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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225559 | Toothbrush dryer A toothbrush dryer includes a substantially hollow housing having a pair of side walls, a rear wall and an open front in communication with an interior chamber. A door hingedly engages one of the side walls and is pivotable to selectively enclose the interior chambe... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7171761 | Large plush towel warmer and dehumidifier An increased air pressure forced hot air towel warmer comprising a substantially airtight enclosure configured to be more desirable and user friendly when placed in close proximity to a tub or shower whether mounted within cabinetry, on the wall or when permanently ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7122085 | Sublimation bed employing carrier gas guidance structures Preferred embodiments of the present invention provides a sublimation system employing guidance structures including certain preferred embodiments having a high surface area support medium onto which a solid source material for vapor reactant is coated. Preferably, ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6936793 | Oven apparatus and method of use thereof A solder reflow oven with horizontal cyclonic convection air flow for enhancing equalized heating of printed circuit boards conveyed therethrough. Air circulation apparatus can include a first air movement fan for urging air to move horizontally laterally from the f... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6922910 | Exposure apparatus An exposure apparatus is provided for performing exposure processes with high accuracy by accurately performing pressure control inside a chamber having a plurality of air-conditioning chambers. The inside of the main chamber which accommodates the exposure apparatu... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6874247 | Toothbrush dryer A toothbrush dryer includes a housing formed as a heating chamber for storing toothbrush in the housing, and a heating device provided in the housing preferably at a bottom portion of the housing for warming the toothbrush for keeping a dried toothbrush for preventi... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6839983 | Heating oven for dynamo-electric machine component manufacture A heating oven for use in dynamo-electric machine component manufacture is provided. The oven uses forced air heating to raise the temperature of in-process component subassemblies to suitable process temperatures. The heating oven includes a rotating drum mounted i... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6689180 | Hot air flow control device of heat-shrinking film packaging machine A heat-shrinking film packaging machine includes a conveyor for transporting an article to be packaged through a heating device to have a heat-shrinking film surrounding the article heated and shrunk and thus tightly packaging the article. The heating dev... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6601317 | High-efficiency drying kiln particularly for wood-like material A high-efficiency drying kiln, particularly for wood-like material, constituted by an internal chamber, which is covered with thermally insulating material and is provided with at least one opening for loading and extracting the material to be treated; tw... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6499228 | Pistachio pre-dryer An apparatus for drying and conveying pistachios comprises a plurality of fixed and moveable slotted plates. The moveable plates are interleaved with the fixed plates and reciprocate to push pistachio nuts along the surface of the plates. Heated air is bl... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6430838 | Dehumidifier drying apparatus A dehumidifier drying apparatus adapted to dry saturated drying agent of dehumidifiers, including a top-open drying box, the drying box having an air inlet, a detachable seal cover covered on the drying box and adapted to hold saturated drying agent for d... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6357141 | Evaporator with hot air bath and method of use An evaporating system for evaporating solvents from chemical samples held in supply plates, which accelerate evaporation by warming the samples in a hot air bath. The system includes adapters to allow the use of supply plates of varying heights, such as e... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6321460 | Drying apparatus A drying apparatus is disclosed. The drying apparatus comprises a drying housing, a heat pump unit and a heat pump piping. The interior of the drying housing is divided into a drying chamber and a circulation passage by a partition wall. The circulation p... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6272770 | Washer/dryer combination with cold water and vacuum A cleaning apparatus having a sealable pressure vessel and an agitator for agitating an article, such as clothing, in a liquid within the vessel to remove contaminants from the article. A fluid system supplies fresh liquid to the vessel and drains used li... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6272767 | Environmental test chamber An environmental test chamber comprises a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a partition. The first chamber receives one or more electronic components to be tested. The first chamber includes an exhaust area through which air is introduced to... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6263591 | Sports equipment drying container The portable sports equipment drying container comprised: a box shaped body; a cover for the body; the body having opposed side walls and opposed end walls; an input fan mounted in one of the walls; an output fan mounted in a another one of the walls; a h... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6233844 | Dehydration method and device An apparatus and method for dehydrating solid products containing moisture, particularly food products, includes a hot gas stream device for creating a hot gas stream over the products to be dehydrated and an ultrasonic wave emitting system for directing ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6202318 | System for processing wafers and cleaning wafer-handling implements A system (10) for processing wafers and cleaning wafer cassettes (160, 260, 460) includes a work cell (12) having a plurality of processing stations (14) for processing wafers, and at least one processing/cleaning station (30, 130, 230, 430) for receiving... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6122838 | Method and apparatus for drying grain A method and apparatus for drying grain which includes a method and apparatus for unloading the grain from a grain dryer of a type including spaced apart first and second walls for defining a passageway or grain column for directing grain flowing downward... