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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7078003 | Device for the transfer of energy and/or matter between a soluble solid and a liquid The invention relates to a device for the transfer between a solid matter and a liquid, comprising an outer drum and a perforated inner drum, means for commonly rotating the drums, and means situated inside the inner drum for moving the solid matter. In between the ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071587 | Integrated cooler for electronic devices An integrated cooler for electronic devices comprises a heat exchange element, a heat transferring element and a blower with an electric drive. The heat exchange element comprises a base and heat exchanging means. The electronic device directly thermally connected w... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6846387 | Rotating fluid evaporator and condenser An evaporator and condenser unit for use in distilling a liquid, such as water, includes a rotary heat exchanger plate having a plurality of accordion-style folds, and having its two ends joined together so as to give the folded plate a generally circular form. The ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6695038 | Heat exchanger type fan Heat exchange devices are provided for use in ventilation and air conditioning systems where the heat carriers do not mix with one another. According to one embodiment, a heat exchanger type fan includes a casing having two inlets and two outlets, and a d... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6261419 | Rotating plate heat exchanger The invention relates to an improved evaporator and condenser unit for use in distilling a liquid such as water. The evaporator and condenser unit includes a plurality of stacked, spaced-apart plates disposed within a housing. The plates are horizontally ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6238524 | Rotating plate heat exchanger The invention relates to an improved evaporator and condenser unit for use in distilling a liquid such as water. The evaporator and condenser unit includes a plurality of stacked, spaced-apart plates disposed within a housing. The plates are horizontally ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6161528 | Recirculating exhaust gas cooling device A recirculating exhaust gas cooling device is provided for cooling exhaust gas of a vehicle engine while the exhaust gas is recirculating through an EGR system designed to lower NOx emission levels. The cooling device includes a housing in which an exhaus... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6143137 | Cooling pocket for a rotary drum cooler having a flexible vent pipe assembly A rotary drum cooler for cooling particulate material (e.g. coke particles) having at least one cooling pocket which, in turn, includes a flexible vent pipe assembly which can slide in relation to the shell of the cooler. By making the vent pipe slidable,... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5832992 | Heat exchanger and method for manufacturing same A heat exchanger which includes a first space through which a first medium can flow along a first path; a second space through which a second medium can flow along a second path; and heat conducting means which are in thermal contact with the first medium... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5513697 | Method and device for transfer of heat A method and apparatus for the transfer of heat with the aid of rotating surfaces. The fluid with which an exchange or transfer is to be made is introduced in parallel in one or more gaps or channels defined between the rotating surfaces. Rotation of the ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5445216 | Heat exchanger A wound plate heat exchanger includes a series of air cooling passages defined between the convolutions of its windings such that, when rotated about a longitudinal axis through the center of the windings, cooling air is drawn through the cooling air pass... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5366596 | Dry thermal processor The processor is of the type incorporating horizontal, concentric, co-extensive inner and outer tubular members which rotate together. The processor is modified in the following respects: The front end of the inner tubular member is circumferentially corrugate... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5295533 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first fluid and a second fluid comprises a moving partition member for heat transmission between the first fluid and the second fluid, a housing partitioned by the moving partition member into a first chamber... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5277242 | Pipe casting machine having improved pipe mold stabling rings A stabilizing ring assembly for stabilizing a mold in a centrifugal pipe casting machine during operation includes a plurality of ring segments mounted on the mold and cooperating to form an annular ring retained in the mold by a plurality of resilient O-... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5264079 | Film-type evaporator A film-type evaporator has a vapor chamber, a rotor rotating therein, at least one evaporating surface extending outwards from the rotor axis and a heating chamber rotating therewith and sealed with respect to the vapor chamber. The starting product is fe... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5259927 | Apparatus for thickening liquids An apparatus for thickening liquids with solid contents has a container receiving the liquid and a vapor outlet and a heater, which is positioned in the liquid column in the container. The heater is constructed as a rotor rotating in the container and is ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4994294 | Temperature controlled food processing apparatus and method An apparatus and a method for processing food products including a rotatable container mounted on a frame structure. There are spiral fins disposed in the interior of the container for imparting movement to the food products at least in part along an axis... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4863567 | Fluid distillation apparatus The invention is a fluid distillation apparatus (10) which, in its preferred embodiment, includes a cylindrical portion (12) which mates with an end wall (14) and a bell portion (16) to form an enclosed volume (18) within which evaporization and condensat... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4747913 | Cooling apparatus for granular coke material Apparatus for cooling granular material such as petroleum coke comprises an elongated drum characterized by a generally cylindrical shell wall having spaced apart circular segment pockets extending radially inwardly from the shell wall toward the central ... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4731159 | Evaporator An evaporator comprises a plurality of substantially parallel plates mounted for rotation about a common axis and in which provision is made for a condensible vapor to flow across a first face of each of said plates and for a liquid, at least a portion of... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4711297 | Rotary tube cooler construction In a rotary tube cooler for indirect cooling of pulverized to granular material with a revolving drum, the drum shell of the rotary tube cooler is formed of a tube system through which a liquid cooling medium is conducted. The tube system comprises either... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4707220 | Thin-film evaporators A thin film evaporator consists of an enclosure defining a vapor space, a level drive shaft running into the enclosure and a rotor fixed to the shaft and having an axis of rotation disposed horizontally when in operative position, the rotor being made up ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4693304 | Submerged rotating heat exchanger-reactor A method and apparatus for transferring heat for the purpose of purifying raw feed liquid, vaporizing heat transfer fluids or containing and regulating biological/chemical reactions. The raw feed liquid is directed into an evaporator module submerged in a... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4683026 | Thin layer evaporator A thin layer evaporator comprises a container forming a body, a container cover on the one side, a drive shaft projecting into the container from the opposite side, a rotor fixed to the drive shaft and which has one or more conically outwardly widening ev... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4667731 | Coke cooler A bulk hot coke cooler with a vessel for holding the coolant material and a drum rotatably supported within the vessel so that when the drum rotates, it moves through the coolant, the drum having a plurality of hollow cooling pockets going from one side o... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4627890 | Centrifugal device In a centrifugal mass transfer device comprising a rotary annular permeable element, annular plates are mounted adjacent the radially inner or outer face of the permeable element and gaseous or liquid material flowing from the permeable element across one... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4626202 | Rotary kiln A rotary kiln includes a cylindrical kiln body supported for rotation about a central axis inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, a cylindrical combustion chamber formed inside the kiln body and extending along the central axis, and a plurality of c... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4597835 | Still A still comprises a housing, a hollow rotor rotatably mounted in the housing and having one or more outlets for liquid at the periphery thereof, means for rotating the rotor about its axis, a plurality of concentric lamellar bodies of thermally conductive... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4588429 | Method of heating particulate material with a particulate heating media Apparatus and method for the heat processing of granular materials by the counterflow of the granular material and preheated particulate heat exchange media through a processing drum rotatable about an inclined axis. The hot media is intimately mixed with... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4567941 | Device for processing a flow solid products by means of a flow of liquid, more particularly for cooling vegetables The present invention relates to a device for processing a flow of solid products with a counter-current flow of liquid to achieve for example a heat exchange comprising a drum rotating about its longitudinal axis, an endless screw or helix arranged withi... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4565562 | Two-stage heating media feeder for a glass batch preheating drum The heating media feeder includes a hollow conical frustum facing an inlet in the drum end plate, an aperture in the periphery of the conical frustum, a baffle outside the conical frustum aligned with a leading edge of the aperture therein, a circular pla... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4557804 | Coke cooler A bulk hot coke cooler with a vessel for holding the coolant material and a drum rotatably supported within the vessel so that when the drum rotates, it moves through the coolant, the drum having a plurality of hollow cooling pockets going from one side o... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4482096 | Apparatus for producing cementitious product from quenched fly ash A cementitious product is produced from a combination of two groups of materials: the first group consisting of lime of Portland cement or Linfan (which is defined as a thermally cracked shell of calcium sulfate surrounding a core of lime) or Linvein (a l... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4441906 | Method of preheating glass batch A method for preheating glass batch is disclosed. Media heated with furnace exhaust gases is used to preheat the glass batch. This invention includes a way to clean furnace exhaust gas condensate from the surface of the media.... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4431048 | Heat-exchange fan apparatus An apparatus for effecting forced circulations of two separate fluids through separate fluids paths provided therein and, simultaneously, heat-exchanging between the fluids in a single unit is disclosed. It includes an impeller having a concentric corruga... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4425147 | Preheating glass batch A process and apparatus for preheating glass batch ingredients is disclosed. The invention uses a heat exchange method that preferably employs furnace exhaust gases. The heated batch then is fed to a glass melting furnace.... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4409011 | Preheating glass batch A process and apparatus for preheating glass batch ingredients is disclosed. The invention uses a heat exchange method that preferably employs furnace exhaust gases. The heated batch then is fed to a glass melting furnace.... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4401453 | Preheating glass batch A means and method for preheating glass batch is disclosed. A media heated with furnace exhaust gases is used to preheat the glass batch. This invention includes a way to clean furnace exhaust gas condensate from the surface of the media.... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4386951 | Method and apparatus for preheating glass batch A process and apparatus for preheating glass batch ingredients is disclosed. The invention uses a heat exchange method that preferably employs furnace exhaust gases. The heated batch then is fed to a glass melting furnace.... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4319903 | Method and apparatus for preheating glass batch A process and apparatus for preheating glass batch ingredients is disclosed. The invention uses a heat exchange method that preferably employs furnace exhaust gases. The heated batch then is fed to a glass melting furnace.... | 03/16/1982 |
