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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370437 | Sheet handling device with a print surface and a feed plate A sheet handling device for a printer or copier which includes a print surface for supporting a first surface of a sheet, a feed plate having an edge adjacent to the print surface, and a feed mechanism for feeding the sheet to the print surface through a gap between... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7320187 | Device for blowing a fluid on at least a surface of a thin element and associated blowing unit The invention relates to a device for blowing a fluid onto at least one face of a thin element of the band type, comprising, within a containment (2) having a horizontal longitudinal axis (XX′) corresponding to the axis of travel of the band, at least one r... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7254902 | Sheet dryer A sheet dryer includes sprockets and a delivery chain, at least one heat-resistant glass plate, at least one lower-surface drying lamp, a guide plate, a plurality of first discharge holes, and a plurality of second discharge holes. The sprockets and delivery chain c... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7191544 | Lint removal system A lint removal system includes a housing that has a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. Each of the front and back walls has an elongated opening therein. The openings are aligned. A clothes moving apparatus ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7062864 | Device for blowing a fluid on at least a surface of a thin element and associated blowing unit The invention relates to a device for blowing a fluid onto at least one face of a thin element of the band type, comprising, within a containment (2) having a horizontal longitudinal axis (XX′) corresponding to the axis of travel of the band, at least one r... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7018201 | Dual-zone dehydration tunnel A dehydration tunnel for fruits, vegetables, and other products reduces the vulnerability of the products to damage from carmelization and case hardening by dividing a row of product vessels into two segments, passing heated air simultaneously over both segments but... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6928753 | Device for keeping a cold-rolled strip dry in the outlet of strip rolling mills The preferred quality requirements postulated by producers for the product cold-rolled strip include, among good flatness and optimum thickness tolerances, also dryness of the strip in the outlet of strip rolling mills. Already existing devices that are disposed in ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918195 | Drum device with permeable drum jacket and wire gauze mounted thereon under pretension It is known from the art to mount a wire gauze (10) onto a drum (1) with a permeable drum jacket (8) under pretension, for example, for allowing air to flow through a web of material placed on said drum, said wire gauze optionally being disposed... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6877251 | Drying installation within a sheet-fed printing press A drying apparatus for a sheet-fed offset printing machine which dries sheets as they pass along a sheet path with forcefully directed air and/or heat. The drying apparatus of the present invention is adapted for more effective sheet drying by means of an electrode ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6827435 | Moving air jet image conditioner for liquid ink A dryer assembly for drying a liquid ink image formed on a substrate comprising a housing defining a portion of a sheet moving path; a plenum positioned within the housing, the plenum including air flow and outlet means contiguous to the plenum permitting forced air... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6701638 | Machine for conditioning laminar flexible products such as industrial hides and skins A machine for the conditioning of laminar flexible products such as industrial hides and skins, including at least one conditioning unit crossed by the products to be processed, blowers for blowing and extracting air directed toward products, and a series... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6668468 | Drier for commercial printers A drier for commercial printers comprises an air receiving and directing member having end walls, side walls, and a bottom wall and characterized by air receiving slots formed in the side walls and air discharging slots formed at the intersections between... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6634115 | Conditioning device to change the moisture content of printing stock A conditioning device to change the moisture content of printing stock, in which the stock is brought into contact with at least one endless cloth that absorbs moisture. The endless cloth is heated by heated transport rolls. A reduction of the moisture co... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6615509 | Apparatus and a process for drying a paper web An apparatus for drying a fibre web of paper or paperboard is provided. The apparatus includes an adjustable heated press nip including at least one pressure device. The pressure device includes a roll, supporting one side of the web and at least two pres... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6557268 | Dryer and method for drying continuously conveyed products The invention relates to a dryer (1) for drying continuously conveyed products, e.g. a warp, comprising essentially a first dryer array (2) and a second dryer array (3). A passage (4) for passing through the product (W) is formed between the dryer arrays ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6536134 | Drier for commercial printers A drier for commercial printers comprises an air receiving and discharging member having end walls, side walls, and a bottom wall and characterized by air receiving slots formed in the side walls and air discharging slots formed at the intersections betwe... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6397488 | Apparatus and method for drying printing composition on a print medium An apparatus and method for drying printing composition on a print medium are disclosed. A method embodiment for use in a printing device includes depositing printing composition onto a print medium and enclosing the print medium in a sealed environment. ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6314660 | Cascaded tensioning tangential drive for THA handling A system and method for fabricating flexible circuits. The inventive system includes an oven and three or more independent tensioners for moving a strip of flex tape therethrough. In total, N tensioners are provided per side. The tensioners provide a cumu... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6224715 | Device and method for handling a material web Device and method for handling a material web, in which the material web is guided by at least one smooth support surface and is then guided together with a porous support belt to a deflection roll includes a suction box. The suction box has a wall opposi... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6058621 | Apparatus and method for drying photosensitive material using radiant heat and air flow passages A drying apparatus and method utilizes radiant heat and forced air to provide for rapid drying of photosensitive material without emulsion side contact. The forced air is supplied through air passages formed between cover members that partially surround r... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5775002 | Apparatus for drying an electrode plate for a battery The apparatus for drying an electrode plate for a battery has: a support drum of a cylindrical shape having a peripheral face on which a long sheet-like electrode plate for a battery is to be wound, and in which a large number of blow holes for allowing t... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5755042 | Drying apparatus with swivel support structure for sheet direction changing rollers Air-blowing nozzles 21 for blowing a hot air are provided in both sides of an electrode sheet 33 for a battery both surfaces of which an electrode compounding agent has been applied to. In each of the air-blowing nozzles 21, a pair of slit-shaped blowhole... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5669157 | Apparatus and method for separating pieces of laundry A apparatus for separating pieces of laundry, comprising a drum which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and with an open front and an open rear, which drum is accommodated in a housing, in which the rear of the drum is almost closed off b... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5589321 | Method of and apparatus for controlling drying of photographic material A method of and an apparatus for controlling drying of a photographic material in which, by controlling respective temperatures of a contact-heating device and warm air, temperatures can be controlled to the minimum temperature necessary to provide the ph... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5568693 | Method and an apparatus for the processing of photographic sheet material An apparatus for the processing of photographic sheet material having upstream and downstream drying chambers (101, 102). A heater (106) heats air entering the downstream chamber (102) to a downstream drying temperature. A fan (108) recirculates drying ai... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5561913 | Apparatus for drying photo-sensitive material An apparatus for drying photo-sensitive material having a transfer path for the photo-sensitive material having at least one curved section, a supply device for supplying hot air to the photo-sensitive material, and a suction duct for sucking the hot air ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5494529 | Treatment method for cleaning and drying printed circuit boards and the like A method of treating printed circuit boards or other items is provided, wherein a drying apparatus is specifically provided, generally for use as part of a cleaning or other treatment apparatus, but which can be separately provided, if desired. The drying... | 02/27/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5345696 | Device for hot-air drying of a film printed in a rotogravure machine A device (1) for the hot-air drying of a printed film in a rotogravure machine, comprising a support structure (3) to house a blowing group (4) which blowing group (4) will feed hot air towards a film (2) to be dried, a plurality of pinions (5) mutually d... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5337499 | Drier apparatus for drying sheets of photosensitive material A drier apparatus for drying sheets of photosensitive material processed with processing solutions while the photosensitive material is being transported. Rollers are provided along a transport passage for transporting the photosensitive material, and the... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5205053 | Apparatus for cleaning and demoisturizing running webs of photographic paper and the like A running web of wet exposed and developed photographic paper which issues from a rinsing bath in a developing machine is caused to advance around a fixedly mounted guide roll and through a passage between the guide roll and the orifice of a combined clea... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5174046 | On-line fiber heat treatment An on-line drying and heat treating process with drying from internally heated fiber carrying rolls and heat treating from turbulent hot gas jets directed onto the fiber carrying rolls.... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5079853 | Photosensitive material drying apparatus A photosensitive material-drying apparatus for drying a photosensitive material after being dipped in a treatment solution to wet the same. Water-absorbing rollers for contact with the same surface of the photosensitive material are provided in the vicini... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5014446 | Apparatus for heating an article A device for heating an article such as a towel or the like comprises an enclosure and a heating device for providing heated air under positive pressure to the interior of the enclosure. A support in the form of a rack is arranged in the interior of the e... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4949472 | Dryer for lacquer coated photographs A dryer for photographs sprayed with lacquer has an endless conveyor belt for transporting the photograph under infra red heaters enclosed in an exhaust hood. A second conveyor under the first receives the photo via an air transfer and returns it to the o... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4779356 | Dryer for photosensitive material A dryer for photosensitive material has a main housing. A blower housing with a blower is mounted inside the main housing. A container defining a drying compartment is also mounted inside the main housing on top of the blower housing. An inlet opening in ... | 10/25/1988 |
