| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 034201000 |
Houses, kilns, and containers
| 176 |
| 034072000 |
With means to treat gas or vapor
| 162 |
| 034108000 |
Rotary drums or receptacles
| 161 |
| 034524000 |
With automatic control
| 119 |
| 034096000 |
For hair on head
| 95 |
| 034060000 |
For diverse operations on treated material
| 65 |
| 034239000 |
Supports
| 38 |
| 034086000 |
With waste gas heat and/or power conservers
| 37 |
| 034090000 |
Combined
| 33 |
| 034611000 |
Sheet, web, or strand
| 30 |
| 034058000 |
With apparatus using centrifugal force
| 27 |
| 034104000 |
For hollow article
| 24 |
| 034165000 |
Gravity flow type
| 21 |
| 034092000 |
Vacuum
| 17 |
| 034089000 |
With indicating or testing means
| 15 |
| 034576000 |
With fluid current conveying of treated material
| 15 |
| 034236000 |
Treated material handling or conveying
| 14 |
| 034095000 |
Means to remove liquid from treated material by contact with solids
| 13 |
| 034088000 |
With display, inspecting, or illuminating means
| 13 |
| 034085000 |
With apparatus cleaner and/or escaping material collector
| 11 |
| 034241000 |
Gas or vapor distributing and applying agitators
| 8 |
| 034093000 |
Solar | 5 |
| 20090113741 | LAUNDRY TREATING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A laundry treating machine is disclosed. The laundry treating machine includes a case having a laundry receiving space for receiving laundry defined therein, the case being located above another laundry treating machine, a hot air supply unit for supplying hot air into the laundry receiving space, a manipulation part for allowing a user to select a drive course, a control unit for controlling the hot air supply unit to be driven according to the course selected by the manipulation part, and a guide unit for assisting the user to put the laundry in the laundry receiving space. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20140047726 | SOLAR GRAIN DRYING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention includes an apparatus, system, and method for the drying of particulate agricultural matter, especially particulate crops, such grains. The present invention provides a crop particulate (i.e., grain) drying system utilizing solar energy to heat a heat transfer fluid or solution within concomitant forced-air and radiant heat systems which pass heated air through a crop particulate material contained within a conventional crop silo or bin. Electricity demand may be met through utilization of solar photovoltaic panels backed up by connection to an external power source (i.e. power utility). | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140182158 | SOLAR DRYER WITH ENHANCED EFFICIENCY OF DRYING - The present invention provides an improved solar dryer with improved. The dryer consists of a solar absorber/collector ( | 07-03-2014 |
| 20150366261 | Shed for Curing and Drying of Tobacco and Development and Production of Seedlings - This utility model relates to a shed for the air drying and curing of tobacco and the growth and production of seedlings, comprising: (i) a plurality of columns ( | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160102910 | INTEGRATED SOLAR ENERGY DRYING SYSTEM - An integrated solar energy drying system, including: a solar greenhouse, a solar energy storage bed, an air condenser, a wet dust collector, pipes, valves, and blowers. The solar greenhouse includes: a top side, three sunny sides, a shady side, floorboards, a gas inlet, and two gas outlets. The solar energy storage bed includes: an upper air box, a lower air box, a plurality of solar heat collecting-storing pipes, and a sealing chamber. Each solar heat collecting-storing pipe includes an air pipe. The air condenser includes: an air inlet, an air outlet, two gas chambers, and a bundle of gas pipes. The solar greenhouse, the solar energy storage bed, the air condenser, the wet dust collectors are connected via pipes. The valves and the blowers are disposed on the pipes. | 04-14-2016 |
| 034179000 |
Stationary receptacle or tube with agitator or conveyor | 4 |
| 20120317830 | Hood Assembly for Controllably Cooling Extruded Section Members of Aluminium and Other Metal Materials at an Output of an Extruding Line Therefor. - An improved hood assembly for controllably cooling extruded section members of aluminium and other metal materials at an output of an extruding line therefor, characterized in that said hood assembly comprises a plurality of air delivery spouts inclined according to angles varying from 20° to 60° with respect to a sliding longitudinal direction of said section member through said cooling line. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20080313917 | Drying process of triturated crushed sugar-cane or others for latter briquetting or others) - Improvement introduced into the process of drying crushed cane or other bagasses for subsequent briquetting or other processes constituted by drying unit ( | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090249637 | APPARATUS FOR COOLING BULK MATERIAL - An apparatus for cooling bulk material, comprising a grate having a device to feed cooling gas, conveying elements configured to convey a layer of the bulk material along a conveying direction, and a planar blowout device. The grate forms a substantially smooth supporting surface for the layer of the bulk material. The supporting surface is provided at least partially with the planar blowout device. The planar blowout device has a fabric as a spatially extended dispersion element on which the bulk material directly rests, and a support structure arranged under the fabric. Webs arranged transverse to the conveying direction can result in pockets that enable a stationary layer composed of cooling material to be located above the dispersion elements. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20120279080 | Turbulence Bar Assembly - A turbulence bar assembly for a cylinder that extends in an axial direction includes a plurality of bars that extend in the axial direction and at least one hoop. The at least one hoop has one or more hoop segments that are connected to the plurality of bars and one or more couplers that are in engagement with the one or more hoop segments to expand and contract a radial dimension of the at least one hoop in response to movement of an adjustment block in the axial direction. | 11-08-2012 |
| 034237000 |
Trays or floors | 4 |
| 20130055582 | CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS - A clothes drying apparatus mounted to a building structure (e.g., a ceiling, wall, or floor) and including a slider track coupled to the building structure, and a frame (e.g., at least two frames) secured to the slider track for sliding between a stored position and an extended position. The frame is pivotable relative to the building structure. For example, the frame can be secured to the slider track, and the slider track can be pivotable relative to the building structure. Preferably, the slider track includes an inner member coupled to the building structure and an outer member coupled to the frame. The apparatus can further include transverse brackets supporting the slider track. For special mounting situations, the apparatus can further include longitudinal brackets supporting the transverse brackets and/or a back mounting bracket at least partially supporting the transverse brackets. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130067761 | DRYING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a drying apparatus, which uses to dry a pre-formed material of alignment film on a first surface of a substrate. The drying apparatus comprises a heating platform, a first support net, a plurality of support pins and a first elevating mechanism. The heating platform uses to heat a second surface of the substrate; the first support net comprises a plurality of first filaments, and the first filaments commonly define a plurality of first meshes; the support pins are set in at least one portion of the first meshes; and the first elevating mechanism controls the support pins to rise and lower, so that the support pins are higher or lower than the first support net. Thus, the present invention can avoid the first surface of the substrate from remaining Mura after the drying step. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130180124 | SPORTS EQUIPMENT RACK - An improved sports equipment frame includes frame having a main vertical member including an upper end and a lower end, and a plurality of extensions projecting laterally from the main vertical member; and a bowed hanger extending from the main vertical member for draping an article of clothing, the hanger elevationally located between the upper and lower ends of the vertical member. In a preferred embodiment, the sports equipment rack includes pant leg restrainers for suppressing movement of the legs of pants during spray washing, and a headgear support plate having a generally flat upper surface that is larger than the cross sectional area of the vertical member. The sports equipment rack is lightweight, compact and portable, and is suitable for storing, organizing, washing and drying various types of sporting equipment and clothing. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20140053425 | LAUNDRY HANGER - Disclosed is a laundry drying rack. The laundry drying rack in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of fixing hangers disposed in parallel to each other on a drying rack frame on which laundry is hung, a plurality of oscillating links each performing a swing motion with respect to each fixing hanger as a pivot axis, a plurality of oscillating hangers each connected to a lower end of the oscillating link and shaking the laundry, hung on the fixing hanger, at the bottom of the corresponding fixing hanger, a driving unit generating power, and an electric unit providing the power generated by the driving unit as an oscillating force for the oscillating links. | 02-27-2014 |
| 034242000 |
Chamber seals | 4 |
