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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5092959 | Organic solvent spray dryer device A spray dryer device for spray drying a sample dissolved in an organic solvent is disclosed, comprising a circulation line in which an inert gas is circulated by a blower, a heater for heating the inert gas to a specified temperature, a main drying chambe... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4915154 | Counter reflector and method of drying a web with the aid of same A counter reflector for use in drying webs, e.g. in a paper making machine, receives heat radiation, which has passed through the paper and returns the energy to the web by reflection. The counter reflector consists of a frame, glass ceramic shields (5) f... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4738034 | Drying machine According to this invention, a drying machine includes detection electrodes arranged to face the interior of a drum constituting a drying chamber and to be capable of contacting clothes in the drum, a volume (weight)-of-clothes detecting circuit for detec... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4730401 | Drier for a vehicle wash and method of controlling same The process according to the invention controls a drying device for a vehicle wash for a vehicle, a travelling portion of the drying device being movable relative to the vehicle with the aid of a travel motor and a lift motor. The travelling portion carri... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4698767 | Apparatus and method for controlling infrared dryer for discreet articles An infrared dryer is provided for a printing press which uses a series of carriers, each comprising one or more gripper bars, on a conveyor to respectively carry printed sheets past the dryer. The sensor produces different binary signals in response to th... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4696115 | Method and apparatus for drying wet particulate material to a predetermined uniform moisture content In a fluidized bed drying process, the average temperature of a group of particles being dried rises during a warm-up zone, remains constant during a constant-temperature drying zone and again increases during a final zone. In order to maintain the moistu... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4685479 | Heating hair rollers A device for heating hair curling rollers consisting of an attachment for a hair dryer of the small portable type which is frictionally attached to the barrel of the hair dryer so that heated air from the dryer passes through the attachment. The attachmen... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4653202 | Movable dryer for the treatment of lumber products A movable dryer for lumber products comprising a housing able to be displaced on rails secured to a slab and provided with a first roller bearing on the ground. A first motor is mounted on the housing and actuates a lifting jack which imparts a vertical m... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4653201 | Combined mirror and dryer air outlet assembly A combined mirror and dryer air outlet assembly is mountable to a support such as a wall or a pole. An attachment member such as a cup is affixed to the support. A rotatable housing is connected thereto in a manner to prevent separation, yet permit relati... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4594266 | Process and an apparatus for baking an organic coating which has been applied to a substrate This invention provides a process and an apparatus for baking an organic coating which has been applied to a substrate. Such coated substrates are conventionally baked in a furnace using a mixture of combustion gas and air. This process in uneconomical in... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4586268 | Heat treatment tunnel A heat treatment tunnel for the treatment of fibers, threads slit film or the like fibrillary material used in the textile field is arranged to extend horizontally. The material to be heat treated is transported along a travel path, in endless length form... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4499668 | Automatic minimum differential pressure control for dryer cylinders A supply of steam is fed to a drying cylinder (10) from a steam line (20) through a steam pressure control valve (22). Condensate and steam are removed from the drying cylinder to a separator (32). The pressure of the removed steam is controlled by a stea... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4498248 | Method and device for controlling a continuous heat treatment of a textile fabric web Method of controlling the continuous convective heat treatment of a textile fabric web, which includes continuously remotely monitoring the temperature of a web being transported over a path in a given direction, directing heated air toward the web, and m... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4493159 | Shrink tunnel with movable gate A shrink tunnel, a gate for opening and closing the egress opening of the shrink tunnel, prime mover means for moving the gate, and sensing means operatively connected to the prime mover means to open the gate just prior to exit of an article from the shr... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4433492 | Hair dryer insert to maintain hair position A fluid diffusion member, particularly useful for insertion in the hood of a hair dryer, or the like, wherein the diffusion member is shaped congruently and adapted to be retained within the hood of the hair dryer so as to diffuse the heated air emanating... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4358192 | Apparatus and method for processing heat developed photosensitive recording material A processing system for heat developed photosensitive recording material or media is provided. This system processes the media with a minimum of waste of recording material. The media is processed at a fixed temperature and for a fixed period of time rega... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4327502 | Control device for a drying apparatus There is provided a memory circuit whose storage voltage changes with an instantaneous detection voltage indicating the drying rate of part of clothes successively brought in contact with a pair of electrodes. The voltage of the memory circuit is compared... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4312137 | Drying device in a sheet-fed rotary printing press A printing press includes an impression cylinder formed with axially directed channels for sheet-clamping means, a radiant dryer arranged above the impression cylinder to radiate heat on the printed sheet, a screening hood mechanism tiltably mounted for m... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4301602 | Apparatus for treating a moving web Apparatus for extracting liquid from a moving web having reduced suction requirements, conserving space and being more servicable may be provided through the use of an upper wear surface constructed of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having a tra... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4275508 | Clothes dryer temperature control system An electronic control system to regulate heating and cooling cycle temperatures in a clothes dryer drying program. Operation is controlled according to a preselected combination of a heating schedule and a cooling schedule. Provision is made to sense and ... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4262430 | Combination solvent reclaimer and dryer A solvent reclaiming dryer having an endless duct system including an evaporating chamber, fan, heater, condenser and condenser bypass duct in its circuit and having means to alternately pass heated solvent-laden gas through the condenser and through the ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4205457 | Condensate scavenging apparatus An apparatus for scavenging condensate from the interior of a cylinder, such as a drying cylinder of a papermaking machine, which is heated by means of condensable medium. The apparatus comprises a siphon arranged in the cylinder and forming a mainly radi... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4098007 | Drying oven controller A device for controlling the rate at which air is exhausted from a textile drying oven including means for withdrawing gas from the interior of the oven, a heater for heating the withdrawn gas, a catalyst bed for combusting the heated gas, a differential ... | 07/04/1978 |
