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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7365287 | Vertical electrically heated oven for baking coated parts An oven for baking a batch of parts has a housing having side walls and a top wall defining a closed container with a closed top end and an open downwardly facing bottom end. Loading/unloading occurs at the bottom end onto a carriage raised to the top end where baki... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6170169 | Device for drying substrates A device for drying substrate disks by irradiation with ultraviolet light, wherein during the irradiation process a glass plate is resting on the substrate disk, has a lower part on which the substrate disk rests during drying and a liftable and lowerable... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5632097 | Brine shrimp cyst drying device An apparatus and method for final drying of harvested brine shrimp cysts preparatory to containerization, for subsequent storage and shipment. The device is portable, and may be installed upon the near shore of the shrimp bearing body of water, or upon sh... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5557857 | Apparatus for the aftertreatment of photopolymerizable printing plates An apparatus for the aftertreatment of photopolymerizable printing plates with means for generating an environment with at least one predetermined condition and a transport device to carry the plates during and for transport of the plates through the appa... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5552262 | Process for production of photopolymerizable flexographic printing plates High volume manufacturing process for flexographic printing plates comprises wash out, drying and post-exposure. During drying the printing plates are transported with a plurality of endless conveyors. The transport speed during drying/post-exposure is lo... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5339537 | Continuous drier for flat piece material A continuous drier for flat piece material, especially for liquid-coated printed circuit boards, and the like, comprises a heatable drier housing and a transport path that ascends in the housing and, after passing an upper turning point descends again. Se... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5143663 | Stereolithography method and apparatus An improved stereolithographic apparatus and method is described. In one embodiment, the improvement includes immersing at least a portion of a part in a volume of a liquid solvent in a vapor degreaser while subjecting the portion to ultrasonic agitation ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4767639 | Baking apparatus and process A baking apparatus including an oven having an inlet and an outlet through which pans are taken into and out of the oven is disclosed. Stationary pan receiving members are vertically arranged in multiple layers in the oven. First and second vertical feed ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4750276 | Impingement thermal treatment apparatus with collector plate Impingement heating or cooling apparatus that employs an axial flow fan, a plenum, collector and a columnating assembly for directing jets of a temperature controlled gas against the surface of a food product. Means for contacting a first layer of food pr... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4622903 | Sewage screenings disposal system A sewage screenings disposal system where raw screenings are fed to a dewatering press (7) for reducing the moisture content of the screenings, slugs of pressed screenings are conveyed from the dewatering press (7) to a multi-compartment storage carousel ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4466791 | Single vapor condensation soldering facility A condensation soldering facility (10) comprised of a housing (12) having a divider member (22) therein which separates the housing into a drying chamber (24) in an upper section and a soldering chamber (26) in a lower section. A transfer member (76) is p... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4358170 | Group storage tower for storing stacks, groups of elements or pasted battery plates in a dust-free manner A vertical tower support is provided within a vertical dust collection channel that is attached to a dust collecting conduit. On either side of the vertical tower support within the channel are a plurality of modified battery cases that are attached to ch... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4249316 | Method and installation for drying moulded pulverulent products This installation for drying, by controlled evaporation, humidified and agglomerated caster sugar comprises an oven with a plurality of sections. Conveying means are provided for passing the products to be dried successively through these sections, betwee... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4209917 | Apparatus for supporting articles during exposure to a gaseous or vaporous medium The invention provides apparatus suitable for use for example in drying or treating articles such as sheets of paper, which comprises an endless conveyor means arranged to form a plurality of support surfaces for said articles while traversing an operativ... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4126947 | Settling and drying apparatus The invention relates to a settling and drying apparatus composed of a settling tank in whose center is immersed a tube of an annular supply tank with central overflow comprising, coaxially, an extractor tube plunging to the bottom of the tank and surmoun... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4077528 | Treatment plant A plant for physical or thermal treatment of products supported upon rectangular carriers, said plant comprising a vertical conveyor for moving the carriers upwards and downwards from in inlet station to an outlet station, the conveyor being constituted b... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4058908 | Apparatus for drying flat printed material An apparatus is provided for drying flat printed material such as paper and card sheets and the like, supports for the printed material being mounted on the chain links of the conveyor chains of an upright chain conveyor having a transfer path which is di... | 11/22/1977 |
