Class 34/367 - With additional conveying

Subclass of Class 34 - Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Definition: Process combined with use of a means for transporting the
No. of patents: 30
Last issue date: 08/28/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
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
7204886	Apparatus and method for hybrid chemical processing A method and apparatus for performing multiple deposition processes is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a chamber body and a gas distribution assembly disposed on the chamber body. In one embodiment, the method comprises positioning a substrate su...	04/17/2007
7175713	Apparatus for cyclical deposition of thin films An apparatus for cyclical depositing of thin films on semiconductor substrates, comprising a process chamber having a gas distribution system with separate paths for process gases and an exhaust system synchronized with operation of valves dosing the process gases i...	02/13/2007
7147720	Non-contact cool-down station for wafers A stationary cooling station for cooling wafers after the wafers have been subjected to semiconductor processing supports the wafer by flowing gas in accordance with the Bernoulli principle. An upper wall of the cooling station contains a plurality of gas outlets th...	12/12/2006
6931757	Method for conditioning fibrous substances The invention relates to a method for conditioning fibrous substances, especially wood fibers that are dried in a dryer. In a substantially closed drying circuit (1) a vapor-gas mixture is guided in said dryer as a circulating gas (referred to as vapors) that...	08/23/2005
6918731	Fast swap dual substrate transport for load lock A load lock is provided for a semiconductor substrate processing system having a transport robot mounted therein. The load lock transport supplies substrates directly to a processing chamber without the need for a central transport robot. The load lock transport is ...	07/19/2005
6877250	Apparatus, method and system for the treatment of a wafer In an apparatus for a treatment of a wafer at elevated temperatures, the wafer is taken out of the reactor after heat treatment with the help of a mechanical transport apparatus which preferably grips the wafer around the circumference and on the under side. The tra...	04/12/2005
6647640	Drying station and method for drying printed sheets and printing machine having a drying station A drying station for drying printed sheets transported by a transport belt includes an irradiation device for irradiating the printed sheets, a deflection section located in vicinity of the irradiation device for guiding the transport belt away from the i...	11/18/2003
6578287	Substrate cooling system and method A method and apparatus is disclosed for staging or cooling a substrate between high temperature thermal processing steps. In the disclosed embodiment, one or more cooling stations are located off-line within a wafer handling chamber, outside the thermal p...	06/17/2003
6560896	Apparatus, method and system for the treatment of a wafer Apparatus, method and system for the treatment of a wafer. After a treatment at elevated temperature, a wafer is taken out of the reactor in question with the help of a mechanical transport apparatus which preferably grips the wafer around the circumferen...	05/13/2003
6412191	Method and apparatus for the removal of liquid from materials A process for de-watering foodstuffs, such as leafy vegetables, includes moving the foodstuffs along a path, creating an upwardly moving air vortex which intersects the path, thereby raising the foodstuffs upwardly from the path while swirling them in a v...	07/02/2002
6265501	Treatment of metathesis catalysts for olefins in a vibratory helicoidal conveyor A process for treatment of metathesis catalysts for olefins comprises sending the particles of catalysts through at least one vibratory helicoidal conveyor, subject the particles over at least a portion of their path and preferably over a large portion of...	07/24/2001
6199299	Feeding of comminuted fibrous material to a pulping process In a chisel-type convergence for a chip bin in a wood chip pulping process and system, an improvement in uniformity of discharge of the chips from a chips bin or the like is provided. The bin includes a conventional hollow substantially right circular cyl...	03/13/2001
6161307	Fluid bed system for cooling hot spent anode butts The invention relates to a system for cooling and reducing fluoride emissions from a hot, spent anode butt removed from an electrolysis cell. The system comprises an elongated fluidised bed cooling chamber comprising particles of alumina and conveyor mean...	12/19/2000
6151798	Process and apparatus for spray drying or spray cooling In a process and an apparatus (1) for spray drying or spray cooling of the so-called Filtermat.RTM. type, a more uniform product layer (7) is achieved by collecting and/or treating the product on a screen means (8, 14, 19) providing a pressure difference ...	11/28/2000
