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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7252111 | Transport of highly viscous fluids in closed pipeline systems Apparatus far equilibrating differences between flow rates into and out of closed pipeline systems, which apparatus includes a tank having a supply line and a discharge unit, with a displaceable plate; the supply being fed to the tank through the displaceable plate,... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6560895 | Chicken manure processing apparatus A manure processing apparatus is defined which has a processing bin and a plurality of augers, with the augers arranged vertically and adapted to move back and forth along the length and width of the processing bin. The apparatus further comprises an air ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6449869 | Device and method for drying pourable products Device and method for drying a pourable products. The device includes a rotor chamber in which a rotor is arranged with a vertical rotor axis. The rotor has a central horizontal surface and, at least in its radially outer third, a conical shell which is i... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6438866 | Flow disrupter for dryers The present invention provides a flow disrupter within the flow path of a slurry comprising a desired particulate matter and a transport fluid so as to impart a force angularly disposed to an otherwise obtained direction of travel, thereby preventing the ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6358042 | Heating furnace A heating furnace is provided to use for medium and small size incinerator, to control air pollution effectively using waste heat generated from the incinerator and not to require large size equipment. The heating furnace includes a first opening for inse... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6237244 | Centrifugal pellet dryer for small applications A dryer for removing surface moisture from a pelletized product and more specifically a dryer which is constructed with dimensions enabling it to effectively centrifugally remove surface moisture from pellets of resin material received from an underwater ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6138375 | Support ring for pellet dryer screen An improved support ring is disclosed for a polymer resin pellet dryer screen of the type which includes cylindrical screen sections interconnected by two semicircular bands forming a support ring or connecting band. The support ring is positioned in spac... | 10/31/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6076276 | Floor sweep assembly for a grain dryer having primary support members and ancillary support members which form a number of intersections with a wiper A grain dryer includes a wall assembly having (i) an inner wall and an outer wall which defines a grain flow path therebetween, and (ii) a discharge slot defined in the wall assembly thereof through which grain may flow. The grain further includes a grain... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6073367 | Floor sweep assembly for a grain dryer having support members and wipers which are spaced apart from each other by spacing members at intersections formed therebetween A grain dryer includes a wall assembly having (i) an inner wall and an outer wall which defines a grain flow path therebetween, and (ii) a discharge slot defined in the wall assembly through which grain may flow. The grain dryer also includes a grain shel... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073364 | Wiper for a floor sweep assembly of a grain dryer which includes ultra-high molecular weight resin which contacts grain and grain shelf floor during rotation thereof A grain dryer includes a wall assembly having (i) an inner wall and an outer wall which defines a grain flow path therebetween, and (ii) a discharge slot defined in the wall assembly through which grain may flow. The grain dryer further includes a grain s... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5974688 | Apparatus for controlled drying of sludge A method and drying apparatus for drying a quantity of sludge. The drying apparatus is comprised essentially of a plurality of drying zones; a plurality of infrared emitters within each of the drying zones; a means for producing a flow of the sludge throu... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5915814 | Cyclonic dryer An improved cyclone dryer is disclosed, having an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, and a cone-shaped chamber. The outer cylinder has a tangential airstream orifice for injecting a high-speed stream of material and air, or other gases, into the dryer. Th... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5909943 | Apparatus for cooling or drying bulk material The bulk material cooler/dryer apparatus of the present invention utilizes an oscillating spreader assembly in conjunction with a reciprocating discharge grate structure to achieve uniform distribution of in-flowing bulk material within a main processing ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5791066 | Cyclonic dryer An improved cyclone dryer is disclosed, having an upper, a lower cylinder and a cone-shaped chamber that define a cavity. The improved dryer is adapted for a high-speed airstream to enter the cavity via a tangential airstream orifice. Wet material is fed ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5737850 | Method and apparatus for drying poultry manure A chicken manure drying system is placed in a hen house. A platform of the system is disposed underneath a plurality of chicken cages. As chicken manure drops from the chicken cages, it collects on the platform. Drying fans of the system are disposed adja... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5709035 | Counter flow cooler A counter flow cooler in which feed material is fed into the top inlet of the cooler and dispersed into a plurality of cooling chambers. At the bottom of each cooling chamber is a discharge grid which will discharge feed material uniformly over the area o... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5638606 | Spider and lifter assembly for centrifugal pellet dryer Improvements in centrifugal pellet dryers and more particularly to improvements in the rotor structure which includes a shaft, pellet lifter assemblies and supporting spiders which support the pellet lifter assemblies from the shaft. Each spider is made o... | 06/17/1997 |
