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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7669350 | Drying method of laundry room machine and dryer therefor A laundry room machine and a drying method thereof are provided. The laundry room machine may includes a payment device for collecting a payment for operation of the laundry room machine. The laundry room machine performs drying of laundry items for a preset dry tim... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7313874 | Dryer and method for controlling the same A dryer is disclosed. The dryer includes dryer includes a door opening sensing unit sensing an opening of a door, a heater heating air provided in a drum, and a microcomputer determining an error in the heater based on an internal temperature condition of the drum, ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7286956 | Methods of estimating the dimensional stability of a wood product from simple algebraic functions of moisture, shrinkage rates and grain angles Methods are provided for estimating the dimensional stability of a wood product from simple algebraic functions of moisture, shrinkage rates and grain angles observed on outer surfaces. The methods may employ single or multiple sensor group measurements. The quantit... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7164281 | Circuit board component ambient moisture exposure monitoring A method of assembling multiple electronic components to a circuit board includes securing one electronic component to the circuit board, then, creating an association between that electronic component and an environmental condition recorder. The method further incl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7080464 | Detection of synthetic fabric loads in an automatic dryer A method for detecting the presence of a synthetic fabric load during an automatic drying cycle in an automatic dryer avoids premature termination of the automatic drying cycle and ensures that the synthetic fabric items are dried according to a user's desired dryne... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7024799 | Method for treating products with air, a product treatment device and the products thus treated The invention relates to a method for treating products with air in order to enable the conservation, storage and use thereof. Said invention also relates to a device for treating such products and the products obtained using said treatment method. The products (P) ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015713 | Method and apparatus for evaluating a set of electronic components A method is disclosed of monitoring an environmental condition associated with a container with a set of electronic components including attaching a moisture recorder to the container, the moisture recorder comprising a sensing element responsive to atmospheric mois... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6931759 | Apparatus for sensing dryness degree in exhaust type clothes dryer and control method using same An apparatus for sensing a dryness degree in an exhaust type clothes dryer and a control method using the same, includes an electrode sensor for sensing a clothes drying state based on the humidity of the clothes in the drum, and a thermistor for sensing the tempera... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6807750 | Apparatus for and method of controlling seed cotton drying in a cotton gin An apparatus and method for controlling the removal of moisture from seed cotton in a cotton gin. The moisture level and rate of seed cotton entering a seed cotton dryer stage of a cotton gin are measured, and, based on those measurements and the desired moisture le... | 10/26/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6519871 | Self programming clothes dryer system A method and apparatus for operating an automatic cycle of a clothes dryer wherein after initiation of an automatic cycle, a CPU displays the expected time remaining during the current cycle. At various times during the cycle, the expected time remaining ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6449875 | Method of heating bulk material, especially granular plastic material A method for heating bulk materials, especially granular plastic material, in which the bulk material is fed to a vessel and exits the vessel based on the consumption. A heat-transfer gas flow is simultaneously fed to the vessel and conducted either cocur... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6446357 | Fuzzy logic control for an electric clothes dryer A method and apparatus for controlling the drying cycle of a dryer by utilizing fuzzy logic control. Control is accomplished by first monitoring the moisture level of a clothes load in the dryer. From the monitored moisture information, variables such as ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6405453 | Material drying arrangement An arrangement for drying material in a selected drying location by a heated and flowing drying stream wherein the temperature and relative humidity levels of the drying stream are sensed upstream and downstream of such selected drying location and are re... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6286229 | Method and apparatus for treating a board-like material with a gaseous agent The present invention provides a method of treating board-like material with a gaseous treatment agent and an apparatus for implementing the method. According to the method, a gaseous treatment agent is passed through the board-like material being treated... | 09/11/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6223454 | Method of drying moist organic material A method for drying a moist organic material which is continuously supplied in a stream includes passing hot air through the moist organic material in a part of the stream to absorb an amount of moisture, whereby the moist organic material cools the hot a... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6163979 | Method for controlling a freeze drying process In a method for controlling a freeze drying process, a frozen product is arranged on temperature controlled surfaces (12) in an air-evacuated chamber (1) and undergoes a main drying and after-drying phase. During the main drying phase, the temperature of ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6141887 | System and method for sensing the dryness of clothing articles A system and method for sensing the dryness of clothing articles in a clothes dryer. In one embodiment, the clothes dryer uses a temperature sensor and a phase angle sensor to determine the dryness of the clothing articles as a function of the heated air ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6098310 | System and method for predicting the dryness of clothing articles A system and method for predicting the dryness of clothing articles in a clothes dryer. In one embodiment, the clothes dryer uses a temperature sensor, a phase angle sensor, and a humidity sensor to generate signal representations of the temperature of th... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6032384 | Method of drying moist organic material A method for drying a moist organic material which is continuously supplied in a stream includes passing hot air through the moist organic material in a part of the stream to absorb an amount of moisture, whereby the moist organic material cools the hot a... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5992047 | Kiln control based on changing shrinkage rate A real-time process and apparatus for controlling conditions in a lumber drying kiln include measuring the shrinkage of a sample of the lumber across the longitudinal axis of the lumber and over time. A slope of the curve is analyzed and can be used to de... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5960558 | Grain drying system and method A in-bin grain drying system is the subject of the present invention. A boiler having a variable capacity Btu output heats an ethylene glycol/water heating fluid which is circulated through hydronic coils. Fans move ambient air through the hydronic coils ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5873182 | Kiln control based on changing shrinkage rate A real-time process and apparatus for controlling conditions in a lumber drying kiln include measuring the shrinkage of a sample of the lumber across the longitudinal axis of the lumber and over time. A slope of the curve is analyzed and can be used to de... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5822883 | Exhaust air particulate contamination sensing for tumbler dryers A dryer system comprising a particle counter that measures the level of particulates in the dryer is disclosed. The dryer system is particularly adapted for drying garments to be worn in clean room environments. The dryer system preferably comprises an en... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5797194 | Mobile microwave dryer The present invention is an improved method and apparatus for supplying electromagnetic energy to a body having at least one substantially planar surface comprises moving over the planar surface a self-propelled container housing a source of electromagnet... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5755041 | Infrared temperature sensing for tumble drying control Disclosed is a dryer device and a drying control system utilizing an infrared sensor that measures the temperature of garments or items being dried in a drying device. The invention provides significant improvement over conventional techniques using tempe... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5689848 | Method and apparatus for dry cleaning textiles The invention relates to a method of dry cleaning textiles which are washed with solvent and dried by hot air, the solvent being recovered after condensation, the invention being characterised in that the solvent concentration is measured at the point whe... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5682684 | Method for controlling drying processes in household washer-dryers Household washer-dryers include a laundry drum having an incoming air inlet and a waste air outlet, a blower in an air conduit, a heating device upstream of the air inlet, temperature and moisture sensors, a memory for measured values and process sequence... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5649372 | Drying cycle controller for controlling drying as a function of humidity and temperature A drying cycle controller for a garment dryer. The drying cycle is controlled to have a decreasing temperature and humidity profile which avoids the removal of moisture at a rate which will cause shrinkage and wrinkling of the garment. The drying cycle te... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5625962 | Method for measuring the moisture content of a web of goods on a through-flow dryer and device for working the method The position of the exhaust air flap of a through-flow dryer, for example, a screen drum dryer, is adjusted to determine the moisture content of the exhaust air. This is advantageously accomplished as a function of the desired drying temperature of the go... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5619614 | Appliance electronic control system with programmable and reconfigurable fuzzy logic controller An electronic control system, particularly adaptable to coin-operated laundry appliances, which enables owners of such machines to customize machine operation. Laundry parameters are stored in random access memory, and timing functions are performed in co... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5555641 | Device and method for controlling drying period of time of a laundry dryer This invention relates to a control of drying period of time of a laundry dryer which is provided to use the microwave generated from a magnetron and the heat generated from a heater efficiently, and allows to dry every nook and corner of laundry within a... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5544428 | Clothes drier with drying termination determining function A clothes drier according to the present invention can minimize failures in a sensor and can satisfactorily detect drying processing irrespective of the environment. In the clothes drier, an atmospheric temperature sensor 44L for detecting the substrate t... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5347727 | Method for controlling combined sensing type clothes dryer A method for controlling a drying operation of a combined sensing type clothes dryer including a drum, a heat exchanging fan, a motor, a heater, a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, the sensors being disposed between the drum and the heat exchangin... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5172490 | Clothes dryer with neurocontrol device A clothes dryer of the dehumidification type is disclosed in which hot air induced by a heater is circulated from a drying compartment through a heat exchanger. A volume, wetness, wetness unevenness, temperature, temperature unevenness of clothes to be dr... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5165180 | On-line drying control method for powdered or granular materials and a system to execute the method An on-line drying control method for powdered or granular materials and a related system to execute the method. A fixed amount of materials stored and dried in a drying means such as a hopper dryer is sampled, transported into a moisture measuring/operati... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5050314 | Method for regulating drying kiln air flow A method and apparatus for regulating drying kiln airflow by disposing within drying kiln walls 1 one or more inflatable baffle bags, such as top bag 10, bottom bag 20, side bags 30, or end bags 40. Inflated baffle bags engage a stack of product 2 in such... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4800653 | Method and apparatus for controlling the drying and cooling of field-harvested seeds in storage Method and apparatus for conditioning and preserving living seeds in a bin of the type having means for forcing air into a plenum chamber in the lower part of the bin, a floor pervious to gas flow forming the top of the chamber, and heating means. Electri... | 01/31/1989 |
