Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids inventions 06/07

20070144027 - Method and apparatus for treating refuse with steam: A method of injecting steam into a landfill is provided. The steam enhances methane gas production in the landfill during the anaerobic phase, accelerates decomposition/biodegradation of the organic component of the trash prism during both the aerobic and anaerobic phases, and increases the rate of settlement of the landfill. A... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070144029 - Low-pressure process apparatus: A low-pressure process apparatus for processing a substrate comprises a base, a stage a housing and at least one first roller set. The stage is disposed on the base for supporting the substrate. The housing is detachably disposed on the base moving between a first position and a second position,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070144030 - Flow-through dryer: A flow-through dryer for drying webs of material comprising a rotatable drying drum having a cylindrical drum face and section flanges on the drum ends that enclose an interior space. The drum face is configured as a series of spaced pleated vent plates mounted circumferentially about the outside of drying... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070144031 - Condensing type dryer and controlling method of the same: There are provided a condenser type dryer and a method of controlling the same. The method of controlling the condenser type dryer having a drum (12) and a humidity detecting unit (100) includes selecting a desired drying course and a desired degree of dryness, detecting a humidity of objects, which... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070144032 - Low temperature clothes dryer: A low temperature clothes dryer having a drying chamber provides removable horizontal screens supporting clothing items and a hanging bar for hanging clothes to be dried. A timing control allows setting the time of operation of the drying cabinet. An electric heater with thermostat is provided to initially raise and... Agent: Richard C. Litman Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070144033 - System and method for operating a drying unit: A system and method for operating a drying unit are provided. A temperature selector provides for the selection of a temperature setting, and a thermometer senses a temperature within the drying unit. A controller generates a power intensity setting, wherein the power intensity setting is based on a fractional value... Agent: Schwartz Cooper CharteredIPDepartment

20070144034 - Hand drying apparatus: In a hand drying apparatus, a first air opening and a second air opening are arranged on opposing surfaces. The first air opening is displaced towards an interior of the hollow portion, for inserting wet hand, with respect to the second air opening such that axes of air jets output... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070144035 - Laundry dryer: The present invention provides a new type of a laundry dryer and a method thereof for performing an optimal dying process through obtaining information on the various kinds of the clothes introduced into a drum comprising a reader unit for receiving a signal from an information tag attached to each... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070144036 - Dryer: A dryer for objects, in particular vehicle bodies, comprises a dryer tunnel, which is arranged inside a housing and in the side walls of which a plurality of inlets are arranged. Via these inlets, hot circulating air can be directed against the objects. At least one suction opening in the... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20070130787 - Veneer dryer: The problem with known veneer dryers is that the individual drying zones cannot be separated distinctly. The optimal process conditions, which change during the drying process, cannot therefore be adjusted as required, as this leads to short-circuit currents between the drying zones. The aim of the invention is to provide... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070130789 - Body hair and feet drying chair: The body hair and feet drying chair is a seat providing 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.

20070130788 - Wood drying method and apparatus: Wood (1) is coated with a material of good heat conductance and heat resistance, such as an aluminum foil (2), and then placed in a drying kiln (3), where it is dried in an environment of high temperature (e.g., 200 degrees C.) not exceeding an ignition temperature. Because the drying... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070130790 - Clothes drying machine having a sealing member: A clothes drying machine, which reduces the deterioration of the elastic force of a sealing member maintaining the hermetic sealing of a gap between the rear surface of a door and the front surface of a housing. The clothes drying machine includes a housing provided with an opening formed through... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070130791 - Dehumidification process for granulated plastic materials and a plant operating in accordance with the process: A dehumidification process for granulated plastic materials includes a process-gas treatment step in which the moisture content of the process gas is reduced substantially and a subsequent granule-treatment step by contact with the process gas having a reduced moisture content. In the process-gas treatment step, the reduction of the moisture... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070130792 - Pressure-actuated gas fill/purge valve: An enclosure is provided. The enclosure includes at least one self-actuating valve assembly, incorporated within a wall of the enclosure, including at least one spring member, at least one pivot, attached to the at least one spring member, and at least two seal plugs, attached to the at least one... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070130793 - Method for warming up or cooling down a through-air dryer: A through-air dryer system that diverts the airflow within the through-air dryer during warm up and cool down from the normal airflow during the drying of paper in the papermaking process. During warm up and cool down, a majority of the airflow is supplied to one of the dryer's heads... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070130794 - Apparatus and method for dehumidifying and drying resin pellets: A method for dehumidifying and drying resin pellets that can efficiently dry both non-crystallized resin pellets and crystallized resin pellets, the apparatus being adapted to downsizing. A control means 67 adapts to operate in a first drying mode of controlling the heating operation of the first heating member 25 for... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070124953 - Clothes dryer fire alarm: A clothes dryer having a carbon monoxide sensor incorporated therewith to detect the possibility and/or presence of a fire in the exhaust vent is provided. The dryer of the present invention incorporates carbon monoxide sensing to determine when an exhaust vent fire is likely or has occurred, and provides a... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070124954 - Lint detector methods and apparatuses: Methods and apparatuses of for detecting lint are disclosed. In one embodiment, a light is directed to a plate. The light can be being emitted by a light source. A reflectometer is calibrated to a specific thermal emissivity of the plate. The thermal emission resulting from the light directed the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP

20070124955 - Air-flow sensor system for clothes dryer applications: A sensor is installed in the dryer air-stream to verify that an adequate draft is being created by the appliance prior to activating the appliances air-heating system. If the sensor determines that an adequate draft is present, determined, e.g. by a pressure differential in the system, it will allow the... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070124956 - Clothes dryer co alarm: A gas clothes dryer having a carbon monoxide sensor incorporated therewith to detect the possibility and/or presence of a carbon monoxide that may be indicative of blockage in the exhaust vent or an improperly maintained appliance is provided. The dryer of the present invention incorporates carbon monoxide sensing to determine... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.