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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721463 | Oven An oven includes a conveying interior for moving produce through the oven and a gas fired heat source for cooking the produce conveyed through the oven. The conveying interior preferably comprises a rotating drum with a conveying spiral extending inwardly from an in... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7313874 | Dryer and method for controlling the same A dryer is disclosed. The dryer includes dryer includes a door opening sensing unit sensing an opening of a door, a heater heating air provided in a drum, and a microcomputer determining an error in the heater based on an internal temperature condition of the drum, ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7246451 | Tumbler-dryer for capsules A capsule dryer utilizes an upper level having a plurality of drying baskets and a lower level having a plurality of drying baskets disposed beneath the upper level of drying baskets. The footprint of the capsule dryer is thus reduced while providing a same or super... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7117612 | Method for spin drying a clothes basket in a combination washer/dryer The combination washer/dryer and method for operating a combination washer/dryer. The washer/dryer has a containment drum which receives wash water, and includes a perforated clothes drum which rotates within the containment drum. A heat plenum is provided in heat t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7081171 | Screenings washer A screenings washer having a hopper, a grinder downstream of the hopper, and a washer downstream of the grinder. The washer includes an auger rotor that receives the screenings ground by the grinder, a spray wash system that sprays a wash fluid directly onto a porti... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7062863 | Washing machine and method of controlling drying process thereof A washing machine and method of controlling a drying process thereof is provided. The washing machine includes a water temperature detecting unit and a controller. The water temperature detecting unit is disposed in a condensing duct to detect temperatures of conden... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6944969 | Method and installation for drying a mass of fibrous materials by mechanical compression of very moist air The present invention pertains to a method and an installation or system for drying fibrous material. The method comprises the step of ventilating very moist air through the fibrous material located in a drying zone. The moisture content of the moist air is less tha... | 09/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6543154 | Freeze-dried product and process and apparatus for producing it Freeze-dried products of high quality produced from materials to be freeze-dried in a freeze-drying apparatus comprising a sealed vessel enclosing a processing chamber provided therein with a rotary cage receiving a gas-permeable container containing one ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6543155 | Freeze-dried product and process and apparatus for producing it Freeze-dried products of high quality produced from materials to be freeze-dried in a freeze-drying apparatus comprising a sealed vessel enclosing a processing chamber provided therein with a rotary cage receiving a gas-permeable container containing froz... | 04/08/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6161306 | Method and apparatus for drying a load of moist fibrous material, particularly a load of laundry A method and an apparatus is described for drying a load of moist fibrous material, particularly a load of laundry washed and placed in a washer/drier machine or a clothes drier, wherein a closed-circuit flow of superheated steam at 102-180° C. and subst... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6154978 | Apparatus and method for confirming initial conditions of clothes drying equipment prior to start of drying cycle A method and apparatus for confirming the initial conditions of a clothes dryer prior to the start of the drying cycle is provided. The clothes dryer comprises a drying chamber with air inlet and outlet ports. A blower powered by a first motor is arranged... | 12/05/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5743840 | Centrifuge with a heating jacket for drying collected solids A centrifuge of the type including a housing and a rotatable bowl, and including a heating jacket located therebetween. The heating jacket is established through inflatable seals which selectively seal a space located between the bowl and the housing. The... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5669157 | Apparatus and method for separating pieces of laundry A apparatus for separating pieces of laundry, comprising a drum which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and with an open front and an open rear, which drum is accommodated in a housing, in which the rear of the drum is almost closed off b... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5525239 | Method for completing the transformation of waste water sludge into spreadable fertilizer and product thereby There is disclosed a heated aeration method of completing the processing of a partially treated mixture of wastewater sludge and alkaline materials to produce a biologically active but pathogenetically clean fertilizer which can safely and easily be sprea... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5477623 | Drying apparatus A drying apparatus for drying a moist material includes a container having an opening for receiving the material therein. A top cover is provided for closing the opening of the container. A heater and fan are provided on the bottom of the top cover so as ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5426866 | Method and apparatus for dewatering of sludges In order to considerably reduce expenditures for the dewatering of sludges, particularly from sewage treatment facilities, and thereby perform the step from a sticky, wet solid to a flowable solid granulate practically without the re-admixture of material... | 06/27/1995 |
