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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176653 | Method for removing moisture from substrate coated with transparent electrode A method for removing moisture from a substrate coated with a transparent electrode comprises the steps of placing the substrate coated with the transparent electrode in an infrared oven, applying heat to the substrate in the infrared oven, drawing the substrate fro... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8109010 | Method for drying applied film and drying apparatus The present invention provides a method for drying an applied film formed by applying an application liquid containing an organic solvent to a traveling long support medium, wherein the temperature Tb of the long support medium before application is not less than 2Â... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7316079 | Method for drying resin pellets An apparatus for drying resin pellets to be supplied to a molding machine under reduced pressure of a desired level by a reduced pressure drying means comprises a preheating means for heating resin pellets to be supplied to the reduced pressure drying means to a tem... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7178263 | Method of manufacturing incombustible wood Provided is a method of manufacturing incombustible wood that enables maximization of the amount of an incombustion agent used to be impregnated into wood. Further provided is a method of manufacturing incombustible wood that completely satisfies incombustible-wood ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7162811 | Method for drying nails A method for completely drying polished nails without any smudging or nicking. The method utilizes first warm air and then very cold air followed by a brief return to warm air. The warm air of the inital step uses air at a temperature of approximately eighty-five de... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7146747 | Timber drying kiln A multichamber timber drying kiln in which different conditions are maintained in each chamber and methods of drying timber using such a kiln. In one aspect timber is rapidly heated within a first chamber (2; 202; 207) and then transferred to a further chambe... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7114268 | Drying section and a smoothing apparatus for such a drying section A drying section of a machine for the manufacture of a material web, in particular of a paper or of a board web, comprises a smoothing nip which is extended in the web running direction and is formed between two pressing areas lying opposite one another of which at ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7033544 | Determination of supplemental fuel requirement and instantaneous control thereof involving regenerative thermal oxidation A control system for a regenerative thermal oxidizer in which contaminated air is first passed through a hot heat-exchange bed and into a communicating high temperature oxidation (combustion) chamber, and then through a relatively cool second heat exchange bed. The ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6892474 | Method for controlling air conditioner In drying the interior of an indoor unit, room humidity (Rh) is detected by a humidity sensor, and a drying operation cycle, in which after first heating operation, which is weak heating operation in which a compressor included in a refrigerating cycle is operated a... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6783602 | Multistep single chamber parts processing method The present invention is directed to a method for controlled environment processing of parts in a chamber or chambers wherein solvents and/or solutions used for processing the parts can be introduced. The process includes applying a negative gauge pressure to the ch... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6684526 | Process for removing trace solvent from a material An improved process for removing trace solvent from a material comprises rewetting the product with water during the drying process. Finished products such as suramin are produced efficiently to a high quality on a factory scale.... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6569331 | Method for animal excreta processing The method and apparatus for processing of animal excreta or manure for further use or environmentally friendly disposal introduces a new first stage and ancillary elements for improved processing of manure material. The improvement involves an initial pr... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6536136 | Substrate transfer apparatus and substrate method To provide a substrate transfer apparatus capable of forming a hermetically-closed space integrated between a normal substrate processing apparatus which is not integrated with a substrate transfer unit and a substrate transfer container, the substrate tr... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6473992 | 2-step method for drying mash-products The present invention relates to a method and device for drying mash-products, and more particularly to a 2-step device for drying mash-products comprising a first drying unit (a flow rotary drying unit) and a second drying unit (a mixing rotary drying un... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6412190 | Infrared and hot air dryer combination A combined infrared and hot air dryer includes a pressurized hood which is fed with combustion air through an air delivery duct. Each cross-direction zone of the hood includes a mixer. The air enters the mixer without any direct connection between the del... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6327794 | Processing method for substrate A processing method for processing a substrate has a vertical thermal processing furnace 4 having a bottom and an opening 4a provided at the bottom. A boat 3 holding substrates W in vertical multistairs can be placed on a first lid 17, and the first lid 1... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6321462 | Web dryer with fully integrated regenerative heat source Integrated web dryer (10) and regenerative heat exchanger (20), as well as a method of drying a web of material using the same. The apparatus and method of the present invention provides for the heating (22) of air and the converting of VOC's to harmless ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6311906 | Apparatus and method for recycling waste paint There is disclosed apparatus and method for recycling waste paint, for completely removing a bad smell generated in the course of drying up the waste paint and extracting a bad smell from a filler. The method for recycling waste paint comprises the steps ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6161305 | Process and plant for mechanical and thermal dewatering of sludges A process and apparatus for mechanical and thermal dewatering of solid-liquid mixture, particularly industrial and sewage sludges, feeds the sludge to a dewatering device to produce a dewatered material which is then dried in a thermal drier. The dewatere... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6092303 | Apparatus and method for drying photosensitive material using radiant section and an air flow section 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 is first applied to photosensitive material at a radiant heat applicat... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6061926 | Controlled energy density microwave-assisted processes An effect is induced within a chemical system consisting of at least two substances having differing degrees of microwave transparency, by exposing the mixture to focused microwave energy having a generally uniform energy density level, and an energy dens... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5983521 | Process for splitting recycled combustion gases in a drying system A process for drying a wet material in a drying system includes supplying a current of heated gas to a dryer from a combustion chamber. The material is exposed to the current in the dryer. The dried material is separated from the current of heated gas. Th... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5906862 | Apparatus and method for drying a coating on a substrate A method and apparatus for coating and drying coated substrates without introducing significant surface imperfections while running at higher web speeds than known drying methods. The substrate is preferably coated within the drying enclosure or the coati... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5743022 | Sheet material drying A dryer arrangement for use in the production of a dried cast sheet, in particular reconstituted tobacco sheet, is formed of a plurality of steam plates in side-by-side arrangement providing a substantially flat surface. The plates are hollow and a heated... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5737851 | Thermal processing unit for the preparation of plastisol-based floor coverings A thermal processing unit for the processing of plastisol-based floor coverings comprising a radiant heat transfer section which raises the temperature of a plastisol-based floor covering to an approach temperature followed by a convection heating section... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5692317 | Method and facility for dehydrating plants particularly, for dehydrating forage A method and a facility for dehydrating plants, particularly for dehydrating forage. The method consists in introducing the forage to be dehydrated in a drier with a retention time and a temperature that are suitable to achieve the at least partial drying... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5678323 | Apparatus and method for controlled drying of sludge A method and drying apparatus for drying a quantity of sludge. The drying apparatus is comprised essentially of a plurality of drying zones; a plurality of infrared emitters within each of the drying zones; a means for producing a flow of the sludge throu... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5657555 | Process and hot-air dryer for dying coated surfaces In a process for drying coated surfaces in a hot-air dryer, part of the hot air in the dryer is continuously circulated therein as a secondary air stream which is mixed with a primary air stream heated to above the drying temperature (Tmax). Th... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5604990 | Printing plate drying apparatus The printing plate drying apparatus includes carrying devices such as flower pattern comb rollers which carry a printing plate having a printing surface including an image-formed portion and a non-image-formed portion, the printing surface being applied w... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5599398 | Process and machine for cleaning parts For the purpose of cleaning parts (8), the invention comprises subjecting the latter to a prior treatment for lowering the temperature by means of a neutral gas, for example nitrogen, in an oxygen free medium, passing the parts into a cleaning chamber (4,... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5588222 | Process for recycling combustion gases in a drying system In a process for drying material in a drying system, a first current of heated gas is supplied to a first dryer from a corresponding first combustion chamber. Material to be dried is exposed to the first current in the first dryer. The dried material is s... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5555642 | Process for upgrading low-quality wood A process for upgrading low-quality wood to high-quality wood comprising the following stages: a) softening the wood by directly heating it electrically in the presence of a softening agent at a pressure of at least the equilibrium vapor pressure of the s... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5519948 | Process for the production of granules suitable as wetting agents, detergents and/or cleaning products A process for the production of pourable, free-flowing granules which are suitable for use as wetting agents, detergents or cleaning products from aqueous solutions or suspensions of such materials in a fluidized-bed spray granulation apparatus employing ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5430957 | Installation and process for the temperature control of chemical and/or biochemical and/or microbiological substances A device (10) for tempering substances has a metal block arrangement (12) th at least one zone (32) the temperature of which can be set at a determined mean value, as well as at least another zone (32'). The device (10) has a metallic base plate (31) with... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5325601 | Method for drying and curing a coated metal substrate A method and apparatus for drying and curing a coating which as been applied in liquid form to a metal substrate. The process and apparatus include a precuring or drying of the coating by rapidly heating the sheet in an electromagnetic induction coil to v... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5298707 | Apparatus for preparing fat free snack chips A method and apparatus for preparing essentially fat free chips such as potato chips and the like having an appearance and taste similar to conventional chips without the use of deep fat frying processes. The method of the present invention includes the s... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5127168 | Method for manufacture of smooth and glossy papers and apparatus A method and a machine are described for drying of fibrous web, especially suitable for high speed machines producing printing papers. High drying rates are obtained by subsequently pressing the two surfaces of wet web onto two large diameter dryer cylind... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4769922 | Method and means for removing liquid from moist metal particles The invention relates to a method and means for removing liquid from moist metal particles, substantially without causing oxidation, preferably from metal particles produced by means of liquid atomization of a casting jet, wherein the moist metal particle... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4241514 | Process and apparatus for drying chlorinated polymers Moist chlorinated polymers, which are separated from an aqueous suspension, are dried. To this end the moist polymers are pre-dried in a centrifugation zone and the pre-dried polymers are completely dried in a fluidization zone which is arranged downstrea... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4127945 | Process and a dryer for drying polychloroprene sheets Object of the invention is a process for drying polychloroprene wherein hot air is blown onto both sides of the moist polychloroprene sheet. Optionally the moist sheet is exposed to infrared rays also. A further object of the invention is the dryer consis... | 12/05/1978 |
