Each of the end surfaces and lateral surface has a...	12/02/1980

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