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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176654 | Method and device for preventing corrosion of a gas inlet nozzle during nitric acid condensation By a method and a device for preventing corrosion on and in the region of a gas inlet nozzle during nitric acid condensation, contact of the condensing gas with the nozzle and with the surroundings of the nozzle are supposed to be minimized. This is achieved in that... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7320183 | Method for drying honeycomb formed structure The invention provides a honeycomb formed structure drying method including causing undried honeycomb formed structures 10 placed on stands 12 to pass through a drying apparatus 1, thereby drying the undried honeycomb formed structures through h... | 01/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7255554 | Cooling air system for a patty-forming apparatus A cooling air system is provided for a patty-forming apparatus having a machine base that includes an enclosing wall and contains equipment within the machine base that generates heat, such as electric motors, electrical and control equipment. The machine base inclu... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7192494 | Method and apparatus for annealing copper films A method and apparatus for annealing copper. The method comprises forming a copper layer by electroplating on a substrate in an integrated processing system and annealing the copper layer in a chamber inside the integrated processing system. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7021087 | Methods and apparatus for applying a treatment fluid to fabrics The present invention relates to methods and/or systems for applying treatment fluid to a plurality of fabric articles in a fabric treatment apparatus. The present invention is also directed to an apparatus capable of carrying out such methods and/or systems. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6877250 | Apparatus, method and system for the treatment of a wafer In an apparatus for a treatment of a wafer at elevated temperatures, the wafer is taken out of the reactor after heat treatment with the help of a mechanical transport apparatus which preferably grips the wafer around the circumference and on the under side. The tra... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6651358 | Heat transfer fluids and methods of making and using same comprising hydrogen, helium and combinations thereof Heat transfer fluid mixtures and methods of making and using same are presented. The inventive heat transfer fluid mixtures consist essentially of at least one light gas, such as hydrogen, and at least one heavy fluid, such as helium wherein the mixture w... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6622398 | Method of ozone conversion in semiconductor manufacturing A method for processing semiconductor wafers and similar articles has an ozone remover connected to a processing chamber. The ozone remover has a light chamber surrounded by reflectors. Ozone and other processing gases and vapors flow out of the processin... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6595008 | Process for the safe storage of sodium percarbonate in bulk containers A process is provided for the safe storage of sodium percarbonate in a bulk container that is substantially closed to the ambient atmosphere. A temperature is measured at at least one position inside the sodium percarbonate stored in bulk and, with an inc... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6408537 | Substrate cooling system A method and apparatus is disclosed for staging or cooling a substrate between high temperature thermal processing steps. In the disclosed embodiment, one or more cooling stations are located off-line within a wafer handling chamber, outside the thermal p... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6405452 | Method and apparatus for drying wafers after wet bench A method for drying wafers after a wet bench process is disclosed. In the method, a wafer is first immersed in a volume of DI water held in a container. A mixture of alcohol vapor/inert gas is then flown into the upper portion of the container that is not... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6381873 | Method for drying a polymer coating on a substrate An method for the formation of coating films on substrates which consists of a main high-temperature and high pressure drying chamber with two additional chambers located in front and behind the working chamber, respectively. The front drying chamber, whi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6374513 | Process for the heat treatment of lignocellulosic material A process for the heat treatment of lignocellulosic material where the material is perheated and dried at a temperature close to the vaporization temperature of water, heated in a reducing atmosphere and cooled by the injection of water vapor.... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6370796 | Heater block cooling system for wafer processing apparatus A cooling system and method are provided for cooling a heater block located in a cylindrical processing chamber of a wafer processing apparatus. The cooling system includes first and second frame assemblies having respective ends adapted to rest on an upp... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6351896 | Method and apparatus for drying a fiber web A method and apparatus for drying a fiber web, in which the fiber web is dried between two tight bands moving in the same direction and turning around turning rolls. The first band is heated and the second band is cooled by a cooling chamber. The cooling ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6345451 | Method and apparatus for hot continuous fiber cooling with cooling gas recirculation Coolant gas recovery and reuse from a heat exchanger is automatically interrupted when the oxygen content of the used gas exceeds a predetermined maximum concentration and is recommenced when the oxygen content falls below a predetermined minimum concentr... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6276072 | Method and apparatus for heating and cooling substrates A method and apparatus for heating and cooling a substrate are provided. A chamber is provided that comprises a heating mechanism adapted to heat a substrate positioned proximate the heating mechanism, a cooling mechanism spaced from the heating mechanism... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6253464 | Method for protection of lithographic components from particle contamination A system that employs thermophoresis to protect lithographic surfaces from particle deposition and operates in an environment where the pressure is substantially constant and can be sub-atmospheric. The system (thermophoretic pellicle) comprises an enclos... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6161309 | Heat shrink tool holder cooler A cooling unit reduces the temperature of heat shrink tool holders and extensions to ambient temperature. The cooling unit includes a housing with a removable cooling tray. The cooling tray is formed with a plurality of receptacles configured to accommoda... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6119368 | Apparatus for reducing cool chamber particles An improved cool chamber is provided which includes a gas manifold for redistributing the gas flow and reducing the velocity of the gas particles that are directed towards a wafer. The gas manifold has a generally circular body that defines a plurality of... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6105274 | Cryogenic/phase change cooling for rapid thermal process systems A process for treating a workpiece. The workpiece is cooled by directing toward the workpiece a material that includes a gas and particles of a material that undergoes a phase change when applied to the workpiece. The gas and the particle material are non... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6016410 | Fuser for reproduction apparatus with minimized temperature droop A fuser, for a reproduction apparatus, having at least one heated fuser roller operating at a setpoint temperature to permanently fix a marking particle image to a receiver member, and a mechanism for controlling temperature droop in the at least one heat... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5981022 | Apparatus and method for drying or curing web materials and coatings A method for drying and/or curing a traveling web including a RF generating means for delivering RF through field and RF stray field to the web to heat the web, air bars to direct air flow to the web for cooling to facilitate emission of moisture therefro... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5974682 | Cooling process system The process system of the present invention has a cooling process portion, a siding portion, and transfer means. The cooling process portion is responsible for applying cooling process to a heated substrate. The siding portion is positioned in an upper si... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5970717 | Cooling method, cooling apparatus and treatment apparatus An apparatus is provided with a cooling unit for cooling a treatment substrate, a supporting body for supporting the treatment substrate before being transferred to the cooling unit and a cooling apparatus for cooling the treatment substrate supported by ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5351749 | Process for cooling fluid solid particles An arrangement of apparatus and process thereof for cooling hot fluid solid particles, especially hot regenerated catalytic particles are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substantially vertical, cylindrical and close ended heat removal vessel through ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5345693 | Method for drying, especially waste material, such as shrimp or crayfish shell, fish offal, etc. Offal material, such as shrimp or crab shells, fish offal, etc, is dried to produce a fine-grained base material or additive for use in foodstuffs and animal fodder by subjecting a starting material in a chamber to a turbulent air current which accelerate... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5257463 | Method and apparatus for cooling or heating battery cells during electrical testing A method and apparatus for uniformly cooling or heating a plurality of test battery cells to a desired temperature having a housing with a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a bulkhead. A plurality of individual battery cell recepticles, such... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5176871 | Method of cooling a preform in a cooling tube A method and apparatus of cooling and solidifying a preform involves: introducing a preform in a heated state released from an injection mold into a cooling tube having a bottom opening and an upper opening through which cooling air flows from the bottom ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4899462 | Lint burning clothes dryer A clothes dryer having a cylndrical lint screen connected to and extending from the rear of a rotating clothes drum having a perforated front annulus and a rear air inlet. An air duct has a mouth at one end positioned adjacent to the perforated annulus an... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4868996 | Method and apparatus for vapor drying An object to be dried is cooled and then held within an atmosphere of a drying medium vapor, until the temperature of the surface of the object rises to the temperature of the vapor.... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4763424 | Apparatus and method for the control of web or web-production machine component surface temperatures or for applying a layer of moisture to web Disclosed is an apparatus and method for providing a shower of fog onto a web or a machine component in contact with a web or for applying a layer of moisture to a web. The fog, which as a temperature lower than the temperature of the surface of the web o... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4728287 | Apparatus for uniformly drawing and cooling pyroprocessed particulate material Apparatus for cooling a bed of pyroprocessed particulate material such as lime received from a source as a kiln, the cooler including a shaft with one or more underlying hoppers through which the material flows as cooling air is forced upwardly therethrou... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4702015 | Evaporative-cooling apparatus and method for the control of web or web-production machine component surface temperatures Disclosed is an apparatus for providing a shower of fog onto a web or a machine component in contact with a web. The fog, which has a temperature lower than the temperature of the surface of the web or the machine component to be cooled, is applied to the... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4702019 | Apparatus for cooling high-temperature particles An apparatus for cooling high-temperature particles in which various factors which adversely disturb the stability of the moving layer of high-temperature particles can be substantially eliminated and large-sized and medium-sized lumps contained in the hi... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4693252 | Device for generating dry, cold gas flow A device for generating a dry cold gas flow by evaporating a low-boiling liquefied gas for cold therapy for rheumatic diseases includes a vessel for accommodating the low-boiling liquefied gas. A hose line is connected to the vessel with an interchangeabl... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4689895 | Evaporative-cooling apparatus and method for the control of web or web-production machine component surface temperatures Disclosed is an apparatus for providing a shower of fog onto a web or a machine component in contact with a web. The fog, which has a temperature lower than the temperature of the surface of the web or the machine component to be cooled, is applied to the... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4592724 | Grate cooler and method of cooling A grate cooler arranged at right angles to a rotary kiln and having its vertical longitudinal central plane spaced a distance between 10 and 150 cm from the discharge end of the rotary kiln. The zone of the grate cooler lying below the material discharge ... | 06/03/1986 |
