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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006406 | Drying system A method and apparatus for drying and reducing the particle size of malleable material. Preferred embodiments of the invention include a drying apparatus for use with a malleable material, comprising a blower, an airlock feeder, a main line which contains an acceler... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7326558 | Process for treating spirulina The treatment of spirulina by a process which includes placing spirulina that has not been previously heat-sterilized, lactic acid bacteria and sugar in water, then culturing the lactic acid bacteria provides treated spirulina in which the distinctive taste and odor... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318528 | Precious metal recovery A pulse of over six kilovolts with a duration of 200 nanoseconds causes an explosion that fragments a mineral deposit with metals embedded therein. The fragmentation separates the metals from the mineral. A conditioning electromagnet temporarily magnetizes the metal... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7044998 | Method and apparatus for separation of steam and gas from possibly glue-coated fibre pulp produced by a refiner When separating steam and gas from a stream containing, possibly glue-coated, fibre pulp produced by a refiner, the hot fibre pulp is directly fed from the refiner to a separation cyclone (4) placed in a drying channel (2) for drying the fibre pulp. A ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6977005 | Waterless vacuum toilet system for aircraft A waterless vacuum toilet system for an aircraft includes a toilet bowl connected via a suction valve and a waste collection pipe to a waste collection tank. Waste-contacting surfaces that come into contact with urine and fecal waste are coated with an adhesion-inhi... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971188 | Brine shrimp egg processing apparatus and method An enhanced apparatus and method for cleaning, drying, and disinfecting brine shrimp eggs is provided. The apparatus may have a blower and a furnace that provide pressurized, dry air to a screening device. The screening device may include a vibrating screen designed... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6820350 | Method of drying lignocellulose material Methods for drying fibrous lignocellulosic material are provided in connection with the manufacture of fiberboard. The fibrous material is transported with a first drying gas through a first drying line to a first cyclone where the first drying gas in conducted away... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6558726 | Coffee bean roasting apparatus A roasting apparatus for roasting nuts, cocoa beans, coffee beans, and other small food stuffs comprising a base, a motor and afterburner assembly attached to the top of the base on one side thereof, a roasting assembly attached to the top of the base on ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6158145 | Method for a high turbulence cyclonic dryer A method is provided in which particulate matter is dried in a high velocity cyclonic dryer having inner and/or outer ring deflectors. Contemplated initial air stream velocities are at least about 100 feet per second, with more preferred velocities at lea... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6154979 | Method and apparatus for the removal of liquid from particulate material Method and apparatus for the removal of liquid from particulate material by evaporation through the supply of heat, said heat being transferred substantially by superheated vapours or steam of the liquids existing in the particulate material, and where sa... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6085440 | Process and an apparatus for producing a powdered product by spin flash drying A process and an apparatus for drying of a material in the form of a paste or a filter cake in a spin flash dryer. Particles are separated by a classifier (6) in the chamber (1) in such a way that oversize fraction is withheld in the chamber (1) and the d... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085441 | Process for drying sewage sludge or sludges of similar consistency In a process for drying sewage sludge or sludges of similar consistency, use is made of a device (13) in which vapors arising during contact drying are introduced to at least one compression stage. This stage compresses the vapors to a higher pressure and... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6065224 | Device and process for the aerobic treatment of organic substances A device for the aerobic treatment, conditioning and/or drying of moist, substantially solid or paste-like, at least partly organic material, has a vessel containing paired, Venetian-blind-like walls, with adjustable blades, forming at least one reaction ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5960559 | Process and apparatus for drying material A process and apparatus for drying material, in which a previous dried material is mixed into the wet material to be dried to produce a dried mixture of different particle sizes. The process for drying material requires less industrial equipment implement... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5735194 | Apparatus for separating chaff and roasting coffee and cocoa beans An improved apparatus for separating chaff from coffee and cocoa beans is designed for use in combination with either the hot air blowing base of the common household consumer appliance, the electrical popcorn popper or the larger volume coffee roasters. ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5577333 | Solid media parts drying using fluidized beds A method of drying articles is presented. The method generally comprises fluidizing solid media, contacting the article with the fluidized media for a sufficient amount of time to allow liquid to be transferred from the surface of the article to the solid... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5526938 | Vertical arrangement fluidized/non-fluidized bed classifier cooler A system for classifying and cooling particulate material produced by a fluid bed boiler comprises a vertical housing having an inlet for incoming particulate material and a first outlet for discharging exhaust and a second outlet for discharging solids. ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5475084 | Process for the production of polycarbonate powder A process for the production of a polycarbonate powder comprising introducing an organic solvent solution of polycarbonate and steam into a mixing nozzle and obtaining the polycarbonate powder from a mixture ejected from the mixing nozzle, wherein the org... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5378434 | Fluidized multistaged reaction system for polymerization This invention relates to a novel horizontal fluid bed reactor, which in a single unit, provides for the polymerization of monomer to polymer and mixed monomers to co-polymers. Within one reactor shell the reactor contains a plurality of polymerization st... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5355783 | Apparatus for separating chaff and roasting coffee and cocoa beans A method and apparatus for separating chaff from coffee and cocoa beans is designed for use in combination with the hot air blowing base of the common household consumer appliance, the electrical popcorn popper. The method comprises a hopper having an ope... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5325603 | Solids feed system and method for feeding fluidized beds The invention provides an improved method and apparatus for feeding solids to a fluidized bed reactor. A back pressure control valve regulates the pressure drop between the pressure above a solids column in a standpipe and the pressure in the reactor. Sol... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5297348 | Process and apparatus for efficiently drying wet-milled corn germ and other materials A flowable solid material, such as wet-milled corn germ, is continuously fed into the upper portion of a large vessel having a cylindrical shell with a vertical axis and a series of vertically spaced horizontal decks. Each deck has concentrically spaced a... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5276977 | Ocean-chill drying of microalgae and microalgal products This is a method and apparatus for drying microalgae/microalgal products which have been harvested and strained of excess water by a spray drying process. The method comprises, obtaining drying gas from a burner in which metered input air for combustion i... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5256251 | Process for drying and solvent-extraction of solids and sludges A continuous evaporation process for drying water-wet waste solids and sludges, using a paraffin oil solvent, until the waste is dried to a near-zero wastewater product, without experiencing sticky solids. The invention involves (1) mixing the input solid... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5171545 | Apparatus and method for decontamination of microspheres used in a fluidized patient support system An apparatus and method for decontaminating contaminated microspheres of a patient support system employing a fluidizing medium to fluidize the microspheres to provide support for the patient, includes a tank for containing the microspheres. The tank incl... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4979313 | Process for cooling hygroscopic powder Hygroscopic powders, especially fat-containing milk products, are cooled by being fludized in cooling air. Dehumidification of the drying air is omitted and overdrying prior to cooling to compensate powder rehumidification during cooling is avoided by usi... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4970803 | Method for drying sludge A sand layer is fluidized by a gas stream or current in a fluidized bed dryer and indirectly heated by immersed stationary heat-exchanger tubes. The sludge to be dried is continuously fed under pressure in a pumpable conditon from above onto the fluidized... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4942673 | Sintering prevention in stagnant zones of fluid bed boilers A particle storage chamber in a circulating fluid bed boiler having fluidizing means therein to tumble and fluidize the collected ash and ash coated particles. Due to the fuel burned, these ash and ash coated particles contain sodium and potassium compoun... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4915850 | Method and apparatus for separating granulate from a viscous suspension Method and apparatus for separating and recovering a granulate from a viscous suspension containing the graulate. The suspension is placed in a layer on an endless sieve belt guided around return rollers and effecting a separation into a sieve residue of ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4856202 | Method and apparatus for treating asphaltic concrete paving materials A method of heating reclaimed asphalt paving is shown and described. An air sorter removes fine materials from the reclaimed asphalt paving, and an air circulating dryer which utilizes high velocity air impingement, removes the moisture from the material.... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4721773 | Process for producing granular vinyl chloride polymer A granular vinyl chloride polymer is produced by mixing an aqueous dispersion of a vinyl chloride polymer with an organic liquid being difficulty soluble in water and incapable of dissolving or swelling the vinyl chloride polymer to prepare an aggregate o... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4691031 | Process for preventing backmixing in a fluidized bed vessel A process for preventing backmixing in a fluidized bed vessel wherein a gaseous fluid phase and fluidized solids are moved co-currently through a plurality of fluid bed compartments in substantially plug flow. The vessel may be used for production of male... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4670993 | Method for fluidizing fine kaolin particles A fluidized bed apparatus is provided which comprises (a) a fluidized bed container having gaseous fluidization agent intake means and discharge means; (b) gaseous fluidization agent distributor means comprising a distributor-separator plate arranged inte... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4649653 | Process and apparatus for the drying of textile material Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for the drying of textile material by way of a penetration with preheated air, wherein air is circulated and is preheated at the same time and is dehumidified as a result of its separation. In order to overcome ... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4601113 | Method and apparatus for fluidized steam drying of low-rank coals A method and apparatus for drying of low-rank coals, such as lignite, where the coal is passed through a sealed vessel in a plurality of heated fluidized beds with fluidization effected by superheated steam flowing counter-current to the flow of coal. A c... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4594793 | Drying of pulverized material with heated condensible vapor Apparatus for drying pulverized material utilizes a high enthalpy condensable vapor such as steam for removing moisture from the individual particles of the pulverized material. The initially wet particulate material is tangentially delivered by a carrier... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4591335 | Process for reheating and conveying a granular heat carrier In reheating and conveying a granular heat carrier, such as sand, which is transportable by a gas and is used for desorption by heating a charged lumpy adsorber, such as activated carbon pellets, the sand is passed upwardly in a cylindrically shaped pipe ... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4575414 | Method for mixing of fluidized solids and fluids An apparatus and method for mixing a fluidized solid and a fluid wherein the fluidized solid flows in a space defined between an outer member and an inner member positioned within the outer member. A body means is provided in the space between the members... | 03/11/1986 |
