Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids inventions 02/07

20070039198 - Method for drying laundry and laundry dryer for carrying out said method: A method for drying laundry in a laundry dryer having a program control device, a drying chamber and a process air circuit includes providing a flow dividing device in the process air circuit for dividing the drying air flow into an exhaust air component and a recirculated air component. A... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070039199 - Body and shower dryer combination: A blower/vacuum apparatus is attached over an existing body shower compartment, or may be constructed in combination with a shower being constructed. The apparatus of the invention is mounted over a shower and provides for directing a flow of air, which may be heated, into the shower compartment. The air... Agent: John E. Vandigriff

20070039200 - Drying apparatus: Disclosed herein is a drying apparatus which is capable of measuring the accurate dryness of an object being dried, regardless of the amount and position of the object received in a drying drum, thereby achieving an improvement in drying efficiency. The drying apparatus comprises a drum receiving an object to... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070033824 - Heating device: A heating device includes: a base containing ceramics, in which a resistance heating body is embedded; gas flow passages formed in an inside of the base; and adjustment members which vary flow rates of gas in the gas flow passages.... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070033825 - Hot air blower with ceramic heating element: There is provided a heating element for an electric air heater including an electric power source, a ceramic base, and a conductive heating film substantially uniformly deposited on at least a portion of a surface of the base and electrically connected to the power source. There is also provided a... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070033826 - Hot air blower with ceramic heating element: Treatment process of wood and lignocellulosic materials with an aqueous liquid that contains alkaline oxalate and benzoate, which, in contact with humid or dry wood, avoids the formation of the blue stain and stains of other colors produced by fungi. This way it avoids the strong devaluation of the stained... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070033827 - Apparatus for moving up and down a wafer cassette and chip sorter having the apparatus: Provided is a chip sorter including a working table on which a wafer is put; X and Y driving units horizontally moving the working table at a predetermined position, a wafer cassette elevating apparatus provided to be positioned under a working area of the working table to move up and... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070033828 - Method and apparatus for roasting coffee beans by means of concentrated solar thermal energy: A novel combination of technologies from the fields of coffee roasting and solar-thermal energy collection enables the roasting of coffee beans by means of available solar energy with maximized efficiency. A solar receiving plate is provided configured to receive and convert solar radiation to thermal energy for heating a volume... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070033829 - Dryer control method and dryer using the same: A dryer and a dryer control method using a sensing unit and a timer to vary drying operations depending on the state of drying laundry are disclosed. The method for controlling an automatic dryer having a drying part including a heater, a fan, and a drum includes the steps of... Agent: Song K. Jung Mckenna Long & Aldrige LLP

20070022621 - Body hair and feet drying chair: The body hair and feet drying chair is a seat comprising an upright base having a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion, and a hollow interior. A seat is disposed on top of the base. At least one air outlet is defined in the seat in communication... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070022622 - Freeze drying apparatus: Freeze drying apparatus is described, the freeze drying apparatus comprising freezing apparatus for freezing a liquid component of a sample into a solid, a mobile drying chamber for receiving samples from the freezing apparatus, a condensation chamber comprising a condenser, a condenser conduit system comprising an outlet connected to the... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20070022623 - Laser surface drying: The description provided herein relates to using an excimer laser to dry the surface of a semiconductor wafer. The excimer laser is configured to produce a laser beam. The fluence of the laser beam can be varied by a power attenuator. The number of pulses delivered to the surface is... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070022624 - Paint-drying system and method: A paint-drying system suitable for drying paint applied to a surface of a work piece, the system comprises at least one NIR generating device, at least one holding device for holding one or more work pieces, and a controller for controlling operation of the system. In use, either one or... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070022625 - Uv curing structure and process: A light curing structure and related methods are disclosed wherein a framework defining an interior space for containing an object having applied thereon a light-cured material is provided, and means associated with the framework for exposing the object to UV radiation from natural sunlight is used to cure the light-cured... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070022626 - Reduced-pressure drying apparatus: A reduced-pressure drying apparatus for drying a solvent in a liquid under a reduced pressure by evaporation of the solvent, includes a chamber including a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber accommodating work to which a liquid containing a film forming material is applied, the second chamber... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C