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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6606801 | System and process for drying a shoe A system and process for drying a shoe, for example a leather shoe comprising a fan operable to produce an air flow, a heating element and at least one duct having at least one outlet, which is adapted to direct a portion of the air flow into a shoe. Addi... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6176022 | Removing moisture from hollow guiding members such as cable ducts With the object of removing moisture from a system of N.gtorsim.2 elongated hollow guiding members (20) for cable-like elements (27), in the system a gas flow (G) is maintained. The gas flow is supplied to the system by way of a gas-supply opening (29) of... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6144898 | Control process and device for treating the surface of a solid substrate A control device for operation of a system for treating a surface of a solid running substrate by dielectric-barrier electrical discharge in a controlled gaseous atmosphere, comprising (A) a system which includes (i) a treatment device through which a sub... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6079119 | Method and a device for drying A method and device for simultaneous drying bodies of air-permeable material, comprises providing a hole in each body, the hole containing a tube having an air permeable mantle and placing the bodies adjacent each other so that the holes thereof form a co... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6041517 | Method and related blowing model for drying and synchronously ironing out clothing by using a blowing model A method and related blowing model for drying and synchronously ironing out the clothing by using a blowing model, the main steps include: The porous cloth is sewn to a model of an upper half of human body. The model is comprising of an upper half portion... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5997678 | Method and apparatus for transferring images onto a tubular structure A method and apparatus for imprinting a sublimation transfer onto a generally cup-shaped or tubular structure. The apparatus includes a support structure for holding of the structure. A blower is provided for providing a flow of heating air to the interio... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5729908 | Boot drying apparatus An apparatus for the enhanced drying of shoes and boots is provided, having a main housing cylinder having a first end cap secured to a main housing, with a fan motor and screen directing forced air into a heated grid of the main housing cylinder, with th... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5490188 | System and method for evaporating moisture from a gap defined between a repair sleeve and a surrounding heat transfer tube in a nuclear steam generator System and method for evaporating moisture from a gap defined between a heat transfer tube surrounding a repair sleeve in a nuclear steam generator. The nuclear steam generator has a heat transfer tube surrounding a repair sleeve that has been hydraulical... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5408759 | Wall drying device A wall drying device having an elongated main chamber composed of a flexible, air impermeable material, a number of flexible air conduits tapering down to nozzle ends for insertion into air access holes drilled into a wall to be dried, and a blower port f... | 04/25/1995 |
| 4484369 | Method for drying tubular knitted fabric The disclosure relates to techniques for high efficiency drying of wet-processed tubular knitted fabric. The wet tubular fabric is initially spread to flat form and then guided in a controlled manner over a so-called Mach nozzle, at which high velocity ga... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4357761 | Apparatus for drying enamel slip coatings on pipes Disclosed is apparatus designed primarily for enameling the internal and external surfaces of pipes including a drying chamber constructed as three vertical coaxial tubes, viz. an outer tube, an intermediate tube and a center tube, each having an individu... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4262708 | Method and apparatus for treating flexible containers A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating flexible pouch-like containers prior to heat sealing of the containers. The method comprises simultaneously injecting superheated steam into a filled container to evacuate air from the container and direct... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4223452 | Drying process and apparatus for accomplishing the same A process and apparatus for drying wet solid material are provided. The process comprises introducing material into a dryer, bringing it into contact with one side of a plurality of heated surfaces located therein and vaporizing liquid in the material. Th... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4035926 | Heating the end of a tubular member The end of a tubular member to be heated is received in an annular space between a central core and a shroud. Hot gas passes through passageways in the central core against the inside surface of the tubular member, then along the inside surface to the end... | 07/19/1977 |
