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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7207797 | Oven for the treatment of contaminated materials An oven (10) has a rotatable portion (12, 14) comprising an outer chamber (20) and an inner treatment chamber (22) within the outer chamber. The inner treatment chamber is adapted to receive material for treatment and the oven has means (... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7134240 | Rock-a-bye rotary sprouter and sanitizer The introduction of a slow rocking or tilting action that can tilt the growing chambers of a rotary sprouter back so that they become containment vessels for holding water or cleaning solution thereby transforming the rotary sprouter into becoming a front-load type ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7105101 | Method of removing oxide film on a substrate with hydrogen and fluorine radicals A dry cleaning process for removing native oxide at improved efficiency is disclosed. The dry cleaning process minimizes the amount of fluorine atoms absorbed on the surface of a processed substrate. Fluorine radicals are provided to the substrate together with hydr... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6766595 | Apparatus and method for enhanced solvent recovery from solvent extracted material Apparatus and method for desolventizing particulate material having a solvent carried thereby wherein an upper indirect heating zone and a lower direct heating zone is provided. Each of the zones has a plurality of spaced apart horizontal trays for receiving particu... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6688020 | Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus and method which can prevent accidents in advance so as to ensure safety against interruption of operations of the apparatus and leakage of processing substances. In a substrate processing method in which wafers W are proc... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6487794 | Substrate changing-over mechanism in vacuum tank A substrate changing-over mechanism in a vacuum processing apparatus which includes a substrate supporting means arranged within a vacuum tank which has at least two openings at a side wall of the tank, the openings being openable or closable by gate valv... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6463678 | Substrate changing-over mechanism in a vaccum tank This invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus having vacuum processing chambers the insides of which must be dry cleaned, and to a method of operating such an apparatus. When the vacuum processing chambers are dry-cleaned, dummy substrates are t... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6438862 | Drying apparatus for coffee beans and similar crops The invention is a distributed airways airflow dryer system for coffee beans and other such bulk crops. The interior volume or container of the dryer or dehydrator system that holds the bulk crops, is filled with an airways network structure that provides... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6382100 | Web guide roller, and printing press incorporating the same A roller assembly positioned downstream of a printing station in a web-fed rotary printing press for pneumatically guiding a web of paper after it has been printed upon, without the risk of smearing the printings. The assembly includes a roller in the for... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6279250 | Apparatus for enhanced solvent recovery from solvent extracted material Apparatus and method for desolventizing particulate material having a solvent carried thereby wherein an upper indirect heating zone and a lower direct heating zone is provided. Each of the zones has a plurality of spaced apart horizontal trays for receiv... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5901460 | Automatic system for drying high moisture content material from a source An automatic system for drying high moisture content material from a source. The system includes a dryer enclosing a bed inclined upwards from the bottom portion thereof to the top portion thereof, and a slat and picker drive motor for urging material dow... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5829160 | Apparatus for generating heated air A heater for a grain bin is attached to the inlet flange of a centrifugal inline blower and comprises a housing having a vertical front wall attached to the inlet flange of the blower and a parallel vertical rear wall. The front wall has an opening aligne... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5787606 | Fabric softner sheet dispenser A clothes dryer fabric softener sheet dispenser with a fabric softener sheet dispenser mounted on a door of a clothes dryer, a filling chamber in the dispenser for holding a roll of fabric softener sheets, a sheet guide inside the filling chamber guiding ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5575085 | Apparatus and method for controlling the rotary airlocks in a coal processing system by reversing the motor current rotating the air lock An improvement to a coal processing system where hard materials found in the coal may cause jamming of either inflow or outflow rotary airlocks, each driven by a reversible motor. The instantaneous current used by the motor is continually monitored and co... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5454939 | Wastewater evaporator with rotatable drum A wastewater treatment device evaporates water from contaminant containing wastewater, to produce a contaminant concentrated residue. The device includes a transport, such as pump, for transporting wastewater to a wastewater applicator, and a wastewater a... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5325605 | Method and apparatus for waste treatment A computer based material processing system 10 allows for the processing of contaminated material in a manner which allows the material to be discharged into a sewage facility or placed in a landfill.... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5321896 | Apparatus for coating a metal substrate and for drying and curing said coating 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... | 06/21/1994 |
| 4750273 | Computer controlled grain drying A computer controlled grain dryer system includes a grain drying chamber, an air heater unit, and an arrangement of grain loading and unloading conveyors. A grain moisture sampling system receives a grain sample from the grain chamber and conveys the samp... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4712311 | Grain drying apparatus for storage bin An apparatus for drying grain in a storage bin includes an elevated floor structure horizontally disposed across a storage bin. The floor includes a plurality of parallel ridges and valleys and is perforated to allow the passage of hot drying air upwardly... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4676007 | Heat exchanger for grain elevators or bins Heated and humidified air is withdrawn by a blower from the apex of a grain elevator or bin and passed through a heat exchanger to preheat fresh air drawn into the grain elevator or bin. A heater raises the temperature of the preheated fresh air and a fur... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4509275 | Dryer having top pivot for tumbler A dryer for extracting moisture from wet goods, such as linens, of the type having a tumbler cylinder, an open side of the cylinder through which goods are inserted and removed, and a shell in which the cylinder is housed. The dryer has an external suppor... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4461096 | Dehydration apparatus A dehydration apparatus for separating water deposited on articles charged in a dehydrating vessel by centrifugal force resulting from rotation, in which the bottom plate of said dehydrating vessel is constructed so as to be openable such that the article... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4426794 | Apparatus for handling laundry A device for treating textiles, such as laundry, for example cleaning and drying, mainly comprising a closed housing 1 having openings 5, 6 being pneumatically closable for inserting and taking out respectively the laundry, a shaft 2 driven by 4 and rotat... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4423557 | Gravity flow dryer for particulate material having channelized discharge A gravity-flow grain dryer for particulate material comprises a generally vertical drying column having first and second opposed spaced perforate walls, the column being adapted to receive particulate material and direct the material through the dryer. An... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4357760 | Apparatus for drying pulverulent material Apparatus is provided for drying pulverulent material, for example, coal slurry wherein the slurry, after preliminary drying, is introduced into a vibrating chamber carrying internal flights and subjected to vacuum to remove moisture. A pair of such conta... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4297793 | Apparatus for supplying materials to belt type continuous vacuum dryer An improved apparatus for supplying materials, useful for belt type continuous vacuum dryer, is provided which comprises an inner cylinder equipped with a material-supplying duct fixed onto one end thereof, a distributing chamber formed inside the cylinde... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4294018 | Material feed pipe for use in belt-system continuous vacuum drier A material feed pipe for use in a belt-system continuous vacuum drier and oriented above a belt moving within a vacuum drying chamber. The feed pipe includes an inner tube having its one end provided with an inlet for material and the other end being clos... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4149844 | Optimum continuous flow grain drying and conditioning method and apparatus A continuous grain drying and conditioning apparatus of a type including a burner and blower, or a multiplicity of burners and blowers, surrounded by a plenum chamber, air pervious grain holding walls positioned outwardly with respect to the plenum chambe... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4037648 | Method of cooling recovered sand for casting purposes and apparatus therefor Method and apparatus for the substantially continuous cooling of recovered casting sand in discrete compartments of a bunker whereby the sand in each compartment is cooled while substantially at rest in heat exchange relation with heat exchanger means dis... | 07/26/1977 |