6148541	Fluid-bed drying unit, particularly for drying tobacco A fluid-bed drying unit, particularly but not exclusively used in the field of tobacco drying comprising a drying chamber having a loading inlet and an outlet for discharging the product and provided with openings for the passage of a drying medium. The d...	11/21/2000
6088934	Twin fluid nozzle and method A method for injecting a liquid directly into a fluidised bed and a configuration of at least one twin nozzle in which a gas is used to atomise the liquid and each nozzle permits a dispersion of liquid into a vessel containing the fluidised bed....	07/18/2000
6073366	Substrate cooling system and method A method and apparatus is disclosed for cooling a substrate between high temperature thermal processing steps. In the disclosed embodiment, one or more cooling stations are located off-line within a wafer handling chamber, just outside the thermal process...	06/13/2000
5950325	Method and apparatus for low temperature continuous drying of temperature sensitive materials (granular agricultural pesticides) at atmospheric pressure using radio frequency energy The present invention provides a method and apparatus for agitation-free, low temperature drying of fragile, temperature sensitive, granular materials at atmospheric pressure using Radio Frequency (RF) energy to provide the heat of evaporation. A relative...	09/14/1999
5637336	Process for drying malt A process and apparatus for the drying or kilning of malt in a substantially continuous operation. The malt is transported through one or more separate drying zones by means of fluid bed dryer units at which time tempered or conditioned air at a predeterm...	06/10/1997
5607649	Method and apparatus for processing a particulate material in a fluidized bed chamber An apparatus for processing a particulate material containing an inflammable component, such as ethanol or another solvent, comprises a fluidized bed chamber with a perforated bed plate arranged therein. The particulate material may be fluidized on the be...	03/04/1997
5489166	Method and device for removing solid residues from a gas purification installation A method and device for removing solid residues from a gas purification installation are presented. After discharge of a batch of solid residues into a first closed vessel, the vessel is isolated with respect to the gas purification installation. At least...	02/06/1996
5404655	Method and apparatus for regulating the sand discharge during the thermal regeneration of used foundry sand in fluidized bed kilns The invention relates to a method for regulating the sand discharge by means of a discharge pipe located on the opposite side of a sand charging means of a fluidized bed kiln in connection with the thermal regeneration of old foundry sand, in which the ba...	04/11/1995
5371955	Bulk-material reactor A bulk material reactor which has a travelling bed (3) made up of the bulk material held inside a reactor housing (1), with an input assembly (14, 15) on the top and an outlet assembly (4) on the bottom of the travelling bed, a gas supply line (10) and a ...	12/13/1994
5323547	Powder paint supply device A fluidized type paint powder tank has a fluidizing chamber for fluidizing paint powder and a storage chamber into which the paint powder in the fluidizing chamber is fed to keep it still. There is also provided a paint supply device for an electrostatic ...	06/28/1994
5092267	Powder collection unit with integral dryer Apparatus for collecting and drying powder used for electrostatic coating of a workpiece has air injection means incorporated into the collection bin both to dry and also to homogenize powder recovered, just prior to withdrawal from the bin....	03/03/1992
4813154	Method and apparatus for conditioning fibrous materials An apparatus for cooling and conditioning chopped, fibrous materials such as chopped alfalfa, wood chips or the like includes a rotatable drum having helical flights for advancing materials as well as a series of radial flights that selectively retard por...	03/21/1989
4532155	Apparatus and process for coating, granulating and/or drying particles A fluidized bed apparatus and method are disclosed for coating, granulating and/or drying particles. The particles are circulated within a chamber by means of circumferential air flow. A first gas stream moves upwardly through the chamber. A second gas st...	07/30/1985
4492040	Method and apparatus for drying a pulverulent or particulate product A fluid bed dryer comprises a pre-dryer of the back mixed type and a post-dryer of the plug flow-type. In the pre-dryer the main part of heat is transferred to the product being dried by means of heating panels arranged above the bed plate. A control bed ...	01/08/1985
4215151	Process for roasting an agro-food product in a fluidized bed of inert particles The invention concerns a process and a device for roasting an agro-food product in the form of grains. The process consists of fluidizing an auxiliary body in the form of fine solid particles in an enclosure 1, and putting the grains of the product to be ...	07/29/1980

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