Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids inventions 08/06

20060191156 - Canted manually loaded produce dryer: A drying apparatus for use with many kinds of objects, but is particularly suited for use in drying most kinds of produce and vegetables including leaf vegetables. In one embodiment, the dryer includes a canted drum design which provides a number of benefits and advantages over prior art designs. The...

20060191155 - Self-cleaning centrifugal dryer system and method thereof: A self-cleaning centrifugal dryer system and method for removing surface moisture allow complete removal of plastic pellets, flakes and particles from the dryer and water-conveying or water processing system during or after each drying cycle. By eliminating plastic particulate retention in the dryer and throughout the water conveyance and processing...

20060191157 - Fabric article treating method and apparatus: A dispensing device for use in combination with a clothes dryer wherein the device is designed to uniformly treat fabric. The invention further relates to a method for treating a fabric article in need of treatment that combines a clothes dryer and liquid dispensing system designed to uniformly treat fabric....

20060191158 - Dry kiln heat retention system: A lumber drying system includes a drying compartment having an arched roof, a plurality of baffle boxes, wherein each baffle box further includes a main chamber, an air intake that forms an entrance into the chamber, an air outtake that forms an exit from the chamber, a plurality of interleaved...

20060191159 - Chemical compositions and methods for absorbing water vapour and combating malodour within a cavity: The invention relates to a method of absorbing water vapour and malodour from a cavity, for example a drawer or wardrobe or the inside of a shoe. This is achieved by placement in the cavity of a package permeable to water vapour and retaining a particulate dehumidifying compound, a particulate...

20060191160 - Vapor collection method and apparatus: An apparatus and method for treating a moving substrate of indefinite length. The apparatus has a control surface positioned in close proximity to a surface of the substrate to define a control gap between the substrate and the control surface. A first chamber is positioned near the control surface, with...

20060191161 - System and method for controlling a dryer appliance: System and method for controlling an appliance for drying clothing articles is provided. The appliance has a container for receiving the clothing articles. A motor is provided for rotating the container about an axis. A heater is provided for supplying heated air to the container during a dry cycle. A...

20060185186 - Resin drying method and apparatus: A low pressure dryer for granular or powdery material includes a plurality of canisters rotatable about a common vertical axis serially among material heating, vacuum drying and material inventory discharge positions; pneumatic piston-cylinder means for rotating the canisters about said axis among said heating, vacuum drying and inventory discharge positions;...

20060185187 - Data transfer between moisture sensors: A method of monitoring electrical component moisture exposure includes calculating a remaining floor life value for a group of electrical component containers and a first container, based on an associated first moisture sensor's exposure to moisture; removing the first container from the group; creating an association between the removed first...

20060185188 - Moisture retaining wrapper: A moisture-retaining cover comprising at least two layers, preferably an outer layer, made up of a soft cotton or fleece material and an inner layer made up of latex or other plastic product material and are conventionally sewed/stitched together in the desired shape as per the requirement....

20060185189 - Method of decontamination and decontamination apparatus: A method of decontamination includes generating a decontamination gas by evaporating an aqueous solution in which the decontamination gas with a higher boiling point than water is dissolved. The decontamination gas is charged into a hermetically sealed decontamination chamber, and then condensed therein. A condensed liquid layer is formed in...

20060185190 - Method for operating an appliance comprising at least one drying cycle: A method for operating an appliance includes at least one drying cycle, which makes it possible to operate appliances comprising at least one drying cycle as economically as possible while efficiently drying the material that is to be dried and keeping the energy consumption associated therewith as low as possible....

20060179676 - Heat pump clothes dryer: A drying apparatus for drying articles such as clothing is provided. The drying apparatus includes a chamber for containing articles to be dried and a system for supplying heated dry air at a first temperature to the chamber. The air supplying system comprises an air flow pathway having an evaporator...

20060179677 - Dryer bar apparatus of a dryer: d

20060179678 - Clothes treating apparatus: A clothes treating apparatus comprising a cabinet (1) having external walls (2) and internal walls (3), said internal walls (3) defining an interior region (4) for receiving clothes, said apparatus further comprising a door (6) connected to said cabinet (1), at least a supporting device (5) for supporting clothes within...

