Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids inventions 05/07

20070119070 - Cordless electric hair dryer with case: A cordless hair dryer assembly designed to be used with only with a renewable power source such as a rechargeable battery. The cordless hair dryer assembly includes a motor assembly, a fan, heating element and an on/off switch. The motor assembly is also configured with a flow controller and a... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070119069 - Electromagnetically-shielded hair drying systems and methods: The present invention generally relates to electromagnetically-shielded hair drying systems for drying or dehumidifying hair. More particularly, the present invention relates to hair drying systems for preventing or at least minimizing electromagnetic waves emitted by actuator and heating members of the system from propagating to a target using various modalities... Agent: Youngtack Shim

20070119071 - Drying basket and fastening device for fastening a drying basket on a clothes dryer: A drying basket for a clothes dryer, comprising a longitudinal support and a wire basket fastened thereto. A connecting device is integrally configured on the longitudinal support and can be engaged with an opening provided on the clothes dryer. For this purpose, an opening is provided on the clothes dryer... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070119072 - Single body washing machine and dryer device and a method for controlling the same: The present invention relates to a single body washing machine and dryer device, and more particularly, to a washing machine component and dryer component which are fabricated as a single body to enable the combination washing machine component and the dryer component to perform drying functions using a single heater... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070113418 - Mopping system method of use: Methods for using a novel mopping system are disclosed. A mop assembly includes a mop head that is adapted to be spun around a generally vertical rotational axis thereof when the mop head is fixed within a mop head spinning means of a bucket assembly. When the mop head is... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20070113419 - Integral lint filter for clothes dryers: A lint filter assembly for removing lint and particulate matter from a clothes dryer exhaust system includes a conduit adapter and a filtering element. In a preferred embodiment the lint filter is a secondary filter removably connected inline between conduits substantially at the point of communication of the exhaust gases... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20070113420 - Device for storing and drying sports equipment: The invention relates to a device (1) which is used to store and dry sports equipment. Said device comprises two vertical supports (2) which are connected together in a communicating manner by means of a transversal carrier (3). Several tubular elements (12, 13, 18, 20) are strapped to the two... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070113421 - Washing and drying machine and clothes dryer: A washing and drying machine includes a water tank, a rotary drum, an irradiating light source and control means. The rotary drum is rotatably supported in the water tank. The irradiating light source is for emitting a light beam including ultra-violet ray to the inside of the rotary drum. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070113422 - Method and a plant for thermally drying wet ground raw meal: Raw meal sludge is dried in a vapor flow dryer by circulating exhaust vapor through a steam circuit which, prior to introduction thereof into the lower part of the dryer, is heated by indirect heat transmission from gaseous flows from a pre-heating system from a gas cyclone of a clinker... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070113423 - Drying apparatus, drying method, substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method, and program recording medium: The present invention provides a drying apparatus capable of satisfactorily drying a workpiece by using a dry vapor The drying apparatus has a control device for controlling a supply of a carrier gas and a supply of a dry vapor into a processing tank holding workpieces. A drying process carries... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070107250 - Device for drying laundry by means of a current of air: The device for drying laundry 1 by means of a current of air comprises a drum 2 to accommodate the laundry 1 and a ducting system 3,4,5, to direct said current of air. The ducting system 3, 4, 5 has a section 3 arranged downstream of the drum 2, in... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070107251 - Device for drying laundry by means of a current of air: The device for drying laundry 1 by means of a current of air comprises a drum 2 to accommodate the laundry 1 and a ducting system 4, 5, 6, to direct said current of air. The ducting system 4, 5, 6 has a section 4 arranged downstream of the drum... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070107252 - Vacuum extraction unit for a device used to structure the surface of a workpiece by means of radiation: The invention relates to a vacuum unit for a device used to structure the surface of a workpiece (20), in particular a plate such as e.g. a flexographic printing block, by means of radiation and especially laser radiation. Said unit comprises a hood (10), which in its operating position covers... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070107253 - Substrate drying device and substrate processing method: A substrate drying device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a nozzle ejecting a fluid to a substrate to be processed, wherein the substrate is moved relative to the nozzle while the nozzle is spraying the fluid to dry the substrate, a parallel component to a surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070107254 - Dry converting process and apparatus: A web converting process and apparatus employing a dry converting station and substrate-handling equipment for conveying the substrate through the dry converting station. The substrate is enveloped in the dry converting station by a close enclosure supplied with one or more streams of conditioned gas flowing at a rate sufficient... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070107255 - Drying apparatus: It has been difficult to operate a drying apparatus in a stable and high-efficiency state where a superheat value is changed in a drying process. A drying apparatus includes: a first temperature sensor 38 which detects the temperature of a refrigerant between the outlet of an evaporator 34 and the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070107256 - Device and method for drying a treated product:

