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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7167193 | Active cooling system for laser imager An apparatus for cooling thermally processed media exiting from a thermal processor comprising: a heat conductive member which has first and second opposite sides which is positioned to receive media from a thermal processor, and which removes heat from the heated m... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155841 | Rotary impinging stream dryer An improved rotary shell or drum dryer (10) is provided having an elongated, horizontally disposed, axially rotatable shell (12) with product and air inlets (14, 18) and an outlet (16) at opposite ends of the shell. Internally, the dryer ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7065901 | Method and device for cooling a material web A method of cooling a material web includes, after drying a material web, moving the material web in a given direction on a meander-shaped web path over a cooling cylinder and at least one other cylinder disposed at a location selected from a group thereof consistin... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059244 | Method for aqueous gravure printing and apparatus therefor This invention provides a method for aqueous multicolor gravure printing which can print at a high speed without color drift, which is formed of plural printing unit processes, each of which contains a printing process, a drying process and a cooling process, wherei... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6933017 | Method of manufacturing lithographic printing plate A method for manufacturing a lithographic printing plate is provided in which conditions for heating a support and a photosensitive coated layer in a drying and heating step can be changed rapidly over a wide range, and the photosensitive coated layer and the suppor... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6916405 | Process and device for drying of a material web Process and apparatus for drying a material web. The process includes guiding the material web to at least one heated area having a jacket surface of a cylinder having a diameter of between about 4-10 meters, setting the material web, having a dry content of between... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6694637 | Flux collection method and system Flux management systems and methods are provided for filtering vaporized flux from the gas of a reflow soldering oven. A flux management system includes a cooling chamber having a cooling medium through which the gas passes. The vaporized flux condenses o... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6266893 | Inverted bonnet hair dryer The inverted bonnet hair dryer is comprised of a bowl with a closed end and an open end. The bowl is pivotally supported on a stand and is rotatable to a position with its open end facing upward. The bowl is comprised of a hemispherical concave inner wall... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6105273 | Agitated bed cooling, drying, or heating apparatus An agitated bed apparatus (20) for heating, cooling, and/or drying particulate material (152) is provided which includes a housing (22) having an elongated flexible bed (24) therein adapted to receive the material (152). An agitator assembly (26) made up ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6041516 | Article, apparatus and method for cooling a thermally processed material An article for cooling an imaging material which has been heated to a first temperature by a thermal processor. The article includes a first cooling section on which the imaging material rides after the imaging material exits the thermal processor. The fi... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5950329 | Method of and apparatus for drying a fiber web The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for drying a fiber web, whereby the fiber web (5) is dried in a cylinder drying unit (12) and in a band drier unit (11). The cylinder drying unit (12) and the band drier unit (11) are arranged one abov... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5899002 | Method and arrangement for utilizing energy of drying apparatus for fiber web The drying apparatus comprises two endless bands (1, 2) that are impermeable to air and that have a good thermal conductivity. A fibre web (5) runs between the bands (1, 2) with at least one felt or wire (3, 4). The metal band in contact with the fibre we... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5862611 | Apparatus and method for cooling a granular material using ambient air An apparatus and method for cooling a granular material, such as a phosphate fertilizer, using ambient air is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cooling device and a conveyor assembly for feeding the material. The cooling device includes a rotatable asse... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5822880 | Method and arrangement for utilizing condensation water of drying apparatus for fibre web A method and an arrangement for utilizing condensation water of an apparatus for drying a fibre web. The drying apparatus comprises two endless bands (1, 2) that are impermeable to air and that have a good thermal conductivity. A fibre web (5) runs betwee... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5815943 | Method and arrangement for utilizing energy of drying apparatus for fibre web A method and an arrangement for utilizing energy of an apparatus for drying a fibre web. The drying apparatus comprises two endless bands (1, 2) that are impermeable to air and that have a good thermal conductivity. A fibre web (5) runs between the bands ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5642671 | Method and apparatus for printing a material web A method of printing a material web includes the steps of applying ink to the material web, subsequently drying the material web with the use of heat and subsequently drying the material web, and, after cooling and prior to further processing, moistening ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5571564 | Apparatus and method for preventing ink resoftening on a printed web as the web travels over a chill roll An offset printing apparatus has a fluid-cooled nip roll which, in use, is placed in intimate contact with a hot, rapidly moving, endless printed and dried paper web so as to improve the cooling efficiency of the first downstream chill roll, permit the us... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5471847 | Web cooling device Web cooling device where liquid is applied to both sides of a hot web to enhance cooling via evaporation of the liquid from the web.... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5416984 | Apparatus and method for deflecting a web An apparatus for transferring heat from a web includes a chill roll having a cylindrical outer side surface. The web moves along a path which extends part way around the chill roll. A nozzle extends between opposite edge portions of the web and extends ci... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5383288 | Method and device for drying paper A method and device in the drying of paper, especially of fine paper or newsprint is disclosed. A paper web to be dried is passed over a mantle face of a large-diameter flow-through cylinder. On the flow-through cylinder, a set of drying-gas jets is appli... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5287633 | Coffee roasting process and apparatus A coffee roaster in the form of a rotating drum having internal baffles forming oppositely-pitched helical paths that drive tumbling coffee beans toward the center of the drum in one direction of rotation of the drum and toward the ends of the drum in the... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5174047 | Boundary layer control rolls At least one boundary control roll is disposed adjacent a moving web of paper or like material being imprinted with ink. The web of paper has opposing planar surfaces, and at least one such boundary control roll is positioned in transverse non-contacting ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4899461 | Method of drying a paper board or paper web A method for drying a fibre web such as a paper or paper board web, wherein air is first removed from the web and a dryer felt, whereafter they are led together between two parallel metal bands moving at the same speed as the web and the felt. For drying ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4868996 | Method and apparatus for vapor drying An object to be dried is cooled and then held within an atmosphere of a drying medium vapor, until the temperature of the surface of the object rises to the temperature of the vapor.... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4625430 | Drying section and method in paper machine A multi-cylinder drying section and method in a paper machine wherein the paper web to be dried is guided into contact with the surfaces of heated drying cylinders wherein the drying fabric is cooled as it travels from one drying cylinder to the next. Acc... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4622758 | Method of and a device for drying a paper web or the like The invention relates to a method of and a device for drying a paper web or the like, in which method a web (8) and a wire or felt (9) supporting it are subjected to a deairing treatment. The wet web (8) and the wire or felt (9) thus deaired the thereafte... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4611410 | Apparatus for the heat treatment of synthetic yarn An apparatus for the heat treatment of synthetic yarn is provided where synthetic yarn is provided by a synthetic yarn source and is fed via rollers to a first heating surface and then via a heating pin to a second heating surface and from there via rolle... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4567673 | Method and apparatus for drying printed or inked webs by means of heat In a method of and apparatus for heat-drying of webs, especially printed or inked webs, the web is first subjected to a contactless heat shock treatment, for example by hot air at about 300° C. It is then heated by a contact process at a lower temperatur... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4461095 | Method of continuous drying of a paper or other porous web and a drying device for applying this method A method of continuous drying of a paper or other porous web by passing the web (3) by means of a drying felt or wire (4) between two moving, air-impermeable surface elements (1, 8) having good heat conducting properties, which elements enclose the web al... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4369584 | Preventing air film between web and roller A web moving in one direction and having partial wrapping engagement with a cylindrical surface of a rotating roller is impacted by an air jet which forces it into intimate contact with the roller, preventing intrusion of an air film between the roller an... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4177575 | Organic material treatment process A method and apparatus are disclosed for drying and pelletizing organic material such as animal waste, sewage and the like. The organic material is dried in two stages using a high temperature, rotating primary drying drum, and a lower temperature seconda... | 12/11/1979 |
