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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7647708 | Manufacturing methods for producing particleboard, OSB, MDF and similar board products Methods and apparatus for manufacturing particleboard (PB), medium density fiberboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB) and board products and the like employ density control for producing a board product having a desired configuration. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7350318 | Continuous thermal treatment of bulk material The invention relates to a device for continuous heat treatment of granulated materials, especially to the crystallization of polymer granulate, such as polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) for example. The device comprises several adjacent fluidization chambers respecti... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7262263 | Method and apparatus for producing solid-state polycondensed polyesters The present invention relates to a method for producing solid-state polycondensed polyesters by using crystallization with or without subsequent solid-state polycondensation for producing bottles, sheets, films, and high-tenacity technical filaments. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7208073 | Media for use in plating electronic components Improvements in methods for plating metal on substrates are obtained by providing media in the plating solution in sizes that are less than 60% to 80% smaller than the average dimension of the substrates to be plated. It is also advantageous for the substrates and m... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7193032 | Controlling the crystallization of polyesters by means of their water content Methods are disclosed herein to reduce and/or eliminate agglomerations and deformations of pellets comprised of crystallizable thermoplastic polymer material during a crystallization or crystallization of the pellets. As described herein, polymer material is subject... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7089681 | Method and apparatus for filtering and drying a product The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for filtering and drying a product. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises a container having a plurality of porous walls and a plurality of solid walls that divide the container into a plurality of... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078057 | Process for producing nanometer particles by fluid bed spray-drying Nanometer particles of poorly water-soluble or substantially water-insoluble compound are produced by finely-spraying a non-aqueous solution of said compound into a heated and fluidized bed of carrier excipient. The resulting product consists of a free flowing mixtu... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7033167 | Device for purifying and/or decontaminating polyester The invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning and/or decontaminating polyester, in particular polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The apparatus has an at least partially heated rotary tubular furnace to be fed with a mixture of polyester and an alkaline material ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6994117 | Piping elbow liners Liners useful as piping elbow liners comprising a body liner, a tangential inlet liner, and a tangential outlet liner. The tangential inlet liner and the tangential outlet liner can be removably inserted into a cavity in the body liner. The body liner can comprise t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993857 | Milling and drying apparatus incorporating a cyclone A cyclone which includes an upper cylindrical portion opening into the wider end of a lower frustro-conical portion, with a primary air inlet such that the inlet air is substantially tangential to the circumference of the cyclone, and an exhaust outlet at or adjacen... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6865822 | Drying system for producing dried singulated cellulose pulp fibers This invention provides a dried singulated cellulose pulp fiber product as well as an apparatus and a method for forming singulated and dried fibers. In accordance with the process a feed pulp is delivered to a jet drier. The jet drier singulates and dries the feed ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6223455 | Spray drying apparatus and methods of use Improved spray drying apparati, and methods of use thereof, have been developed. The spray drying equipment includes a primary drying chamber and a secondary drying apparatus which includes tubing having a length sufficient to increase the contact time be... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6195913 | Drying tunnel applicable to fruit and vegetables A drying tunnel applicable to products of fruits and vegetables for drying, using ambient temperature dry air. The tunnel has an outer casing fitted with two independent stories which has openings at the ends of the upper floor, which crossed inside in an... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6122842 | Particle movement amount controller for fluidized beds A particle movement controller, being disposed between a first fluidized bed, to where particles are supplied, and a second fluidized bed, from where particles are discharged, which controls the moving amount of the particles from the first fluidized bed ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6000146 | Apparatus and method for continuously granulating powder material An apparatus for continuously granulating powder material has a feeder for continuously supplying powder material, and a granulation vessel. The granulation vessel includes a granulation zone and a drying zone. The apparatus also has a spray nozzle dispos... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5974688 | Apparatus for controlled drying of sludge A method and drying apparatus for drying a quantity of sludge. The drying apparatus is comprised essentially of a plurality of drying zones; a plurality of infrared emitters within each of the drying zones; a means for producing a flow of the sludge throu... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5960563 | Extraction and drying apparatus Apparatus and method for condensing moisture from an air stream. The condensing comprises an outer container, a middle container within the outer container, and an inner container within the middle container. The outer container contains a cooling materia... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5907910 | Method for cyclone conversion for a fluidized bed A method has been found to improve the efficiency of a cyclone system for a fluidized bed. The typical plurality of cyclones arranged in series in communication with the fluidized bed is replaced by a plurality of similarly-sized cyclones arranged in para... