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Class / Patent application numberDescriptionNumber of patent applications / Date published
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
20090113741LAUNDRY 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
20140047726SOLAR 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
20140182158SOLAR 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
20150366261Shed 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
20160102910INTEGRATED 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
20120317830Hood 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
20080313917Drying 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
20090249637APPARATUS 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
20120279080Turbulence 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
20130055582CLOTHES 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
20130067761DRYING 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
20130180124SPORTS 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
20140053425LAUNDRY 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
20090000145SEAL 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
20090007451Arrangement 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
20090100701System 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
20120186099CONNECTION 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
20090025248Food 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
20080222909DRYING 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
20100229416SUBSTRATE 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
20080235980CENTRIFUGAL 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
20110072678Composite 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
20160029718COMBINATION 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
20140208606Vibratory 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
20160252303AGGRE-DRY RETRO-FIT SYSTEM09-01-2016
034147000 Spiral treated material path type 2
20100043246ROTARY 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
20120036731MEANS 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
20150289747Garment 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
20150337482MANUALLY-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
20120011737LABORATORY 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
20150362252UMBRELLA 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
20110173835METHODS 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
20100088916HEARING 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
20130025151LAUNDRY 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
20110154677Ringed 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
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20090178298Device for fluid removal after laser scoring - An apparatus for drying a surface of a substrate during laser scoring. During the laser scoring process, a narrow cooling liquid jet follows the laser beam to create and propagate a partial vent. Precision of the scoring and overall stability of the process depend upon the accuracy of the alignment of the beam and the fluid stream. In one aspect, the apparatus has a conduit with at least one interior chamber in communication with at least one nozzle orifice. The conduit is configured to be in communication with a pressurized gas source to introduce the pressurized gas into the chamber. The pressurized gas forms a curtain of gas that is used to clean the cooling fluid therefrom the surface of the substrate.07-16-2009
20120011739HAND DRYER APPARATUS - A hand dryer apparatus includes a high-pressure airflow generator that generates a high pressure airflow, a control circuit that controls the high-pressure airflow generator, a power connecting unit that connects a commercial power source to the control circuit, a main body that forms a hull by housing the high-pressure airflow generator, the control circuit, and the power connecting unit, and nozzles that are formed in the main body and blows out the high pressure airflow created by the high-pressure airflow generator; further includes a panel composing a part of the main body and is detachable by a tool, and switching units that are housed in the main body and can switch a setting of the hand dryer apparatus, and enables access to the power connecting unit and the switching unit by removing the panel.01-19-2012
20130269208HAND DRYER - The invention relates to a wall-mountable hand dryer of the type which uses an air-knife to wipe the water from a user's hand. In accordance with the invention, the hand dryer is configured to have a maximum depth, front-to-back, of less than 150 mm when it is surface-mounted on—not recessed within—the wall. The air-knife is discharged downwardly through one or more discharge apertures on the dryer. These discharge apertures are configured so that the air-knife is discharged in front of the wall or a rear part of the dryer, and is discharged forwards towards the user at a downward angle. The downward angle of the air-knife is such that the air-knife projects to a distance of at least 75 mm in front of the wall or, as the case may be, in front of the rear part of the dryer.10-17-2013
20130276328HAND DRYER - The invention relates to a wall-mountable hand dryer of the type which uses an air-knife to wipe the water from a user's hand. In accordance with the invention, the hand dryer is configured to have a maximum depth, front-to-back, of less than 150 mm when it is surface-mounted on—rather than recessed within—the wall. The dryer has a projecting part which projects outwardly either from the wall or from a rear part of the dryer, and the air-knife is directed downwardly onto the user's hand as it is passed lengthwise underneath the projecting part of the dryer. The air knife is discharged through one or more discharge apertures, and these discharge apertures are positioned towards the front of the projecting part so that they are spaced at least 75 mm from the wall or, as the case may be, the rear part of the dryer.10-24-2013
20140115919WOOL DRYER BALL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A dryer ball is provided for use in a clothes dryer to reduce clothes drying time. The dryer ball has a substantially spherical wool body and a substantially uniform distribution of wool fibers therethrough. The body has a volume in the range of about 600 cm05-01-2014
20140208608Backplate - A dryer with an air outlet disposed above the motor assembly and having a backplate that mounts to a supporting structure. The backplate includes an integral air channel between the blower assembly and the air outlet.07-31-2014
20150308447Air Blower - An air blower includes an impeller, a motor and a blower housing. The blower housing includes a first housing member for receiving the motor and a second housing member for receiving the impeller. The first and second housing members are mounted to each other. Two opposed air outlets are formed at an end of the first housing member remote from the second housing member. Each air outlet is formed by an outwardly inclined cutout. The cutout is bounded by two inclined sides. An angle A formed by each inclined side and an axial direction of the blower is in the range from 0 to 45 degrees. Radial lines extending from one inclined side of one air outlet and the adjacent inclined side of the other air outlet form an angle B in the range from 15 to 45 degrees.10-29-2015

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