| 20090000145 | SEAL UNIT OF GAS DRYER - This invention is concerning a gas dryer, especially a seal unit of gas dryer. The seal unit is assembled on the chamber rear wall, an end of heating disk is compressing on the seal unit. Said seal unit comprises seal loop shaped as a ring, this seal loop is composed of inner fix part with the shape of flat-sheet ring and outer seal part shaped as a closed ring. This seal unit involved in this present invention would bring effective sealing performance, decrease the leakage of hot-air, fast drying speed and have high efficiency. Additionally, the seal unit is of easily produced, high reliability and better consistency of production quality. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090007451 | Arrangement and method for sealing of a pocket space between drying cylinders in a paper machine or similar, runnability component, and method for manufacturing a runnability component - The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for sealing of a pocket space between drying cylinders ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090100701 | System for sealing an apparatus - An apparatus for processing materials provides a material processing chamber, formed from an enclosure having a top and a bottom. The bottom has an opening therein, and a shaft extends through the opening and into the chamber. A bearing assembly may be arranged about a lower portion of the shaft, the bearing assembly including a bearing extension arranged about a portion of the shaft. The bearing extension has a portion thereof extending through the opening of the bottom of the chamber. A first seal assembly forms a first seal between the bearing extension and the bottom of the chamber, and a second seal assembly forms a second seal between the bearing assembly and the shaft. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20120186099 | CONNECTION SYSTEMS FOR REFRIGERATION FILTER DRYER UNITS AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE - A high pressure connection and method for making a high pressure connection between an existing filter dryer unit and a refrigeration system using a radically curable composition. The radically curable composition can be an anaerobically curable composition. | 07-26-2012 |
| 034192000 |
Removable shelf or tray type | 3 |
| 20090025248 | Food Dehydrator - A food dehydrator apparatus comprising a plurality of modular food trays, each tray comprising a generally horizontal drying rack having an upper and lower surface and openings providing for air passage extending generally vertically through the tray, a wall located at the periphery of the tray, the wall extending generally vertically at the periphery, and having a top and bottom edge, and an inner and outer wall surface, and a plurality of legs extending from the lower surface of the tray and below the lower edge of the wall, where the trays are stackable, whereby when a first tray is adjacent a second tray, the top edge of the wall of the first tray and the bottom edge of the wall of the second tray form a close fit preventing air passage therebetween, and where when the first modular food tray is position with the legs set on a substantially flat support surface, a gap is formed between the wall bottom edge and the support surface. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20080222909 | DRYING APPARATUS - The present disclosure is related to an apparatus suitable for cleaning, refreshing, steaming, deodorizing, and/or drying cloth items. Such appliance comprises a molded base form with an associated heater/blower assembly and a water receptacle, a rigid, telescoping framework hingedly affixed to the base form, and a collapsible enclosure defining a void space, and having at least one access port thereto and a plurality of removable shelves for inclusion therein. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100229416 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a substrate processing apparatus that can decrease the time necessary for cooling a processed wafer for improving the throughput. The substrate processing apparatus comprises: a process chamber configured to process a substrate; a substrate supporter configured to support the substrate and load the substrate into the process chamber; a transfer mechanism configured to carry the substrate to the substrate supporter; and a non-sealing type shield part installed between the substrate supporter and the transfer mechanism. | 09-16-2010 |
| 034091000 |
Convertible | 3 |
| 20080235980 | CENTRIFUGAL SPRAYER AND HAIR DRYER HAVING THE SAME FOR APPLICATION OF A HAIR TREATMENT LIQUID - A hand held personal care appliance, such as a hair dryer, has a liquid delivery system for delivering a spray of liquid from the appliance. The liquid delivery system has a reservoir for containing a supply of liquid and a liquid transfer system. A rotatable drum has a surface in fluid communication with the liquid transfer system for receiving liquid onto the surface of the drum. A drive system rotates the drum such that the liquid is thrown from the drum by centrifugal force of the rotating drum for delivering liquid from the appliance in the form of a spray of droplets. In some embodiments, the fluid transfer system includes a first wick for delivery of the liquid to the drum and a second wick for delivery of liquid to the first wick. The reservoir and other parts of the liquid delivery system may be a disposable cartridge. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20110072678 | Composite Machine For Drying Dishes And Cleaning Vegetables And Fruits - A composite machine for drying dishes and cleaning vegetables and fruits includes a dish-drying body, an ozone generator, a cover and a switching element. The cover selectively covers the dishes or allows the vegetables and fruits to be received therein. The switching element is switchable to be electrically connected to the dish-drying body or the ozone generator. The dish-drying body generates hot air to dry the dishes when the switching element is electrically connected to the dish-drying body. The ozone generator generates ozone to clean the vegetables and fruits when the switching element is electrically connected to the ozone generator. With this arrangement, the operation of drying dishes or cleaning vegetables and fruits can be executed as demands. Thus, the utility rate of the machine is increased and the space can be used more effectively. As a result, the cost is reduced and the maintenance is easy. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20160029718 | COMBINATION BEACH TOWEL AND COVER-UP - An improved beach towel that can be converted to a swimsuit cover-up by simply wrapping the towel long ways around a wearer's body and buttoning the attached two buttons into the buttonholes that are along one length of the towel. In some embodiments, the inventive beach towel has two buttons attached to a face of the beach towel toward a corner of one end of the towel, and also has a series of evenly spaced buttonholes along the same length of the towel at the other end. The spacing between the two buttons matches a spacing of the buttonholes. This allows the wearer of the beach towel/cover up to wrap the towel around their hips, waist, or chest, and secure the buttons into appropriate buttonholes so that the cover up fits the wearer. The cover up can be easily adjusted for different sizes simply by choosing other buttonholes in the series of button holes. | 02-04-2016 |
| 034164000 |
Treated material vibrating type | 2 |
| 20140208606 | Vibratory Dryer with Mixing Apparatus - A vibratory dryer includes a conveying surface over which a bed of materials to be dried is conveyed, the surface having an inlet end and an outlet end, and passages through which air passes through the conveying surface to pass through the bed of materials on the conveying surface, a source of heated air coupled to the passages to supply heated air to the bed through the passages, and a vibration generator coupled to the conveying surface. The dryer also includes at least one rotary mixer having an impeller spaced from the conveying surface at a distance so as to be disposed within the bed, the at least one rotary mixer disposed along the length of the conveying surface between the inlet end and the outlet end. The at least one rotary mixer is adapted to provide uplift within the bed without de-densification of the bed. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20160252303 | AGGRE-DRY RETRO-FIT SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
| 034147000 |
Spiral treated material path type | 2 |
| 20100043246 | ROTARY BIOMASS DRYER - A biomass drying system includes a rotary biomass dryer that includes a helically threaded auger shaft rotatably driven by a prime mover, such as an electric motor. No external source of heat is required to dry a wet biomass material that is supplied to an input of the biomass dryer. Instead, the helical threads on the shaft have a variable width, designed to gradually increase the compression applied as the biomass material is advanced through a generally cylindrical bore in the biomass dryer. A variable compression nozzle is disposed at a distal end of the bore and can be adjusted to achieve a desired level of a parameter such as the moisture content of the dried biomass material produced by the system. The variable compression nozzle, which can be automatically controlled, includes longitudinally extending segments that are forced radially inwardly to increase the compression force applied to the biomass material. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20120036731 | MEANS FOR DRYING OF A PARTICULATE MATERIAL WITH A GAS - A device to bring a gas into contact with a particulate solid bulk material, comprising a first and a second tubular, radially gas-permeable element ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 034103000 |
Forms | 2 |
