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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161661 | Continuous drying apparatus and method Provided are a continuous drying apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a combustion chamber, a heat exchange chamber, a filter, a mixing chamber, and a drying chamber. Biomass to be dried is loaded into an upper end of the drying chamber and falls on a rotati... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7958651 | Clothes dryer rake An apparatus for retrieving articles from a dryer or otherwise retrieving article from places not easily accessible is described herein. The apparatus comprises a handle with a head attached thereto. The head can be mounted so as to be detachable, swivable, or inter... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7685737 | Process and system for drying and heat treating materials This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of high moisture waste materials to dry or low moisture products for recycle or reuse. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing un... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7624514 | Drying system In a drying system using a compression refrigeration system, a condenser is divided into a regulating condenser and a heating condenser. The regulating condenser is capable of regulating the amount of exhaust heat discharged to outside the system. The heating conden... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7331118 | Conditioning system for a vehicle and method of drying an evaporator of an air conditioning unit provided in such a conditioning system A conditioning system for a vehicle comprises an evaporator, positioned in an air conducting channel means, of an air conditioning unit, by means of which evaporator heat and/or moisture can be removed from the air to be introduced into a vehicle interior, a heating... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325333 | Heat pump device and drying machine There are disclosed a heat pump device and a drying machine using the device in which abnormal water supplying into a water-cooling heat exchanger for use in water-cooling of a heat pump can be easily detected without disposing any water amount gauge particularly. T... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322123 | Drying machine An object is to provide a drying machine which can accomplish delicate drying and reduce burdens on a matter to be dried during drying while securing a predetermined evaporation temperature in an evaporator. In summary, a dry cleaner equipped with a heat pump device... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7228647 | Drying machine and drying machine with washing function and method of controlling the same Disclosed herein is a drying machine or a drying machine with washing function. The drying machine or the drying machine with washing function comprises a heater for heating air introduced into an inlet channel of a drum, an outlet channel for allowing air in the dr... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213349 | Heat recovery system for clothes dryer While venting clothes dryer heat outside may be acceptable during the summer months, it is desirable to reuse such heat once the outside temperature starts to fall. The disclosed heat recovery unit for a clothes dryer works towards meeting this need. The heat recove... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213348 | Gas burner and air heater assembly for a gas clothes dryer A burner for a gas dryer is made up of a mixing tube having an open end for admission of gas fuel into the mixing tube. At least one other opening proximate to the open end serves to admit air into the mixing tube for mixing the air and the gas fuel. A burner head i... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194822 | Systems for drying moisture-containing work pieces and methods for drying same A system and method are provided for controllably drying moisture-containing work pieces. The system comprises a drying compartment defining an internal workspace for housing and drying the moisture-containing work pieces by introducing heat into the internal worksp... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7124517 | Process for drying and immunizing and furnace for carrying out the process One is a process to dry and to immunize guadua twigs based upon the recirculation of smoke within a furnace provided this one with a coil that provides vaporized water to conform a humid atmosphere in a temperature of between the 30 and 50° c. The fur... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121017 | Dryer apparatus for boots and gloves A drying apparatus including a body portion including an upwardly extending drying member which has an upper portion for holding an item of apparel, and a platform coupled to the body portion. The platform can be moved into a first, generally horizontal position ove... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7100301 | Combustible grain drying system for producing energy byproduct A system for drying grain includes a receiving bin defining a cavity therein and further includes intake and outlet ports. A conduit is operably connected to the receiving bin that includes a plurality of check valves and a stop valve. The system further includes a ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7055262 | Heat pump clothes dryer A drying apparatus for drying articles such as clothing is provided. The drying apparatus includes a chamber for containing articles to be dried and a system for supplying heated dry air at a first temperature to the chamber. The air supplying system comprises an ai... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043944 | Drum type washing and drying apparatus A drum type washing and drying apparatus comprising: a washing unit including a tub receiving a water for washing laundry and a first drum rotatably installed inside the tub; a drying unit including a second drum rotatably installed in the vicinity of the washing un... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6997966 | Lint trap A lint trap having an enclosure with an interior surface, an open end, with an inlet spaced from an outlet on the interior surface. A cover is removably mountable to the open end of the enclosure with a filter secured to the cover, where side edges of the filter sli... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996917 | Two stage apparatus for desolventizing food grain meal A desolventizing system for removing solvent from a quantity of solvent-laden particles such as flakes comprises first and second desolventizer units, each having an inlet port for receiving solvent-laden particles, an outlet port for discharging at least partially ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6981336 | Washing/drying machine There is disclosed a washing/drying machine having a purpose of shortening a time required for a washing operation and improving an operation efficiency, and comprising: an inner drum in which things to be washed are accommodated and in which a washing operation of ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6966124 | Drum washing machine A drum washing machine, which has a clothes-drying unit with a plurality of heat pipes. The heat pipes recover, during a drying-mode operation of the drum washing machine, heat from high temperature humid air flowing from a water tub, and combine the recovered heat ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966126 | Laundry drier with removable filter A laundry drier includes a filter is disposed removably in the air duct carrying the process air and is held in an at least two-part foldable frame. To extend its functionality with a view to the binding of odors from the laundry items, the filter contains a charcoa... | 11/22/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6941680 | Cost-efficient clothes dryer A clothes dryer that is operatively attached to a heating system is illustrated. The clothes dryer receives heated fluid when the dryer is turned on. The dryer has a radiator that receives the heated fluid from the circulating fluid flow system. The fluid-filled rad... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6922908 | Vegetable product drying A dryer is constructed and arranged to dry vegetable product, such as coffee beans. The dryer includes a thermal collector that is constructed and arranged to convert solar energy to heat energy, a heat transfer system, and a housing that defines a drying chamber. T... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6869506 | Apparatus for dewatering a paper web and associated system and method An apparatus for decreasing heat emission and enhancing a vacuum system in a papermaking machine is provided. Such an apparatus includes a drying device having an inlet for receiving heated air for removing moisture from a paper web and an outlet for exhausting the ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6742284 | Energy efficient tobacco curing and drying system with heat pipe heat recovery The invention is a drying system and a method for its use, the drying system having a container containing a product to be dried and a dryer. The dryer includes an inlet for providing the drying air, a drying air pathway, and a furnace for heating the drying air. Th... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6735882 | Drying apparatus A concentration of a gas introduced into a circulation blower and an exhaust blower is reduced with a simple apparatus configuration. In an exhaust system, exhaust gases from a plurality of drying chambers are joined to a joining duct to be then exhausted by an exha... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6725563 | Drying method, drying device, and drying machine A drying method, a drying device, and a drying machine, capable of remarkably reducing a drying time by assigning the standby time for an article to be dried to a preliminary drying time in drying, wherein hot air is supplied to the drying machine so as to dry the a... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6691428 | Air dryer A separator for removing contaminants from compressed air, the separator including an elongate enclosure having an inlet end and an opposite outlet end, the inlet end of the separator being in flow communication with a source of compressed air, the separa... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6651357 | Web dryer with fully integrated regenerative heat source and control thereof Integrated web dryer and regenerative heat exchanger, as well as a method of drying a web of material using the same. The apparatus and method of the present invention provides for the heating of air and the converting of VOCs to harmless gases in a fully... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6555013 | Treatment method for things like sludge and treatment apparatus A method and apparatus for treating an aqueous-containing sludge in which the sludge is filtered on an elongate moving sheet of a water permeable unwoven fabric on paper. The moving sheet is folded and compressed between rollers whereby to express water t... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6551461 | Process for making throughdried tissue using exhaust gas recovery The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust air from one or more throughdryers to further heat the web at various places in the process.... | 04/22/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6350409 | Heat disinfection of seeds The invention relates to a heat treatment process for disinfection of seeds from pathogens and other undesirable fungi and bacteria, the process being characterized by supply to the seeds non water-borne heat while regulating the treatment time and temper... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6209223 | Grain drying system with high efficiency dehumidifier and modular drying bin This invention is a new, energy efficient, environmentally clean grain drying system which consists of two main parts: a hot drying air generator and a modular, portable drying bin. One novel aspect of the air generator is the introduction of a heat pipe ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6189228 | Support/heat valve for dryer An apparatus that directs the flow of heated air that is being discharged from a clothing dryer, in which the dryer is positioned upon a rigid support, that elevates the dryer above the normal ground surface. The dryer discharge hose is connected at one e... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6173508 | Sewage organic waste compaction and incineration system integrated optionally with a gas turbine power driver exhaust and/or other separate heat source This Document is a Continuation in Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/093,029 filed on Jun. 8, 1998, said invention comprising an apparatus for evaporating water in a mixture of water and solids derived from the organic output of a waste water tr... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6148599 | Process and apparatus for gasifying solid carbonaceous material having a high moisture content A process and apparatus for gasifying high moisture content carbonaceous material by introducing a solid first carbonaceous material (1) into at least one pressurized drier vessel (2), the first carbonaceous material having a moisture content above about ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6094835 | Heat pump dryer with desciccant enhanced moisture removal A method and apparatus for enhancing the evaporation and moisture removal from moisture laden products in a dryer. The invention combines the inventor's prior U.S. Pat. No. 4,719,761, with a rotating drying drum having filters at the output area, and a se... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6092300 | Process for the operation of a regenerator and regenerator The invention relates to a process for the operation of a regenerator, hot and cold gas being repeatedly passed through a bulk material 4 with a maximum particle diameter Dmax which is received in the annular space 1 between a substantially cyl... | 07/25/2000 |