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5940983 | Dehydrating device A hydrating device includes a food processing chamber and a control unit which communicates with the chamber via two connecting pipes. The control unit has an inclined separating board inclinedly disposed therein and a water exit located corresponding to ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5937536 | Rapid drying oven for providing rapid drying of multiple samples A dryer for use with chemical compounds employs controlled vacuum, elevated temperature and dry, inert gas to dry the chemical compounds. The dryer includes a vacuum chamber into which trays containing the compounds are placed. The chamber includes heatin... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5926968 | Wood drying system A wood drying system to eliminate the discharge of liquid kiln water includes a kiln which is heated to dry a batch of wood, a basin to collect the water driven from the wood, and an evaporator in which the collected water is converted into steam. The ste... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5915811 | Solar drying process and apparatus A drier with a curvalinear chamber having a heat transfer surface at one end and baffles at the other end. A fan is provided to circulate air within the chamber. In the process for drying, the product to be dried is positioned within the chamber and air c... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5842287 | Towel warmer An apparatus for warming towels, or other articles. The apparatus includes a cabinet having an internal vertical wall that divides the cabinet into a warming chamber and a second chamber. A tubular rack extends generally horizontally across the warming ch... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5806203 | Combination drying unit A combination drying unit has a towel roll rotatably held within a housing. An air blower, powered by a motor, is also held within the housing. The motor provides a stream of air from the air blower through an opening in the housing. The motor also powers... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5793019 | Electric infra-red and forced air oven An infra-red and forced air oven for drying a freshly painted object. The drying oven has a plurality of heating elements, which radiate infra-red energy, disposed about the object to be dried. Each heating element preferably has an annular shell, an elec... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5685710 | Barn and procedure for Virginia type tobacco curing The objects of the present invention are a barn and a procedure for curing Virginia type tobacco. The barn consists of an air heating device with an impulsion fan (9) connected by means of an inlet duct (10) to several curing units (1-8) where the Virgini... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5675906 | Enclosed type air circulation drying mechanism for low temperature, normal temperature and low heat conditions An enclosed type air circulation drying mechanism includes a housing for receiving the food. The housing has two side chambers each for receiving a blower and two heating members and an evaporator for drying the air. Two or more fans are disposed in the s... | 10/14/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5604992 | Dual roll dispenser A dual roll dispenser is disclosed. The device comprises a housing unit having a first paper towel roll and a second paper towel roll mounted therein. Paper automatically dispenses paper from one of the rolls while the second roll remains idle. When a sen... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5603168 | Method and apparatus for controlling a dryer A method and apparatus for operating a dryer used to reduce the moisture content of sheet material such as a jet veneer dryer. A drying chamber is provided and includes a plurality of individual, juxtaposed drying sections. Each drying section circulates ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5595000 | No-vent dry kiln A no-vent dry kiln for drying wood products such as lumber. The kiln has a dehumidification unit to remove excess moisture from the air utilized as the drying media. The dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures of the air within the kiln enclosure are precisely... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5575714 | Method and apparatus to pour fluid around fresh produce A method and apparatus for providing a stream of fluid around fresh produce, which produce is stored in containers provided with openings in the sides. A consecutive row of a multiplicity of such containers is arranged along a wall some distance from the ... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5111528 | Apparatus for heat shrinking wrapping using electrical air heating A shrinking frame for foil wrap or hoods to be shrink wrapped on a stack of goods has a shaft-like configuration of the path for producing hot air within the limbs of the frame between the inlet opening and an outlet slit. The resistance heating rods are ... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5025570 | Modular convective oven with anti-contamination features An oven employing a group of identical modular oven units, each unit divided into a main cavity with a first upper auxiliary chamber and a second lower auxiliary chamber. A barrier plate separating the upper chamber from the main cavity is gas pervious an... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5014446 | Apparatus for heating an article A device for heating an article such as a towel or the like comprises an enclosure and a heating device for providing heated air under positive pressure to the interior of the enclosure. A support in the form of a rack is arranged in the interior of the e... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4790748 | Grain drying method and apparatus utilizing fluidized bed A grain drying system includes a fluidized bed for burning grain dust. The hot gases produced by the combustion of the grain dust are directed to a cyclone for cleaning and then to a known grain dryer. The ashes or other particles removed from the hot gas... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4668244 | Method and apparatus for upgrading low rank coal A method and apparatus for upgrading low rank coal, wherein the sealing efficiency between the inside and the outside of a system and between the successive stages of apparatus is improved. Such improvement is provided between a drying apparatus for dryin... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4640726 | Heat activation process and apparatus for heat shrinkable material A method and apparatus for heating selected portions of an article include transport means for moving the article into a heating compartment. Shroud means, which are disposed within the heating compartment and located adjacent to limited portion of the ar... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4455478 | Portable unit for heating packaged food A portable unit for heating packages containing pre-cooked cold food, the unit acting to rapidly heat up the food to a service temperature level and to thereafter maintain this level. The unit includes a case having a rack therein divided by shelves into ... | 06/19/1984 |