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5784805 | Wood treating apparatus A wood treating apparatus for efficiently treating wood with a chlorine-based organic solvent includes: a solvent tank storing a mixture of chlorine-based solvent and water, which solvent tank is provided with a heater for heating the mixture to generate ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5782010 | Device for preparing a spray-dried product and method for preparing a product of this kind A device for preparing a spray-dried product is described, the distance between the distribution element and a fluidized bed in the device being such that the particles have essentially reached their critical moisture content. A method showing the mixing ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5752327 | Particle fluidization method and apparatus therefor Particle fluidization method in which particles are swirled up by a flow of a fluidizing gas to form a fluidized bed and pressure measurements are performed in or along the fluidized bed, and in which a parameter for the distribution of the measured value... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5637336 | Process for drying malt A process and apparatus for the drying or kilning of malt in a substantially continuous operation. The malt is transported through one or more separate drying zones by means of fluid bed dryer units at which time tempered or conditioned air at a predeterm... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5579588 | Method for dosing a particulate phase in a gas/particle flow in a fluidized bed A method for metering solid present in the gas/solid stream of a fluidized-bed apparatus, in which gas and solid are present as a prehomogenized, free-flowing mixture in a fluidized bed and in which at least one outlet orifice for removal of the gas/solid... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5561916 | Process and apparatus for efficiently drying wet-milled corn germ and for processing other materials A flowable solid material, such as wet-milled corn germ, is continuously fed into the upper portion of a large vessel having a cylindrical shell with a vertical axis and a series of vertically spaced horizontal decks. Each deck has concentrically spaced a... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5526938 | Vertical arrangement fluidized/non-fluidized bed classifier cooler A system for classifying and cooling particulate material produced by a fluid bed boiler comprises a vertical housing having an inlet for incoming particulate material and a first outlet for discharging exhaust and a second outlet for discharging solids. ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5522160 | Fluidized bed assembly with flow equalization A fluidized bed assembly, such as an ash cooler, includes first and second fluidized bed chambers each having a bottom portion and side walls. Fluidizing gas is introduced into the bottom portions to fluidize particulates within the chambers. A flow equal... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5443539 | Particulate dryer This invention relates to a dryer for uniform drying of moisture laden particulate material. The dryer comprises a substantially vertical tower having a top, a bottom, side walls, a moist material inlet, a moist material distribution section below the inl... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5440823 | Process and apparatus for efficiently drying wet-milled corn germ and for processing other materials A flowable solid material, such as wet-milled corn germ, is continuously fed into the upper portion of a large vessel having a cylindrical shell with a vertical axis and a series of vertically spaced horizontal decks. Each deck has concentrically spaced a... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5406718 | Method and apparatus for drying particulate material The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for drying particulate materials such as seeds and grains in which an air dryer having at least one drying stage is accompanied by means to create an upwardly vertical air flow having a velocity in t... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5395596 | Fluidized bed reactor and method utilizing refuse derived fuel An apparatus and method of operating a fluidized bed reactor for combusting refuse derived fuel is disclosed. The reactor includes a fluidized furnace section 30 and stripper/cooler section 80. A downwardly sloping grid 28 extends across the furnace secti... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5378434 | Fluidized multistaged reaction system for polymerization This invention relates to a novel horizontal fluid bed reactor, which in a single unit, provides for the polymerization of monomer to polymer and mixed monomers to co-polymers. Within one reactor shell the reactor contains a plurality of polymerization st... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5371955 | Bulk-material reactor A bulk material reactor which has a travelling bed (3) made up of the bulk material held inside a reactor housing (1), with an input assembly (14, 15) on the top and an outlet assembly (4) on the bottom of the travelling bed, a gas supply line (10) and a ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5361513 | Method and apparatus for drying and briquetting coal The subject invention is an integrated process for economically drying and briquetting coal to produce strong briquettes. The subject invention utilizes a conditioner to output dried coal having a selected moisture content and temperature and mean particl... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5357686 | Apparatus for drying a moist particulate material with superheated steam An apparatus for drying a moist particulate material having a nonuniform particle size with superheated steam, which apparatus comprises a cylindrical vessel (2) comprising a number of parallel, substantially vertical elongated chambers (6) located in rin... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5343631 | Treatment of friable materials in fluid bed reactors A process and apparatus for cooling coal dried in a fluid bed reactor are disclosed in which heated dried coal is separated into coarser and finer fractions and the coarser and finer fractions are separately cooled.... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5339538 | Fluid bed material transfer method A fluidized bed apparatus comprising a pair of separated fluid bed enclosures, each enclosing a fluid bed carried on an air distributor plate supplied with fluidizing air from below the plate. At least one equalizing duct extending through sidewalls of bo... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5332553 | Method for circulating solid material in a fluidized bed reactor In a fluidized bed reactor particles are internally circulated, moving down the walls forming the reactor chamber. A particle chamber having a particle gathering top wall with a horizontal projection area A is disposed in the downward flow of particles. O... | 07/26/1994 |
