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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082678 | Clothes drying machine with improved vapour injection arrangement Household-type clothes drying machine provided with a rotating drum (1), first means adapted to circulate a stream of drying air through said drum and comprising an appropriate inflow conduit and an outflow conduit for said air stream, second means (3)... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7797854 | Apparatus for the treatment of particulate material An apparatus serves for the treatment of particulate material and comprises a process chamber for the reception and treatment of the particulate material. The process chamber has a bottom provided with a passage orifice through which the process air can be introduce... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7665225 | Heat pump clothes dryer A drying apparatus for drying articles such as clothing is provided. The drying apparatus includes a chamber for containing articles to be dried and a system for supplying heated dry air at a first temperature to the chamber. The air supplying system comprises an ai... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7347004 | Freeze drying apparatus and method A lyophilization apparatus includes a chamber and plural drying shelves arranged in vertically spaced apart relation. Each shelf has an inlet, outlet, and flow passageway therebetween. Plural sets of shelves are independently coupled to separate sources of circulati... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325333 | Heat pump device and drying machine There are disclosed a heat pump device and a drying machine using the device in which abnormal water supplying into a water-cooling heat exchanger for use in water-cooling of a heat pump can be easily detected without disposing any water amount gauge particularly. T... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313342 | Image forming apparatus including catalyst and active carbon filters An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes an image bearing member; a charging device for charging the image bearing member; an air path portion for guiding both ozone produced by charging the image bearing member and volatile o... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7251905 | Condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer Disclosed is a drawer structure for storing condensed water generated during the drying procedure. The drawer prevents the condensed water form being leaked out of the dryer though the condensed water is fully filled in the drawer and overflowed from the drawer. Thu... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7222439 | Method for operating an appliance comprising at least one sub-program step drying The invention relates to a method for operating an appliance comprising at least one sub-program step “drying”, which permits appliances comprising at least one sub-program step “drying” to be operated in the most economic manner possible and permits the eff... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7200348 | Volatile organic compound detector A printer system using inks, toners or developers with solvents therein is provided with a detector for volatile organic compounds assists in reducing potential accidents in the printer. The detector may be able to identify at least a threshold level of volatile org... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194823 | Clothes drier A clothes drying apparatus includes a heat pump mechanism, an air path for guiding drying air into a drying drum accommodating therein clothes, a blower for supplying drying air to the air path, and a controller for controlling a driving of a compressor, wherein the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182813 | Production apparatus of multilayer coating film The coating construction has flexibility corresponding to the number of layers of multiple coating layers, by which a multilayer coating film can be produced with small film thickness without adherence of dust to a film surface, a drying fault such as unevenness ind... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7159334 | Web coating machine A web coating machine for coating a web of material having first and second faces and a web travel path, the web coating machine including a tension zone in a portion of the web travel path, a fixed port structure over which the web travels, and a web positioning de... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7089681 | Method and apparatus for filtering and drying a product The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for filtering and drying a product. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises a container having a plurality of porous walls and a plurality of solid walls that divide the container into a plurality of... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7055262 | Heat pump clothes dryer A drying apparatus for drying articles such as clothing is provided. The drying apparatus includes a chamber for containing articles to be dried and a system for supplying heated dry air at a first temperature to the chamber. The air supplying system comprises an ai... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043853 | Kiln with process water evaporation system A process and apparatus for drying a stack of lumber, wherein the dry comprises a condensation collection device for collecting liquid in the chamber interior space; and an evaporation system for evaporating collected liquid from the chamber interior space. Process ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7024795 | Drying apparatus A drying apparatus having a purpose of shortening a drying time of laundry, comprising an accommodating chamber in which the laundry is accommodated, and executing a washing operation of the laundry and a drying operation after end of the washing operation in the ac... | 04/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6981336 | Washing/drying machine There is disclosed a washing/drying machine having a purpose of shortening a time required for a washing operation and improving an operation efficiency, and comprising: an inner drum in which things to be washed are accommodated and in which a washing operation of ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6971189 | Variable volume clothes dryer The invention is a clothes dryer featuring an interior working volume that is adjustable to suit the size of the load and type of article(s) to be dried. Since the volume is adjusted to fit the load, only the necessary volume is heated. For large loads or bulky arti... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6966348 | Purgeable container for low vapor pressure chemicals A container having two ports; first block valve having two diaphragm valves, each valve having a valve seat side and a diaphragm side, each valve seat side faces the other valve seat side, and connected to the first end of a dispense conduit, one diaphragm side conn... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6953047 | Cabinet for chemical delivery with solvent purging The present invention is an apparatus for storing and delivering a low vapor pressure process chemical to a process tool for semiconductor fabrication, comprising: a) a bulk container for storing the process chemical; b) a process container for delivering the proces... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6931756 | Combination dehydrator and condensed water dispenser A portable, atmospheric dehydrator and water condenser for dehydrating fruits and vegetables while producing pure atmospheric condensation from humidity found in the air and purifying the water for dispensing and drinking purposes. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926874 | Autoclave The invention relates to an autoclave for sterilising medical and in particular dental appliances and instruments, with a chamber (13), in which the appliances to be sterilised are located, with a steam generator (5), connected with the chamber (13 | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918192 | Substrate drying system A substrate drying system for drying substrates after the substrates are washed typically using deionized water, is disclosed. The substrate drying system comprises a substrate cleaning tank in which the substrates are washed. A dry pump is provided in fluid communi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6904702 | Method and apparatus for drying substrate The substrate drying apparatus has a substrate processing vessel 1, a substrate supporting section for supporting plural substrates 2 in a standing condition and lined up condition in the interior of the substrate processing vessel 1, fluid rese... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6769196 | Condensing type clothes dryer and condenser thereof A condenser of a condensing-type clothes dryer includes a plurality of condensing ducts provided in a middle portion of a circulation duct, the condensing ducts condensing air being circulated there-through after being discharged from a drum; and a plurality of cool... | 08/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6732446 | Cooling device for wafer machine A device for rapidly cooling a semiconductor wafer test/transfer machine and which includes a body which is provided with an interior gas passage one end of which is connected to a source of clean, dry air or other gas by a tubing. In typical application, the body i... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6732448 | Device for preparing transformers The invention relates to a device including a vessel, a vacuum pump (10), at least one condenser (3 and/or 8) and a heat exchanger (16) for heating and drying parts (2) with cellulose or plastic based hygroscopic insulation in tran... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6709499 | Air-routing household appliance with a washable filter An air-routing household appliance includes an improved removable and washable filter in that the filter is of a flexible fiber material and is finished such that it can bind and/or decompose odorous substances. Such a filter can be disposed, in particular, in the c... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6675492 | Regenerative dehumidifier A regenerative dehumidifier includes: a housing having perforations formed through the housing for directing moisture-laden (or moisture-free) air therein (or therefrom), a moisture-absorbable dehydrating agent including silica gel filled in the housing f... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6658764 | Apparatus and method for preventing droplets on wafers during solvent drying process An apparatus and a method for preventing solvent droplets from falling on wafers during a solvent drying process of a semiconductor wafer. The apparatus is constructed by a body having a cavity therein for holding a wafer, means for introducing a solvent ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6658757 | Method and apparatus for separating hydrocarbons from material A system for separating hydrocarbons from a material which includes a process chamber, a process pan operatively connected to the process chamber and removable therefrom, a blower operatively connected to the process chamber and to a heat source, the blow... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6484413 | Cartridge for an air drier An air drier comprises a base member with means for supplying and carrying away air to and from the air drier, respectively, a cylindrical, dome-shaped container releasably attached to the base member, and in the container a replaceable cartridge for desi... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6447813 | Apparatus for in situ manufacture of essence from living, uncut plants The present invention relates to the in situ manufacture of plant extracts from living plants. Since the plant remains intact, a flower or other component of the plant can be extracted one or more times. Following the extraction process, the plant is typi... | 09/10/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6375742 | Apparatus for processing paper sheets to decolor an image formed thereon A decoloring apparatus for an image forming material comprising means for bringing a solvent into contact with an image forming material formed on a paper sheet and containing a color former, a developer and a decolorizer, and means for removing a residua... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6161300 | Alcohol vapor dryer system An alcohol vapor dryer system includes a vapor generating chamber, a heater, a process chamber, a gas supplier, a drain vessel, and a suction device. The vapor generating chamber of cylindrical shape contains liquid alcohol supplied from an outer source a... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6146448 | Flux management system for a solder reflow oven A flux vapor management system for a reflow oven includes temperature control units disposed in heating and cooling regions of the oven. A fan within each of the temperature control units provides suction to an intake port. Intake ports of selected temper... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6138381 | Treatment of moist fuel A process of treating moist fuel, particularly biomass fuel, in connection with a power production process, comprises drying moist fuel (7) by means of combustion air (3), which is thereafter supplied to the power production process combustion section (1)... | 10/31/2000 |