| 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 |
| 4833793 | Anaerobic pasteurizing conditioning system An anaerobic, pasteurizing conditioning system for treating matter such as whole and ground grain, minerals and other ingredients to increase the rate of their conversion and absorption during digestion and thus the nutritional value thereof. The system c... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4731938 | Anaerobic pasteurizing conditioning system An anaerobic, pasteurizing conditioning system for treating matter such as whole and ground grain and minerals to increase the rate of conversion during digestion and thus the nutritional value thereof. The system comprises a direct fired steam generator ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4686779 | Method of and apparatus for particulate matter conditioning A conditioning system for particulate matter comprising a vertical conditioning vessel adapted for the counter-current flow of particulate matter and treatment fluid therethrough. The particulate matter such as grain, is fed into an upper region of the ve... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4667418 | Anaerobic pasteurizing conditioning system An anaerobic, pasteurizing conditioning system for treating matter such as whole and ground grain and minerals to increase the rate of conversion during digestion and thus the nutritional value thereof. The system comprises a direct fired steam generator ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4635380 | Method and apparatus for heat treating flowable materials A continuous process for heat treating flowable materials having liquids thereon and apparatus wherein a first portion of adhering liquid is vaporized in a pre-desolventizer (PDS) consisting of at least one horizontal steam jacketed conveyor tube (60-63),... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4630382 | Discharge device for granules A discharge device for granules from vertical reactors having a plane blower plate with scraper edges has at least one discharge slot with corresponding collecting device fixedly connected to the discharge slot so as to be rotatable with the latter. A sta... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4619053 | Process and apparatus for desolventizing flaky or granular vegetable residue material obtained in the extraction with organic solvents The desolventizing of solvent-wet extraction residue which is obtained in the extraction of vegetable material such as soybean, rape, nut and other kernel or seed material etc. with organic solvents, such as hexane, benzine etc., is effected in a continuo... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4586270 | Bed thickness levelling device for a cooling column In a cooling column the feed material to be dried or cooled is intermittently transferred from any one sieve bottom to a subjacent sieve bottom as by tilting individual sectors of the respective sieve bottoms. As a result, the feed material comes to rest ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4503627 | Apparatus for the treatment of flaky or granulated material with gases or vapors in a continuous countercurrent process The invention relates to apparatus for gentle thermal treatment of flaky or granulated material with vapors in continuous operation, wherein the vapors are introduced from the bottom and conducted in countercurrent to the material falling downwardly by gr... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4465376 | Device for suspending a scraper blade for the displacement of material upon a surface A plate-type dryer or like heat-treatment apparatus has a plurality of annular horizontal plates upon which material is treated while a shaft surrounded by these plates carries a plurality of generally radial arms from which scraper blades are suspended. ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4392310 | Drying apparatus A particulate dryer is disclosed in which upwardly moving hot gases contact downwardly moving particulate matter. The particulate matter is supported by rotating trays which, due to the absence of support at their outer ends at selected loci are caused to... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4371375 | Apparatus and process for drying sawdust A sawdust drying apparatus and process wherein sawdust passes downwardly in a sinuous fashion to and through multiple, vertically spaced dryer plates at a temperature and velocity so as to progressively dry the sawdust and render it suitable as a highly c... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4114289 | Dryer system A fuel dryer system for waste fuel boilers, such as for example those in the sugar cane processing industry where bagasse is used as a primary fuel, in which the dryer comprises an assembled, enclosed, vertical dryer structure of basically cylindrical sha... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4077841 | Method and apparatus for treating slurries Method and apparatus for the thermal treatment of slurries such as slurries of magnesite hydrate or the like. The method involves suspending the slurry in an airstream, passing the airstream with the suspended slurry particles into contact with a heated g... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4075766 | Apparatus for the treatment of divided solid material An apparatus for the treatment of divided solid material is provided having a chamber disposed about a generally vertical axis. Means are provided for introducing the divided solid material into the top portion of the chamber and further means are provide... | 02/28/1978 |
| 3991171 | Dehydration of aluminum fluoride hydrates Aluminium fluoride hydrates, especially aluminium fluoride trihydrate, are dehydrated by a process involving dehydration in two sections, the first dehydration being effected in a disc dryer while observing certain process conditions and the second dehydr... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3976018 | Dryer system A fuel dryer system for waste fuel boilers, such as for example those in the sugar cane processing industry where bagasse is used as a primary fuel, in which the dryer comprises an assembled, enclosed, vertical dryer structure of basically cylindrical sha... | 08/24/1976 |
