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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425688 | Heating assembly for a tumble dryer A heating assembly for heating a hot air stream flowing in a flow passage of a tumble dryer. The heating assembly is configured for installation in the flow passage and comprises at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor. The heating element i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7322126 | Apparatus and method for controlling a clothes dryer A clothes dryer has a degree of dryness control system that is responsive to moisture level of clothing articles tumbling in a drum and a target moisture value to control the drying cycle of the clothes dryer. The clothes dryer has a load size parameter producing mo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7017280 | Clothes dryer apparatus and method A method of controlling the operation of a dryer including both a variable heat source and a variable speed blower includes varying only one of the variable heat source and the variable speed blower, while maintaining the other one in a fixed state. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6988375 | System and method for remote appliance monitoring A device is provided for monitoring a plurality of appliances, wherein each appliance is connected to an electrical circuit having a first wire and a second wire. The device includes a plurality of cores, each of the plurality of cores being constructed to be able t... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6967297 | Sensor for detecting belt rupture A sensor for detecting a rupture or length change in a belt. The sensor has a movable transmission element operatively connected to the belt, that acts on an electrical switch having a contact system in the event of a length change or rupture of the belt. The contac... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962005 | Dryer system for shower A shower dryer system includes a dryer tower with nozzles for directing heated air into a shower enclosure interior. A programmed controller controls the rate of air flow and the temperature of air flow to and through the air nozzles. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6834443 | Full heat moving target grain drying system A grain dryer control system uses the grain dryer discharge temperature to account for moisture reduction in the grain as it cools after discharge from the dryer. The control system includes moisture and temperature sensors and a means to control the discharge of gr... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6792692 | Control method of input power and airflow rate of hair dryer A hair dryer includes an air outlet portion, a holding portion, a start switch, an airflow rate control switch, an airflow rate indication portion, an input power control switch, and an input power indication portion. Thus, when the user presses the start switch, th... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6745495 | Clothes dryer apparatus and method A dryer tumble drying articles includes a drum including a cavity configured to hold articles to be dried, a first motor drivingly coupled to the drum to rotate the drum, a heat source in flow communication with the cavity, and a variable speed motor drivingly coupl... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6739070 | Wheeled carpet dryer with handle A dryer for drying textiles is disclosed. The dryer includes a blower for blowing air under the carpet, which includes a blower housing including a sleeve that forms an air outlet opening and a powered fan within the blower housing for blowing air out of the outlet ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6671977 | Appliance attachable to a dryer and a dryer for use therewith A lint collector and safety system for the clothes dryer. The lint collector removes lint. The safety system determines whether the flow of exhaust air is above a pre-set level, and causes an interruption of electrical power to the clothes dryer if there ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6154978 | Apparatus and method for confirming initial conditions of clothes drying equipment prior to start of drying cycle A method and apparatus for confirming the initial conditions of a clothes dryer prior to the start of the drying cycle is provided. The clothes dryer comprises a drying chamber with air inlet and outlet ports. A blower powered by a first motor is arranged... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5974685 | Hand drier In a hand drier for drying the hands by blowing hot wind at the extended hands, a drying time is contracted. Unpleasant feelings are avoided by excessively increasing the hot wind temperature. By perceiving the hands extended to the drying portion 2 with a han... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5551170 | Refuse treating apparatus Refuse 21 in a refuse container 2 is heated by a heater 16, and the steam generated from the refuse 21 is condensed by a condenser 8. The ambient temperature near the refuse container 2 is detected by a first temperature detector 6, and the output of the ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551167 | Continuous-flow grain steeping and cooling method and apparatus A continuous-flow grain steeping and slow grain cooling process and apparatus. The continuous charging of hot, partially dried grain from a heated-air dryer into the top of a grain container in a layer of approximately uniform thickness is accomplished by... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551168 | Continuous-flow grain steeping and cooling system A continuous-flow, slow grain cooling process including the charging of hot, partially dried grain from a heated-air grain dryer into the top of a grain container in an even layer. The downward flow of grain through the grain container is regulated at a r... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5454171 | Clothes dryer automatically determining a period of crease-preventing, intermittent operation A clothes dryer includes a drum for accommodating clothes to be dried, a heater and a fan for supplying hot air into the drum in a drying operation, and a temperature sensor sensing the temperature in the drum. A drying operation includes a drying step in... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5452524 | Photosensitive material drying method and apparatus A photosensitive material drying method for drying a photosensitive material conveyed along a conveying path, including steps of: training a front surface and a rear surface of the photosensitive material alternately around a plurality of heat rollers who... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5396716 | Jet tube dryer with independently controllable modules A drying apparatus includes a plurality of dryer modules, each module creating a drying zone and having a plurality of tubes disposed above and below an upper surface of a conveyor that supports a product within the apparatus for transport therethrough. A... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5269071 | Hair and body drying device A hair drying device includes a blower unit incorporating a fan and a heater for generating a hot air blow and provided at its one end with an air outlet for discharging the hot air blow. The blower unit is pivotally supported to a frame which is adapted ... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5031337 | Automatic hand dryer An automatic hand dryer contains a heating element and a motor which drives a squirrel cage fan. The fan exhausts air past the heating element to a downwardly-directed outlet. A base or mounting plate is adapted for flush mounting to a wall. The axis of t... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4871901 | Control device for a coffee roaster A coffee roasting apparatus is disclosed. The coffee roasting apparatus comprises a cylindrical container, a cylindrical drum rotatably extended within the center portion of the container, and a heater element diposed within the drum. The apparatus includ... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4788413 | System including a portable heat gun for curing advanced composite workpieces A system for curing advanced composite workpieces including a portable heat gun that provides a flow of heated air against a workpiece. The heat gun is controlled to direct a flow of heated air against an advanced composite workpiece at a predetermined te... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4773168 | Thermal dryer for resin processing A thermal dryer for drying granular resin immediately prior to its introduction into a molding machine or other resin processing apparatus comprises a vertically oriented cylindrical drying chamber with means to introduce granular resin at its top, the re... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4546554 | Clothes dryer having variable position motor and moisture sensor A clothes dryer including a housing having a drying chamber, with a perforated clothes drying drum rotatably mounted in the drying chamber. The perforated clothes drying drum is rotated by a belt driven by a motor mounted in the housing, with the motor al... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4494315 | Continuous drier for plywood sheets A continuous drier for plywood sheets is provided at its inlet end with a nsing device measuring the width and the spacing of the plywood sheets entering the drier. The values measured by the sensing device are transmitted to a control device, which by me... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4424437 | Hair dryer with remote sensing temperature control An electric hair dryer having a radiometer which remotely senses the infrared radiation emanating from the hair being dried and which contains a control means that causes the heating means in the dryer to turn off when the infrared radiation indicates the... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4260875 | Controlled temperature hair dryer A hair dryer, the temperature of the air stream from which is automatically controlled by the temperature of the hair being dried, is provided. The dryer includes a primary air inlet, a fan for blowing inlet air out of the dryer, and a heater by which the... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4253244 | Electronic control system for low temperature grain drying A low-temperature grain drying/aeration system includes a controller having an initialization circuit which is programmed on the basis of long term computer simulation of the low-temperature drying process to respond to inputs representing initial conditi... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4167820 | Electric hair dryer An electric hair dryer includes a heating source and a heating element to produce a supply of heated hair. The heating element is connected to a regulating element which is also connected to a temperature probe placed in the hair. By means of this arrange... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4086707 | Clothes dryer machine and method An improved automatic clothes dryer and method of drying clothes wherein the clothes dryer has a rotatable drum through which heated air is circulated by a blower wheel driven at the full speed of a single speed electric motor. There is a thermostatic swi... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4043050 | Drying plastics Particles, e.g. granules, of plastic materials are dried by blowing air heated to 0.5-5° C below the sticking temperature of the granules through a bed of the particles. The air temperature is controlled by means of a proportional controller having integ... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3982052 | Method of treating wet coal granules A method and apparatus for drying wet coal granules or particles by introducing a liquid petroleum or coal derivative into the wet granular material, either before feeding into a dryer, or while it is fed, or at some point along the dryer cylinder embodyi... | 09/21/1976 |
