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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922483 | Method of using a polynucleotide encoding 2.5-diketo-D-gluconic acid reductase Described herein are novel nucleic acids, proteins and methods that can be used to provide new catalysts with desirable traits for industrial processes. In particular, novel reductases isolated from the environment using PCR methods are described. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 6547556 | Combination conduction/convection furnace A single furnace system integrates, in combination, two or more distinct heating environments (which in the preferred embodiments include a conduction heating environment and a convection heating environment) integrated such that the multiple environments... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6236022 | Hot shelf tower dryer for a cotton gin using electrical heating elements A hot shelf tower dryer includes a casing having substantially parallel shelves which alternately extend from opposite ends of the tower casing to form a repetitively convoluted passage. At least one of the shelves has a hollow interior or chamber. Dispos... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6147327 | Hot shelf tower dryer for a cotton gin using heating elements A hot shelf tower dryer includes a casing having substantially parallel shelves which alternately extend from opposite ends of the tower casing. As configured, the dryer includes a repetitively convoluted passage. At least one of the shelves has a hollow ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 4503627 | Apparatus for the treatment of flaky or granulated material with gases or vapors in a continuous countercurrent process The invention relates to apparatus for gentle thermal treatment of flaky or granulated material with vapors in continuous operation, wherein the vapors are introduced from the bottom and conducted in countercurrent to the material falling downwardly by gr... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4059401 | Scraper flight conveyor for conveying preheated thermoplastic bulk material to a screw extruder A scraper flight conveyor for preheating thermoplastic bulk material and feeding it to a screw extruder comprises a succession of controllably heated slideways arranged in superposed series, a plurality of scraper flights in sliding contact with each slid... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4008996 | Multiple tier oven A multiple tier oven which comprises a plurality of superimposed oven chambers, each being of tunnel character having an ingress at one end and an egress at the opposite end; each oven being heated at its top and bottom, and individually controllable heat... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3942944 | Heating of aggregate material for asphalt mixing A method and an apparatus for heating a granular aggregate for mixture with asphalt by means of a flue gas being chemically inert to the aggregate. The aggregate is moved intermittently within the gas under control of the stationary periods of driven scre... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3930788 | Parison oven An oven for heating tubular parisons to a target or orientation temperature. A first plenum on one side of the oven and a second plenum on the opposite side of the oven, both exhaust to a common chamber disposed therebetween. The parisons are heated by a ... | 01/06/1976 |
