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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7818894 | Method and apparatus for low-energy in-bin cross-flow grain and seed air drying and storage This process embodies forcing air through grain and granular biological products using a high volume horizontal airflow from a central vertical pervious tube to one or more plenum chambers near the structure sidewall to dry or cool products. Cross-flow air movement ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7331119 | Apparatus and method thermally removing coatings and/or impurities An apparatus for thermally de-coating and/or drying coated and/or contaminated materials comprises a support and an oven pivotally mounted to the support. The oven has charging portion for receiving material to be treated and a changeover portion. Incorporated withi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7291694 | Method and device for producing crystallizable plastic material A method for manufacturing a crystallizable plastic material is disclosed. The process includes the step of melting an amorphous plastic material, pelletizing the material, crystallizing it and then post condensing the plastic material with the proviso that the plas... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7226274 | Cement slab leveling apparatus A concrete slab leveling apparatus is provided that is built upon a vehicle such as a flatbed truck or trailer which makes it highly transportable enabling the invention to move from site to site quickly and easily. The flatbed platform of the vehicle is equipped wi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7123822 | Air heater An air heater is provided with a connecting case for the power supply and the air to be heated, as well as a heating element attached to the connecting case by means of a carrier. In the connecting housing, the carrier is connected via a plug connection with the con... | 10/17/2006 |
| RE39271 | Method and apparatus for drying granular solids with venturi powered gas circulation A method and an apparatus for drying plastic pellets utilizes a venturi air mover (20) in a recirculation loop communicating with a drying hopper (10) containing the plastic pellets. A portion of moist air flow in the recirculation loop is vented to th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7007402 | System and method for drying particulate materials using heated gas A system and method for drying particulate material in a dual flow hopper employs multiple flow paths by which heated gas is inserted into the hopper at different levels. Gas is extracted from the hopper and is divided for flow along two flow paths, one of the flow ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976804 | Method of repairing damaged concrete slabs A method of repairing concrete slabs that have become uneven and dangerous is provided that employs lime sludge that is injected under pressure into the space between the lower surface of the damaged concrete slab and the underlying ground to raise that slab back in... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6898869 | Device for treating particulate material A device for treating particulate material has a process chamber. A bottom of the process chamber is composed of baffle plates which overlap one another and between which slots are formed. It is proposed to design the baffle plates as annular plates, so that circula... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6584701 | System, apparatus, and method for reducing moisture content of particulate material A system for drying particulate material in a drying hopper (DH) has a plurality of gas flow paths, one (FP1) of which extends from a compressed gas inlet (16) to a first sub-system (SS1) that includes a membrane dryer(MD) and a heater (EH'), whereby drie... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6457255 | Ring to ring gas processor/dryer Conditioning apparatus for handling particulate material comprises a central frame and a plurality of spaced, annular troughs mounted to the central frame to support the particulate material. The troughs are arranged in a stacked configuration having succ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6370797 | Method and apparatus for drying granular solids with venturi powered gas circulation A method and an apparatus for drying plastic pellets utilizes a venturi air mover (20) in a recirculation loop communicating with a drying hopper (10) containing the plastic pellets. A portion of moist air flow in the recirculation loop is vented to the a... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6367165 | Device for treating particulate product A device for treating particulate product has a process chamber for receiving and treating the product. A bottom of the process chamber is constructed from substantially plane baffle plates overlapping each other with slots formed between said overlapping... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6321461 | Drying apparatus using high pressure gas A drying apparatus has a hopper (1) for receiving an object to be dried, and an air supply unit (2) for supplying a high pressure air to the hopper (1). The air supply unit (2) includes a compressor (8), a dehumidifier (9), a heater (10), an air supply pa... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6289606 | Apparatus and method for moisture control of particulate material An apparatus and method for control of moisture content of material such as thermoplastic pellets (80) in a hopper (30) is controlled by supplying dehumidified air from a dessicant bed (90) to the hopper (30) and returning air from the hopper (30) to the ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6266895 | Apparatus for the drying of moist particulate material in superheated steam An apparatus for the drying of particulate material in superheated steam in a closed vessel (1) has a number of upwardly open, elongated and substantially vertical processing cells (2) which are placed around a central part with a heat exchanger (3). The ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6163978 | Corn dryer A seed corn dryer capable of being switched between a single pass mode and a dual path mode of operation. The invention includes an air supply unit adapted to delivery drying air to only one dryer plenum in a dual path mode and to both dryer plenums in a ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6154979 | Method and apparatus for the removal of liquid from particulate material Method and apparatus for the removal of liquid from particulate material by evaporation through the supply of heat, said heat being transferred substantially by superheated vapours or steam of the liquids existing in the particulate material, and where sa... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6122841 | Apparatus for the drying of moist particulate material in superheated steam Apparatus for the drying of particulate material in superheated steam in a closed vessel (1). The vessel consists of a number of upwardly open, elongated and substantially vertical processing cells (2) which are placed around a central part with a heat ex... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6098305 | Grain metering system for a grain dryer which includes a pivotable grain support member positioned between a metering roll and a discharge opening of a grain column A grain dryer which includes a grain column through which grain may flow is disclosed. The grain column has a discharge opening. The grain dryer further includes a metering roll positioned to contact grain advancing out of the discharge opening of the gra... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6088929 | Grain metering system for a grain dryer having improved grain column discharge opening and metering roll configuration A grain dryer which includes a grain column through which grain may flow is disclosed. The grain column includes a left lateral discharge sidewall, a right lateral discharge sidewall, a lower discharge surface and an upper discharge surface which collecti... | 07/18/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5946818 | Process and apparatus for drying liquid-borne solid material A method and apparatus are disclosed for continuously drying, preferably with agglomeration and/or coating and sizing, and separating a solid product from a liquid feed material, especially bauxite slurry which passes through a very sticky phase during dr... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5915815 | Method and apparatus for drying organic material An apparatus method of separating organic mass into its component parts in environmentally contained hygienic conditions at high thermal efficiency. One example is extraction of aromatic oils from citrus fruit. Organic materials derive from plants which c... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5884416 | Grain dryer module A module used with a granular material dryer, such as a grain dryer. The module includes an outer wall, at least one channel and at least one outlet aperture. The channel is positioned relative to the wall such that the channel is in fluid communication w... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5882381 | Thermal desorption system A thermal desorption system for the treatment of contaminated solids.... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5860221 | Metering grain unloader A metering unloader (101) for unloading a fluent material from a flow path (11) is disclosed. The flow path has a fluent material outlet (27). The metering unloader comprises an unloader body (103) having an outer cylindric wall (105) and an inner cylindr... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5829160 | Apparatus for generating heated air A heater for a grain bin is attached to the inlet flange of a centrifugal inline blower and comprises a housing having a vertical front wall attached to the inlet flange of the blower and a parallel vertical rear wall. The front wall has an opening aligne... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5797196 | Seed corn drying system and method A method for providing higher yielding seed corn comprising a single-pass, reversing, high air velocity process. Another aspect of the invention concerns a conversion panel for converting a dual-pass seed corn drying system into a single-pass system.... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5773529 | Method and apparatus which removes odor and pollutants when preparing cullet for use in an electrostatic bed filter A method and apparatus for treating cullet before use as a raw material in a glass manufacturing process is disclosed. The method includes providing a bed of cullet; passing hot gases through the bed, the quantity and temperature of gases being sufficient... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5685434 | Vertical drop product cleaner The present invention provides a vertical drop, multi-pass cleaner comprising a housing and first and second panels defining a separation plenum therebetween through which the product drops substantially vertically through an upwardly directed air flow an... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5671544 | Substrate drying apparatus and substrate drying method A substrate drying apparatus includes a process bath having an object containing region for containing an object to be treated, a treatment liquid containing region for containing a volatile treatment liquid, and heating member for evaporating the treatme... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5561916 | Process and apparatus for efficiently drying wet-milled corn germ and for processing other materials A flowable solid material, such as wet-milled corn germ, is continuously fed into the upper portion of a large vessel having a cylindrical shell with a vertical axis and a series of vertically spaced horizontal decks. Each deck has concentrically spaced a... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5440823 | Process and apparatus for efficiently drying wet-milled corn germ and for processing other materials A flowable solid material, such as wet-milled corn germ, is continuously fed into the upper portion of a large vessel having a cylindrical shell with a vertical axis and a series of vertically spaced horizontal decks. Each deck has concentrically spaced a... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5357686 | Apparatus for drying a moist particulate material with superheated steam An apparatus for drying a moist particulate material having a nonuniform particle size with superheated steam, which apparatus comprises a cylindrical vessel (2) comprising a number of parallel, substantially vertical elongated chambers (6) located in rin... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5289643 | Apparatus for drying a moist particulate material with superheated steam An apparatus for drying a moist particulate material having a non-uniform particle side with superheated steam includes a cylindrical part wherein a number of parallel, substantially vertical elongated chambers is located in ring form, one or more of the ... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5182871 | Apparatus for drying bulk materials An apparatus for drying bulk materials such as plastic granules which includes a substantially cylindrical hopper having a funnel-shaped bottom, a filler spout for feeding bulk material to the hopper, an air inlet with an injector tube for introducing hea... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5111596 | Drying process and tower for products in grain form The application describes a drying process and a fully electric drying device consuming from 80 to 140 KWH of electricity per ton of water evaporated. One and the same drying fluid (air, gas or steam) saturated with steam at a temperature of .THETA.0 rise... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4914834 | Grain dryer A grain column dryer which includes two concentric, cylindrical pervious walls and a pervious cone on top of the inner pervious wall, utilizes an impervious, heat insulated, cylindrical outer wall spaced outwardly from the pervious walls. A heater/blower ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4839969 | Drying method and apparatus A method, apparatus and system for use in drying particulate matter employing a drier comprising a cylindrical upper section, a frustoconical lower section, a rotatable shaft extending substantially the entire length of the interior of the drier, a plural... | 06/20/1989 |
