Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320187 | Device for blowing a fluid on at least a surface of a thin element and associated blowing unit The invention relates to a device for blowing a fluid onto at least one face of a thin element of the band type, comprising, within a containment (2) having a horizontal longitudinal axis (XX′) corresponding to the axis of travel of the band, at least one r... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316184 | Drier for a web of material A dryer is used for drying a web of material. The dryer includes a passage duct for the material web. Drying takes place within this passage duct which includes at least one straight section. The dryer is disposed on a printing group which includes vertical web guid... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7062864 | Device for blowing a fluid on at least a surface of a thin element and associated blowing unit The invention relates to a device for blowing a fluid onto at least one face of a thin element of the band type, comprising, within a containment (2) having a horizontal longitudinal axis (XX′) corresponding to the axis of travel of the band, at least one r... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056806 | Microfeature workpiece processing apparatus and methods for controlling deposition of materials on microfeature workpieces The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus useful in depositing materials on batches of microfeature workpieces. One implementation provides a method in which a quantity of a first precursor gas is introduced to an enclosure at a first enclosure pressure.... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6964117 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a moisture profile in a web An apparatus for drying a travelling wet fibrous web is provided which comprises a rotating air-permeable drum. The drum is at least partially surrounded by a hood which has an interior space for receiving a flow of air and directing the flow of air through a permea... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6953516 | Process for making throughdried tissue by profiling exhaust gas recovery The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust gas from one or more throughdryers prior to throughdrying to profile the consistency of the web. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6908304 | Heat treating device for synthetic fiber yarn When a heat treatment device for heating synthetic fiber filament yarns by saturated steam is installed to a drawing and texturing device for synthetic fiber filament yarns, in order to lower the total height of the devices than a conventional one, cylindrical hot p... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902620 | Atomic layer deposition systems and methods Atomic layer deposition systems and methods are disclosed utilizing a multi-wafer sequential processing chamber. The process gases are sequentially rotated among the wafer stations to deposit a portion of a total deposition thickness on each wafer at each station. A... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6823606 | Dryer section A dryer section for drying a moving material web, specifically a paper or cardboard web, including several dryer groups that are located successively in the direction of web travel, whereby at least one of these is a double row configuration and whereby the material... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6735882 | Drying apparatus A concentration of a gas introduced into a circulation blower and an exhaust blower is reduced with a simple apparatus configuration. In an exhaust system, exhaust gases from a plurality of drying chambers are joined to a joining duct to be then exhausted by an exha... | 05/18/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6581302 | Dryer for goods in strip or panel form In known rack dryers, the drying effect is weaker in the outer area on the side of the air intake into the pipe chambers than in the other areas. Said weaker drying effect is caused by turbulence in this area, which leads to a drop in the static pressure.... | 06/24/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6523279 | Drying roll for drying a material web Roll and drying section of a machine for producing a material web and process for drying a material web. The roll includes a jacket having a plurality of throughput openings, a device for supplying gas through the jacket, and a second jacket located withi... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6425271 | Apparatus for treating fabrics The invention discloses an apparatus for treating fabrics which comprises a first chamber for forming a reserve of infeed fabric, a second chamber for forming a reserve of outfeed fabric, first means for slowly infeeding the fabric into the first chamber,... | 07/30/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6286229 | Method and apparatus for treating a board-like material with a gaseous agent The present invention provides a method of treating board-like material with a gaseous treatment agent and an apparatus for implementing the method. According to the method, a gaseous treatment agent is passed through the board-like material being treated... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6280576 | After-dryer in a paper machine A method and arrangement for drying a paper to be surface-treated, in particular fine paper, in an after-dryer in a paper machine. The paper web is first dried in a forward dryer section of the paper machine by one or more groups with single-wire draw tha... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6223448 | Device for conditioning a paper web In a device for conditioning a preferably freshly printed paper web (2) with a dryer (1) and a remoistening device, wherein the dryer (1) exhibits a heating zone (3), a temperature maintenance zone (4) and a cooling zone (5) and the remoistening device ex... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6192596 | Active microchannel fluid processing unit and method of making The present invention is an active microchannel fluid processing unit and method of making, both relying on having (a) at least one inner thin sheet; (b) at least one outer thin sheet; (c) defining at least one first sub-assembly for performing at least o... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6185836 | Steam-heated roller with cooling system A roller or roll heated by a gaseous heat carrier medium, preferably steam, having axially parallel peripheral passages for use in the pressing or smoothing station of paper making machines is connected to a device for the feeding and draining of the heat... | 02/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6155518 | Blow box for levitated guidance of a material web Apparatus for levitated guidance of a material web moving in a travel direction, includes a blow box which defines an air chamber in communication with a source for supply of blowing air. The blow box has a planar surface portion positioned in facing rela... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6108942 | Opposed belt drying apparatus for sliced wood veneers A drying apparatus for sliced veneer sheets having a conveying system comprising two superposed conveyor belts lying one above the other which are guided over a drying path around guide members. The drying path includes both rectilinear and curvilinear se... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6006446 | Apparatus for the treatment, in particular drying, of material webs To provide uniform treatment criteria over the entire surface of a material web (10) in the region of a drying chamber (11), the treatment air or intake air is directed onto the material web (10) from above and below by means of slot nozzles (19, 24) from... | 12/28/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5970627 | Active web stabilization apparatus An active web stabilizer including a structure having a leading edge and a working surface coupled by a curved surface, the working surface being positioned proximate to a passing web. An internal pressurized air duct extends along the working surface ort... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5908290 | Heat treatment furnace for fiber A heat treatment furnace for fiber for heat-treating a fiber bundle (yarn) formed of many continuous filaments in hot gas while running the yarn. The heat treatment furnace has a plurality of heat treatment chambers provided in a furnace body. The tempera... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5798026 | Dry end steam applicator A steam applicator to apply steam to a web passing by the applicator. The applicator is a main supply header and a plurality of profiling steam chambers to receive steam from the main supply header. The pre-heat chambers adjacent the profiling steam chamb... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5659975 | Board drying process and drier In order to dry boards, the boards are guided on racks through a drier and brought into contact with drying air in two stages. In a stage A with a higher drying power, the drying air is supplied at a higher temperature and with an at least average humidit... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5588223 | Restrained paper dryer Methods and apparatus are disclosed for restrained paper drying in order to produce high performance paper with enhanced stiffness and, in the process, substantially improve paper properties and reduce fiber usage. The paper web is held in a restrained po... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5581909 | Heat treatment apparatus for yarn A heat treatment apparatus for yarn including a plurality of heat treatment apparatuses provided for a plurality of spindles, respectively, disposed at horizontally spaced intervals. The heat treatment apparatus provided for each of the spindles, includes... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5579590 | Apparatus for in-line processing of a heated and reacting continuous sheet of material A drying apparatus for a strip of material or web, including a conditioning zone immediately following but fully integrated with the dryer, to lower the bulk temperature of web. The web of material can be introduced to conditioned air which is substantial... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5568693 | Method and an apparatus for the processing of photographic sheet material An apparatus for the processing of photographic sheet material having upstream and downstream drying chambers (101, 102). A heater (106) heats air entering the downstream chamber (102) to a downstream drying temperature. A fan (108) recirculates drying ai... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5564200 | Device for heat treatment of a continuously guided material web, in particular a textile web The material web (1) is acted upon by heated circulating air which permeates with the aid of a fan (7) from a pressure chamber (14) via inlets (6, 6') into the nozzle casings (4, 4'). In order to achieve laminar flow and thus an improved distribution of a... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5507102 | Drier having a drying chamber with two separate gas inlets A device for drying strips of printed material includes a drying chamber through which the strips of printed material are carried, the drying chamber being divided into at least two sections by walls and being as gas-tight as possible in relation to the e... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5378377 | Process and apparatus for removing liquid from fast moving threads Excess liquid is removed from a fast-moving thread, in that the latter is deflected, so that the liquid is hurled off, the hurled off liquid is removed from the thread, in that the thread is passed through a closed chamber, where a vacuum is produced in o... | 01/03/1995 |
