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20080271338 | WET-FLOOR-DRYER CAUTION SIGN - A device that dries a wet surface, or defrosts a frozen surface, and warns of a slippery condition created by the wet surface, or any hazardous condition in that vicinity. The wet surface may be dried by a fan circulating heated or non-heated air discharged from the center of the hazardous location in an efficient 360 degree pattern via a diffuser. The warning may be visual or audible. The device may be battery powered or powered via a standard extension cord from a common power outlet. The battery may be rechargeable from either standard power outlets or onboard solar cells. The device may be able to disperse deodorizers or insect repellent or insecticides or any combination of these. The device may be able to filter the air. The device is typically quite portable. | 11-06-2008 |
20090260249 | Clothes dryer with wiring safeguard - A clothes dryer cabinet has a rear wall with a wire entry opening through which wiring enters into the dryer cabinet. A fuse supporting block is mounted closely adjacent to the wire entry opening and supports fuses which are connected directly to the wiring entering through the wire opening so as to limit or minimize the length of wiring contained in the dryer drum that is not protected by the fuses. This safety feature reduces the chance of fires occurring in the dryer as a result of arcing between wires due to mishandling of the wires, malmanufacturing of the wires or a fire occurring in the dryer. | 10-22-2009 |
20090288309 | Dryer, In Particular for Powdered or Granular Material - The dryer comprises a casing having a longitudinal axis, a mixing shaft, a circular plate that seals an opening made in one of the end walls of the casing, and a frame supporting the casing and the shaft. | 11-26-2009 |
20100050462 | Body exsiccation chamber - An exsiccation system provides a chamber for drying persons or animals in a fast, efficient and antibacterial manner. A series of apertures throughout the chamber provides jets of warm air directed onto a body in the chamber. The warm air removes moisture and exits out of the entrance to the chamber. The air flow into the chamber is optimized by adjusting the size of the outlets into the chamber. A control panel allows an operator to adjust the airflow and temperature of the exsiccation chamber. | 03-04-2010 |
20100050463 | Washer/Dryer - The present invention relates to a washer/dryer ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100064543 | Set,comprising a household appliance and an additional part - A set including a domestic appliance having a substantially horizontally extending covering plate, a substantially vertically extending wall in generally perpendicular abutment with the covering plate, and an additional part configured for attachment to the covering plate in a manner wherein the additional part projects from the wall; the set includes a clamp operatively associated with the additional part for engagement with the covering plate wherein the clamp includes a contact member configured for placement against the wall. | 03-18-2010 |
20100132209 | CLOTHES TREATING APPARATUS - A clothes treating apparatus is disclosed. The clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet defining a accommodating space for receiving clothes, an air supplying device for drying air circulating into the accommodating space, and a guide unit for guiding dry air generated by the air supplying device to be uniformly dispersed into the accommodating space. | 06-03-2010 |
20100146805 | Fabric treating apparatus - A present invention relates to a fabric treating apparatus including an inside cabinet which forms a treating chamber which the fabrics treated in, and a heating unit for supplying any one between hot wind and steam to the treating chamber, and a hanger rack disposed in the treating chamber, and a driving unit for generating rotary power outside the treating chamber and is disposed upper part of the inside cabinet, and a transmission unit for reciprocating the hanger rack by transmitting the rotary power of the driving unit. | 06-17-2010 |
20100199514 | OPTIMIZED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANURE MANAGEMENT - An improved system for processing a liquid manure and producing organic fertilizer includes equipment for separating various solid components of the liquid manure having different nitrogen to phosphorous ratios and then mixing these components so as to produce an organic fertilizer with a predetermined nitrogen to phosphorus ratio. The system includes equipment for separating solid manure components and clarified water. Solid manure components include fertilizer, fodder/bedding material, and biomass. Fertilizer and clarified water are used to fertilize and irrigate the farming soil. Fodder is used as a bedding material for the animals or as a feed source. Biomass is used as a fuel source for running farming equipment and processes that require energy. | 08-12-2010 |
