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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426791 | Energy saving device for clothes dryer and clothes dryer system comprising same An energy savings apparatus configured for use with a clothes dryer comprising an air duct and a damper assembly. The air duct has a first end and a second end. The damper assembly includes an air duct portion and a damper device mounting on the duct portion. The ai... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7343698 | Reduced pressure drying apparatus and reduced pressure drying method A reduced pressure drying apparatus comprises a substrate stage section for disposing thereon a substrate having the surface coated with a coating liquid containing a film-forming component and a solvent, a hermetic vessel having the substrate stage section arranged... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7188434 | Molecular filter dehumidification apparatus and plant A dehumidification apparatus including an outer tubular container (2) closed at its ends, a first (5) and a second (9) transverse grids located inside the tubular container (2), one grid element being spaced from the other and from a resp... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168183 | Tunnel-like apparatus for treating particulate material An apparatus for treating particulate material has an elongated, tunnel-like process chamber, along which the material to be treated can be moved from an inlet to an outlet. A bottom of said process chamber is designed in that two flows of introduced process air are... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7017281 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method drying substrate by spraying gas A first gas nozzle and a second gas nozzle are fixedly provided in the vicinity of the forward end of a nozzle arm. The nozzle arm is rotated along a locus R while a substrate rinsed with deionized water is rotated, for discharging nitrogen gas from the first and se... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7003899 | System and method for modulating flow through multiple ports in a proximity head A method of forming a dynamic liquid meniscus includes forming a meniscus at a first size, the meniscus being formed between a proximity head and a first surface and changing the meniscus to a second size by modulating a flow through at least one of a set of ports o... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6990747 | Vacuum processing apparatus and substrate transfer method An etching processing apparatus 1 has a transfer chamber 2, a plurality of processing chambers 3 and 4, and a plurality of cassette chambers 7 and 8. Inside the transfer chamber 2, a transfer mechanism 14 is pr... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6951065 | Method and apparatus for controlling gas flow through granulate in drying hoppers Method and apparatus for drying granulate material in a hopper by controlling the amount of gas which flows through the hopper to heat and to dry the granulate. The control allows to use a minimum amount of gas for heating the granulate to the drying temperature and... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6938359 | Method for controlling drying of a web-formed material A web-formed material (1), preferably a pulp web (1), is passed through a drying plant, comprising blow boxes arranged in a plurality of drying decks, floating above lower blow boxes, which at their upper sides blow out hot process air against the web-... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6928750 | Membrane dryer A system, method, and apparatus for supplying a gas-liquid vapor to a process tank for performing semiconductor manufacturing. In one aspect, the invention is a method of supplying a gas-liquid vapor to a process tank comprising: supplying a gas stream through at le... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6729041 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method This substrate processing apparatus supplies wafers W accommodated in a closed processing container 10 with ozone gas and steam for processing the wafers W. The apparatus includes an ozone-gas generator 40 for supplying the ozone gas into the processin... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6715216 | Clothes dryer with fire suppression system A clothes dryer is provided with a fire detection and suppression system which releases a fire suppressing substance into the dryer chamber upon detection of a fire condition. The fire detection and suppression system includes, a controller, at least one temperature... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6643950 | System and method for measuring freeze dried cake resistance A cake resistance measuring system and method are used to measure the cake resistance of a freeze dried sample during or after processing, with the results of the measurement being used to improve that processing and/or subsequent freeze drying processes ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6418636 | Drier for a lacquering line A drier for a lacquering line in a known manner comprises inside a drier housing a plurality of drier sections, in which heated circulating air is circulated with the aid of fans. Heating of the circulating air is effected with the aid of a heating unit, ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6401361 | Apparatus and method for drying wafers by a solvent An apparatus for drying semiconductor wafers in a solvent drying chamber and a method for drying are disclosed. The apparatus is equipped with an alarm/interlocking system such that when a flow of the solvent vapor into the drying chamber is stopped, the ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6298579 | Fluidized-bed drying and classifying apparatus A fluidized-bed drying and classifying apparatus is provided with a main body (10) in which a fluidized bed is formed to dry a granular material and to classify the same into fine particles and coarse particles. A perforated gas-distributing plate (12) is... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6161311 | System and method for reducing particles in epitaxial reactors An apparatus and method for reducing particles in reactors. The apparatus includes an enclosure for processing the semiconductor wafers. The enclosure has a wafer handling chamber connected by an isolation gate valve to a processing chamber. Additionally,... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6085443 | 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... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082021 | Method and apparatus for treating a bed of particulate material A bed (6; 78) of particulate material, which is supported by a gas distribution bottom (9; 75), is located utilizing a treatment gas, which via ducts (19; 35; 77) is conducted in sectionalized manner to and directed up through the gas distribution bottom ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5768800 | Powder feed mechanism Apparatus for fluidizing a pulverulent material in a stream of fluidizing gas includes a membrane through which the fluidizing gas can flow but the pulverulent material cannot, a first fluidizing gas gallery on a first side of the membrane, a second fluid... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5743023 | Method and apparatus for controlling freeze drying process Control of temperature of the shelves in a freeze dryer compartment is achieved by circulating a cooled heat transfer fluid from a heat exchanger through a vacuum condenser independently of circulating the cooled heat transfer fluid either directly throug... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5487225 | Apparatus and method for controlled drying of plastic pellets Apparatus and a method for the controlled drying of polymer plastic pellets within a dryer hopper are provided. A sensor tree having a plurality of temperature sensors spaced vertically on the tree is positioned vertically within the dryer hopper so that ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5355595 | Steam box A steam box includes a system for distributing steam onto a web being calendered. At least one valve is connected to the steam distributing system for controlling the flow of steam onto the web. The steam box also has element for feeding hot steam to the ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5309827 | Apparatus for producing long pasta products including an improved drier Apparatus for production of long pasta products has a press, a movable bar hanging arrangement from which the products are suspended and a drier. The drier is constructed as a single level drier with a rapid heating zone and an intense drying zone. The ra... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5078592 | Heating system for composite tape Composite tape is heated from both sides by cooperating subsystem. The system at one side has a heating chute with resistance heaters, controller and thermocouple for maintaining a heating chute temperature setpoint. Tchute. The opposite side o... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4704806 | Apparatus for determining the timewise progress of the drying of a material sample The invention relates to apparatus for determining the timewise progress of the drying of a damp material sample. The material sample is continually connected to a movable part of a weighing mechanism during the drying process, and the delivery of the dry... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4665629 | Dryer for plastic granules A dryer for plastic granules with a fan for air, with a drying chamber containing a regenerable desiccant, with a collecting duct connectable to the drying chamber for the drying air, with an air heating element in the collecting duct, with a plurality of... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4644667 | Cooling apparatus for strip metal The invention concerns cooling apparatus for strip metal of the kind comprising a series of spaced cooling rolls around which the strip metal is passed such that it follows a serpentine path and is cooled by contact with the rolls, and elongate gas jet de... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4398355 | Steam distribution apparatus A steam distribution apparatus has a first header having an inlet for steam and a plurality of discrete outlets for steam arranged along the header. The outlets increase in size with distance from the inlet. A first chamber surrounds the first header to r... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4351700 | Steam distribution apparatus for the nip of two rolls Apparatus to supply steam to a paper sheet that passes by the apparatus from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the apparatus. The apparatus is adapted to be positioned adjacent the nip of two rolls and comprises a first header for steam and a first cha... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4245397 | Apparatus for drying webs of photographic paper or the like Apparatus for drying webs of photographic paper has a drying unit which has an inlet for admission of wet webs. Such webs advance along discrete paths having V-shaped portions and are dried by hot air which is circulated by blowers. The temperature of air... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4188732 | Dishwasher airflow drying system A dishwashing apparatus including a washing chamber having an access door. An air inlet is located in the bottom wall of the washing chamber and includes a motor driven blower for forcing ambient-temperature air into the washing chamber. The air is direct... | 02/19/1980 |
| 3962799 | Air bearing moisture profiler A method and apparatus for drying a sheet while supporting same on an air bearing wherein drying air flows laterally of the bearing in ducts located beneath the drier and is directed to the surface of the drier through intermediate chambers whereby a mini... | 06/15/1976 |
