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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343700 | Automatic control of the drying of particulate material A method and apparatus for drying particulate material in which the drying and discharge of the particulate material may be superimposed in such a way as to permit continuous drying of particulate material even when the supply is not continuous. The quantity of heat... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7194822 | Systems for drying moisture-containing work pieces and methods for drying same A system and method are provided for controllably drying moisture-containing work pieces. The system comprises a drying compartment defining an internal workspace for housing and drying the moisture-containing work pieces by introducing heat into the internal worksp... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7176415 | Heating method for a band-shaped body and heating apparatus for a band-shaped body A heating method and apparatus for a band-shaped body transported in a constant conveying direction in a heating zone so as to heat the band-shaped body is provided. The method includes detecting whether a portion of the band-shaped body at which width and/or thickn... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6938359 | Method for controlling drying of a web-formed material A web-formed material (1), preferably a pulp web (1), is passed through a drying plant, comprising blow boxes arranged in a plurality of drying decks, floating above lower blow boxes, which at their upper sides blow out hot process air against the web-... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6842998 | Membrane dryer A system, method, and apparatus for supplying a gas-liquid vapor to a process tank for performing semiconductor manufacturing. In one aspect, the invention is a method of supplying a gas-liquid vapor to a process tank comprising: supplying a gas stream through at le... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6729042 | Enhancement of fluid replacement in porous media through pressure modulation A method is described for enhancing mass and heat transport of fluids in a fine pore structure through an appropriate modulation of the fluid pressure. For example, in an air drying process for a porous material that contains liquid, the air pressure is modulated th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6519870 | Method of heating bulk material, especially granular plastic material A method for heating bulk materials, especially granular plastic material, in which the bulk material is fed to a vessel and exits the vessel based on the consumption. A heat-transfer gas flow is simultaneously fed to the vessel and conducted either cocur... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6289607 | Flotation dryer unit and method of use A method and flotation dryer unit effects drying of a web such as a coated paper web. The flotation dryer unit advantageously includes several nozzle boxes extending across the web for feeding drying air toward the web to be dried, a distribution chamber ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6189238 | Portable purge system for transporting materials A portable purge system for transporting materials, such as semiconductor wafers used in the manufacture of ICs, comprises a carrier having compartments for releasably receiving and enclosing the materials therein. The carrier is flooded with an inert gas... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6145219 | Room and method for defrosting products A room for bringing products to a specific desired temperature. The room is provided with a heat or cold source and detectors for measuring temperature in the room at a plurality of locations. A number of fans are positioned in the room in the region of a... | 11/14/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6122839 | Contacting of articles with a gas A method of contacting an article placed in a chamber with a gas flowing through the chamber includes the step of displacing at least one interior surface in or of the chamber relative to the article so that the surface and the article are positioned adja... | 09/26/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5893218 | Seed dryer with automatic control of temperature air flow direction and rate An automatically controlled seed dryer of the present invention is adapted to efficiently and precisely dry seed by automatically controlling the temperatures directions and air flow rate; of air flow through the seed within the bin. The invention include... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5599229 | Enhancement of wall jet transport properties By enhancing the natural instabilities in the boundary layer and in the free shear layer of a wall jet, the boundary is minimized thereby increasing the transport of heat and mass. Enhancing the natural instabilities is accomplished by pulsing the flow of... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5551168 | Continuous-flow grain steeping and cooling system A continuous-flow, slow grain cooling process including the charging of hot, partially dried grain from a heated-air grain dryer into the top of a grain container in an even layer. The downward flow of grain through the grain container is regulated at a r... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551167 | Continuous-flow grain steeping and cooling method and apparatus A continuous-flow grain steeping and slow grain cooling process and apparatus. The continuous charging of hot, partially dried grain from a heated-air dryer into the top of a grain container in a layer of approximately uniform thickness is accomplished by... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5454171 | Clothes dryer automatically determining a period of crease-preventing, intermittent operation A clothes dryer includes a drum for accommodating clothes to be dried, a heater and a fan for supplying hot air into the drum in a drying operation, and a temperature sensor sensing the temperature in the drum. A drying operation includes a drying step in... | 10/03/1995 |
| 4660298 | Process for the temperature control of a drying apparatus A process for controlling the temperature of a drying apparatus including a cylindrical rotor having a plurality of heating means which are independent of each other and arrayed in an advance direction of raw material, the process comprises controlling th... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4475293 | Controlled inerting of chamber atmospheres A chamber such as a curing oven or drier is inerted during the curing of solvent borne resin coatings with the solvent vapor formed therein being withdrawn together with inert gas at a substantially constant flow rate. The withdrawn gas stream is supplied... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4123000 | Method of starting a hot air furnace An apparatus for starting a hot air recirculating furnace system. Reduced power is applied to the motor which drives the recirculating fan to cause the motor to turn at a reduced speed. The furnace is ignited during the application of the reduced power to... | 10/31/1978 |
