Class 34/419 - Sheet, web, or strand

Subclass of Class 34 - Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Definition: Process wherein the material is a broad, thin, rectangular
No. of patents: 27
Last issue date: 10/05/2010

Number	Title	Issue Date
7805857	Dual-purpose drying and cooling apparatus A dual-purpose, cooling/drying apparatus comprising a rotatable cooling/drying cylinder wherein air, steam, and water supplied from sources external of the cooling/drying cylinder are selectively introducible into and removable from a space defined inside the cylind...	10/05/2010
7197839	Microwave drying method of honeycomb formed bodies A method for drying a honeycomb formed body using microwaves is provided. The method can reduce the difference in the drying speed inside the honeycomb formed bodies during the drying process and can dry the honeycomb formed bodies without cell deformation. The meth...	04/03/2007
6746163	Slack loop dryer for drying photographic material A photographic processor and a dryer for drying photographic material. The dryer comprises a path through which the photographic material extends wherein at least one slack loop is provided in the photographic material. An adjustable roller is provided along the pat...	06/08/2004
6725567	Method of drying honeycomb structural bodies A method of drying honeycomb structural bodies in which a dielectric drying is performed by moving the honeycomb structural bodies in a dielectric drying apparatus under a condition such that vapor is flowed in the dielectric drying apparatus, includes the steps of:...	04/27/2004
6491761	Process for removing stains from steel sheet in a continuous pickling line The present invention is directed to a mothod for preventing the formation of additional surface stains on destained steel sheet processed in a continuous pickle line operation....	12/10/2002
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
6446358	Drying nozzle and drying device and cleaning device using the same Disclosed is a drying nozzle for realizing a high-efficiency drying device capable of drying an object to be processed to a sufficient degree. The drying nozzle includes a drying gas supply portion having an air supply tube for supplying air for drying a ...	09/10/2002
6432267	Wet crepe, impingement-air dry process for making absorbent sheet A wet crepe, impingement-air dried process for producing absorbent paper sheet is disclosed. In preferred embodiments, the process utilizes recycle furnish and the web is delaminated as it is wet-creped from a Yankee dryer. Particular embodiments include ...	08/13/2002
6401356	Method of drying wood veneer A method of drying veneer sheets by continuously shingling discrete wood veneer-sheets to form a layup where the leading edges of adjacent sheets are offset by a distance X with the lower, veneer sheet leading in the direction of movement the one there ab...	06/11/2002
6365240	Method for lowering the VOCs emitted during drying of wood products The present invention is directed to a method for removal of VOCs from wood products prior to drying the wood products. The method of the invention includes the steps of providing a chamber having an opening for receiving wood and loading the chamber with...	04/02/2002
6314659	Device and method for protecting a carrying fabric A device and method for extending the useful life of a carrying fabric in a dryer by maintaining the edges of the fabric at a temperature below that at which thermal degradation occurs. This is achieved by applying a cooling liquid to the edges of the car...	11/13/2001
6169848	Cross-direction dryer for a machine producing sheet material moving in a machine direction having both gas powered and electric heating portions A cross-direction dryer for typically drying a continuous web of paper or paper to which coating has just been applied provides both for baseline drying and a linear moisture profile by the use of respectively gas and electric heating portions of the heat...	01/02/2001
5933978	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 is dried in a cylinder drying unit (12) and in a band drier unit (11). The fiber web (5) is led from the cylinder drying unit (12) to the band drier unit (...	08/10/1999
5620752	Method and apparatus for drying sized glass fibers A method and apparatus is disclosed for producing dried sized glass fibers wherein a drying device is used to produce current flow along sized fibers to thereby partially or fully dry the size on the fibers. The apparatus may include an applicator for app...	04/15/1997
5619806	Drying of fiber webs A process and an apparatus for high-intensity drying of fiber webs or sheets, such as newsprint, printing and writing papers, packaging paper, and paperboard or linerboard, as they are formed on a paper machine. The invention uses direct contact between t...	04/15/1997
5599398	Process and machine for cleaning parts For the purpose of cleaning parts (8), the invention comprises subjecting the latter to a prior treatment for lowering the temperature by means of a neutral gas, for example nitrogen, in an oxygen free medium, passing the parts into a cleaning chamber (4,...	02/04/1997
5566472	Seal for use at band edges in a drying space of a drying apparatus The invention relates to seals for use at band edges in a Condebelt.RTM. apparatus described in Finnish Patent 54 514. In the apparatus, a material web to be dried passes in a substantially airless space between two metal bands (1, 7) or other similar ban...	10/22/1996
5207008	Air flotation dryer with built-in afterburner A compact efficient air flotation dryer with a built-in afterburner for combustion of solvent-laden air within a dryer-enclosed combustion chamber. An internal exhaust fan propels internal solvent-laden air across a burner where it combusts, causing a hea...	05/04/1993
5189810	Methods and apparatus for the continuous heat treating of yarn Carpet yarns which have been previously mechanically compressed, are heat set in a yarn heat treating chamber by superheated steam. The yarn treating chamber operates under atmospheric pressure. Several yarns are passed through the yarn treating chamber o...	03/02/1993
5181330	Device for assembling superposed, glued web-like layers A device, which assembles web-like workpieces consisting of superimposed glued layers to form a web of corrugated board material, includes three sections with a first section having a single heating plate and an upper blowing case, a second section includ...	01/26/1993
5101574	Method and apparatus for drying web The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for drying a web of paper utilizing impulse drying techniques. In the method of the invention for drying a paper web, the paper web is transported through a pair of rolls wherein at least one of ...	04/07/1992
5097605	Photosensitive material processing apparatus The invention provides a photosensitive material processing apparatus having a processing part consisting of a plurality of processing tanks for processing a photosensitive and a drying part, disposed downstream of the processing part in a processing sequ...	03/24/1992
4610097	Device for threading a transfer strip of a paper web through the drying cylinder section of a paper machine A narrow guide belt runs in the edge area of the paper web width across the drying cylinder of a paper machine and serves to thread the transfer strip through the drying cylinder section. On each drying cylinder, about in the center of the looping zone fo...	09/09/1986
4238284	Method for dewatering a tissue web In a tissue paper making machine, a method for dewatering a tissue web without wet pressing and transferring the web onto a flow through drying cylinder including conducting a tissue web onto a pick-up fabric formed of felt and dewatering the web, without...	12/09/1980
4194947	Transferring a web from a pick-up fabric to a flow-through drying wire A method and apparatus in a paper making machine for transferring a web from a pick-up fabric to a flow-through drying wire for transport of the wire supported web to a flow-through dryer cylinder including passing a section of the flow-through drying wir...	03/25/1980
4112558	Fabric bulking process The process of the present invention comprises feeding a fabric along a loop of predetermined length, controlling the length of the loop and impinging high velocity gas of a predetermined temperature and velocity against the fabric in the loop so as to tr...	09/12/1978
3943640	Apparatus for drying strands of plastics material during the manufacture of plastics granules In order to dry wet strands of plastics which have been passed through a cooling bath during the manufacture of plastics granules, we provide an apparatus and a process in which the strands are fed through a gap and a current of air is passed through the ...	03/16/1976

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