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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7403126 | Apparatus, system and method for monitoring a drying procedure An apparatus, system, and method provide drying procedure information through a user interface. A monitoring device transmits drying procedure data measured by sensors within a structure undergoing the drying procedure to a server. In response to requests received t... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7370575 | Crop re-hydration system carried by a large square baler Components of a crop re-hydration system are advantageously carried on free space of a large square baler. Specifically, a direct-fired steam generator is mounted at a rear location on the baler so as not to transfer heat to a hydraulic fluid supply tank located at ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363729 | Manufacturing method of optical film, and optical film A washing process to sufficiently remove contaminants attached on the surface of an optical film is proposed. Specifically, disclosed is a method of manufacturing an optical film, wherein the method possesses the steps of spraying onto at least one surface of a tran... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7294239 | Method and an apparatus for manufacturing and drying a fiber web provided with a three-dimensional surface structure An apparatus for dewatering a fiber web in a paper machine includes a heated drying surface, a permeable fabric carrying the fiber web, and a condensing region adjacent a portion of the permeable fabric on a side opposite the fiber web. The fiber web is interposed b... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264467 | Convection oven with turbo flow air nozzle to increase air flow and method of using same A convection oven that achieves a substantially enhanced degree of air flow through the use of a special nozzle design. Turbo flow air nozzles create an air flow pattern to provide higher velocity airflow with a smaller fan size and ductwork. The turbo flow air nozz... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7225561 | Oxyfluorination The invention provides a process for the activation by oxyfluorination of at least part of a surface of a solid, which process includes exposing, under selected conditions of temperature and pressure and for a selected reaction time, at least part of the surface of ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222438 | Fabric treatment device A device for treating fabrics in a tumble dryer comprising: a reservoir (6) for storing a fabric treatment composition and transfer means (300) to expose fabric treatment composition from the reservoir to airflow generated inside the tumble dryer and/o... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7194851 | Steam injection manifold arrangement having steam discharge orifice arrangement adjustable to vary discharge width A baler is equipped with a crop re-hydration system including a steam injection manifold mounted for discharging steam onto a windrow of crop as the windrow is being fed into the baler. The steam injection manifold has a steam discharge orifice arrangement which can... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178263 | Method of manufacturing incombustible wood Provided is a method of manufacturing incombustible wood that enables maximization of the amount of an incombustion agent used to be impregnated into wood. Further provided is a method of manufacturing incombustible wood that completely satisfies incombustible-wood ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173538 | Apparatus, system and method for monitoring a drying procedure An apparatus, system, and method provide drying procedure information through a user interface. A monitoring device transmits drying procedure data measured by sensors within a structure undergoing the drying procedure to a server. In response to requests received t... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7155318 | Air conditioning unit control to reduce moisture varying operations In a method of operating an air conditioning unit to reduce moisture varying operations, psychrometric chart data is accessed. In addition, a constraint is set on the relationship between the temperature of air supplied by the air conditioning unit and the relative ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144931 | Method of manufacturing polymer particles A method of manufacturing polymer particles capable of increasing the easiness of handling of powder when the powder is collected and preventing the powder from adhering to the wall surface of a dryer and the outlet of the dryer from being clogged with the powder by... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7059065 | Fabric article treating method and apparatus A dispensing device for use in combination with a clothes dryer wherein the device is designed to uniformly treat fabric. The invention further relates to a method for treating a fabric article in need of treatment that combines a clothes dryer and liquid dispensing... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7003404 | Control method for moisture meter, control program for moisture meter, record medium recording control program for moisture meter and moisture meter According to the invention, the heating temperature is sequentially raised gradually to detect a parameter of a time function indicating the change of moisture percentage, and according to the parameter, the optimum heating temperature is calculated. Further, the re... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971186 | Lint filter assembly for use in a dryer A filter assembly for collecting lint in use with a dryer having an interior compartment. The filter assembly includes a control unit, an input air pathway in communication with the interior compartment, an exhaust, and a micro-filter. The input air pathway carries ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6939904 | Method of manufacturing polymer particles A method of manufacturing polymer particles capable of increasing the easiness of handling of powder when the powder is collected and preventing the powder from adhering to the wall surface of a dryer and the outlet of the dryer from being clogged with the powder by... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929774 | Method and apparatus for heating and cooling substrates A method and apparatus for heating and cooling a substrate are provided. A chamber is provided that comprises a heating mechanism adapted to heat a substrate positioned proximate the heating mechanism, a cooling mechanism spaced from the heating mechanism and adapte... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928748 | Method to improve post wafer etch cleaning process A method and apparatus for performing a semiconductor process wafer drying process, the method provides a semiconductor wafer having a process surface disposed in an enclosed drying space following exposure of the process surface to water; supplying a solvent vapor ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918192 | Substrate drying system A substrate drying system for drying substrates after the substrates are washed typically using deionized water, is disclosed. The substrate drying system comprises a substrate cleaning tank in which the substrates are washed. A dry pump is provided in fluid communi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6904702 | Method and apparatus for drying substrate The substrate drying apparatus has a substrate processing vessel 1, a substrate supporting section for supporting plural substrates 2 in a standing condition and lined up condition in the interior of the substrate processing vessel 1, fluid rese... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901683 | Method and apparatus for electromagnetic drying of printed media A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing electromagnetic drying of printed media. A resonant cavity allows support of standing waves along many radial axes throughout the resonant cavity. The electromagnetic drying unit allows forced air to be in... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6842997 | Pivotal dryer nozzle for car wash equipment and methods for drying vehicles Methods of blow drying vehicles with two or three superimposed dryers mounted for linear movement along the length of a vehicle include blow dryers having either fixed or pivotal nozzles so that air can be blown at the vehicle in predetermined patterns that have bee... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6772536 | Accelerated degradation evaluation method and apparatus An apparatus and method are provided for measuring the physical strength and ability of a solid sample, to resist breakdown into fines after repeated cycles of hydration and regeneration of temperatures in excess of 100° C. The test samples are evaluated using an a... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6684527 | Veneer dryer and method of drying A wheel includes a peripheral outer wall onto which are sequentially loaded veneer panels. The panels are held in place by cable runs against a heated outer surface of the wheel outer wall. Drying of the veneer panels occurs during wheel rotation. A heate... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6681499 | Substrate drying method for use with a surface tension effect dryer with porous vessel walls A processor and method for rinsing and drying of semiconductor substrates includes a process vessel contained within an outer containment vessel. A diluted organic vapor creates a Marangoni effect flow along the surface of processing liquid contained with... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6530160 | Method and means for grain drying optimization A method for drying grain in a bin is provided. The method includes gathering temperature and moisture data from various points in and around the bin. The data are integrated with a quantitative algorithm of direct differential vapor pressure analysis. Th... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6487793 | Vacuum processing apparatus and operating method therefor This invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus having vacuum processing chambers the insides of which must be dry cleaned, and to a method of operating such an apparatus. When the vacuum processing chambers are dry-cleaned, dummy substrates are t... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6477787 | Method and apparatus for heating and cooling substrates A method and apparatus for heating and cooling a substrate are provided. A chamber is provided that comprises a heating mechanism adapted to heat a substrate positioned proximate the heating mechanism, a cooling mechanism spaced from the heating mechanism... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6463674 | Hot air impingement drying system for inkjet images A dryer uses a two-phase drying system having a brief water condensation interval, followed by impinging parallel laminar recirculating hot air jets which impinge on wet ink to increase the copy rate of inkjet printing and to increase the quality of the p... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6449871 | Semiconductor process chamber having improved gas distributor A process chamber 25 for processing a semiconductor substrate, comprises a support for supporting a substrate 50. A gas distributor 90 provided for introducing process gas into the chamber 25, comprises a gas nozzle for injecting process gas at an incline... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6357143 | Method and apparatus for heating and cooling substrates A method and apparatus for heating and cooling a substrate. A chamber is provided that comprises a heating mechanism adapted to heat a substrate positioned proximate the heating mechanism, a cooling mechanism spaced from the heating mechanism and adapted ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6301800 | Method of use for inverted bonnet hair dryer The present 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 in... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6289603 | Combined blowing and suction system with integral energy exchange for a drying installation A dryer for drying continuous strips of paper uses blowing and suction airflows. The temperature of the suction airflow is higher than the temperature of the blowing airflow. The dryer exchanges energy between the blowing and suction airflows.... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6233841 | Dehydration plant A dehydration plant for dehydrating food products, including a microwave kiln (2), conveyor means (3) for conveying food products through the kiln (2), circulation means (21, 6) for circulating air through the kiln (2), refrigerated dehumidification means... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6184193 | Wet cleaning system with shrinkage prevention agent A shrinkage prevention agent for water washing of clothing that would conventionally have been dry cleaned. The shrinkage prevention agent is compromised of a steam or vacuum dry-distilled liquid of two or more plants selected from sagebrush, beefsteak pl... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182376 | Degassing method and apparatus An apparatus and method is provided for capturing, heating and degassing a wafer without using moving parts and without exposing the wafer to external stress. A degassing chamber is backfilled with a dry gas that improves wafer heating ramp rates and wafe... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6142743 | Wet gas compression device and method with evaporation of the liquid A wet gas compression device combining the following stages: a separation stage providing a gas phase and a liquid phase; a conversion stage for converting a gas phase and a liquid phase; a conversion stage for converting the liquid phase provided by the ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6134807 | Drying processing method and apparatus using same A drying processing apparatus for supplying a dry gas to a processing chamber 35, which houses therein semiconductor wafers W, to dry the semiconductor wafers W, including a heater 32 for heating N2 gas serving as a carrier gas; a vapor generat... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6128831 | Process for drying medicinal plants Medicinal plants are dried by applying microwave power to plant materials in a chamber under reduced pressure to reduce the moisture content of the plant materials without significantly reducing (oxidizing) the concentration of active medicinal component ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6047484 | Method and apparatus for evaporating liquid from a product The present invention provides a method and apparatus to transfer heat between a flowable product, such as a sludge, slurry, extract, juice or other like product, and a heated or chilled liquid, said heat transfer taking place through a thin, infrared tra... | 04/11/2000 |
