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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7144507 | Dry cycle anaerobic digester The present invention provides a digester for handling waste or contaminated materials. A process and an apparatus for processing are disclosed. A Dry Cycle Anaerobic Digester (DCAD) uses tanks to perform aerobic and anaerobic digestion to eliminate the waste, while... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6473988 | Auxiliary container for salad spinner A food drying device of the type which includes an outer housing, a perforated main container in the housing and a drive apparatus on the housing for rotating the main container relative to the housing, includes a perforated auxiliary container disposable... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6408536 | Process for drying protein crystals The present invention relates to a process for drying protein crystals starting from an aqueous protein crystal suspension, which comprises drying the protein crystal suspension in a centrifugal dryer, where the protein crystals, after they have been filt... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6383394 | Recycling process and apparatus The invention relates to a method for rendering waste sorbent material recyclable. The method includes collecting polymer-based sorbent materials containing one or more solvents, treating the waste material in a centrifugal treatment system for removing t... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378228 | Process to monitor linen drying in a drier To monitor the linen drying in a clothes drier, the residual moisture level of the linen inside the drier is measured and compared to a maximum permissible threshold, which is adjustable and authorization to open the door (14) of the drier is not allowed ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6154978 | Apparatus and method for confirming initial conditions of clothes drying equipment prior to start of drying cycle A method and apparatus for confirming the initial conditions of a clothes dryer prior to the start of the drying cycle is provided. The clothes dryer comprises a drying chamber with air inlet and outlet ports. A blower powered by a first motor is arranged... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6112429 | Method and apparatus for washing and drying harvested vegetables A method and apparatus for processing whole head vegetables, characterized by a core end, and an open leafy end, is disclosed. Whole head vegetables pass through a washer which has a bottom belt which runs through the length of the washing line and passes... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6094763 | Method and device for unloading items of washing from a treatment machine In the method for unloading items of laundry from a spin-dryer or washer-dryer (20) which has a perforated operating drum (21) and a drum housing (22) with an end-side unloading opening (26) which can be closed by means of a door (27), after the spin-dryi... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6065224 | Device and process for the aerobic treatment of organic substances A device for the aerobic treatment, conditioning and/or drying of moist, substantially solid or paste-like, at least partly organic material, has a vessel containing paired, Venetian-blind-like walls, with adjustable blades, forming at least one reaction ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5966830 | Washing and drying appliance for salads and delicate fruits A centrifugal force salad green spinning system is improved for use with delicate fruits and vegetables such as strawberries and delicate herbs by inserting a secondary receptacle basket with reduced diameter sidewalls into the primary rotary spinning rec... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5802733 | Dryer system for vegetables An apparatus and method for the drying of produce and particularly leafy vegetables. A spin dryer (100) is provided which releasably receives and holds a plurality of manually liftable field baskets (21). A turntable assembly (110) is rotatably mounted to... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5746070 | Plastic and stainless steel horizontal axis spin tub A spin drum for use in a horizontal axis clothes washing machine. The spin drum includes a generally semi-cylindrical side wall composed of stainless steel, first and second plastic end caps and first and second metal trunnions. The side wall has first an... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5581904 | Centrifugal dryer A method and apparatus for drying particulate matter such as vegetables and the like is disclosed. The apparatus has a centrifugal dryer that includes a drum adapted to be rotated about its longitudinal axis which is canted with respect to the vertical. T... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5485683 | Centrifuge extractor A centrifuge extractor designed for reclaiming industrial fluids from absorbent matts and pads is characterized by a fixed cylindrical housing and a rotating cylindrical screen concentrically arranged within the housing to define inner and outer housing c... | 01/23/1996 |
| 4897933 | Tableware drying machine A tableware drying machine, comprising a drying tank accommodated in a drying machine housing and a container frame for receiving a tableware container, the frame being connected with a motor means installed in the drying tank and rotated at high speed, a... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4493156 | Produce spin dryer The drying container has foraminous side walls and an open bottom which is received onto a vertically positionable, upwardly facing lower wall having a sloping surface. A pair of semi-cylindrical shielding walls encircle the drying basket and are spaced t... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4432148 | Continuously operating hydro-extractor The present invention relates to hydro-extractors used for extracting water or other liquids mixed with a treated material. The hydro-extractor according to the invention comprises, in addition to the perforated wall of revolution 1 driven in rotation abo... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4334365 | Methods of drying wet items of textile materials There is described a method of drying wet items of textile material, in which the wet item is rolled onto a roller and in the process subjected to a width-increase of at least 15% in the transverse direction while being fed without tension in the longitud... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4321756 | Vegetable drying apparatus A new vegetable drying apparatus consists of a net bag or perforated plastic bag placed inside an outer imperforate plastic film bag, both bags being provided with handles or other means for holding the same for manual rotation at relatively high speed. T... | 03/30/1982 |
| 3945921 | Rotary centrifugal machine A rotary centrifugal machine, for example a centrifugal extractor for removing fluids from wet laundry loads, includes a basket rotatable within a casing. A load conveyor deposits material into the basket while the basket rotates at a relatively low speed... | 03/23/1976 |