Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids inventions 11/07

20070271808 - Lewis acid organometallic desiccant: A desiccant for use in an electronic device that is moisture-sensitive comprising a Lewis acid organometallic structure that, when it reacts with water, forms a carbon-hydrogen bond but does not form an alcohol.... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070271809 - Energy saving device for clothes dryer and clothes dryer system comprising same: An energy savings apparatus configured for use with a clothes dryer comprising an air duct and a damper assembly. The air duct has a first end and a second end. The damper assembly includes an air duct portion and a damper device mounting on the duct portion. The air duct... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Simon, Galasso & Frantz PLC

20070271811 - Method and apparatus for drying under reduced pressure using microwaves: An apparatus and a method for drying under reduced pressure using microwaves. The apparatus comprises a chamber (13) for housing an object (11), a depressurizing pump (22) connected to the chamber (13) for depressurizing the inside of the chamber (13), a microwave irradiating device (12) for irradiating microwaves to the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070271812 - Device for hardening the coating of an object, consisting of a material that hardens under electromagnetic radiation, more particularly an uv paint or a thermally hardening paint: The invention relates to a device for hardening a coating of an object, more particularly a car body (12), said coating consisting of UV paint, a thermally hardening paint or the like. The device comprises at least one radiator (58, 60a, 60b, 62a, 62b) producing electromagnetic radiation. A conveyor system... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20070271813 - Process for the treatment of sludge: Process for the treatment of a sludge containing heavy metals and organic matter according to which foaming of the sludge is brought about and it is dried.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070271814 - Apparatus for automatically drying and method for controlling the same: An automatic drying apparatus and a method of controlling the same is disclosed, enabling exact drying by using a humidity sensor (37) provided at a location having a stabilized output characteristic for automatic drying, the automatic drying apparatus including a heating apparatus (31) for heating air supplied into a drum... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070266585 - Portable disposable air/gas dryer: A disposable dryer for point-of-use installation in an air/gas line delivering compressed air or gas to an air/gas-driven tool. A generally tubular main body has first and second main body sections, each having a generally tubular wall and an integral end closure. A coupling member interconnects the main body sections.... Agent: Walter W. Duft Law Offices Of Walter W. Duft

20070266586 - Automatic hair dryer: An automatic Hair dryer including a hand held body, a comb attached to the body, a 120/240 V.A.C. heating element and a fan adapted to move a mass of air across the heating element and through or across the comb and into an individual's hair. A moisture sensor is disposed... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070266587 - Method and apparatus for treating, preferably washing, spinning and/or drying, laundry: A washer-extractor-dryer (50), in which a plate heat exchanger (60) is arranged in the outer drum (53). During washing, the plate heat exchanger (60) is located in the washing liquid and, as a result, warms the latter up. During drying of the washed laundry, air is conducted along the outside... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070266588 - Clothes dryer rake and method of using same: An apparatus for retrieving articles from a dryer or otherwise retrieving article from places not easily accessible is described herein. The apparatus comprises a handle with a head attached thereto. The head can be mounted so as to be detachable, swivable, or interchangeable. The handle can be telescoping for further... Agent: The Matthews Firm

20070266589 - Organic waste disposal: There is provided a vessel (10) for drying organic waste comprising at least two elongate channels (12), each channel (12) having a length (L) and a substantially segment shaped cross section, with a radius (R) of between 0.25 m and 0.75 m an axle (16) associated with each channel (12),... Agent: Ronald R Santucci Frommer Lawrence Haug LLP

20070266590 - Drying device and method: Process for the drying of plastic granulates composed of any base materials, especially of composite materials, the granulates being produced using the under-water or water-ring granulation principle or a similar technology where the granulate is fed from the granulating device to a gravity water separator (1) by means of a... Agent: Tiajoloff & Kelly

