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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7358867 | Content independent data compression method and system Systems and methods for providing fast and efficient data compression using a combination of content independent data compression and content dependent data compression. In one aspect, a method for compressing data comprises the steps of: analyzing a data block of a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7123822 | Air heater An air heater is provided with a connecting case for the power supply and the air to be heated, as well as a heating element attached to the connecting case by means of a carrier. In the connecting housing, the carrier is connected via a plug connection with the con... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7007402 | System and method for drying particulate materials using heated gas A system and method for drying particulate material in a dual flow hopper employs multiple flow paths by which heated gas is inserted into the hopper at different levels. Gas is extracted from the hopper and is divided for flow along two flow paths, one of the flow ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996917 | Two stage apparatus for desolventizing food grain meal A desolventizing system for removing solvent from a quantity of solvent-laden particles such as flakes comprises first and second desolventizer units, each having an inlet port for receiving solvent-laden particles, an outlet port for discharging at least partially ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993856 | Apparatus for producing powder from biomaterials A jet spouted fluidized bed drier is described in which the bottom half of the drier chamber comprises a first lower conical part, and the top half of the drier chamber comprises a second upper conical part surrounding a conical grid located near to the top end of t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6935051 | Heating and drying apparatus for particulate material A continuous gravity flow apparatus for heating and/or drying of particulate material is vertically disposed and is provided with an inlet at the top and an outlet at the bottom. The apparatus includes a flow passage for the particulate material which is defined bet... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6584700 | Drying and cooling unit A dryer-cooler unit comprising a single vessel wherein drying and cooling occur. The unit comprises a rotary dryer and a stationary discharge hood. Cooling air is distributed through the discharge hood.... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6560896 | Apparatus, method and system for the treatment of a wafer Apparatus, method and system for the treatment of a wafer. After a treatment at elevated temperature, a wafer is taken out of the reactor in question with the help of a mechanical transport apparatus which preferably grips the wafer around the circumferen... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6195913 | Drying tunnel applicable to fruit and vegetables A drying tunnel applicable to products of fruits and vegetables for drying, using ambient temperature dry air. The tunnel has an outer casing fitted with two independent stories which has openings at the ends of the upper floor, which crossed inside in an... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6122838 | Method and apparatus for drying grain A method and apparatus for drying grain which includes a method and apparatus for unloading the grain from a grain dryer of a type including spaced apart first and second walls for defining a passageway or grain column for directing grain flowing downward... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5815941 | Pellet cooler having dual grate pellet outlet A pellet conditioning device (10) for the cooling and/or drying of preformed discrete pellets (148) is provided which includes an upright pellet-receiving bin (12) with a dual grate assembly (18) therein. The assembly (18) includes a stationary first grat... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5787604 | Plastic strand granulation plant having a draining and drying module An apparatus for cooling, drying and granulating plastic strands emerging from a nozzle in molten form includes a discharge channel washed with cooling water through which the plastic strands are conducted. A draining and drying device forms a separate un... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5642671 | Method and apparatus for printing a material web A method of printing a material web includes the steps of applying ink to the material web, subsequently drying the material web with the use of heat and subsequently drying the material web, and, after cooling and prior to further processing, moistening ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5561914 | Sand drying apparatus A mobile Sand Dryer is disclosed. This dryer is substantially made up of two portions. The first portion of the Sand Dryer is a wet sand tank. This tank is essentially divided into two distinct portions; an upper wet sand holding chamber and a lower sand ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5443539 | Particulate dryer This invention relates to a dryer for uniform drying of moisture laden particulate material. The dryer comprises a substantially vertical tower having a top, a bottom, side walls, a moist material inlet, a moist material distribution section below the inl... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5342446 | Apparatus for coating a continuous web Apparatus and method for coating a continuous web, such as paper or transparent film of cellulose acetate or polyethylene terephthalate, with liquid materials, such as photographic layer materials, which require chilling before they are dried, are describ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5052123 | Drying and heating of polyamide granules Polyamide granules are dried and heated by feeding a suspension of granules in water into a sieve (1), where the bulk of the water is removed, and then into a tower dryer (10), where they are deposited in bed form and then freed of the remaining water whi... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5020695 | Apparatus for controlling the discharge of material from a storage tank An apparatus is offered for controlling the discharge of granular or pelletized material from a tank, consisting of a movable grate (35) between two perforated stationary grates (27, 31), the openings (30, 34) of which are not in alignment. A plurality of... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4827628 | Cooling apparatus Apparatus and techniques are described for using air to remove moisture from particulate material such as hay (e.g., alfalfa, clover, grass, etc.), other roughage feedstuffs, straw, and even finely ground feedstuffs. The apparatus includes a housing with ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4731937 | Process and apparatus for the dry sluicing of grit, slag or sediments from pressurized systems A process for the dry sluicing of sediment from pressurized systems, such as gasification processes, in which gravitationally conveyed sediments are cooled to below their release temperature before removal. The sediments are cooled via indirect heat excha... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4683665 | Device for cooling a granular product Device for cooling a granular product provided with a bunker with an intake for the material to be cooled at the top side of said bunker and a grate construction located near the bottom side of said bunker, with a fixed grate and a movable grate, movable ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4622760 | Apparatus for desolventizing and drying solvent-containing residue meal In the desolventizing of solvent-containing residues which are obtained in the extraction from vegetable, oil and fat-bearing raw materials with organic solvents and from which the so-called miscella containing oil and/or fat has been separated, the desol... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4502229 | Grain dryer The grain dryer of the present invention includes a housing having two spaced apart vertical partitions therein which divide the housing into a central compartment, a front compartment and a rear compartment. Air intake openings are provided in the two ve... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4486960 | Modular drier for drying grains The object of the present invention is a modular drier. Each module comprises two fans each supplying a common diffusion chamber (14) disposed between two columns of a group of columns (12, 13). Said chambers (14) adjoin a perforated wall of said columns compr... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4446630 | Method and apparatus for slow cooling of heated grain Method and apparatus for the slow cooling of grain in which warm grain is introduced into the upper end of a silo and cooling air is introduced at the lower end and is evacuated at an intermediate point between the upper and lower ends of the silo. The wa... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4446631 | Air system for continuous flow grain dryer In a continuous flow vertical grain dryer, heated air is supplied into a closed top plenum through means of a stack opening upwardly therein, and fresh air is supplied to the stack from as nearly as practicable fines-free ambient atmosphere by receiving t... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4439933 | Apparatus for drying and heating nylon granules A vertical cylinder for drying and heating granules which includes an inlet at the top of the cylinder, a conically tapered outlet at the bottom of the cylinder, a rotatable screening ring beneath the inlet, a chute beneath the screening ring and a scrape... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4438571 | Arrangement for dry cooling of coke An arrangement for dry cooling of coke has a prechamber for a coke to be cooled with a prechamber wall, a cooler with a cooler wall, a plurality of connecting members connecting these walls with each other, so that a cooling gaseous medium can pass betwee... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4404756 | Grain drying and conditioning apparatus A cross flow grain drying and conditioning apparatus having an improved grain column configuration wherein the thickness is narrower at the top and bottom thereof than at an intermediate portion thereof for optimumly confining the grain to be dried. A sin... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4402302 | Air heating apparatus An apparatus is provided for generating heated air, for example, for use in connection with a dryer for particulate material, comprising a base portion having a combustion chamber and a burner for providing a flow of combustion gas. A plurality of open tu... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4398356 | Multi-stage dryer for particulate material A gravity-flow grain dryer for particulate material comprises first and second generally vertical drying columns spaced apart to provide a plenum chamber therebetween, the drying columns each having opposed spaced perforate walls. First and second inputs ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4372053 | Dryer for particulate material This invention relates to a method and apparatus for drying particulate material wherein the particulate material is passed through an enclosed chamber. A heated fluid is introduced into a portion of the enclosed chamber to heat and absorb the moisture fr... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4351119 | Apparatus and method for drying compact, vitrifiable mixtures In apparatus and method for treating granular product within a cylindrical chamber as the product, by the force of gravity, falls through a plurality of regions maintained at varying temperature and pressure. Structure formed by at least a pair of collect... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4337584 | Heat pump grain dryer Structure is provided defining a flow path for granular materials to be dried and laterally through which drying air may be passed. The flow path includes inlet and outlet end portions and supply means is provided for supplying granular material to the in... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4332092 | Process and apparatus for desolventizing and drying solvent wet materials There is a disclosed a process and apparatus wherein a solvent-enriched material is introduced into a desolventizer-toaster tower to form a desolventized material which is introduced into a dryer and heated in the absence of air to form a dried material a... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4324051 | Process and apparatus for recovering heat from finely to coarsely divided material having high temperature A process and an apparatus for recovering heat from a finely to coarsely divided hot material, such as carbide crushed on solidification, which contains particles and lumps of varying sizes. The hot material is separated by a classifier into a portion of ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4308669 | Advanced optimum continuous crossflow grain drying and conditioning method 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... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4294019 | Grain drying apparatus A grain drying apparatus includes an upright bin having a perforated drying floor supported substantially above a perforated cooling floor. An opening through the drying floor communicates with a hopper having a gate mechanism adapted to confine grain wit... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4292743 | Cereal dryer Cereal grain dryer comprising an elongated vertical casing defining an open ended enclosure. A combustion chamber provides hot combustion gases divided into two streams: one flowing into a coil lining an upper section of the casing and the other flowing t... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4268971 | Optimum low profile continuous crossflow grain drying and conditioning method and apparatus A grain drying and conditioning apparatus having a housing with an outer pervious skin with impervious end walls, air inlet, grain inlet, grain outlet and air exhaust duct structures connected thereto has air pervious walls which are spaced within the str... | 05/26/1981 |
