"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7216509 | Sol-gel process for the production of high dimensions dry gels and derived glasses It is described a sol-gel process that allows to obtain dry gels, and possibly the corresponding dense glassy bodies, having higher dimensions compared to similar known processes. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6729040 | Apparatus and method for drying a substrate using hydrophobic and polar organic compounds A dryer for drying a substrate includes: a bath containing a fluid; a chamber; and a delivery system supplying a polar organic compound, such as isopropyl alcohol, and a hydrophobic organic compound, such as hydrofluoroether, to the interface between the substrate a... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6668239 | Track monitoring equipment For monitoring railway tracks on a frequent basis, instrumentation packages are installed in service vehicles (18), for example in passenger carriages. The instrumentation package (16) comprises sensors (35, 36, 42) mounted on a bogie (24) of the vehicle ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6427359 | Systems and methods for processing workpieces Workpieces requiring low levels of contamination, such as semiconductor wafers, are loaded into a workpiece support or holder within a process chamber. The process chamber has a drain opening, slot or edge. The chamber is closed via a door. A process or r... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6378229 | Method for the sub-critical drying of lyogels to produce aerogels The present invention refers to a method for the sub-critical drying of lyogels to produce aerogels. The method for the sub-critical drying of lyogels to produce aerogels provides for the lyogel particles to be disposed as a fixed bed and for a drying gas... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6270584 | Apparatus for drying and cleaning objects using controlled aerosols and gases Method and apparatus for cleaning and/or drying objects that may have been wetted or contaminated in a manufacturing process. The objects are submerged in a rinse liquid in an enclosed chamber, and aerosol particles from a selected liquid are introduced i... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6131305 | Process for sub-critically drying aerogels The present invention relates to a process for the sub-critical drying of a lyogel to form an aerogel, in which the lyogel is treated with a heat-conveying fluid at a temperature above the boiling point of the pore liquid of the lyogel under system pressu... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6132811 | Procedure for the drying of silicon The invention relates to a procedure applicable for drying substrate surfaces of a large number of materials, such as semiconductors, metals, plastics and, in particular, silicon. The silicon (1) is dipped into a liquid bath (2) and the silicon (1) is sep... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6119366 | Chemical drying and cleaning method Method and apparatus for drying and/or cleaning a workpiece, such as an electronic part, semiconductor wafer, printed circuit board or the like. As the workpiece is withdrawn from a processing liquid, a selected drying liquid, such as hydrofluoroether (HF... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6041796 | Apparatus for drying objects with fluids An apparatus for drying objects with fluids includes the introduction of an object (46) to be dried into a container (12). The container (12) is filled with a first fluid (48) from the bottom (16) of container (12) to a predetermined level. Subsequently, ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5989359 | Method for drying objects with fluids A method for drying objects with fluids includes the introduction of an object (46) to be dried into a container (12). The container (12) is filled with a first fluid (48) from the bottom (16) of container (12) to a predetermined level. Subsequently, a vo... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5974689 | Chemical drying and cleaning system Method and apparatus for drying and/or cleaning a workpiece, such as an electronic part, semiconductor wafer, printed circuit board or the like. As the workpiece is withdrawn from a processing liquid, a selected drying liquid, such as hydrofluoroether (HF... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5968285 | Methods for drying and cleaning of objects using aerosols and inert gases Methods for cleaning and/or drying objects that may have been wetted or contaminated in a manufacturing process. The objects are submerged in a rinse liquid in an enclosed chamber, and aerosol particles from a selected liquid are introduced into the chamb... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5964958 | Methods for drying and cleaning objects using aerosols Methods for drying and cleaning objects that may have been wetted or contaminated in a manufacturing process. The objects are submerged in a rinse liquid in an enclosed chamber, and aerosol particles from a selected liquid are introduced into the chamber ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5749163 | Apparatus and method for imparting wrinkle-resistant properties to garments and other articles An apparatus for the manufacture of wrinkle-resistant garments is disclosed which includes a housing enclosing a drum which is rotatable on a generally horizontal axis, whereby when the drum is rotated with garments disposed therein a tunnel defined by th... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5680713 | Process for the subcritical drying of aerogels A process for the subcritical drying of a lyogel to give an aerogel comprises treating the lyogel with a heat transfer liquid which has a temperature above the boiling point of the pore liquid of the lyogel under the pressure of the system and subsequentl... | 10/28/1997 |
| 4511495 | Tumble dryer products for depositing perfume Perfume may be deposited on fabrics by drying wet fabrics in a rotary hot air dryer together with a conditioning composition containing (i) a fabric conditioning agent such as a fabric softener and (ii) particles containing an intimate mixture of a perfum... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4430807 | Process for drying water-wet membranes An improved process for drying water-wet, cellulose ester membranes is described. It has been found that by contacting one side of the membrane with a liquid mixture of a water-miscible, volatile C1 to C6 hydrocarbon and a water-immi... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4397100 | Organic solid substrate dewatering process based on plug flow contact by an extractive fluid A method of removing water from organic solid substrates, such as peat, wherein a primary solvent is used to extract water from the substrate and the primary solvent and the substrate are kept in plug flow during contact, and then a secondary solvent may ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4339882 | Organic solid substrate dewatering process utilizing primary and secondary solvents A method of removing water from organic solid substrates, such as peat, wherein a primary solvent is used to extract water from the substrate and a secondary solvent is used to separate the primary solvent from the water.... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4259373 | Fabric treating articles and process Fabric conditioning articles comprising a double layered porous receptacle releasably containing a fabric softener/antistat composition. Methods of using the conditioning articles are also provided.... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4254559 | Method for drying pipelines The interior surface of a pipeline is dried by sequentially passing through the pipeline (a) an aqueous cross-linked gelled pig, (b) a fluid mobility buffer comprising a non-crosslinked gelled ankanol of from one to three carbon atoms, (c) a dessicating a... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4238067 | Drying of cavities Water filled cavities are dried by replacing the water with a first liquid which is miscible with water and this is then replaced by a second liquid which is miscible with the first and which has a high vapor pressure. The second liquid is then replaced b... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4167594 | Combined laundry finishing treatment agent package and method A laundry finishing treatment article for use in a mechanical laundry drier to treat fabrics with a substance of the laundry finishing type and a laundry odorant, the article comprising a hollow bag of two-layer composite sheeting having a pillowlike form... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4161450 | Drying compositions A composition for drying surfaces comprising 90 to 99.95% by weight of an organic solvent at least 50% of which is 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane, 0.04 to 8% by weight of a hydrophobic substantially water insoluble surface active agent and 0.01 to ... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4156067 | Polyurethane polymers characterized by lactone groups and hydroxyl groups in the polymer backbone Polyurethane polymers characterized by a molecular weight above 6,000 and having lactone groups and hydroxyl groups in the polymer backbone are prepared by reacting a mixture of polyols, a polyfunctional lactone and a polyfunctional isocyanate proportione... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4090307 | Method for removing water from workpieces and apparatus therefor A method for removing water from the surface of workpieces, particularly, glass workpieces, by dipping the workpieces into a boiling dewatering bath composed of an organic solvent which is immiscible with water and which contains surface active agents, an... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4080743 | Membrane drying process Process for drying a water-wet membrane by contacting with a solution of water miscible and water immiscible solvents and then removing the solution.... | 03/28/1978 |
| 3982325 | Method of solvent drying Solvent-drying, particularly of water-wetted materials, is accomplished through the use of specific azeotropic mixed-solvent systems. The azeotropic systems used in the method of the invention are those which form two or more separate layers, in which the... | 09/28/1976 |