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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7192469 | Exhaust treatment device, system and methods for internal combustion engines A device, system and methods related to the same are provided for the treatment of exhaust gases from internal combustion engines. An exhaust treatment device is provided comprising a chamber containing a liquid bath through which exhaust gases are directed for remo... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168846 | Rotary processing device A rotary product processing device that has a frame made of endplates and at least one sidewall of one piece and unitary construction that encompasses a product processing chamber and product conveyor that is rotatively supported by a plurality of bearings that are ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7097345 | Screw with heat exchange function, mixer and extruder A screw with a heat exchange function is rotatably fit in a barrel, and includes a heat exchange medium chamber located at a center section in the radial direction, running along the lengthwise direction. The chamber stores a heat exchange medium supply pipe supplyi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6343644 | Hollow screw cooling device A hollow screw cooling device, which has a set of apertures provided on an oil-proof base on the driven end of the hollow screw. By having fixing screws go through the apertures and the through holes on the bearing press board and fixed on the bearing bas... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6030461 | Portable cooling system for use with a semiconductor fabrication system A portable cooling system for use with a semiconductor fabrication system having a heating block is provided. A portable cooling system, consistent with one embodiment of the invention, includes a support structure removably mountable on part of the semic... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5964278 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger has been developed with a helical insert (9) permanently mounted in a housing (2). Between the windings in the insert (9) there is formed a helical channel (20) for one heat exchange medium. The insert (9) is designed with a channel (10) ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5788370 | Machine for making crushed-ice drinks A machine for making crushed-ice drinks comprising: a crushed-ice drink containment tank, which is provided at the front with a pouring tap adapted to control an outlet for the crushed-ice drink which is located proximate to the bottom of the tank; a holl... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5495092 | Heating device for corrugated paperboard production A hot plate for a double racer used in the manufacture of corrugated paperboard includes a substantially all copper construction which enhances thermal conductivity and heat transfer efficiency. Steam for heating the plates is provided through an array of... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5345998 | Cooling device A cooling device includes a liquid chamber having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet. A bent pipe includes a straight tubular heat pipe component provided extending from the inside to the outside of the liquid chamber. A spiral heat pipe component communi... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5180225 | Rotor zone cooling apparatus for rotors in continuous mixers of plastic materials Rotor zone cooling apparatus channels liquid coolant flow in rotors in continuous mixers of plastic materials for causing predetermined zones along the lengths of the rotors to be cooled as may be desired and for other predetermined zones to remain neutra... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4856580 | Heat exchanger A conveying screw having a tubular helical flight attached only at its opposite end portions to a hollow conveying screw body. Heat exchange medium introduced into the hollow body is transferred along the tubular helical flight.... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4854374 | Temperature controlling apparatus Apparatus for heating or cooling ambient air in the form of a temperature controlling propeller having a plurality of blades arranged around a rotatable hub, the blades carrying cells containing a heat retaining material. The cells are mounted in openings... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4830865 | Method for aseptically processing a food product A method and apparatus are disclosed for continuously and gently aseptically processing a food product comprising delicate food chunks of fruit, vegetables or the like immersed in a liquid. The apparatus comprises a heating enclosure into which the food p... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4698310 | Apparatus for fermentation of organic material A horizontal cylindrical tank contains a conveyor screw rotatable on a horizontal axis below the symmetry axis of the tank, the latter having at its lower part an inlet at one end for organic material and an outlet at the other end for fermented material.... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4482253 | Rotary material processor Rotary processors for fluid material conveyance and heat transfer including a plurality of commonly configured coils mounted between rotatable manifolds affixed to a central shaft.... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4479048 | Reclaiming machine for scraps of expanded foam thermoplastic material A reclaiming machine for scraps of expanded foam thermoplastic material including an electrical source, a housing having a first and second material feeding poet formed therein, a first and second cylinder positioned within the housing and in communicatio... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4408944 | Conveyor for removal of bed drain material from a coal-burning fluidized bed combustor The invention provides a conveyer for receiving bed drain material from a coal-burning fluid bed combuster and consists of a jacketed water cooled casing in which is a helical flight for conveying said material, the flight being mounted on an outer tube w... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4371032 | Heat transfer system An improved heat transfer system of the helical screw type, including endless loop guided volute passage driven scraping means for continuously cleaning the helical screw heat transfer member to prevent the build-up of workable material on an outer surfac... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4284421 | Air-cleaning apparatus An air-cleaning, heat-exchange apparatus includes a main housing portion connected by means of an air inlet fan to the kitchen exhaust stack of a restaurant. The apparatus includes a plurality of heat exchangers through which a heat-absorptive fluid is ci... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4009667 | Incinerator for combustible refuse An incinerator having a variable speed auger to continuously feed refuse into and through a combustion chamber and into a water filled ash receptacle. Preheated combustion air is supplied through tangential openings in and along the combustion chamber wal... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3946803 | Apparatus for controlling temperature of an extruder screw The temperature of an extruder screw having an axial bore therein is controlled by providing a closed temperature control system within the screw which is in heat transfer relationship with a second temperature control system through which is circulated a... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3934857 | Mixing and heat transfer apparatus An improved apparatus for mixing and reacting materials that include at least one liquid while simultaneously transferring heat to or from the mixture. A rotating centrifugal impeller mounted in a lower chamber of a closed reactor vessel draws the materia... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3931853 | Device for the supply and discharge of cooling liquid in the worms of an extruder press Device for the supply and discharge of cooling liquid in the worms of an extruder press, the worm or worms being situated at some distance from the housing, being provided with a stationary sleeve with a stationary centering ring near both ends thereof an... | 01/13/1976 |
