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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337555 | Manufacturing method and continuous drying apparatus for head decorating regenerated collagen fiber Provided is a method for manufacturing a regenerated collagen fiber and a drying apparatus therefor in a manufacturing process of a head decorating regenerated collagen fiber, the method enabling suppression of fluff (fiber breakage) and process trouble and providin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7179062 | Integrated shop vacuum and air compressor system An integrated, yet divisible shop vacuum and air compressor system is provided with a blower, a wet and dry vacuuming section and a compressor section, each of which is mounted on a easy to relocate trolley. The vacuum system has a separate motor from the compressor... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7143528 | Dry converting process and apparatus A web converting process and apparatus employing a dry converting station and substrate-handling equipment for conveying the substrate through the dry converting station. The substrate is enveloped in the dry converting station by a close enclosure supplied with one... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7112258 | Method and apparatus for making a tissue paper with improved tactile qualities while improving the reel-up process for a high bulk web A dry end section for a paper-making machine for producing a high-bulk tissue is provided. Such a machine comprises a through-air dryer adapted to finally dry a paper web and a through-air drying fabric configured to transport the web through the through-air dryer. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100302 | Coating process and apparatus A web coating process and apparatus employing a coating applicator, dryer or curing station and web-handling equipment for conveying the web past the coating applicator and through the dryer. The web is enclosed from at least the coating applicator to the dryer or c... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7059013 | Fluid recovery device An apparatus and method for extracting soiled cleaning solution from carpets and other surfaces utilizing a low-profile pick-up head is disclosed. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber or enclosed space positioned in a fluid recovery device to provide a uniform va... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7032324 | Coating process and apparatus A web coating process and apparatus employing a coating applicator, dryer or curing station and web-handling equipment for conveying the web past the coating applicator and through the dryer. The web is enclosed from at least the coating applicator to the dryer or c... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7003896 | Radiation curing and drying An improved apparatus and method for drying materials. A hot surface in a strong electrostatic field is used to ionize a stream of heated gasses passing over the surface, which assists in directing the stream against the object to be dried, and ionizes the vapors an... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6877251 | Drying installation within a sheet-fed printing press A drying apparatus for a sheet-fed offset printing machine which dries sheets as they pass along a sheet path with forcefully directed air and/or heat. The drying apparatus of the present invention is adapted for more effective sheet drying by means of an electrode ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6827435 | Moving air jet image conditioner for liquid ink A dryer assembly for drying a liquid ink image formed on a substrate comprising a housing defining a portion of a sheet moving path; a plenum positioned within the housing, the plenum including air flow and outlet means contiguous to the plenum permitting forced air... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6790315 | Drying section and method for drying a paper web A drying section for drying a web in a papermaking machine has a pre-drying section and a final drying section, wherein the pre-drying section includes a hot press formed by a first press member and a rotatable counter roll in engagement with each other so as to for... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6775925 | Water spray web cooling apparatus for web dryer Apparatus and a method for the evaporative cooling of a web within a dryer in a compact manner. Excess fluid overspray is controlled, thereby avoiding problems with fluid depositing on internal surfaces of the dryer, which can cause mineral build-up and can result i... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6725569 | Device and method for ventilating an offset pocket space in a papermaking machine The device (10) and method are used for ventilating an offset pocket space (12) located in a drying section of a papermaking machine by injecting air from a heated dry air supply inlet (11). The offset pocket space (12) is situated betwee... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6701638 | Machine for conditioning laminar flexible products such as industrial hides and skins A machine for the conditioning of laminar flexible products such as industrial hides and skins, including at least one conditioning unit crossed by the products to be processed, blowers for blowing and extracting air directed toward products, and a series... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6694639 | Sheet material and method and apparatus for drying therefor A sheet material, a production method therefor and a drying apparatus is provided wherein a heating gas comprising mainly superheated steam is blown directly to reach the sheet internal water content via a permeable belt for restricting free shrinkage of ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6615508 | Floor drying system A floor drying system that includes a housing have rollable wheels and a combination heater/blower mechanism for generating a heated air flow wherein ambient temperature air flow caused to enter the housing from the top, heated within the housing and forc... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6557269 | Method and device for reducing the volume or pressure of a fluid which is driven through an opening by moving surfaces The invention relates to a method and device for reducing the volume or pressure of a fluid which is driven through an opening (3, 17) by moving surfaces. According to said method, the opening (3, 17) is divided in at least two flow channels (5, 6, 14) by... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6488816 | Drying section for drying a paper web in a papermaking machine A drying section for drying a web in a papermaking machine has a pre-drying section and a final drying section, wherein the pre-drying section includes a hot press formed by a first press member and a rotatable counter roll in engagement with each other s... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6473990 | Noncircular drying apparatus A micropore drying apparatus having a noncircular profile. The apparatus has a machine direction and dries a web thereon as the web or apparatus moves in the machine direction. The micropore drying apparatus comprises a micropore drying medium which has p... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6397488 | Apparatus and method for drying printing composition on a print medium An apparatus and method for drying printing composition on a print medium are disclosed. A method embodiment for use in a printing device includes depositing printing composition onto a print medium and enclosing the print medium in a sealed environment. ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6223449 | Apparatus for extracting plasticizer An apparatus for extracting plasticizer from polymer structures includes, in one embodiment, a evacuation chamber, a heat source and a cooling chamber are all coupled to a conduit having a motorized fan for cycling gases through the components. The plasti... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6202322 | Air dispensing and heating floor drying apparatus An apparatus for drying damp carpet and flooring materials in either a heated or non-heated manner is disclosed. A blower is provided which incorporates coils located near or at the air flow entrance. A fan is included to produce the air. Designed for com... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6134811 | Device for removing liquid from the surface of a band The invention provides an apparatus for the removal of liquid from the surface (0', 0") of a strip (B) conveyed from a strip processing machine, more particularly a rolling stand, by means of a gas jet (G1, G4, G5, Gzl, Gzr, G12-G18, G17', G18'), which ha... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6021583 | Low wet pressure drop limiting orifice drying medium and process of making paper therewith An apparatus for drying a cellulosic fibrous structure. The apparatus comprises a micropore medium having pores therethrough. The pores are the limiting orifice in the air flow used in the drying process. The micropore medium has a relatively low wet pres... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5992051 | Carpet drying system A carpet drying system is provided including at least one housing and a plurality of air ports mounted on a bottom of the housing for being inserted within a carpet. Also included is an air compressor connected to the housing and in fluidic communication ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5836084 | Stencil dryer An automated stencil dryer includes a holder mechanism for holding a stencil, a discharge mechanism for discharging air against a stencil positioned in the holder, and a driver mechanism operatively coupled to the discharge mechanism for automatically mov... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5813139 | Method and device for drying carpet A method for facilitating the drying of carpet More specifically, the present invention relates to using a coiled corkscrew-like device to lift and hold wet wall-to-wall carpeting and padding off of the floor so that air may be blown under the carpet to d... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5797197 | Carpet dryer A mobile carpet dryer that includes a blower unit that forces heated air onto the carpet. The dryer further includes a vacuum unit that draws water out of the carpet to greatly speed the drying process. The blower unit and the vacuum unit are mounted in a... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5727294 | Apparatus and method for continuoulsy knitting, shrinking and transferring the blanks to a remote location A continuous and uninterrupted process for knitting a plurality of cylindrical blanks, automatically transferring the knit blanks sequentially to a shrink apparatus, continuously shrinking the blanks for a predetermined period of time, and automatically t... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5566471 | Electromotive curtain for drying clothes An electromotive curtain machine for drying clothes using a rain sensor, a sunshine sensor, and a wind sensor which will send existing rain, sun, or wind conditions to a central processing unit so as to control a curtain driving unit. The curtain driving ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5557862 | Process and apparatus for the continuous heat setting of yarn laid down in loops In the case of a process for the continuous heat setting of yarn, the yarn, laid down in loops on transport belts, is fed through a heat setting chamber which operates with superheated steam and under atmospheric pressure. Because of the entry and exit op... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5502475 | Ink jet recording apparatus provided with fixating means An ink jet recording apparatus has means for heating a recording medium guide member disposed near the ink recording area by a recording head for discharging ink, and means for changing the rate of heat imparted to the unit length of the recording medium ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5464685 | Textile dryer apparatus having an improved textile dryer fabric An improved textile dryer has a dryer fabric for transporting a textile through at least one through-air drying zone. The fabric is woven from synthetic monofilament yarns. The monofilament yarn dimensions and fabric weave pattern are selected to provide ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5443538 | Method and apparatus for drying small articles of wearing apparel A method and apparatus for drying small articles of wearing apparel wherein the articles of wearing apparel are placed in a drying chamber having a curved surface on which the wearing apparel is placed, applying warm air under pressure along the curved su... | 08/22/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5377424 | Body drying system A body drying system is disclosed for drying the entire body of a user, or alternatively, the towel or robe of a user. The body drying system of this invention includes a rectangular housing with apertures formed within its forward face. The apertures are... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5257467 | Carpet drying apparatus Apparatus for drying damp carpet and carpeting materials is disclosed. The apparatus includes a blower (22) for blowing air under the carpet, and a clamp (24) affixed to the blower (22), for securing the carpet to the blower (22). The blower (22) includes... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5189810 | Methods and apparatus for the continuous heat treating of yarn Carpet yarns which have been previously mechanically compressed, are heat set in a yarn heat treating chamber by superheated steam. The yarn treating chamber operates under atmospheric pressure. Several yarns are passed through the yarn treating chamber o... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5058289 | Garment drying apparatus A device for drying garments comprises a bellows tube having a plurality of apertures throughout its length. The tube is used to support a garment and carry heated air from an air heating means to the inner surface of the garment.... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5048202 | Carpet dryer An improved carpet dryer is disclosed for drying carpets saturated with water. The dryer includes a securing mechanism for maintaining the edge of a carpet on the upper surface of the air outlet portion of the device. The device further incorporates a shr... | 09/17/1991 |