| 20150289747 | Garment Dryer Extension - An extension for garment dryers facilitates the drying of garments with deep and narrow cavities, such as high boots, rubber gloves or plastic bags. The extension provides stable support for the garments by locking into and slidingly engaging with protrusions in the garment dryers. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150337482 | MANUALLY-OPERATED CLOTHES DRYING APPARATUS - A clothes drying apparatus includes a frame having an upper end and a lower end, configured to support an article of clothing. An airflow path is defined within the frame. A number of exit holes are spaced about the frame and connected to the airflow path. An airflow generating device is configured to blow air through the airflow path and out the exit holes, thereby increasing airflow on the article of clothing, enhancing the drying of the article of clothing. The air may be heated. The frame may further include interconnected arm, vertical and horizontal members, connected to the airflow path, further enhancing the airflow over the article of clothing. Valves may be included to selectively close the airflow path to the arm members or upper end of the frame. The frame may further include a hook to hang the frame from a surface, such as a shower bar. | 11-26-2015 |
| 034184000 |
Rotary or swinging carrier or rack | 2 |
| 20120011737 | LABORATORY TYPE QUICK FILM DRYING OVEN - The drying oven of the present invention comprises a holey plastic plate that can make planetary rotation. The drying mechanisms may consist of classical resistance heaters, blowing heaters and/or coolers, and ultraviolet, infrared and microwave radiation sources in horizontal, vertical or intermediate angle arrangements. There is an absorbent material in a reservoir so as to absorb the excess energy transmitted by the system. The present system completes the drying procedure quickly with full automatization within a standard period without deteriorating the sample and reveals a product which is ready to further processing. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20150362252 | UMBRELLA DRAINING ASSEMBLY - An umbrella draining assembly mainly includes a cylindrical containing cistern body, a flinging device disposed in an inner section of the containing cistern body, and a bearing plate disposed at a bottom edge of the containing cistern body. A positioning component is disposed in the containing cistern body. The flinging device includes an embedding section, at an inner edge thereof is disposed a plurality of tapering serrated segments. A transmission component is disposed at a bottom edge of the embedding section. When the umbrella draining assembly is in use, a top shaft of an umbrella is inserted into the embedding section, with the positioning component fixing the position of the umbrella. The transmission component drives the embedding section to rotate quickly, causing rainwater on the umbrella to be flung outward due to centrifugal force and to fall on the bearing plate at a bottom edge of the containing cistern body. The umbrella draining assembly of the present invention drains wet umbrellas carried from outdoor to indoor on rainy days and prevents rainwater thereon to drip on the floor. | 12-17-2015 |
| 034191000 |
Reversible or pulsating treating gas or vapor flow | 1 |
| 20110173835 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING CONDENSED DISTILLER'S SOLUBLES (CDS) TO PRODUCE DRIED DISTILLER'S SOLUBLES (DDS) - Dried distiller's solubles is described. Methods for drying condensed distiller's solubles into dried distiller's solubles are presented. The methods may include introducing the condensed distiller's solubles into a drying gas stream and recovering dried distiller's solubles from the drying gas stream. | 07-21-2011 |
| 034087000 |
With means to interlock operable elements | 1 |
| 20100088916 | HEARING AID DRYER - An application for a hearing aid drying/disinfecting system includes a closable container with an internally mounted ultra-violet lamp for disinfecting the hearing aid. A heating element creates an internal temperature that is higher than ambient temperature and a fan circulates air through shielded vents from the outside of the container through the container and back out, thereby drying the hearing aid contained within the drying/disinfecting system. | 04-15-2010 |
| 034143000 |
Stationary press type | 1 |
| 20130025151 | LAUNDRY PRESS APPARATUS AND METHOD - A press for pressing batches of fabric articles to remove excess fluid therefrom utilizes a specially configured frame having upper and lower plates. The frame supports a vessel having an interior that receives a batch of fabric articles therein. A press having a ram and a disk is supported at the lower end portion of the ram. The disk engages an upper surface portion of the batch of articles. The ram and disk move between upper and lower positions, the lower position being a pressing position that engages the disk with the fabric articles. The frame includes a plurality of rods that connect to the upper and lower plates, spacing the plates apart. The rods each have upper and lower end portions, each with a diameter that is larger than the diameter of a central portion of said rod that is positioned in between the upper and lower plates. | 01-31-2013 |
| 034107000 |
For slender rigid articles | 1 |
| 20110154677 | Ringed Umbrella Dryer - An apparatus for removing water from an unfurled umbrella having a member with bristles to receive the axial length of an unfurled umbrella such that the at least one bristle support member surrounds the umbrella by at least 180 degrees, so the plurality of bristles compress the umbrella and remove water from the umbrella as the umbrella passes through the member with bristles. | 06-30-2011 |
