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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7861437 | System and method for mixing distinct air streams The present invention relates to novel dryer systems that incorporate two-stage processes for heating air for drying a traveling web. The present invention is operable within a drying system having a drying hood containing a dryer. The drying hood receives heated ai... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7475496 | Steam blower box unit A steam blower box unit having a steam blower box for applying steam to a passing material web, especially a paper or board web, and having a withdrawal device at least partly integrated in the steam blower box. The steam blower box, located opposite the material we... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7347007 | Low pressure high capacity dryer for resins and other granular and powdery materials A vacuum dryer and method for drying granular or powdery material including at least one canister for holding said material being movable among a series of locations including material heating and vacuum drying locations, means for moving said canister among said lo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331120 | Throughflow cylinder A throughflow cylinder made at least partly of fiber-reinforced plastic including glass fibers, aramide fibers, carbon fibers, and/or carbon-reinforced plastic (CRP). The matrix material of the fiber-reinforced plastic includes a material heat resistant at least up ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316042 | Machine and method for the continuous treatment of a fabric The machine comprises in combination: means (7) for supplying the fabric (T); means (9) for extracting the fabric; at least one first tank (1) and one second tank (3) which are positioned in series and between which a pneumatic transfer m... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7241003 | Media drying system having a heated surface and a directed gas flow A drying system and method are provided. The drying system includes a plenum and a gas source in fluid communication with the plenum. A gas flow guide is attached to the plenum and is operable to direct gas flow provided by the gas source. A support includes a surfa... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234247 | Low pressure dryer A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material includes a plurality of canisters rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material heating, vacuum drying and material inventory discharge positions; pneumatic piston-cylinder means for rotating the... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7204911 | Process and apparatus for forming discrete microcavities in a filament wire using a polymer etching mask A microcavity-forming system for making microcavities in a wire (especially a tungsten filament wire). The system has a coating station receiving the wire and applying a polymer coating to the wire. A mask-forming station receives the polymer-coated wire and blows m... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7187856 | Compact integrated forced air drying system A fully integrated drying or heating system for the printing, coating, or painting industries that utilizes forced air and electrical heaters. The method for heating the forced air incorporates a solid cartridge heater within a specially designed air distribution sy... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7080465 | Method of manufacturing inkjet recording sheet and drying apparatus for application film The present invention dries an ink absorption layer using a drying apparatus after applying an ink absorption layer application liquid containing inorganic particles and water-soluble resin to a continuously running web and thereby reduces a drying speed distributio... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6944970 | In-line dryer for a printer The invention provides a dryer for a printer such as a print on demand wallpaper printer. The dryer has a compartment with an opening across the top. The opening is in a path of a moving media web which is printed on by the printer. The opening is optionally covered... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6931205 | Compact integrated forced air drying system A fully integrated drying or heating system utilizes forced air and electrical heaters. A solid cartridge heater is enclosed within a compact air plenum with a circuitous air path arranged within the plenum in heat transfer communication with the heater. The plenums... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923121 | Apparatus and method for remoistening a product web An apparatus for remoistening a product web includes at least one applicator for applying a remoistening agent to a printed and at least partly dried product web. A device increases the temperature of the remoistening agent so that contaminants are removed by vapori... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918195 | Drum device with permeable drum jacket and wire gauze mounted thereon under pretension It is known from the art to mount a wire gauze (10) onto a drum (1) with a permeable drum jacket (8) under pretension, for example, for allowing air to flow through a web of material placed on said drum, said wire gauze optionally being disposed... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6895692 | Device for heat treating metallic webs in-line A device for heat treating metallic webs in-line, in particular for operation with a low-density protective gas, comprises stabilising nozzle systems which stabilise the course of the web and effect heat transfer, primarily by forced convection, in the heating porti... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6757989 | Wafer drying apparatus An apparatus for drying a semiconductor substrate includes a chamber having a processing bath and a cover, a liquid flow system for supplying a liquid flow into the processing bath so as to clean the substrate and for draining a liquid from the processing bath, a ga... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6742285 | Air knife and conveyor system An air knife constructed in accordance with the present invention directs a curtain of air across a region and most typically is used to direct the stream of air against a surface. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention the air knife includes an elongated housi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6722053 | Process for pre-drying textile filaments after wet treatment and device for practicing this method A process for pre-drying textile filaments after wet treatment and a device for practicing this process. The process consists essentially in applying simultaneously to a layer of wet filaments (3) passing by on a conveyor (4) with a permeable conveying... