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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8434241 | Method for drying a wet material A method for drying a wet material, which comprises a liquid Fd to be distilled, uses a gas-tight container system resistant to excess and/or negative pressure and a drying container, a condenser and a vapor chamber connecting the drying container and condenser. The... | 05/07/2013 |
| 7370436 | Dual apparatus and process for quick freezing and/or freeze drying produce An apparatus capable of performing consecutively, independently and/or simultaneously the processes of quick freezing and/or freeze drying of produce. The apparatus is characterized by a central vacuum system operating over one or more independent vacuum chambers ( | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357849 | Method and system for separating solids from liquids A method and system for treating feedwater includes evaporating a portion of the feedwater in a first evaporation chamber so as to separate water vapor from the remaining feedwater. Droplets of the remaining feedwater are dispersed into a stream of hot air produced ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7306680 | Method of cleaning by removing particles from surfaces, a cleaning apparatus and a lithographic projection apparatus A lithographic mask is placed in a chamber which is then sealed. The gas pressure in the chamber is reduced to dislodge contaminant particles on the mask surface. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7194822 | Systems for drying moisture-containing work pieces and methods for drying same A system and method are provided for controllably drying moisture-containing work pieces. The system comprises a drying compartment defining an internal workspace for housing and drying the moisture-containing work pieces by introducing heat into the internal worksp... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7167773 | Process and apparatus for improving and controlling the curing of natural and synthetic moldable compounds A process for curing a moldable compound under a plurality of curing conditions by: (1) obtaining time dependent data streams of dielectric or impedance values from a plurality of sensors distributed within a curing mold, wherein the moldable compound is a dialectri... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7110090 | Lithographic apparatus and method to detect correct clamping of an object A lithographic apparatus includes a support structure adapted to clamp an object. The support structure and the object clamped thereon define a compartment. The supply structure is connected to the compartment and supplies a fluid to the compartment. The supply stru... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7047664 | Air blower to remove lint from dryer ducting A system and method for blowing lint from clothing dryer exhaust ducting. The system includes a high capacity electric blower, an adapter to connect the blower to a dryer exhaust hook-up, and a lint catcher to capture lint blown from the ducting. The lint catcher ma... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6922912 | Drying apparatus The invention provides drying apparatus including a first chamber for receiving articles to be dried and having an outlet, a second chamber having an outlet, and a fan having a fan inlet and a fan outlet, the fan inlet communicating with the outlet of the first cham... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6857201 | Method for treating and drying of wood Object for the invention is a method for treatment and drying of wood, in which at the first phase wood is warmed up over to the temperature close of the boiling point of water, and wood is compressed with a variable pressure between moisture permeable pressing elem... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6797071 | Surface treatment of semiconductor substrates Surface cleaning, chemical treatment and drying of semiconductor substrates is carried out using foam as a medium instead of a condensed phase liquid medium. In cleaning and chemical treatment, by introducing a foam into an overflow vessel the foam is caused to pass... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6790291 | Method of and apparatus for processing substrate In a substrate processing apparatus for use in performing a reduced-pressure pull up drying method, a liquid drainage pipe (46) for draining a drainage liquid containing an organic solvent from a processing chamber (26) including therein a processing b... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6772537 | Pressure-heat drying method and an apparatus therefor An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure-heat drying method which allows a catalytic substance and the like to be deposited uniformly onto a workpiece to be dried in a dramatically short time as compared to a prior art method, and also an apparatu... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6742282 | Detecting liquid dry conditions for liquefied compressed gases A method and an apparatus are disclosed for detecting an occurrence of a liquid dry condition in a container containing a liquefied compressed gas while the gaseous phase of the liquefied compressed gas is being removed from the container over time. The apparatus in... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739073 | Method and apparatus for performing multiple cleaning and vacuum drying operations in enclosed vessels A method for performing multiple cleaning and vacuum drying operations in enclosed vessels uses cleaning and vacuum drying apparatus, low-dissolved-air cleaning solution, and drain-to-vacuum process to produce vacuum in a cleaning vessel, so that influence of air pr... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736927 | Apparatus for increased workpiece throughput A system is disclosed for speeding workpiece thoughput in low pressure, high temperature semiconductor processing reactor. The system includes apparatus for loading a workpiece into a chamber at atmospheric pressure, bringing the chamber down to an intermediate pres... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6694640 | Calender humidity control system and method A calender, a system, and a method of regulating the humidity in a calender. The calender includes a housing having at least two side pieces and a roll stack located at least partially between the side pieces, wherein a space is formed by the roll stack a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6692579 | Method for cleaning semiconductor structures using hydrocarbon and solvents in a repetitive vapor phase/liquid phase sequence A method for cleaning a semiconductor structure using vapor phase condensation with a thermally vaporized cleaning agent, a hydrocarbon vaporized by pressure variation, or a combination of the two. In the thermally vaporized cleaning agent process, a semi... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684524 | Lyopohilization method The invention relates to a lyophilization method which comprises the following steps: reducing the pressure in the drying chamber until the onset of a visible crystallization of the solvent at a temperature in the drying chamber which is above the solidif... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6658762 | Method and apparatus for transporting substrates in OLED process A method and an apparatus for transporting substrates in all organic light emitting diode (OLED) process is disclosed, which has a transferring chamber provided for transporting substrates between processing modules and the atmosphere condition therein is... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6643951 | Detecting liquid dry conditions for liquified compressed gases A method and an apparatus are disclosed for detecting an occurrence of a liquid dry condition in a container containing a liquefied compressed gas while the gaseous phase of the liquefied compressed gas is being removed from the container over time. The a... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6640462 | Method of drying wood and a system therefor Disclosed is a method of drying timbers loaded in a drying chamber, which comprises the steps of heating the drying chamber by a heating system up to a temperature of 80 to 100° C., subjecting the timbers to vacuum blowing by connecting the inside of the... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6588229 | Method for controlling heat treatment in process of fabricating high purity silica glass Disclosed is a method for controlling a heat treatment in the process of fabricating a high purity silica glass via a sol-gel process using a low temperature heater having an inhalation line and an exhaust line. Accordingly, the method includes the steps ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6508014 | Method of drying substrates A method of removing water from the surface of a silicon wafer or other substrate subjected to wet processing which includes a step of water rinsing. In this method a silicon wafer whose surface includes liquid water is disposed in an atmosphere saturated... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6497054 | Upgrading solid material Solid material, e.g., coal, is upgraded, e.g., the water content reduced and the BTU value increased, by a method comprising the steps of: (a) supplying the solid material to a reactor; (b) heating the solid material in the reactor under water saturation press... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6457259 | Portable apparatus for drying stator windings and related process A transportable skid for drying and testing generator stator windings includes a platform supporting a compressor adapted to supply compressed air to the stator winding; a dryer arranged to receive and dry compressed air from the compressor; a buffer tank... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6401359 | Vacuum processing method and apparatus A semiconductor wafer (W) is mounted on top of a mounting stand (3) within a vacuum vessel of a vacuum processing apparatus such as a vacuum film-formation apparatus or an etching apparatus for semiconductor wafers. A heat-transfer gas such as helium is s... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6393716 | Method and apparatus for transporting substrates in OLED process A method and an apparatus for transporting substrates in an organic light emitting diode (OLED) process is disclosed, which has a transferring chamber provided for transporting substrates between processing modules and the atmosphere condition therein is ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6249990 | Method and apparatus for transporting articles In one embodiment, a cart (5) having a first vessel (10) which fits within a second vessel (90) is used to transport and store an integrated circuit substrate. The integrated circuit substrate is placed within the first vessel (10) and the door (18) of th... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6230419 | Apparatus and method for drying relatively small lots of products An apparatus and method for drying small lots of product, for example ear corn. The method includes simultaneously directing air flow through the product while weighing the product from time to time to derive moisture content to the product. Air temperatu... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6146884 | Apparatus for the preparation of multiple pollen samples for cryogenic preservation An apparatus for the preparation of multiple pollen samples for cryogenic preservation comprising a plurality of chambers for the storage of pollen samples. A vacuum pump reduces the pressure within the interior of the chambers through a vacuum manifold t... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6128833 | Dryer-section concept and method in the drying of a paper/board web The invention concerns a dryer-section concept of a paper/board machine and a method in the drying of a paper/board web (W). The dryer section comprises a number of drying cylinder groups (RI . . . RN), which comprise a single-wire d... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5960556 | Method for drying sheathing in structures An improved system is disclosed drying interior layers of sheathing by reducing moisture in narrow wall spaces, particularly between layers of sheathing and/or insulation board. The method involves inserting a special nozzle into a hole drilled into the w... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5950328 | Drying method and drying equipment A drying equipment includes an equipment body including a vapor bath, carrier for carring a semiconductor wafer, receiver tray, inert gas supply unit, cooling pipe, exhaust unit, transportation unit, control unit, etc. An air supply opening of a blower is... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5732478 | Forced air vacuum drying Residual moisture is removed from an article by placing the article in a chamber, supplying heated fresh air to the chamber via one or more air knives, and evacuating the chamber to remove the residual moisture. The air knives entrain ambient air from wit... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5723433 | Sovent removal process A method of removing solvents from a paste includes introducing a heated paste into a channel of a dryer under pressure selected so as to avoid flashing of any of the components of the paste. At the inlet of the channel, the pressure is dropped, resulting... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5694700 | Method and instrument for the preparation of pollen for cryogenic storage The present invention relates to a method and instrument for the preparation of pollen and the development of a pollen bank for breeding purposes. More specifically, the invention relates to a method and instrument that permits pollen to be cryogenically ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5669159 | Method and apparatus for drying a fiber web at elevated ambient pressures A method and apparatus for drying a fiber web is provided by pressing the web, preferably by impulse drying and then introducing the web into a gas pressurized zone followed by reducing the pressure in the zone, the reduction preferably being effected wit... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5598642 | Method and apparatus for drying a fiber web at elevated ambient pressures A method and apparatus for drying a fiber web is provided by pressing the web, preferably by impulse drying and then introducing the web into a gas pressurized zone followed by reducing the pressure in the zone, the reduction preferably being effected wit... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5581907 | Rapid dehydrating/drying device usable in low temperature An article to be dried is transferred and pressed and held between a wire endless conveyor and a flexible conveyor. The wire endless conveyor is placed between a nozzle, including a sucking-out nozzle and a blowing nozzle, and the cushion conveyor to pres... | 12/10/1996 |