20070101602 - Drum washing machine and clothes dryer using thermoelectric module: A drum washing machine and a clothes dryer equipped with a thermoelectric module are disclosed. The thermoelectric module includes a heat absorption side and a heat dissipation side which absorbs and dissipates heat at a junction between two dissimilar metals depending on direction of current flow through the junction. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070101603 - Appliance attachable to a dryer and a dryer for use therewith: A lint collector and safety system for the clothes dryer. The lint collector removes lint. The safety system determines whether the flow of exhaust air is above a pre-set level, and causes and interruption of electrical power to the clothes dryer if there is not. The invention provides for more... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070101604 - Radio/cd player drying hood: A hair dryer's hood that contain a compact disc player along with a radio to entertain while one is getting their hair dry. The hood would be made of plastic and would contain three to four speakers to create a surround sound atmosphere. The radio/compact disc player would be fitted... Agent: Yuvonne E. Brazier

20070101605 - Door-side footwear container: A hermetic footwear container adapted for placement at the entrance to a home or building where it is the custom to remove your footwear. In addition to footwear storage, the device has the capability of warming, drying and deodorizing the footwear during inclement weather, with the debris that normally falls... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20070101606 - System and method for treatment of wooden materials: A method for treating a wooden material includes applying steam and vacuum to the wooden material.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070101607 - System and method for drying objects: The invention to a system which is used to dry objects, comprising a drying cubicle (1), known per se, wherein the objects are exposed to hot air. The process waste air from a high temperature fuel cell (10) is used as hot air which is directly introduced into the drying... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20070101608 - Apparatus for the treatment of wood or wood products: An apparatus for the treatment of wood or wood products, said apparatus comprising at least two treating elements between which moist wood or wood products are treated in conjunction with a drying or pressing process. The treating element (2) at least partly consist of a plurality of tubular parts (7)... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070101609 - Method for operating a device with at least one partial programme step of drying: A method for operating a device with at least one partial programme step of drying may be achieved with which it is possible to operate devices with at least a partial operating step of drying as economically as possible, with efficient drying of the material for drying and keeping the... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070094883 - Football dryer: Football Dryer with a housing capable of retaining a plurality of footballs, a housing vent, a pair of drive chains, a plurality of football carrying cradles, two sets of two drive gear plates, a chain drive motor, a battery type power supply, a propane powered heater, a housing door, a... Agent: Victor Galli

20070094884 - Golf club grip dryer: A device for drying moisture disposed on a handle grip of a golf club. The device includes a housing member having an open first end and a closed second end. A first mechanism is disposed within the housing member adjacent the open end thereof for generating airflow. A second mechanism... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070094885 - Apparatus and method for removing trace amounts of liquid from substrates during single-substrate processing: An apparatus and method for drying substrates in single-wafer processing chambers by providing capillary material at those areas where the substrate contacts a rotatable support. The capillary material will draw in, by capillary force, any liquid that is trapped between the substrate and the support at the areas of contact,... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070094886 - Methods and apparatus for drying a substrate: In a first aspect, a method of drying at least a portion of a substrate located within a fluid is provided. The method includes contacting an edge of the substrate that is located within the fluid with a pusher pin. The pusher pin has (a) a shaft portion; and (b)... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070094887 - System and method for treating wooden materials with ozone: A method for treating a wooden material includes applying an effective amount of ozone to the wooden material.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070094888 - Fabric article treating apparatus with safety device and controller: A fabric article treating apparatus for dispensing a benefit composition through a nozzle that directs the benefit composition as droplets or particles into the chamber of the fabric article drying appliance. The droplets or particles provide benefits to the fabric articles within the drying appliance. The treating apparatus includes one... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070094889 - Laundry dryer: A laundry dryer according to the invention comprises a front casing panel (1) and a frame structure (4) for accommodating a tub (5) and operational component parts (6) which are required for drying laundry, said frame structure (4) comprises a front supporting member (12) having means (21) for removably mounting... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP