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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5410989 | Radiant cell watertube boiler and method A watertube boiler system is disclosed which provides a plurality of radiant burners mounted within a housing in parallel, spaced-apart relationship. Individual burners are encircled by heat cells comprised of watertube coils which are in tangential juxta... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5327660 | Drum drying of acrylonitrile production wastes A process for deliquifying a solid particulate containing liquid waste stream including organic contaminants produced during the production of acrylonitrile comprising feeding the waste stream onto the outer surface of a heated drum(s) rotating the drum(s... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5319861 | Drying method and device for coated layer A drying method and a device each employ a specific range of infrared radiation which has a high transmissivity relative to a coated layer formed on a metal substrate and a high absorptivity relative to the substrate. The energy transmitted through the co... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5317817 | Trailing sheet assembly for an air turn Disclosed is an air turn for supporting and optionally drying a web, the air turn comprising a plurality of air bars having a wing type foil with an adjustable web-to-foil gap and multiple relief holes. The apparatus of the invention allows for the abilit... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5315766 | Vapor device and method for drying articles such as semiconductor wafers with substances such as isopropyl alcohol A device for drying articles such as semiconductor wafers comprising a vacuum process chamber for holding articles to be dried; a vapor generator substantially isolated from the process chamber for supplying a substance such as isopropyl alcohol in vapor ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5315765 | High-efficiency fabric dryer A fabric drying system has an exterior housing and a rotating chamber for containing fabric laden with moisture that is to be dried and uses a combination of microwave energy and an auxiliary convection air heater to heat and vaporize the moisture and exp... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5313716 | Multi-position hair dryer There is provided a hair drying system which comprises a support means for an individual which causes the individual's hair to hang vertically, generally away from the individual's head. A hair drying means is positioned with respect to the hanging hair a... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5305535 | Bulk material reactor In a bulk material reactor comprising a reactor housing in which is arranged a travelling bed of 6,6' formed of bulk material 7,7', and a feed device 14-16-17 located on the top side, and a removal device 10 located on the underside of travelling bed 6,6,... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5303483 | Air diffusers An air diffuser for attachment to a handheld hairdryer includes a diffuser neck and an angled diffuser head. The diffuser neck is provided with air vents. If a back pressure builds up in the diffuser with a consequent risk of overheating the hairdryer, th... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5303484 | Compact convective web dryer A convective dryer for drying a moving coated web has at least one module arranged on one side of the path of web travel. The module includes a housing subdivided into a first chamber opening towards the path of web travel and a second adjacent enclosed c... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5301439 | Desiccant rotor of a dehumidifier A desiccant rotor including three or more barrels rotatably disposed in a housing, each of the barrels having a passage formed in a center portion and made of screen material and having one end for receiving air, and a stop disposed in a middle portion of... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5299365 | Electric dryer circuit system An electric dryer circuit system is disclosed consisted of a 110 V/220 V power voltage selection switch, a low/high/off power switch, a load circuit, an automatic circuit breaker, a DC power converter, a timer and display system, a driver system, an autom... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299367 | Hair drying curler apparatus A hair drying curler apparatus comprises a curler body and a curler clip, whereby the curler clip is adapted to snap in place over the curler body with a damp lock of the user's hair captured therebetween. The curler body is formed such that a material ha... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299363 | Dryer group web transfer region for paper making machine A dry end of a paper making machine has a plurality of dryer groups each in turn comprised of a plurality of heatable dryer cylinders which alternate with reversal rolls. A respective support belt meanders past each dryer cylinder and the succeeding rever... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5297942 | Porous rotor A quiet fluid passing apparatus comprising a fluid passing rotor comprising open porous structure extending along an annular path, the rotor forming passage means to pass fluid through the rotor open porous structure as the rotor rotates; said path having... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5293700 | System for drying green woods A system for drying a large quantity of wood efficiently, which includes: a wood drying room capable of being sealed; a combustion-gas generator provided with an air-inlet conduit for introducing fresh air for combustion use into a combustion chamber prov... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5293699 | Process and apparatus for guiding a coated material strip An apparatus for guiding a coated material strip through a dryer has a plurality of guide elements disposed in the dryer so that the plurality of guide elements are equally-spaced. The plurality of guide elements each have a gas-permeable guide face which... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5291665 | Drying method and apparatus using hot D.I. water Described herein are method and apparatus using a hot D.I. water bath for drying a wet work, for example, for draining and drying a wet work to dissipate water droplets completely from the work surface subsequent to a washing operation, permitting a high ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5291667 | Electronic control of clothes dryer A control system for a clothes dryer is disclosed. A microprocessor monitors the heated inlet air temperature and the exhaust temperature. If the inlet temperature exceeds a high limit value a given number of times, an air blockage indicator is activated.... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5291666 | Apparatus for drying roll material An apparatus for drying a web of roll material has two rows of comparatively low and high temperature cylinders, and a metal belt and a felt belt entrained in parallel for transporting the web on a serpentine path around the cylinders. The metal belt is p... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5291669 | Shoe preservers A shoe preserver having a wicking portion and an absorbing portion retained within a flexible porous covering. The preserver is sized to substantially fill the volume defined by the interior of the shoe. A pair of preservers is interconnected by a flexibl... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5289642 | Portable dryer The device consists of a Portable Dryer for drying the interior of articles, such as ski boots, ski gloves, etc. It includes articulated tubing that can be forced all the way into the toe portion of the ski boot. At the other end of the articulated tubing... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5289639 | Fluid treatment apparatus and method A new apparatus for treating substrates with fluids, as well as a corresponding fluid treatment method, is disclosed. The new apparatus includes a new configuration of fluid jet injectors which substantially overcomes the problem of dragout, in which flui... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5287637 | Apparatus to dry/heat treat continuous web stock of film An apparatus for the constrained drying and/or heat treating of a continuous or roll of, web stock of film. This apparatus includes a mechanism which grasps a film by its edges and moves said film through a drying zone, with said mechanism holding said fi... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5287636 | Tubular drying apparatus for footwear or handwear The dryer comprises a plurality of extendible air conducting tubes each of which is independently pivotally connected to the hot air supply, in order to dry footwear while the footwear is resting on the floor and being partly supported by the tube, and th... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5287635 | Air diffusers An air diffuser for attachment to a handheld hairdryer includes a diffuser neck and an angled diffuser head. The diffuser neck is provided with air vents. If a back pressure builds up in the diffuser with a consequent risk of overheating the hairdryer, th... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5287634 | Removal of vaporizable components from polymeric products A method and apparatus for removing vaporizable components from polymeric products effects uniform distribution of heat over such products contained within a chamber. The apparatus includes a heated chamber having support means for supporting the products... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5285582 | Oven for a transverse stretching apparatus An oven 1 includes a nozzle module 4 which is constructed such that a plurality of nozzle units 6 are alternately connected to an opposing pair of air chambers 5 arranged on the opposite sides of a conveyor 2. Each nozzle unit 6 has an upper nozzle 10 and... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5283961 | Tramp removal system An apparatus for collecting foreign materials such as rocks and tramp iron from material fed to a rotary dryer, wherein the material is dropped into the dryer at an intake end for tumbling within the dryer in a stream of drying gas flowing axially through... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5282319 | Bottom dump basket for vegetable spin dryer A spindrying apparatus for removing retained rinse water from leafy product such as lettuce, cabbage, broccoli and spinach which includes a basket of wire mesh or perforated metal and a trapdoor in its floor. A liftbar extends across the top of the basket... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5282322 | Solar sanitary dryer A solar sanitary dryer bag to be used for drying and exterminating tiny worms and insects existing in a mattress or the like, characterized by having an opening for vacuuming the bag and having a black layer therein for effectively absorbing the solar hea... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5279046 | Apparatus for conditioning divided or particulate material The invention provides a fluid bed conditioning apparatus (especially a dryer) which comprises a plurality of connected treatment zones, each zone having an apertured base and means for supplying a fluidized gas through said apertured base to each zone to... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5279047 | Laundry dryer A laundry dryer has an interior for holding laundry that is accessible via a door. Vapor-laden warm air from the interior, on the one hand, and a cooling medium, on the other, can be introduced into a condenser. The air and the cooling medium are brought ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5279045 | Minute particle loading method and apparatus The present invention is to define an enclosed space by covering a holder which can hold numerous minute particles, and introduce a fluid into the enclosed space to stir up the numerous minute particles within the enclosed space with a turbulent flow of t... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5279048 | Hands free hair dryer and hair dryer accessory In one preferred embodiments, a hands free hair dryer having a body in which are disposed a fan and a heating element, the body being mounted on a wall or the edge of a door. An infinitely positionable, self-supporting hose has a proximal end attached to ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5276979 | Shoe drying support apparatus A mesh tubular basket is arranged for mounting about a support tube and secured at each end of the mesh basket by strap members to position canvas type shoes and the like within a clothes dryer during a drying procedure. The support tube is arranged with ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5276977 | Ocean-chill drying of microalgae and microalgal products This is a method and apparatus for drying microalgae/microalgal products which have been harvested and strained of excess water by a spray drying process. The method comprises, obtaining drying gas from a burner in which metered input air for combustion i... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5274931 | On-line moisture control method for powdered or granular materials and a system to execute the method An on-line moisture control method for powdered or granular materials and a related system to practice the method. A fixed amount of materials are sampled by a material sampling means, transported into a heat treatment chamber having an airtight heating p... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5272820 | Two-fluid pressure nozzle of upward injection type, spray dryer using the nozzle, and method for control of droplet diameter in the nozzle The injection type nozzle of the present injection is a two-fluid pressure nozzle comprising a centrifugal pressure nozzle for spraying a feed liquid and a cylindrical pipe for blowing out a high-speed gas, provided around the centrifugal pressure nozzle,... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5272819 | Moveable web slot Apparatus and method for reducing web slot infiltration in web floatation drying apparatus, including a moveable web slot assembly which moves according to the position of the running web in the dryer. In one embodiment, the dryer includes a web steering ... | 12/28/1993 |
