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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322301 | System and method for processing sewage sludge and other wet organic based feedstocks to generate useful end products A system and method are disclosed for processing sewerage sludge and other organic based feedstocks, in an energy efficient manner that minimizes or eliminates unwanted byproducts, including pathogens, and generates useful environmentally safe products. The sewage s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316080 | Methodology and apparatus to reduce fuel consumption in conveyor dryers and ovens A method and apparatus for reducing fuel consumption in conveyor ovens by creating a barrier to the infiltration of heated air from a heating section of the oven into a cooling section of the oven thereby reducing the loss of heated air and reducing consumption of f... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7210574 | Pasta dryer A pasta dryer comprising a conveyer belt for conveying and delivering dried pasta, the conveyor belt being configured as a continuous conveyor. To operate more efficiently, the conveyor belt has a delivery table in the vicinity of an idler, the table comprising an a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7178659 | Methods and apparatuses for inducting articles onto a conveyor An novel apparatus and technique may be used to induct articles onto a conveyor comprising at least one conveyor belt that moves articles along a first path that extends in a first direction. The apparatus may be used to move an article along a second path that exte... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7143528 | Dry converting process and apparatus A web converting process and apparatus employing a dry converting station and substrate-handling equipment for conveying the substrate through the dry converting station. The substrate is enveloped in the dry converting station by a close enclosure supplied with one... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6713107 | Airflow distribution systems for food processors Gas and/or air distribution systems and methods for distributing thermally and/or otherwise treated gas in a food processor by moving at least one food item over a predetermined travel path in a food processor having a food travel path comprising a moving floor and ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6689407 | Enhanced capacity food processing systems with efficient space utilization Mass production food processing methods, systems, and apparatus with increased capacity over conventional design are configured to direct food to travel serially over side-by-side travel paths so as to travel a plurality of revolutions about a tier or lev... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6655041 | Multilevel roller-conveyor dryer The invention relates to a roller belt drier. The drying of panel-shaped products often requires the drier to have considerable construction lengths in order to achieve a high capacity. Long roller belt dryers, which are usually equipped with chain drives... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6523277 | Apparatus for drying and stacking treated workpieces Apparatus for drying and stacking treated workpieces includes a housing defining a drying chamber; a workpiece carrying assembly mounted to the housing for moving the workpieces along a travel path through the drying chamber, including an endless strand t... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6360452 | Drying tunnel for fruit and vegetables The object of the Patent is a drying tunnel for fruit and vegetables which is prismatic rectangular in shape and is internally divided by spacing walls (1) with a bucket conveyor travelling successively up and down. The buckets are elongate, parallel to the wa... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6328557 | Methods and apparatus for conveying containers through an oven to produce heat-insulative foamed layers thereon Containers are conveyed through an oven on a conveyor to cause a foamable material on each container to foam and become a heat insulative layer. The containers are supported on respective holders of the conveyor, which prevent the containers from contacti... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6282812 | Multi air-knife box and method of use An apparatus is provided for the drying of electronic components. The invention provides multiple holes through which air is passed before striking the components. This provides the apparatus of the invention with multiple air knives, thereby breaking maj... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6173507 | Arrangement and operation of improved dryer between shrinkage compactors to control residual shrinkage of wet knitted web to below that produced by tumble drying Apparatus and a related method control within acceptable limits, of less than two percent (2%), residual shrinkage in garments to be made from a knitted fabric web or other fabrics subject to high shrinkage. The knitted fabric web is passed continuously i... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6163981 | Method and apparatus for drying wood particles A method and apparatus for drying material, especially wood particles, having moisture therein, comprising depositing the material to a selected depth onto a transport conveyor at the first end of a drying chamber. Heat is applied to the material as it is... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5921001 | Oscillating feeder with opposing feed angle The cooler/dryer includes a product inlet having an inlet discharge chute oscillatable about a horizontal axis corresponding to the direction of conveyance of the product within the dryer/cooler. The chute is at an opposite angle to the direction of conve... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5787604 | Plastic strand granulation plant having a draining and drying module An apparatus for cooling, drying and granulating plastic strands emerging from a nozzle in molten form includes a discharge channel washed with cooling water through which the plastic strands are conducted. A draining and drying device forms a separate un... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5634281 | Multi pass, continuous drying apparatus An apparatus for drying moist solid or semi-solid materials, such as sewerage sludge, municipal waste, industrial waste, agricultural waste, and the like, includes a dryer unit having a plurality of stacked heating chambers, each of the heating chambers a... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5557859 | Continuous process for harvesting, solar drying and accumulating hay or other crops A method and apparatus for processing a crop growing in a field by continuously cutting the crop with a transportable cutter and forming a layer of the cut crop on a moving conveyor. A stream of solar heated air is continuously forced onto the moving crop... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5450679 | Rotary oven conveyor A rotary oven conveyor apparatus is provided for receiving a continuous flow of articles such as can ends and for conveying the articles in an on-edge, spaced apart condition for a selectable predetermined period of time, to facilitate a treatment such as... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5317818 | Pouch chiller A conveying system for food processing such as cooling pouches of food discharged in a single line from a pouch filler including apparatus for rearranging the pouches in order to shorten the line. One apparatus is a right angle transfer device in which th... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5247801 | Air treatment plant and method for a flow reduction therein An air treatment plant for food is closed with the exception of an inlet and an outlet opening (3). In the plant, a pressure increase needed for circulating the treatment air tends to produce an air flow in one direction (29) through an inlet or outlet tu... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5184542 | Drier for pasta A drier comprises a plurality of structurally independent drying chambers in each of which a respective climate, which does not interfere with that of the other chambers, is created and controlled. The chambers, each of which is equipped with its own conv... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5040974 | Internal air circulation system for lanham oven A bakery oven of the type employing a continuous conveyor therein for carrying goods to be baked through an oven enclosure includes an air distribution system adapted to direct heated air from near the top wall of the oven enclosure to the bottom and side... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5010808 | Spiral conveyor oven A bakery oven is disclosed which includes an oven enclosure having opposed end and side portions, with conveyor inlet and outlet openings formed therein. An endless center drive chain conveyor is provided which includes a first section located outside of ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4997365 | Spiral conveyor baking apparatus A food processing apparatus is disclosed which includes a food conditioning enclosure having opposed end and side portions, with conveyor inlet and outlet openings formed therein. An endless conveyor is provided which includes a first section located outs... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4631029 | Baking oven with heated air distribution-II A bakery oven, of the type employing a continuous spiral conveyor for carrying goods to be baked through an oven enclosure, employs an air distribution system to direct heated air from near the top wall of the oven enclosure to a plenum chamber, and from ... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4574495 | Method and drying plant for drying a material in batch operation Such a drying plant has drying surfaces (4) superposed in a chamber (1) and extending over the depth of the chamber (1). The drying surfaces (4) are provided with heating plates (3). The upper run of an endless conveyor belt running on rollers (6,7) is gu... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4548191 | Food cooking oven and method An oven and method for cooking food products. The oven comprises an elongated housing having an inlet for food products to be cooked in the oven and an outlet for emitting cooked food product from the oven, together with means for heating a gaseous cookin... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4544352 | Baking oven with heated air distribution A bakery oven, of the type employing a continuous spiral conveyor for carrying the goods to be baked through the oven enclosure, employs an air distribution system to direct heated air from near the top wall of the oven enclosure to a plenum chamber, and ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4490927 | Apparatus for curing fibrous mineral insulation material Apparatus for curing fibrous mineral insulation material comprises an oven, upper and lower conveyor belts for carrying the insulation through the oven, support means for supporting the belts, a supply plenum for directing curing gases through the belts a... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4479310 | Continuous dehydration device and process Device for the continuous dehydration of products of the type comprising a stack of endless belts, travelling in alternate directions, characterized in that, on the one hand, only one (33) of the ducts (33, 34) is provided with a heating means (14) and wi... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4477981 | Dynamic drying simulator A simulator for simulating on a test sheet the actions of a dryer section of a paper making machine. The simulator includes a closed chamber to which there is connected a temperature and humidity control system to maintain the chamber in constant temperat... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4417406 | Arrangement for drying plate-shaped wood products An arrangement for drying plate-shaped wood products, such as veneers and plywood plies, includes a roller conveyor which advances the products in the leading portion of their drying path, and a belt conveyor which advances the products in the trailing po... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4409744 | Propeller fan drive The present invention relates to a means for isolating a fan drive means within a chamber from the fan driven fluid. An enclosure is provided which isolates the fan drive means from the driven fluid. The enclosure having multiple opening to the exterior o... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4366628 | Invertable pan conveyor and material carrying pan therefor There is provided an endless conveyor characterized by a plurality of invertable material carrying pans. The invention is particularly concerned with simplified means for effecting inversion of the pans whereby both the upper and lower reaches of the endl... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4344524 | Fines removal in horizontal coolers Disclosed are an apparatus and method for removing the fines that fall through the load run and accumulate on the return run of a foraminous, endless conveyor. In accordance with the invention, the fines are collected on the return run, conveyed on the lo... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4196527 | Drying apparatus A drying oven comprises a plurality of superposed endless belt conveyers that feed each to the next lower conveyer. The upper two conveyers are separately fed from individual hoopers; and the third conveyer receives all the material from the upper two. In... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4192516 | Seals for ovens In ovens which are divided by baffles to form zones, and through which conveyor belts pass, seals are positioned to prevent the flow of gases between zones. The seals are positioned between the baffle and the belt, and comprise a plurality of brushes exte... | 03/11/1980 |
