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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6564473 | High efficiency heat transfer using asymmetric impinging jet A method and apparatus for impingement of fluid onto a moving surface. The apparatus includes an asymmetric slot nozzle having an opening formed between an upstream wall and a downstream wall. The nozzle is disposed generally adjacent the surface onto whi... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6553689 | Vapor collection method and apparatus A vapor collection method and apparatus capable of capturing vapor compositions without substantial dilution. The method and apparatus utilize a material that has a surface with an adjacent gas phase. A chamber is positioned in close proximity to a surfac... | 04/29/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6393719 | Process and apparatus for removing water from fibrous web using oscillatory flow-reversing air or gas A process and an apparatus for removing water from a fibrous web are disclosed. The process comprises providing a fibrous web having a moisture content from about 1% to about 99%; providing an oscillatory flow-reversing impingement gas having a pre-determ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6293031 | Method and apparatus for drying a coated paper web or the like Method and apparatus for drying a coated paper web (W) or the like web. The apparatus (10) comprises sequentially in the running direction of the web--a turning device (16) arranged on the first side of the web and provided with blow nozzles (20), with wh... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6209222 | Belt dryer with cleaning apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning a belt dryer (10) with at least one belt (18) running through a drying space (17) for receiving the products to be dried, and a cleaning nozzle emitting a cleaning agent into the drying space (17)... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6202323 | Apparatus for treating material webs Apparatus for treating material webs. For the purpose of treating material webs (10), especially drying them, these are acted on by a (heated) gaseous medium via slot nozzles (13, 14) in the area of a drying chamber (11). Depending on the operating condit... | 03/20/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6128832 | Method and system for providing conditioned air A system and method for providing conditioned air to a yarn traveling on a textile machine includes an air conditioning unit local to said textile machine and configured to receive input air and to condition the air to a first desired relative humidity. A... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6085437 | Water-removing apparatus for papermaking process A process and an apparatus for removing water from a fibrous web are disclosed. The process comprises providing a fibrous web having a moisture content from about 10% to about 90%; providing an oscillatory flow-reversing impingement gas having frequency o... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5970626 | Dryer for broad articles A drier for broad articles such as plasterboard has a conveyor in entraining the plasterboard along a drying path in a transport plane and the nozzle boxes for contacting the plasterboard with the drying air have their orifice surfaces inclined to the pla... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5890301 | Thread-up apparatus for a corrugator double backer A web thread-up apparatus for a beltless double backer includes a coiled flexible band positioned at the downstream end of the double backer on a reel from which the band may be unwound in the upstream direction through the double backer heating section. ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5832628 | Web holddown with thread-up mechanism A double backer for curing the web bonding adhesive and drying the corrugated paperboard web utilizes a web holddown apparatus for maintaining the web in intimate drying contact with the lower heating units which does not require the use of a driven holdd... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5802736 | Automated fabrication of corrugated paper products moisture removal Method and equipment for the manufacture of corrugated paper products includes separate heaters for preparing liner and medium components. Data regarding these components is collected and an optimum conditioning for the components is determined. High volt... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5755042 | Drying apparatus with swivel support structure for sheet direction changing rollers Air-blowing nozzles 21 for blowing a hot air are provided in both sides of an electrode sheet 33 for a battery both surfaces of which an electrode compounding agent has been applied to. In each of the air-blowing nozzles 21, a pair of slit-shaped blowhole... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5746010 | Web holddown and drive for corrugator double backer A double backer for curing the web bonding adhesive and drying the corrugated paperboard web utilizes a web holddown apparatus for maintaining the web in intimate drying contact with the lower heating units which does not require the use of a driven holdd... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5689900 | Drying apparatus and drying method Air-blowing nozzles 21 for blowing a hot air are provided in both sides of an electrode sheet 33 for a battery both surfaces of which an electrode compounding agent has been applied to. In each of the air-blowing nozzles 21, a pair of slit-shaped blowhole... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5611151 | Strip cooling, heating, wiping or drying apparatus and associated method Apparatus for supplying treatment gas, such as for cooling, heating, wiping or drying is provided by a gas handling unit which has a body portion for receipt and discharge of the gas and a plurality of elongated nozzles which may be (a) rigid nozzles, or ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5570519 | Method and device in contact-free treatment of a web A method and device for contact-free treatment of a web in which the web is treated, for example supported, reversed, spread, carried, and/or dried, by blowings which provide a carrier-face zone. The carrier-face zone has a curved form regulatable in a di... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5555644 | Fluid cylinder retraction locking device Method and apparatus for eliminating the danger of inadvertent failure of a weight-bearing retraction system, such as a dryer hood retraction system. A load lifted using a fluid cylinder can be easily locked in place against gravity by using a double rod ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5210961 | Drier with improved configuration of the air ducts The invention relates to a drier for elongate strips of material, wherein a fan for supplying a drying gas mixture to an array of nozzles is not located in the same height as the nozzles, as is common in the field of driers to allow supply of drying gas t... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4738035 | Drying apparatus for sliced veneer A drying apparatus for sheets of sliced veneer has two conveyor belts lying one above the other running together jointly around a partially curvilinear, looped path guided by a plurality of guide apparatuses, the belts being positioned so that the sheets ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4505053 | Drying plant for a material web The invention relates to a plant for drying a material web. Such plant includes a plurality of upper (3) and lower blow boxes arranged substantially mutually parallel and at right angles to the travelling direction of the web. The lower boxes are intended... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4498250 | Apparatus for treating lengths of materials with a gaseous medium The invention relates to a treatment chamber for treating webs of material passing continuously through nozzle boxes extending pairwise above and below the material web and transversely across the width thereof. The treatment medium is fed from a conduit ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4416071 | Apparatus for rapid annealing of refractory fiber bodies A process for the rapid annealing of refractory fiber is disclosed. Air at a temperature of 750° F. (400° C.) to 1400° F. (760° C.) is passed through a refractory fiber body for a period of 5 to 200 seconds while the body is held securely in place for... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4089123 | Apparatus for drying ink on freshly printed material An apparatus for drying the ink on freshly printed material comprises a convey path arranged for movement in a horizontal plane. Spaced vertically above the horizontal plane of movement of said conveyor path is a plurality of hot-air nozzles, the exit ori... | 05/16/1978 |
| 3946501 | Drying apparatus An air jet drying machine having a plenum chamber including a wall in which one or more apertures are formed. Heated air is supplied to the plenum chamber and passes out through the aperture or apertures to impinge on a web or sheet on a conveyor beneath ... | 03/30/1976 |