20060179679 - Portable multi-purpose blower apparatus and method: An embodiment of the portable blower includes a housing, a blower wheel, a motor, and a rechargeable battery. Some embodiments of the portable blower include a pivoting blower head, a speed control, and a light source. A method of assembling a portable blower includes attaching a blower wheel to a...

20060179680 - Vapor collection method and apparatus: An apparatus and method for treating a moving substrate of indefinite length. The apparatus has a control surface positioned in close proximity to a surface of the substrate to define a control gap between the substrate and the control surface. A first chamber is positioned near the control surface, with...

20060179681 - Heat pump type drying apparatus drying apparatus and drying method: A drying apparatus has a heat pump comprising a compressor (31), a radiator (32), a throttle apparatus (33) and an evaporator (34), and also includes a structure in which drying air heated by heat of the radiator (32) is introduced to a subject (37) to be dried is dehumidified by...

20060174506 - Oil extraction system: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for vaporizing oil that involves applying heat to an oil-impregnated medium such that the oil therein is vaporized. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a chamber that is constructed to house used oil filters. In this embodiment, heat is applied to the...

20060174507 - Far infrared ray hair dryer: Disclosed is a far infrared ray hair dryer consists of a housing, a hand grip, an air inlet and a wind outlet respectively at one side. A fan motor equipped in the housing is for blowing the air, and a porous ceramic honey comb heater installed in the housing is...

20060174508 - Computer to plate curing system: A system for curing printing plates with controlled radiant energy sources. A conveyor moves a printing plate through a chamber having energy radiators above and below the conveyor. Power to the radiators is controlled for each radiator or to groups of radiators defining radiation zones. Curing time may be controlled...

20060174509 - Feeding organic material to a heated surface: Apparatus for vaporization of powdered material, includes one or more containers each containing possibly distinct powdered materials each having at least one component; a structure for fluidizing the powdered material in each container; a vaporization zone that is thermally isolated from at least one of the containers; a transporting structure...

20060174510 - Wafer edge wheel with drying function: An edge wheel for supporting and rotating a disk-shaped substrate includes a wheel body having a peripheral groove configured to support an edge of a substrate and at least one radial channel extending into said wheel body from said peripheral groove. An edge wheel dryer and a method for processing...

20060174511 - Clothes drying machine: A clothes drying machine, in which the installation position of a temperature sensor is optimized to minimize the interruption of the operation of a burner, thereby shortening the drying time of laundry. The clothes drying machine includes a suction duct for guiding air to be introduced to a rotary drum;...

20060168839 - Baking method and baking apparatus for performing the same: A layer on a semiconductor substrate is scanned with a stream of heated gas to bake the layer. A baking apparatus includes a stage that supports the semiconductor substrate and a gas injector that expels the stream of the heated gas. The stage and the gas injector are moved relative...

20060168840 - Method for operating an appliance comprising at least one sub-program step drying: The invention relates to a method for operating an appliance comprising at least one sub-program step “drying”, which permits appliances comprising at least one sub-program step “drying” to be operated in the most economic manner possible and permits the efficient drying of items with a minimum energy consumption. To achieve...

20060168841 - Method of manufacturing water absorbing resin and drying apparatus used for the method: A method of making water absorbing resin according to the present invention includes a polymerization step for producing a water absorbing resin by reverse-phase suspension polymerization; and a drying step for drying the water absorbing resin obtained in the polymerization step. In the drying step, the drying is made by...

20060168842 - Heat recovery and ventilation system for dryers: According to one embodiment, a ventilation system includes a heat-recovery device for pre-heating make-up air with exhaust air from multiple drying chambers (e.g., dry kilns for drying lumber). The ventilation system includes ductwork connecting the drying chambers to the heat-recovery device in a parallel arrangement. Supply ductwork for supplying pre-heated...

20060168843 - Automatic control of the drying of particulate material: A method and apparatus for drying particulate material in which the drying and discharge of the particulate material may be superimposed in such a way as to permit continuous drying of particulate material even when the supply is not continuous. The quantity of heat supplied to the particulate material is...

20060168844 - Vacuum processing apparatus and vacuum processing method: The downtime of a vacuum processing apparatus due to wet cleaning is reduced. In a vacuum processing apparatus that requires aging for its chamber or process container after vacuum evacuation of the apparatus and before actual processing of a workpiece, when the chamber has been opened to atmosphere for the...