20100299952 | PASSIVE HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A device for refreshing fabrics by reducing malodors and/or wrinkles without requiring that the fabrics to be put through an entire standard laundry process. The device comprises an extractable drawer which is pulled out of the device to allow for loading of a fabric into a receiving region. The extractable drawer can then be closed transporting the fabric into the interior of the device. A fabric treatment composition is sprayed or otherwise dispensed onto the fabrics when the device is operated. The device comprises an air flow path and a heating element which allows for the fabrics to be treated during use and comprises a passive heat management system within the shell to minimize formation of hot spots and direct air flow away from the side walls. The extractable drawer of the present invention can be positioned to extract laterally or vertically out of the shell of the device. | 12-02-2010 |
20110056087 | Dual Path Kiln Improvement - A dual path kiln is provided that includes a kiln having one or more chambers and at least two lumber charge paths adapted to convey lumber through the kiln in opposite directions by means of a track having two rails in which a pusher device pushes the lumber through the kiln and comprises a variable output electric motor to effect a high degree of accurate control of the movement speed of the pusher device and the lumber it's pushing and wherein the pusher device includes a faceplate having two side walls extending from said faceplate to engage the side of the lumber in order to greatly enhance stability of the lumber while it is being transported and minimize the risk of spillage. | 03-10-2011 |
20110061259 | EXSICCATE DEVICE - An exsiccate device removes moisture or water from a fuel tank. Suitably the fuel exsiccate device is interposed between two pipes that fluidically communicate air or fuel. The exsiccate device contains numerous beads formed from a substance that attracts water molecules via intermolecular forces, such as van der Waals forces, without being hygroscopic. The exsiccate device can be used to filter fuel directly by using numerous beads formed from molecular sieves that are suitably transition metal aluminosilicates with a substantially uniform pore crystalline structure. | 03-17-2011 |
20110067260 | Lamp heater and drying apparatus including the same - A lamp heater and a drying apparatus including the same, the lamp heater including a plurality of three-phase power source lamps, a dummy load, the dummy load being configured to maintain a phase balance of the three-phase power source lamps, and a controller, the controller controlling the three-phase power source lamps and the dummy load depending on a lighting condition of the three-phase power source lamps. | 03-24-2011 |
20110094121 | Universal clothes dryer system - The Universal exhaust system provides a quick and easy way to prevent dryer lint from accumulating in the dryer. | 04-28-2011 |
20110179666 | Burner for dryers and process of manufacturing said burner - A burner for dryers that includes a tubular element having at least a funnel-shaped region tapering toward an inlet end for fuel gas and combustion air to form a gas/air mixing venturi tube, and an opposite having an outlet nozzle for said mixture. According to the invention, the burner body is made of two half shells tightly joined together along corresponding mutually coupling longitudinal flanges, which, once coupled together, form two opposite perimetrical longitudinal edges The burner body has a substantially rectangular plan shape with two longitudinal edges that are parallel substantially for the entire length of the burner body. The invention relates also to a process for manufacturing said burner. | 07-28-2011 |
20120186097 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING DEVICE AND METHOD - Certain embodiments provide a supercritical drying device, comprising a sealable first vessel; a fluorine adsorbent provided inside the first vessel; a second vessel being provided inside the first vessel and housing a semiconductor substrate; a heater heating the inside of the first vessel; a pipe connected to the first vessel; and a valve provided on the pipe. Free fluorine generated by heating a fluorine containing solvent is adsorbed to the fluorine adsorbent. | 07-26-2012 |
20120222326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPRAY DRYING A LIQUID - Described herein are devices and techniques for spray drying a fluid to produce a dried powder. Assemblies include a spray drying head attachable to a gas supplier and a liquid sample, such as a standard unit of blood product. The spray drying head can be adapted to provide an aerosolized flow of liquid sample exposed to a drying gas. The assembly also includes a drying chamber adapted to separate the aerosolized flow of liquid sample into a dried powder and humid air. The assembly can be disposable, provided in a sterilized kit and having simplified attachments allowing quick connect and disconnect from the gas and liquid sample. Separation of the powder from the humid air exiting the drying chamber occurs within a filtered collection bag. In some embodiments, one or more of the drying chamber and collection bag are formed form a thin-walled, collapsible material. | 09-06-2012 |
20130081297 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is substrate processing apparatus including processing chamber that dries substrate W using high temperature and high pressure fluid, raw material accommodating unit that accommodates raw material in liquid state, and supplying unit that supplies the high temperature and high pressure fluid to the processing chamber. The supplying unit includes sealable outer vessel connected to the processing chamber and the raw material accommodating unit, and inner vessel provided within the outer vessel and configured to receive the raw material. The inner vessel is provided with opened holes portions configured to drop down the raw material toward a portion of the outer vessel to be heated. After the raw material is accommodated in the inner vessel, the raw material is contacted with the portion to be heated and then heated. A high temperature and high pressure fluid is then obtained and supplied to the processing chamber. | 04-04-2013 |
20130097885 | DEVELOPMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A HAND DRYER - A method of manufacturing a nozzle part for a hand dryer. The nozzle part has a nozzle body and an air outlet aperture in the nozzle body, and the method includes moulding the nozzle body from plastic as a single part and then post-machining the air outlet aperture in the moulded plastic nozzle body. | 04-25-2013 |
20130145640 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING A SUBSTRATE - A substrate treatment apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a process chamber configured to have an internal space, a substrate supporting member disposed in the process chamber to support a substrate, a first supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to a region of the internal space located below the substrate, a second supplying port configured to supply a supercritical fluid to other region of the internal space located over the substrate, and an exhaust port configured to exhaust the supercritical fluid from the process chamber to an exterior region. | 06-13-2013 |
20130212897 | ROUND CONTAINER FOR GERMINATING AND DRYING MALT - The invention relates to a method for producing a round container and to a round container configured for said method, which provide faster construction of the round container, mostly independent from the precision of the preliminary work in spite of high final precision, and which provide simple transportation of the components to the construction site. This is accomplished by the invention through setting up wall profiles ( | 08-22-2013 |
20130219736 | System, Method and Apparatus for Drying a Shower - A shower drying system directs air downwardly onto the walls, surfaces and/or shower curtain of a shower enclosure. In one embodiment, the air is heated. The movement of the air in the downward direction helps urge droplets of water on the shower surface towards a drain at the lower level of the shower enclosure. Remaining water on the surfaces is evaporated into water vapor that is exhausted from above the shower enclosure, thereby reducing mold and mildew. | 08-29-2013 |
20130269203 | KIT FOR A DRYER PORTION OF A DRYER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DRYER PORTION OF A DRYER - A kit for a dryer portion of a dryer is provided, by means of which a dryer portion of the dryer can be transported in a particularly space-saving manner to an assembly site of the dryer and can be assembled from particularly few parts, wherein the kit comprises at least two components, at least one left-hand side wall component comprising a left-hand side wall portion of the dryer, at least one right-hand side wall component comprising a right-hand side wall portion of the dryer and at least one component comprising a base wall portion and/or a ceiling wall portion of the dryer and a conveying unit of a conveying device for conveying workpieces to be dried through the dryer in the assembled state of the dryer, the dryer portion of the dryer being configured to be assembled at an assembly site from the at least two components of the kit. | 10-17-2013 |
20140041247 | Grain Aeration System - An aeration system for aerating particulate materials disposed in a storage bin. A plurality of elongated hollow wall aerators is provided. Each wall aerator is disposed inside the storage bin having a substantially vertical orientation and is mounted adjacent to an inside surface of a wall of the storage bin. Each wall aerator has at least an opening for transmitting air from inside the wall aerator to the particulate materials. Each of a plurality of convection air inlets is connected to a bottom portion of a respective wall aerator. Each convection air inlet provides outside air to the respective wall aerator through a respective opening disposed in a bottom portion of the storage bin using natural convection. | 02-13-2014 |
20140109430 | SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS - A substrate treating apparatus for drying substrates with a solvent vapor after treating the substrates with a treating liquid. The apparatus includes a treating tank for storing the treating liquid, a holder for holding the substrates in the treating tank, a chamber enclosing the treating tank, a solvent vapor supply device for supplying the solvent vapor into the chamber, an exhaust device for exhausting gas from the chamber through an exhaust pipe connected at one end thereof to the chamber, a drain pipe connected at one end thereof to the chamber for draining the treating liquid from the chamber, a gas-liquid separator having the other end of the exhaust pipe connected thereto for receiving the gas exhausted by the exhaust device, and having the other end of the drain pipe connected thereto for receiving the treating liquid drained through the drain pipe, the gas-liquid separator separating the gas and the liquid, and a mixer mounted on the exhaust pipe for mixing deionized water into the gas exhausted by the exhaust device. | 04-24-2014 |
20140150282 | Device for Drying Coated Stents - Various embodiments of methods and devices for drying coated stents in an oven are described herein. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157614 | FORCED CONVECTION HANGING CLOTHES DRYER - A clothes dryer has a cabinet forming a drying chamber and a drying rack slidably mounted to the cabinet and movable between a retracted position where the drying rack is within the drying chamber and an extended position where the drying rack is exteriorly of the cabinet. A removable dividing panel is retained by the drying rack and divides the drying chamber into two horizontal and vertically extending drying chambers. A control system associated with the dryer has selectable modes to operate the divided drying chambers independently or concurrently as a single large drying chamber. A recycle system associated with the dryer permits recycling of heat air to increase drying efficiency. | 06-12-2014 |
20140157615 | Disc for Industrial Plants - An industrial plant such as a disc dryer is constructed or retro-fitted with discs each comprising two annular plates connected to one another around their outer edges, each plate comprising one or more integral ribs extending between its inner edge and outer edge. The integral ribs may comprise folds in the annular plates, and each plate may be formed from a length of sheet material, by roll forming for example, so that the integral ribs are deeper towards the inner peripheral edge than the outer peripheral edge of the annular plates forming the disc. | 06-12-2014 |
20140290088 | Grain Drying and Moving Apparatus Combination - A grain drying and moving apparatus combination includes a conveyor assembly in communication with a bottom wall channel of a grain dryer assembly. The conveyor assembly receives and transports grain away from the housing. The conveyor assembly includes a conduit that is attachable to the bottom wall and coextensive with the channel. The conduit includes a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall and a lower wall. A rail is attached to the conduit. A chain is mounted on the rail and forms a continuous loop. The chain includes a plurality of links each having an upper plate and a lower plate. The upper and lower plates are horizontally orientated. A plurality of paddles is attached to and extends downwardly from the chain. The paddles each extend between the first and second lateral walls when the paddles are within the conduit. | 10-02-2014 |
20150121714 | MOBILE VENEER DRYER - Embodiments provide a veneer dryer system and methods of constructing, relocating, and replacing veneer dryers and other constructs such as lumber kilns, machinery, and processing lines or parts thereof. Embodiments of a veneer dryer system may include a track and a veneer dryer movably coupled with the track. The track may extend between the desired location of the veneer dryer and a construction location. Movers may be coupled with the track at the construction location. The veneer dryer may be partially or fully constructed on the movers and moved to the desired location for use. A pre-existing veneer dryer at the desired location may remain operational during the construction and removed before the new veneer dryer is moved into place, substantially reducing downtime and costs as compared to prior methods of replacing veneer dryers. | 05-07-2015 |
20160113451 | HAND DRYING ASSEMBLY - A hand drying assembly includes a housing structured to have a front portion hingedly coupled to a back portion such that the front portion is positionable at a selected angle with respect to the back portion. The back portion may be coupled to a support surface such that the front portion is accessible to a user. An outlet is movably coupled to a distal end of the front portion with respect the back portion. A motor is positioned within the front portion. An actuator is coupled to the front portion. The actuator is electrically coupled to the motor such that the actuator actuates and de-actuates the motor. A fan is coupled to the motor. The fan urges air outwardly through the outlet onto the user's hands. A heating coil is positioned within the front portion such that the fan urges the air over the heating coil. The heating coil is electrically coupled to the actuator. | 04-28-2016 |