Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids inventions 08/07

20070199201 - Vacuum device, operation method for vacuum device, exposure system, and operation method for exposure system: The exposure apparatus 100 comprises a double shell structure which has an upper vacuum chamber 140 on the outside of the reticle chamber 135, and a lower vacuum chamber 160 on the outside of the wafer chamber 155. A cryo pump CP and a turbo molecular pump TMP/dry pump DP... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070199202 - System and method for mixing distinct air streams: The present invention relates to novel dryer systems that incorporate two-stage processes for heating air for drying a traveling web. The present invention is operable within a drying system having a drying hood containing a dryer. The drying hood receives heated air through an intake and expels system air through... Agent: Kevin M. Farrell Pierce Atwood

20070199203 - Dehumidification method and plant particularly for granular materials: The present invention relates to a granular-material dehumidification plant including at least one silo or hopper (1) arranged to receive granular material (2) to be dehumidified at the top thereof and provided with a controlled lower delivering mouth (3), at least one feeding duct (8, 10) designed to be dipped... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070199204 - Method of reducing fluid emissions from a global spray cooling system: The present invention uses multiple global cooling chambers for providing liquid cooling to a plurality of electronic components. The global cooling chambers utilize a non-electrically conductive fluid which is in direct contact with the components to be cooled. The system provides very effective heat transfer rates, environmental isolation of the... Agent: Isothermal Systems Research, Inc.

20070199206 - Drying system for image forming machine: There is provided a drying system for an image forming machine which has a plenum and nozzle to supply drying air to impinge upon a moving substrate, where the air impinges upon the substrate in substantially the same direction in which the substrate is moving, and where the air impinges... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070193055 - Cleaning apparatus for vertical separator: A cleaning apparatus for a material dryer may include an air source, a pulse nozzle selectively in fluid communication with the air source and located within a section of the solids outlet assembly, and a controller for controlling an air flow from the air source periodically to the pulse nozzle,... Agent: Carter J. White Legal Department M-i L.L.C.

20070193056 - Dryer assembly: A textile dryer capable of monitoring heating chamber temperature (internal thermocouple), peak ink temperature (absorption infrared probe at exit), real-time ink temperature (donut thermocouple) as the textile travels through the chamber, and gas consumption is disclosed. A controller permits one to set numerous parameters and view graphs of the monitored... Agent: Schwartz Cooper CharteredIPDepartment

20070193057 - Rotatable vacuum transfer roll apparatus: A rotatable vacuum transfer roll apparatus is disclosed for disposition thereof between an upstream and a downstream rotatable dryer of a drying section for drying a web supported by a drying felt. The apparatus includes a cylindrical shell having an inner surface which defines an elongate enclosure. The shell also... Agent: David J. Archer

20070193059 - Multiuse dryer and method of drying multiple items: A drying apparatus includes a housing, a tubular arm, a telescoping arm and a fan. The tubular arm is attached to the housing at a portion between proximal and distal ends. Also, the tubular arm is able to rotate tangential to the housing. The tubular arm includes a proximal end... Agent: Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP

20070193060 - Infrared drier installation for passing web: Infrared drier installation (1) for a passing web (2), which installation ( ) has gas-heated infrared radiant elements (5), arranged one next to the other so as to form a unit (4). Each unit comprises at least two adjacent rows (8) of gas-heated infrared radiant elements (5) stretching out in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070193061 - Building and construction materials and method of manufacturing the same: Provided are building and construction materials and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes: creating a mixture by mixing clay ripened and aged in a supplier with ash and water; removing foreign materials such as stones from the mixture using a selector; removing air from the mixture using... Agent: Adeli Law Group, A Professional Law Corporation

20070193063 - Method and apparatus for converting animal waste into bedding or soil amendent: Disclosed are systems and processes for drying livestock manure to produce suitable end-products such as animal bedding and soil conditioner or amendments. Dried manure made by the process can be recycled into the burner. Exhaust gases from the dryer and cyclone can be cleansed of particulate and/or used to heat... Agent: Lathrop & Clark LLP

20070186435 - Hairdryer bellows: A hairdryer bellows has two connectors. One connector is mounted pivotally on and holds the other, and each connector has a spherical chamber and a sleeve. Each spherical has a proximal end, a distal end, an inner opening and an outer opening. The inner openings are formed respectively at the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070186436 - Handheld vaporization device: A handheld vaporization device comprises a heating chamber for heating a substrate of volatile compound so as to yield vapour including the volatile compound. The heating chamber includes a closable opening, for example using a plug, to receive the substrate. The heating chamber also includes scavenging channels for allowing air... Agent: Venable LLP

20070186438 - Drying mode for automatic clothes dryer: A method of drying clothes in a clothes dryer comprising a clothes chamber for receiving clothes, an air supply system for directing air through the clothes chamber, and a heater for heating the air supplied by the air supply system. The method comprises cycling the heater between an ON state... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070186439 - Method and reaction apparatus for treating object with gas: There are disclosed a method and a reaction apparatus which can safely and continuously treat/discharge especially a short object to be treated without any direct contact with a gas atmosphere, and which surely/efficiently treats the object with a gas without any uneven treatment. A short object A to be treated... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070186440 - Laundry appliance: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet or surround structure with an attachment for a removable front panel and a removable front panel for attachment to the cabinet. The appliance is a drum and a drum support structure supporting the drum for rotation. There is a movement interface between the drum... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070180727 - Food processing device: A food processing device has a housing with a lid, a rotatable attachment (e.g., a basket or beater) in the housing and a drive mechanism in the lid for rotating the attachment to process food in the housing. The drive mechanism has a manual actuator and a gear train for... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070180728 - Laundry dryer: Laundry dryer including a body case forming an exterior of the laundry dryer, a drum in the body case for holding a drying object, a heater assembly in the body case for heating air to supply hot air to the drum, a panel frame on a front of the body... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070180729 - Blow box apparatus: A blow box apparatus is disposed within a pocket defined between an upstream and a downstream dryer and a transfer roll. The blow box apparatus includes an elongate box which defines an enclosure in which the first and the second ends of the enclosure are connected to a source of... Agent: David J. Archer

20070175061 - System and method to control energy input to a material: A system and method of controlling energy that is input to a material substance, for the controlled removal of moisture from the material substance, is disclosed. A controlled air flow is blown onto the material substance at a specified air flow rate over at least one specified time period such... Agent: The Sherwin-williams Company

20070175062 - Substrate processing system, substrate processing method, recording medium and software: A substrate processing system 1 comprises: a processing tank 3 for processing substrates W with a processing liquid; a drying unit 6 disposed above the processing tank 3; and a carrying mechanism 8 for carrying the substrates W between the processing tank 3 and the drying unit 6. A processing... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070175063 - Combination dehydrator, dry return air and condensed water generator/dispenser: A portable, combination dehydrator, dry return air and condensed water generator/dispenser configured to reduce the humidity in a dry storage unit. In one embodiment, a system draws intake air from the dry storage unit across the condenser of a heat exchanger and condenses water from the air, collecting the water... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark L. Berrier