Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987613 | Control system for particulate material drying apparatus and process A control system for controlling the utilization of heated waste streams for fluidizing particulate matter such as coal in a fluidizing bed dryer. The control system includes a number of graphic user interfaces that allow an operator to more easily monitor and/or co... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7908765 | Continuous granulating and drying apparatus A continuous granulating and drying apparatus comprises a granulator and a fluid bed dryer. The fluid bed dryer comprises at least two separate processing compartments forming part of a common vessel being provided with radially extending partition walls separating ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7421803 | Dryer venting apparatus, techniques and installation kit Venting through the walls of an interior room of a building to an external environment is facilitated by apparatus and techniques for mounting an in-wall unit for interfacing with the exhaust ports of equipment, such as dryers, using flexible pipe. The in-wall unit ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7404262 | Heat-moisture control in agricultural-product production using moisture from water vapor extraction A method and apparatus for agricultural product production with heat and moisture control with optional heat and moisture recovery. Some embodiments transfer heat and moisture from a warm, moist exhaust air stream to incoming agricultural material, steam condition t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7353621 | Cleaning apparatus for vertical separator A cleaning apparatus for a material dryer may include an air source, a pulse nozzle selectively in fluid communication with the air source and located within a section of the solids outlet assembly, and a controller for controlling an air flow from the air source pe... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322124 | Spray-drying device The invention relates to a spray-drying device (1) having a vertical drying chamber (2), material-atomization means (4) and drying-gas feed (6) means. Filter elements (11) are present in order to filter the fine particles out of th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318288 | Apparatus and method using an electrified filter bed for removal of pollutants from a flue gas stream A pollution abatement apparatus comprises an electrified filter bed preceded by a cyclonic mix chamber to remove wood fines and fly ash in a flue gas stream from a wood chip dryer heated by hot gas from an energy system that includes a wood waste combustor. The cycl... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7225556 | Drying device for powder material A drying apparatus for powdered or granular material comprising a hopper body with an electric heater in its center, housing therein a heat conducting fin formed with plural compartment walls radially projected therefrom and a carrier gas communication path provided... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7155841 | Rotary impinging stream dryer An improved rotary shell or drum dryer (10) is provided having an elongated, horizontally disposed, axially rotatable shell (12) with product and air inlets (14, 18) and an outlet (16) at opposite ends of the shell. Internally, the dryer ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140122 | Vacuum treatment of waste stream with anti-incrustation measures A method of treating a waste stream comprises a vacuum treatment to promote disintegration of the waste material by “flash vapor” production, causing a swiftly vaporizing fraction inside the material to literally explode or shred apart the matrix of the material... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7020980 | Vacuum treatment of waste stream with anti-incrustation measures A method of treating a waste stream comprises a vacuum treatment to promote disintegration of the waste material by “flash vapor” production, causing a swiftly vaporizing fraction inside the material to literally explode or shred apart the matrix of the material... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017277 | Vacuum treatment of an input stream without ruining delicate output fractions A method of separating the membrane and mineral fractions from an input stream of broken empty egg shells comprises a vacuum treatment to promote the membrane fraction to “eject” or detach from the attached or adhered scraps of mineral, ie., mineral shards or po... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6928752 | Combination tumble and cabinet dryer A combination tumble and cabinet dryer appliance includes a housing with a tumble dryer and a cabinet dryer therein. The tumble dryer and cabinet dryer are operable independently of one another. Separate sources of hot air are provided to each of the tumble and cabi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6752156 | Humidification cylinder and method of humidifying material A humidifying cylinder includes a first rotatable cylinder having an inlet end and an outlet end and a plurality of first blades extending substantially radially outwardly from an exterior surface of the first cylinder. The humidifying cylinder further includes a se... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6745491 | Dryer wall cap system An intermediate assembly has a vertical plate with a rectangular opening. The intermediate assembly has a container with side walls and a rear wall and a horizontal upper wall. The upper wall has parallel side edges rearwardly and a semicircular edge forwardly. A se... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6725570 | Apparatus and method for a clothing dryer having a fire protective system A clothes dryer having a fire protection system. The clothes dryer chamber has an inlet which receives drying air and an exhaust for removing moisture laden air. The temperature within the drying chamber is monitored, and a determination is made from the dryer elect... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6643953 | Clothes dryer utilizing suction duct extending into drum interior A clothes dryer in accordance with the present invention includes a drum rotatably supported in a case having an interior space for drying clothes. Air for drying clothes is supplied to the suction duct that is connected to one side of the drum. An extens... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6618958 | Laundry dryer and rear plate for drum thereof A laundry dryer has a drum rotatively installed inside a case, a heater heating air flowing inside the drum, a rear plate coupled so as to cover a rear portion of the drum and having a vertically elongated inlet hole traversing upper and lower areas of th... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6578286 | Clothes dryer vent adapter A clothes dryer adapter. The adapter includes (a) a first cylindrical portion with a generally cylindrical tubular segment having a first longitudinal axis, a inlet portion, an inlet end cap located at an effective inlet end, and an outlet end, and (b) a ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6286515 | Humidification cylinder A humidifying cylinder includes a first rotatable cylinder having an inlet end and an outlet end and a plurality of first blades extending substantially radially outwardly from an exterior surface of the first cylinder. The humidifying cylinder further in... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6199299 | Feeding of comminuted fibrous material to a pulping process In a chisel-type convergence for a chip bin in a wood chip pulping process and system, an improvement in uniformity of discharge of the chips from a chips bin or the like is provided. The bin includes a conventional hollow substantially right circular cyl... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6185837 | Anti-torsion dryer connection A vent system has a rotatable connection between flexible conduits, which carry heated air from the dryer to an external location, such as the atmosphere. The vent system consists of a swivel coupler rotatably connecting a pair of flexible exhaust conduit... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6161306 | Method and apparatus for drying a load of moist fibrous material, particularly a load of laundry A method and an apparatus is described for drying a load of moist fibrous material, particularly a load of laundry washed and placed in a washer/drier machine or a clothes drier, wherein a closed-circuit flow of superheated steam at 102-180° C. and subst... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6154978 | Apparatus and method for confirming initial conditions of clothes drying equipment prior to start of drying cycle A method and apparatus for confirming the initial conditions of a clothes dryer prior to the start of the drying cycle is provided. The clothes dryer comprises a drying chamber with air inlet and outlet ports. A blower powered by a first motor is arranged... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6085440 | Process and an apparatus for producing a powdered product by spin flash drying A process and an apparatus for drying of a material in the form of a paste or a filter cake in a spin flash dryer. Particles are separated by a classifier (6) in the chamber (1) in such a way that oversize fraction is withheld in the chamber (1) and the d... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6079118 | Continuous drying system A continuous drying system for flake-formed or granular solid, of which bottom inside surface is semi-cylindrical and arranged almost horizontally, comprises drying system main body having a supplying means of a drying object at one end thereof and having... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6052917 | Vacuum rotary dryer A vacuum rotary dryer capable of charging solids into a rotary drum and discharging the solids from the rotary drum without any manual operation contacting solids with the hands is provided. A rotary drum (23) is mounted thereon with a gas flow pipe (46) ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5996245 | Aeration-type rotary dryer An aeration-type rotary dryer injects air into or onto a flow of materials a rotating cylinder. The air is supplied to an air duct (21) axially passing through the cylinder (10) from the outlet box (11) to the inlet box (12). The axial duct (21) is compos... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5956858 | Apparatus for the dewatering of coal and mineral slurries Coal or other mineral slurry is dewatered by establishing a bed of the slurry and injecting a gas stream such as air into the bed to establish turbulent flow to strip moisture. This slurry may use particles in the range 0.5 mm to 30 mm with air injected a... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5718164 | Arrangement for roasting vegetable bulk material, such as coffee beans An apparatus for roasting vegetable bulk material, in particular coffee beam is disclosed, in which essentially all of the cooling waste air of a cooler which cools the bulk material after the roasting operation is heated to roasting-gas temperature in a ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5673748 | Heating chamber for solid material A heating chamber is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and contains a number of heating tubes orientated parallel to each other. Solid material which is lifted up during the rotation can become detached from the heating tubes and upon impact can lead ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5653042 | Apparatus for drying crop materials The drying apparatus for crop materials particularly alfalfa includes a press with a main press roller and a plurality of subsidiary press rollers which is fed using an additional guide roller cooperating with the transportation belt and guide fingers in ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 4811495 | Laundry drier An improved laundry drier which includes an outer case as well as an inner case and a tub which is rotationally driven. There is provided a heating housing having heating elements contained therein. A blower is located beneath the heating elements in the ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4689896 | Clothes dryer and laundry system An improved clothes dryer characterized by a diffuser located inside the dryer drum for receiving heated air flow and directing the same towards and into intimate contact with wet clothing in the drum at a plurality of locations spaced along the axial len... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4656759 | Aeration-type rotary dryer A direct heat rotary dryer having a single-wall rotating cylinder (10), an axial duct (20) connected to a hot-air source to axially extend inside the cylinder, a plurality of radial ducts (21) branched from the axial duct, each radial duct extending slant... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4640218 | Tablet coating apparatus An apparatus for coating pharmaceutical tablets or the like with other material such as sugar or the like. The apparatus includes a cylindrical rotary drum in which the tablets are charged and tumbled, and at least one perforated area for ventilating hot ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4612711 | Apparatus and method for drying particulate material Disclosed is an apparatus for drying particulate material. The apparatus comprises a rotatable drum positioned in an oven. Conduit means positioned in the drum offset from its axis of rotation form flow paths isolated from the inside of the drum leaving f... | 09/23/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4535550 | Processing of particulate material A method and apparatus for processing particulate material charged into a rotary cylindrical vessel (12) having its axis inclined to the horizontal so that one end thereof is raised relative to the other end, and having a respective annular cover plate (1... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4492043 | Apparatus and method for drying particulate material Improved method for internal heating of rotary driers consisting in the use of an unique snorkel (placed inside the rotary drum) made by two opposite snorkels connected by any type of joint. This unique snorkel extends from feed end to discharge end of th... | 01/08/1985 |