20070261262 - Drying machine: Disclosed is a drying machine including a control panel provided at a side of the drying machine and having a display hole, at least one LED lamp provided in the rear of the control panel and emitting light according to operating conditions of the drying machine, and an LED window... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070261263 - Drying apparatus for hydration systems: A drying apparatus for a personal hydration system is disclosed. The drying apparatus comprises an enclosure that includes a base portion and a neck portion. The base portion includes at least one air inlet opening and is adapted for contacting a support surface. The neck portion is in fluid communication... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20070261264 - Drier: In order to provide an easy-to-assemble drier (100) for drying surface-treated workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies (110), which are each disposed on a respective workpiece carrier (109), comprising a drier housing (102) having a drier tunnel (108), through which the workpieces are moved along a conveying direction (112) and which... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070256316 - Indirect-heat thermal processing of particulate material: A method and apparatus for indirect-heat thermal processing of material, such as a dryer or evaporator for treatment of particulate material, is provided. In one embodiment, a dryer for drying particulate material comprises a plurality of heat transfer plates arranged in spaced relationship for the flow of the material to... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070256317 - Clothes dryer lint screen assembly with built in lint scraper blade: A lint screen assembly for a clothes dryer has a scraper blade within an open frame which mounts a lint screen panel to enable scraping out accumulated lint therefrom. The scraper blade is pivotable from a stowed position to an on-edge operative position and guided when being stroked across the... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20070256319 - Centrifugal dryer and methods for the control thereof: A dryer for the removal of moisture or solvents from a product, comprises a rotating drying compartment as shown in FIG. 1 which consists of at least one window (3), in operable relationship with an NIR probe (4) for measuring the moisture content of the product such as a specialty... Agent: Andrea Q. Ryan Sanofi-aventis U.s. LLC

20070256320 - Drying apparatus and method: Drying apparatus comprising an oven drying chamber through which container and, in particular, metal beverage container cans are arranged to pass through. The drying apparatus is for use with in-line can producing apparatus and methods and is arranged to locate down-line from washing apparatus. The drying apparatus is arranged to... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070256321 - Laundry dryer and method for controlling drying course of the same: Method for controlling a drying course of a laundry dryer including the steps of (a) starting a drying course by using high temperature drying air, and sensing dryness of a drying object periodically, (b) determining a dryness saturation time point at which the dryness sensed thus exceeds a preset reference... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070256322 - Dryer having heater-installed suction duct: Disclosed herein is a dryer having a heater-installed suction duct. The dryer can suppress heat loss while heated air is supplied to the drum, minimizing energy loss in the dryer, and can permit overhauling or replacement of the heater. The dryer comprises a cabinet having an exhaust port and an... Agent: Nath & Associates, PLLC

20070251114 - Dryer: The present invention relates to a dryer, which can prevent foreign substances from passing in a heater case accommodating a heater and prevent damage to fabric as well as accidents. The dryer includes a drum that forms predetermined space for drying laundry; a heater case in which a heater for... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070251117 - Clothes dryer utilizing an air intake source from the exterior of a structure: A clothes drying system located in a structure, adapted to use air from outside the structure and thereby greatly reducing the energy required to air-condition the structure and run the dryer, has a dryer having an air intake port for taking the air into the dryer, and an air outlet... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20070251118 - Dryer and method for controlling the same: An object of the present invention is to provide a dryer and a method for controlling the same, in which a rotation speed of a drying drum is made to reach to a preset rotation speed regardless of a load of the drying object held in the drying drum. For... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070251119 - Dryer and control method thereof: A dryer and control method thereof are disclosed, by which energy saving and optimal temperature maintenance within a drying drum are enabled in a manner of diversifying a heater temperature by varying a rotational speed of a blowing fan used for the dryer. The present invention includes a drying drum... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070251120 - Method of drying and pulverizing organic materials: An economical, environmental friendly system for drying and micronizing an organic source material, without composting the organic nutrient and particle sources. The system can utilize a biogas, such as hydrogen, or a hydrocarbon such as methane, propane, natural gas, ethanol or diesel, as its source of fuel, in a processing... Agent: Stratton Ballew