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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7260901 | Device for controlling the temperature of objects The invention relates to a device for controlling the temperature of objects, especially for drying or cooling objects, said device comprising a housing containing at least two tempering units which are arranged in a functionally parallel manner. Each tempering unit... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7204010 | Method of making a load sensor plate A load sensor plate (100) is adapted for manufacture by stamping spaced apart openings (110) through a thin blank to define flexure beams (112) beside the openings (110); and forming the blank with spaced apart columnar walls (102)... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7073901 | Radiation treatment for ink jet fluids A printing system that includes a source which emits UV radiation to polymerize a fluid that is deposited onto a substrate by one or more print heads. The source emits low energy UV radiation sufficient to set the fluid to a quasi-fluid, non-hardened state. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060163 | Device for continuous drying of a pulp sheet The invention relates to a device for continuous drying of a pulp sheet 10, particularly a tissue web, with a drying drum 1 and an air circulating system. It is mainly characterised by the drying drum 1 having a shell 12 with a perforated... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047662 | Printing press dryer having an excimer radiant heater A printing press dryer having an excimer radiant heater adapted for high energy output and compact mounting within the printing press. The heater includes a housing (1) within which a plurality of radiant tubes (2,3) are arranged in parallel relation t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6877251 | Drying installation within a sheet-fed printing press A drying apparatus for a sheet-fed offset printing machine which dries sheets as they pass along a sheet path with forcefully directed air and/or heat. The drying apparatus of the present invention is adapted for more effective sheet drying by means of an electrode ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6877247 | Power saving automatic zoned dryer apparatus and method A computer controlled power saving automatic zoned dryer for a printing press has a dryer head facing the substrate travel path, having a multiplicity of IR lamps connected individually or in groups to form a plurality of heating zones running longitudinally and eac... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868623 | Process for controlling the temperature of a web and a device to use for said temperature control The present invention relates to a process for controlling the temperature of a product in the form of a web (12) that is influenced by an IR ramp (9) for surface treatment of the web (12). With the help of a number of temperature sensors (26... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6668468 | Drier for commercial printers A drier for commercial printers comprises an air receiving and directing member having end walls, side walls, and a bottom wall and characterized by air receiving slots formed in the side walls and air discharging slots formed at the intersections between... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6560893 | Method and apparatus for heat treating webs A rotary cylinder for heat-treating a web bearing against its outer surface is heated by an internal stationary assembly of IR burner modules that heat lengthwise distributed annular bands of the cylinder, the burners having air-fuel mixture supplies that... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6536134 | Drier for commercial printers A drier for commercial printers comprises an air receiving and discharging member having end walls, side walls, and a bottom wall and characterized by air receiving slots formed in the side walls and air discharging slots formed at the intersections betwe... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6511015 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing the running of a web in a paper machine or a like A method and a device for stabilizing the web run in a paper machine or the like having a blow suction module (12) mounted above and/or below the web. The blow suction module comprises a blow nozzle unit (14) extending across the web, through which gas, s... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6463677 | Method and device for moisture profiling Method and device for moisture profiling of fibrous material web to be dried in machines for manufacturing and/or refining of fibrous material web. Method includes subjecting fibrous material web to electromagnetic waves in the form of high-frequency wave... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6425190 | Method and device for moisture profiling A method and device for moisture profiling of a fibrous material web to be dried in machines for manufacturing and/or refining this web that includes subjecting the fibrous material web to electromagnetic waves in the form of microwaves and/or high-freque... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6401358 | Method and device for drying a rapidly conveyed product to be dried, especially for drying printing ink A method and an apparatus for drying a substance that is being rapidly conveyed in a conveyor apparatus, in particular for drying layers of printing ink on rapidly transported paper, wherein in a drying zone by means of incident electromagnetic radiation ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401360 | Apparatus and method for drying photosensitive material using a radiant heat assembly A drying apparatus and method utilizes the combination of radiant heat and air to quickly dry photosensitive material. The arrangement of the drying apparatus is such that radiant heat said assembly including a heating bar and a reflective cover positione... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6313444 | Radiant oven A radiant oven for treating a web of material has oven chambers, electric radiant heaters and buffer plates. The material treated in the oven chamber is isolated from the heaters by the buffer plates. The buffer plates also prevent solvent vapors from rea... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6269551 | Method of drying copper foil and copper foil drying apparatus A method employed to dry a copper foil having been subjected to various surface treatments, which method comprises irradiating at least one surface-treated side of the copper foil with near infrared rays to dry the copper foil, and an apparatus suitable t... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6098309 | Machine and process for manufacturing or treating a material web Apparatus and process for manufacturing or treating a material web that includes at least one heatable cylinder and a combustion unit. The combustion unit is adapted to heat the at least one heatable cylinder with at least one of combustion gases and infr... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6058621 | Apparatus and method for drying photosensitive material using radiant heat and air flow passages A drying apparatus and method utilizes radiant heat and forced air to provide for rapid drying of photosensitive material without emulsion side contact. The forced air is supplied through air passages formed between cover members that partially surround r... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6026748 | Infrared dryer system for printing presses A printing press having a plurality of laterally spaced printing stations is provided with an interstation dryer system, interposed between the printing stations, for effectively drying liquid printing substances, such as inks, coatings, and the like, on ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6014818 | Drying apparatus having a frame device for mounting jet boxes Apparatus for drying a pulp web includes a plurality of jet boxes, arranged vertically in piles parallel with each other, and provided with openings through which heated air, introduced into the jet boxes, can stream out. The pulp web is conducted in an e... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5966836 | Infrared heating apparatus and method for a printing press A dryer (10, 200) is provided for use in drying freshly printed substrates such as corrugated sheets (14). A plurality of infrared heating lamps (28) are positioned below the travel path (16) of the corrugated sheets (14) and the heat lamps are physically... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5937540 | Electrothermal drying device An electrothermal drying device has a hollow main body, a plurality of reflection hoods covering infrared electrothermal tubes, a plurality of air-inhaling blowers connected to the hollow main body, a plurality of waste vapor-exhaling blowers, a plurality... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5930914 | Method and device for drying a moving web material A method and device for drying a moving web including a first infrared radiator arranged on a first side of the web and a second infrared radiator arranged on a second side of the web at least partially opposite to the first infrared radiator and proximat... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5831248 | Heat-controlling device A heat-controlling device is provided with a transporting carriage for supporting and transporting a semiconductor substrate and a heating device having a plurality of heaters which apply heat in the width-wise direction of the heat-receiving member that ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5732477 | Process for ultraviolet curing The disclosed invention is an ultraviolet curing process that causes a wrinkle pattern to appear on the surface of a curing layer. Initially, the primary stage of the process is generated by irradiating a photopolymerizable layer with far ultraviolet ligh... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5636450 | Contact-free diverting device for sheet material A device for diverting sheet, web or mat material treated continuously uses an air cushion (6) formed about a cylindrical surface (4). Infrared transmitters (7), whose radiation is directed to a portion of the material (1) being diverted, are provided in ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634402 | Coating heater system A system for applying heat to wet coatings applied to selected areas on a front surface of a continuous substrate includes an energy emitter for applying energy to the substrate to heat the substrate, a metallic roll contacting a back surface of the subst... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5557858 | Infrared wood product dryer An infrared wood product dryer apparatus (10) constructed in accordance with the invention broadly includes enclosure structure (12) defining an interior (20), a conveyor assembly (14) configured for conveying a particulate material along a material flow ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5553391 | Method and apparatus for heat treating webs The disclosed cylinder for heat-treating a web is rotatable about a horizontal axis and is heated by one or multiple stationary infrared burners that extend all along the length of the cylinder, but which are limited to an arcuate extent, establishing a m... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5537925 | Infra-red forced air dryer and extractor An infra-red dryer utilizes high velocity air jets which scrub and break up the moist air layer which clings to the surface of a freshly printed and/or coated sheet. The high velocity air jets are directed through multiple air flow apertures across an arr... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5496406 | Coating device having infrared and suspension drying sections A device for coating a paper web includes two applicator rolls disposed parallel to one another, forming a roll gap for the passage of a paper web therethrough. At least one applicator for applying a coating onto a surface of at least one of the rolls is ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5447566 | Paper coating and drying machine A paper tinting and drying machine has a tinting module and a dryer module spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance so that aqueous liquid ink with less than five percent volatile organic compounds by volume applied to the underside of th... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5440821 | Method and a device of treating a continuous material web with infrared light and heated air A method and a device (1) to treat a paper web (12) by using air, which flows around and cools the infrared lamps (4), to impinge against the paper web and thereafter be removed. A glass plate (9), supported by a pair of glass holders (8), is used to shie... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5390428 | Film transport means for use in a film dryer The emulsion surface of a film may be damaged as it is pushed into or pulled through a dryer unit. Described herein is a transport arrangement for transporting a film through a dryer which comprises a conveyor belt for transporting the film, and air jets ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5369894 | Method of and apparatus for drying running webs of photographic material A moist web of exposed and developed photographic film or photographic paper is continuously advanced through a drying unit wherein selected areas of the path for the web are monitored by devices which generate signals denoting the heat absorptivity of mo... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5332882 | Device for heating a yarn in motion with removable heater block Device for heating a yarn in motion, of the type consisting of an insulating enclosure (15) which surrounds a heater block (E) with which it defines a lengthwise channel inside which the yarn (5) to be treated runs, means for guiding said yarn being provi... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5323546 | Method of drying photographic materials A method for drying photographic materials from an initial moisture content to a desired final moisture content is provided. At least one side of a photographic material having an initial moisture content is heated, with a first heater stage, to achieve a... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5319861 | Drying method and device for coated layer A drying method and a device each employ a specific range of infrared radiation which has a high transmissivity relative to a coated layer formed on a metal substrate and a high absorptivity relative to the substrate. The energy transmitted through the co... | 06/14/1994 |
