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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6997196 | Dishwasher for receiving articles disposed in a washing receptacle for cleaning A dishwasher includes a washing receptacle for items to be cleaned, a pump for liquid, a flow heater for liquid, a device for spraying items to be cleaned, a control device for wash cycles of the spraying device, and a device for providing steam having a separate st... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6959504 | Emptying unit for recovering bottom residue, particularly in drying filters, drying units, and the like An emptying unit for recovering bottom residue, particularly in drying filters, drying units and the like, comprising, inside a container for treating and containing dried product, fluid introducing elements for moving the bottom residue of the dried product. A disc... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6834440 | Wafer spin drying apparatus with a plurality of supply nozzles and methods for using the same An apparatus for drying a wafer includes a rotating chuck configured to rotate the wafer. A movable de-ionized water supply member and an organic solvent supply member are positioned adjacent a face of the wafer. The de-ionized water supply member supplies de-ionize... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6826849 | Contamination-free photoreceptor drying apparatus A contamination-free apparatus is provided for moving and drying coated photoreceptors. The contamination free apparatus includes an oven assembly having first and second side walls defining a heating chamber, a guiding track for guiding a photoreceptor carrier or p... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6405454 | Method and apparatus for heating and/or drying flowable loose material A method and device for heating and/or drying flowable loose material, especially granular polymeric material, that is to be conveyed to a processing machine, such as an injection molding machine, are provided. A hot air stream that has been heated up wit... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6269550 | Drying machine for shredded tobacco, in particular for rolls of expanded shredded tobacco The machine (1) includes a tunnel structure (2) which defines a chamber (8) with inclined, downwardly converging longitudinal side walls (9) and in which a substantially horizontal conveyor (10) for conveying a layered flow of shredded tobacco (T) from th... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6249989 | Method and apparatus for heat transfer A method and apparatus of heating or cooling a charge of a solid material are disclosed. The method includes the steps of supplying a charge of the material to form a packed bed of solids in a process vessel having one or more passageways through which a ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6212792 | Basket and method of use A basket or dryer liner that has the usual basket shape, i.e, generally cylindrical, but is resiliently compressible or deformable along multiple axes for reshaping into irregular shapes. It has perforate bottom wall and side walls and an open top and is ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6213029 | Process and apparatus for treating process streams from a system for separating consituents from contaminated material A process and an apparatus for recovering and treating hazardous and non-hazardous components from process streams generated from a continuous system for selectively separating organic and inorganic constituents from contaminated material. The contaminate... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6199294 | Drying apparatus for bulk materials The invention relates to an apparatus for drying bulk materials, which has a hopper-shaped bulk material container 29 with adjustable side walls 30, by which the container 29 can be adjusted to the amount of bulk material to be dried, by varying the volum... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6185841 | Enhanced heat transfer system A method and apparatus for heating or cooling a solid material (93) in a process vessel (80) is disclosed. The Method includes supplying a working fluid to a vessel which holds a packed bed (93) of the solid material. The method is characterised by revers... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6128828 | Drying machine A drying machine includes a hot air blower, a housing divided horizontally into plural long chambers having an open upper side, a closed bottom and two longitudinal sides bored with through holes, a screw conveyor respectively positioned in each long cham... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5746007 | Aggressive convective drying in an agitated pan type dryer The present invention relates to improved drying techniques which increase the capacity and efficiency of agitated pan type dryers. In particular, the present invention relates to an agitated pan type dryer apparatus and method for aggressive convective d... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5628121 | Method and apparatus for maintaining sensitive articles in a contaminant-free environment An apparatus and method for maintaining sensitive articles such as IC wafers or the like contaminant-free including a base member having a removable cover defining a sealed unit having an interior in which a plurality of sensitive articles are supported a... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5617649 | Device and method for drying fluorescent material A device and method for drying a fluorescent material are provided. The device includes a container having a predetermined space for containing a fluorescent material, a first driver for rotating the container, a heater for heating the container, a vacuum... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5615494 | Apparatus for treating a filter cake An apparatus for detaching a filter cake created by a suction dryer from off the filter surface of a filter medium and for an essentially simultaneous treatment of the cake to a form advantageous for further processing. The apparatus comprises a suction d... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5546676 | Aggressive convective drying in an agitated pan type dryer The present invention relates to improved drying techniques which increase the capacity and efficiency of agitated pan type dryers. In particular, the present invention relates to an agitated pan type dryer apparatus and method for aggressive convective d... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5544425 | Aggressive convective drying in a nutsche type filter/dryer The present invention relates to improved drying techniques which increase the capacity and efficiency of agitated pan type dryers. In particular, the present invention relates to a nutsche type filter/dryer apparatus and method for aggressive convective ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5435075 | Spindrier A spindrier comprises a box enclosing a plurality of wafers, a motor for rotating the wafers in the box, upper and lower clamp bars for holding the wafers face to face and substantially perpendicular to a rotating shaft of rotating means, and gas introduc... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5287634 | Removal of vaporizable components from polymeric products A method and apparatus for removing vaporizable components from polymeric products effects uniform distribution of heat over such products contained within a chamber. The apparatus includes a heated chamber having support means for supporting the products... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5261168 | Fruit dryer A fruit dryer includes a base to cintain a hot wind unit to produce hot wind, a bottom case and a plurality of intermediate cases possible to be deposited one on another for placing fruit to be dried therein, and an upper cap. The bottom case is deposited... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5199189 | Waterbased clearcoat drying apparatus A drying apparatus including a booth having a ferris wheel mounted therein, and a blower and heater mounted on the booth. The ferris wheel includes three pairs of rotatably mounted radially extending arms, a support plate pivotally mounted on the distal e... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5150532 | Lid member having a filter medium for a spin dryer A lid member having an annular filter therein is mounted so as to open on a spin dryer body and serves to filter air introduced therein. The lid member has a top surface which is upwardly convex to prevent turbulence of air above the top surface and intro... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5079854 | Method and apparatus for cleaning, coating and curing receptor substrates in an enclosed planetary array An apparatus and method for curing cylindrical and belt-like substrates include a curing chamber defining a horizontal central axis; a support structure selectively receivable within the curing chamber for supporting at least one substrate along a horizon... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5061448 | Incubator An apparatus for incubating and/or incubating shaking biological test specimens having a detachable autoclavable chamber. The main incubating chamber is provided with a support plate and diffuser plate for directing a controlled flow of heated air to the ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5050316 | Filter-box for a spin dryer An improved filter-box positioned on a spin dryer is disclosed, which has a ceiling plate, a bottom plate and an annular filter provided between the ceiling plate and the bottom plate. The inner area of the lower surface of the ceiling plate within the fi... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5012595 | Rotary cross-banding veneer dryer A housing is provided in which a horizontal drum assembly is mounted for rotation at low rpm about a horizontal axis. The drum assembly includes a central foraminated cylinder outwardly from which foraminated peripherally spaced vanes extend in generally ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4967487 | Oven for the curing and cooling of painted objects and method An open top oven (10) for curing and cooling a painted object such as a vehicle body (12) comprising a plurality of ducts (62,64,70,72,74) for selectively supplying air at different times in the paint curing and cooling process, including a plurality of q... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4819343 | Apparatus for the storage of (cigarette) packs In the course of a process carried out on a packaging machine for (cigarette) packs, it is necessary for glue spots to set. For this purpose, there is a drying turret (20) which is equipped with a plurality of sawtooth-shaped pockets (27) directed approxi... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4619607 | Baking oven having turntable driven from an external motor whose drive shaft is coupled via a seal to an internal chain A baking oven heated by circulation of hot-air comprising a baking compartment with a turntable at the bottom thereof adapted for receiving a multiple rack cart which carries the material to be baked and which is rotated around a vertical axis. The turnta... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4545135 | Installations for spin-drying fibrous or porous materials Installation for the centrifugal spin-drying or combined spin-drying and drying of fibrous or porous materials comprising, in combination, a spin-drier and a material carrier adapted to receive at least one pile of spools or similar of fibrous or porous m... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4489501 | Spin drier for silicon wafers and the like Disclosed herein is a spin drier for silicon wafers and the like including a rotor equipped with at least one holder for a carrier, which is adapted to enclose a silicon wafer or the like therein, and a casing embracing the rotor. The radial distance betw... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4489502 | Spin drier for silicon wafers and the like Disclosed herein is a spin drier for silicon wafers and the like including a rotor equipped with at least one holder for a carrier, which is adapted to enclose a silicon wafer or the like therein, and a casing embracing the rotor. The spin drier is furthe... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4476019 | Pellet dryer A pellet dryer is disclosed for removing plastic pellets from entraining water and drying the same. The rotating structure of the pellet dryer is essentially contained and supported on a door of a cabinet, so that the opening of the cabinet door exposes t... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4445281 | Dehydrating drier A dehydrating drier is so arranged that the dehydrated and dried members in a thin form, such as silicon wafers, glass for liquid crystal, photo masking glass or lenses, are rotated with a rotor, and deflectors are disposed in a ventilation channel for a ... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4441880 | Drying apparatus An apparatus and method for drying organic and other waste materials such as industrial by products, agricultural and animal wastes, blood and manure. A round, flat bottom substantially closed pan with a double-wall bottom and side forming a jacket and ha... | 04/10/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4369585 | Wet and dry roasting apparatus and process for nut, bean and seed-like product A plurality of rotatable containers has perforations for draining treated and untreated liquids while retaining nut product initially received therein either in a liquid slurry or dry. A closed, controllable oven environment, encloses said containers and ... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4268973 | Silverware dryer A silverware dryer having a casing with ducts and nozzles for directing air to a drying chamber, a portable basket usable in a washing operation and thereafter positionable in said drying chamber and with the basket having a series of vibratory holders fo... | 05/26/1981 |
