Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids inventions 11/05

20050257394 - Method and a device for drying a water-damaged building: In a method of drying a water-damaged building with the aid of drying plant (1) that includes a drying rotor (2) or some other other device which delivers dry air to the drying process, and a high-pressure turbine or a fan (3) for transportation of air, the turbine (3) is...

20050257395 - Hairdryer diffuser: A diffuser for a handheld electric hairdryer, includes a base from which a plurality of fingers extend, each finger having a longitudinal through-passage through which hot air passes from the base. There is attached to the base a thermal-capacitance element to moderate changes in temperature of air exhausted through the...

20050257396 - Wafer dryer and method for drying a wafer: A wafer dryer and method featuring a nebulizer which emits a pressurized drying liquid stream that converges with an opposed pressurized non-reactive carrier gas stream to produce a drying liquid fog. The pressurized non-reactive gas spray device is disposed partially within a tub and partially within a wafer bath vessel...

20050257397 - Household appliance with user selected default settings: A household appliance functions according to multiple operating cycles, wherein each operating cycle comprises at least one step characterized by a parameter having a factory-set default value. A user can access a controller of the household appliance through a user interface to simultaneously set new default values for a parameter...

20050252022 - Centrifugal lint trap: A lint trap for trapping air particles includes an air inlet for allowing the air particles to enter the lint trap and a base having a tapered gradient for increasing the velocity of the air particles and containment by centrifugal force. The air inlet is connected to a dryer....

20050252023 - Power supply independent device for producing a hot air flow: The invention relates to a power supply independent device (1) producing a hot air flow (2). Heat (4) is produced by a catalytic heating element (5) which is energised by a liquid fuel, the hot air flow (2) being produced by an electric fan (7). The inventive device (1) is...

20050252024 - Thermal management chassis system: A thermal management chassis for providing simultaneous spray cooling and dry cooling for a plurality of cards. The thermal management chassis includes a chassis having a dry chamber and a spray chamber, a first opening within a rear portion of the chassis extending into the spray chamber, a second opening...

20050252025 - Luminous tile: A method for the Continuous gradual stretching and drying of industrial hides and similar products comprises at least one step (a) involving the initial partial drying of the completely wetted hides supplied following a treatment with liquids, such as tanning, retanning or dyeing, until their relative moisture content is reduced...

20050252026 - Desiccant cartridge having desiccant cap: This invention relates to a desiccant cartridge (10) adapted for use in a canister (14) of an integrated receiver/dryer or accumulator assembly of an automotive air conditioning system wherein the canister (14) has an offset inlet port (16). The desiccant cartridge (10) includes a desiccant cup (18) having a center...

20050252027 - Systems for drying moisture-containing work pieces and methods for drying same: A system and method are provided for controllably drying moisture-containing work pieces. The system comprises a drying compartment defining an internal workspace for housing and drying the moisture-containing work pieces by introducing heat into the internal workspace and heating the moisture-containing work pieces located in the internal workspace by removing...

20050252028 - Control method of clothes dryer and apparatus thereof: Disclosed are a control method of a clothes drier capable of preventing a laundry damage due to an over-drying and capable of decreasing a power dissipation, and an apparatus thereof. The control method of a clothes drier comprises the steps of: dividing a section that clothes dryness degree values varied...

20050252029 - Washing machine with a drying device: A washing machine includes a water tub for accommodating wash water therein; a drum rotatably installed in the water tub; and a drying device for supplying a hot air into the drum. The drying device includes a blower unit for forcing air to flow; a hot air supply duct for...

20050252030 - Clothes dryer: A clothes dryer comprises: a cabinet; a drum rotatably installed within the cabinet; and an exhaust port for discharging air having passed through the drum, wherein the exhaust port includes first and second exhaust pipes respectively diverged to both sides of the cabinet, and exits of the first and second...

20050252031 - Clothes dryer: The present invention discloses a clothes dryer including a drum rotatably installed in a cabinet, a plurality of vent holes being formed on the circumferential surface of the drum, first and second ducts coupled to the drum, respectively, for sucking and exhausting air to/from the drum, and a fan motor...

20050252032 - Clothes dryer: A clothes dryer includes: a drum rotatably installed in a cabinet; and an exhaust chamber installed in the cabinet and communicating with the drum for guiding the air from the drum outside the cabinet, the exhaust chamber configured to be detachable into two pieces, thereby reducing a manufacturing cost and...

20050252033 - Heating assembly for a tumble dryer: The present invention relates to a heating assembly (1) for heating a hot air stream (6) flowing in a flow passage (29) of a tumble dryer (26), said heating assembly (1) being configured for installation in said flow passage (29) and comprising at least one heating element (5), which is...

20050252034 - Device and method for compacting a fiber composite: Disclosed are a device and a method for compacting a continuously conveyed fiber composite (V) by means of heat (W) impingement. A heated treatment medium (L) is blasted towards the fiber composite (V) by means of at least one nozzle arrangement (2a, 2b). Said nozzle arrangement (2a, 2b) comprises a...

20050246918 - Dry air-supplying apparatus and treating apparatus: Two rotors 18a, 18b each housing a honeycomb structure 25 carrying an absorbent is driven for rotation by a common motor 19. Partitioning members 17 define an absorbing zone S and a recovery zone U in the rotor depending on the angular positional relationship between the partitioning members 17 and...

20050246919 - Installation for drying waste, in particular wastewater purifying sludge: The invention concerns an installation for drying pasty or powdery products such as in particular waste and more particularly sludge derived from wastewater purifying stations, in a chamber receiving the products to be dried and which is provided with means for turning over and driving forward said products. Said installation...

20050246920 - Clothes dryer: A clothes dryer includes a drying chamber, a heat pump mechanism, and an air circulation path. The heat pump mechanism includes a compressor, a heat radiator for radiating the heat of compressed coolant, a throttle unit for reducing the pressure of the high-pressure coolant, and a heat absorber for absorbing...

20050241173 - Device for continuous drying of material: The invention relates to a device for device for continuous drying of material, particularly sewage sludge, which has a belt 2, particularly a filter belt, on which the material is conveyed. It is characterised by a distribution screw 4 being mounted above the belt 2, particularly filter belt, at the...

20050241174 - Device for drying products such as in particular purifying station sludge: The invention concerns a device for drying sludge derived from urban or industrial wastewater purifying stations using solar energy, produced in the form of a greenhouse (1) comprising a slab or floor (2) whereon is deposited the bed (3) of sludge to be dried, means (4) being provided for turning...

20050241175 - Method and apparatus for removing and/or preventing surface contamination of a probe: To remove and/or prevent contamination of a probe, at least a portion of the probe is positioned in a chamber having an inlet passage and an outlet passage, with a distal end of the probe extending through the outlet passage and terminating on a side thereof opposite the chamber. A...

20050241176 - Reaction system for growing a thin film: A reactor defines a reaction chamber for processing a substrate. The reactor comprises a first inlet for providing a first reactant and to the reaction chamber and a second inlet for a second reactant to the reaction chamber. A first exhaust outlet removes gases from the reaction chamber. A second...

20050241177 - Coating process and apparatus: A web coating process and apparatus employing a coating applicator, dryer or curing station and web-handling equipment for conveying the web past the coating applicator and through the dryer. The web is enclosed from at least the coating applicator to the dryer or curing station in a close-coupled enclosure or...

20050241178 - Drying device for drying a gas: A drying device for drying a gas comprises parallel cooling branches, at least one of which is in its active state at any given time. A gas-coolant heat exchanger arranged in each of the cooling branches has a first channel through which the gas to be dried flows in the...