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6637128 | Heating apparatus for a transversely stretched nonwoven fabric A transversely stretched nonwoven fabric is manufactured by transversely stretching a nonwoven fabric. First, an original web comprising a plurality of un-oriented filaments is heated to a temperature higher than its stretch suitable temperature by 5° C.... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634115 | Conditioning device to change the moisture content of printing stock A conditioning device to change the moisture content of printing stock, in which the stock is brought into contact with at least one endless cloth that absorbs moisture. The endless cloth is heated by heated transport rolls. A reduction of the moisture co... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6601318 | Dryer unit A drier unit (10) for drying printed products has a plurality of drier rails (12), which comprise in each case a supporting body (14) manufactured from a hollow section (16). The clear outer contour of the cross-sectional area of the supporting bodies (14... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6591518 | Integral expander support brackets for air knife drier cassettes A method and apparatus for is provided for supporting and connecting drier cassettes of an air knife type of drier. The drier cassettes exhaust air on traveling printed matter and are joined and supported by expander units that also exhaust air on the pri... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6564474 | Apparatus for heat processing of substrate The present invention relates to a method for subjecting a substrate on which a coating film is formed to heat processing, and the method comprises the steps of heating the substrate to a predetermined high temperature and decreasing the temperature of th... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6551461 | Process for making throughdried tissue using exhaust gas recovery The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust air from one or more throughdryers to further heat the web at various places in the process.... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6505419 | Drying compartment for a printed web A drying compartment for drying a printed web, consisting of a housing with intake and outlet openings for the web and with at least one infrared radiator directed at the web and/or with blower nozzles which blow hot air onto the web. In order to remove l... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6481119 | Apparatus for removing organic antireflection coating An organic antireflection coating is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A resist film is formed on the semiconductor substrate through the organic antireflection coating. The resist film is patterned for forming a resist pattern having an opening. A par... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6481118 | Dryer with integrated cooling unit and method of operation A dryer for a material web having a surface to which ink is applied, including a housing subdivided into sections, through which a web travel plane extends wherein the material web is transportable, and a cooling and conditioning unit integrated in the ho... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6473998 | Process for pre-drying textile filaments after wet treatment and device for practicing this method A process and a device for pre-drying textile filaments after wet treatment. A process and a device for predrying textile filaments after wet-treatment consist essentially in applying simultaneously to a layer of wet filaments (3) passing by on a conveyor... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6446358 | Drying nozzle and drying device and cleaning device using the same Disclosed is a drying nozzle for realizing a high-efficiency drying device capable of drying an object to be processed to a sufficient degree. The drying nozzle includes a drying gas supply portion having an air supply tube for supplying air for drying a ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6412189 | Steam box of a paper machine A steam box in a paper machine, the steam box including a main steam zone and at least one side steam zone through which steam is blown to a paper web. The side steam zone is placed in a side section of the steam box and arranged to form a curtain in orde... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6372090 | Method and apparatus for handling paper or cardboard webs A method and apparatus for producing paper or board, according to which the paper or board web is transferred continuously supported through a drying section of a paper or cardboard machine and both sides of the web are treated with a treating agent on a ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6321463 | Substrate treating apparatus and method of operating the same A substrate treating apparatus including a substrate support mechanism for supporting a substrate 1 to be treated, a rotary impeller 4 placed to face the surface of the substrate 1 supported by the substrate support mechanism, and at least one nozzle 14 p... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6260481 | Apparatus for increasing the gloss and/or smoothness of a web of material A process and device for increasing the gloss and/or smoothness of a web of material are described, whereby a web of material (5) is passed through a roller gap where it is exposed to pressure. A steam dispensing device (7) is provided upstream of the rol... | 07/17/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6199301 | Coating thickness control An air knife mouth arrangement for use in an air knife assembly having a laterally extending mouth through which pressurized fluid passes to operate on a coating applied to a surface of a sheet material passing the mouth in a longitudinal direction to con... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6168743 | Method of continuously heat treating articles and apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for steam-treating yarn, films, fibers, fiber tow and other polymeric articles is described. The apparatus includes a first orifice for generating minimum pressure areas and a second orifice to provide a sonic shock region operative... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6110095 | Apparatus for heating corrugated paperboard An apparatus and related method for forming a double face paperboard web are disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention includes a heating section upstream from a drawing section. The heating section includes at least one heating plate having an up... | 08/29/2000 |
