| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 034089000 | With indicating or testing means | 15 |
| 20080209751 | Dryer exhaust duct alarm - A dryer exhaust duct alarm detects the presence of lint or other obstructions in an exhaust duct or vent. A thin lever is suspended within the duct and is slightly cupped in shape to more effectively capture air flow. In the presence of uninhibited air flow, the lever is substantially displaced from its initial substantially-vertical position toward a substantially horizontal position. But when airflow is inhibited, the lever is not sufficiently displaced. A detector detects operation of the dryer. If the dryer operates for a determined period of time but the lever is not sufficiently displaced, the user is alerted of the problem. Other data may also be presented to the user, including real-time data over a communication medium. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090000140 | DRIER INFORMATION SYSTEM - A drier information system is provided including display means relating to a given region of the system which means serves, at least while a drying cycle is in operation, to provide a visual display indicating at least one of the following parameters: the extent of the region; a boundary of the region; direction or example of manipulation of a pair of hands or other article while in the region to provide for a preferred drying sequence. The visual display can represent the parameters as a two dimensional array within or adjacent the region. Alternatively the visual display can represent the parameters as a virtual or actual three dimensional array within or adjacent the region. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090217545 | Laundry appliance front control panel assembly - A front control panel assembly is mounted to an upper portion of a laundry appliance cabinet. The control panel has upper and lower spaced apart support brackets, each having a slot having a guiding portion and a trough. A heat shield is mounted to the cabinet and has four spaced apart cantilever posts each having a shaft portion and an end portion received in the support brackets to support the control panel to the cabinet. The lower support brackets secure the corresponding shaft portion via a clasp portion. The secured control panel can move only in opposite first and second radial directions relative the axis of the shaft portion. The guiding portion helps locate the cantilever posts relative the support brackets. A screw passing frontally through the control panel secures it to the heat shield. Cantilever post support bracket cooperation inhibits control panel rotation about the axis of the screw. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20110030233 | DRYER DEVICE WITH END OF USE INDICATOR - The invention discloses an end of use indicator (EUI) with a visual cue and a dryer device thereof. The EUI prompts the consumer to refill a cartridge within a device, replace a cartridge within a device, or replace the device itself. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention teaches a repetitive use, dryer device with an EUI for the treatment of fabrics in a laundry dryer. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110173833 | Pistachio/Nut Dryer - Assembly and Method - The present invention provides an improved continuous vertical feed pistachio nut dryer that has an inner compartment defined by bulkhead walls formed of smooth and seamless outer walls of perforated sheet stock, and has an infeed chamber with a batch hopper used in conjunction with an auger to provide a structure configured to operate in a batch fill mode wherein the inner compartment is filled evenly along the length of the dryer. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110252660 | Optimisation of a Drying Process in a Rotary Dryer for Mineral Materials - The system is peculiar in that there is provided a number of temperature sensors inside a rotary dryer, the sensors indicating a representative temperature of the materials dried/heated in the zone in which the sensor in question is located. By combining the measured temperatures with indications/measurements of flow, temperature and humidity of the materials to be dried, and temperature and humidity of the flue gas, a regulating unit/system with a simple mathematical model of the drying process may control the oil or gas burner optimally, such that the energy consumption for the drying process is minimised, and the waste of material occurring by too much or too little heating, typically by start and shutdown, is almost eliminated. The system may be used both by concurrent and countercurrent rotary dryers, respectively, and by single as well as double chambered rotary dryers, respectively, for drying and heating mineral materials, primarily for asphalt production. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110296703 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a treating chamber to accommodate laundry, a heating part to supply at least one of hot air and steam to the treating chamber, a hanger bar arranged in the treating chamber, a driving part provided on an outside of the treating chamber to generate a rotational force, a power transmitting part transmitting the rotational force of the driving part, and a power converting part converting the rotational force transmitted by the power transmitting part to reciprocate the hanger bar. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20130047457 | Double Drum Arrangement - A double drum arrangement comprising a frame adjustment mechanism to adjust the second frame with respect to the first frame for adapting the gap between the first drum and the second drum, wherein the frame adjustment mechanism comprises a robust adjustment mechanism for adapting the gap within a predetermined robust tolerance and a precise adjustment mechanism for adapting the gap within a predetermined precise tolerance, wherein the precise tolerance is smaller than the robust tolerance. Further, an adjustable end stop is provided. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130061488 | Heating Circuit With Monitoring Arrangement for a Household Appliance - A washing and/or drying appliance includes a heating circuit ( | 03-14-2013 |
| 20140013609 | BOTTLE DRYING RACK - A drying rack assembly for drying and storing baby bottles and other component parts of baby bottles thereon including a base housing having an air duct inlet and a fan associated therewith, and at least one trunk module having at least one branch associated therewith, each trunk module having a passageway extending therethrough in communication with the air duct inlet and each branch having a passageway extending therethrough in communication with a trunk passageway. The fan is positioned in the vicinity of the air duct inlet for directing the flow of air through said at least one trunk module and through said at least one branch to assist in drying an item positioned on said branch. A plurality of trunk modules can be assembled in a modular configuration to increase the storage capacity of the overall assembly. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140109429 | Dryer Motor and Control - A drying device has been developed having a single electric motor configured to drive a drum and directly drive an air blower. The single electric motor is a non-line frequency electric motor. The drum is coupled to a support frame to enable rotation of the drum relative the support frame. The drum has an interior space for holding a load of articles, such as clothing. The motor includes a controller configured to regulate the angular velocity of the output shaft of the motor with reference to the current drawn by the motor. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140325862 | SCALABLE PILOT DRYER - The present invention relates generally to testing dryers of crops and, more specifically, to a pilot dryer for ear corn, sunflowers and other field crops that is scalable to adjust to a wide range of desired throughputs and flexible to accommodate drying of a wide range of crops. The apparatus is for drying plant material comprising: an air preconditioning system for producing a processed air supply, a drying bin having first and second end and a bin chamber to operably receive the plant material, said bin forming a part of an airflow pathway; data sensors proximate the bin; air controls; and an airflow pathway operative to transport processed air supply through the plant material within the drying bin in either an up airflow or down airflow direction through the bin, wherein drying the plant material with said processed airflow. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150135548 | DEVICE FOR DRYING AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL GLASS - The invention relates to a device ( | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150308743 | Methods And Apparatus For MEMS Structure Release - An apparatus may include a vessel adapted to contain an organic solvent and a dehydration apparatus coupled with the vessel. The dehydration apparatus may be adapted to remove water from the organic solvent. The apparatus may further include a water content monitor coupled to the dehydration apparatus and the vessel, in which the water content monitor is adapted to determine a water content of the organic solvent. The apparatus may further include a wafer handler adapted to transfer at least one semiconductor wafer including a MEMS device into the vessel. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160186373 | LAUNDRY DRYER COMPRISING A LINT FILTER - The present invention relates to a laundry dryer ( | 06-30-2016 |
