Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids inventions 03/08

20080072447 - Device for draining and drying solids, in particular plastics granulated under water: Device for dewatering and drying solids, especially plastics granulated under water, in form of a centrifuge dryer comprising a housing (1) having an inlet opening (2) for the solid material with adhering water and an outlet opening (3) for the dehydrated solid material, a screen cylinder (4) fixedly disposed inside... Agent: Tiajoloff & Kelly

20080072449 - Method of improving runnability of a drying section of a paper machine, use of a rotating drying cylinder, drying section of a paper machine and method of selecting a drying strategy: This invention relates to a method of improving runnability of a drying section (40) of a paper or board machine or similar. A paper web is contacted with surfaces of a number of successive drying cylinders (41) at a machine speed of at least 550 m/min. One or more drying... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080072450 - Clogging detecting system for dryer: The present invention discloses a clogging detecting system for a dryer which can display a clogging degree or state of an air passage to the user through a remote controlling device. The clogging detecting system for the dryer includes the dryer for judging the clogging degree of the air passage,... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080066336 - Method and device for the steam treatment of scalp hair: The invention relates to a method for the steam treatment of scalp hair, which hair was treated previously with an agent that contains ammonia. The treatment is carried out with a device with a steam hood such that at the start of the steam treatment ambient air in the neighborhood... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080066337 - Substrate water-removing agent, and water-removing method and drying method employing same: A substrate water-removing agent is provided that includes 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol as a component. There is also provided a water-removing method that includes a step of preparing a substrate having thereon a columnar pattern and/or a hole-shaped pattern, a step of bringing the substrate into contact with water, and a step of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080066338 - Horn or antler stabilizer: The horn or antler stabilizer includes threaded rods contained within a central body which can be adjusted to contact and grip opposing antlers to allow the antlers to dry without shrinking.... Agent: D. Blake Cox

20080066340 - Depressurization type drying machine and method for drying lumber using the same: The present invention provides a depressurization type drying machine that is capable of repeatedly reducing the pressure, heating and humidifying during drying, uniformly drying a material to be dried, in a short time by applying vibrations to the material to be dried when reducing the pressure, and reducing consumption power... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080060212 - Process for drying plastic materials in granule form with the use of microwaves and drying system operating according to the process: A process for the drying of plastics materials in granule form includes a step of irradiation of the granules with microwaves, during which the granules are conveyed by gravity, inside a hopper, through the field of action of a microwave source. A drying system operating in accordance with the process... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080060213 - Sterile freezing, drying, storing, assaying and filling process: Process for producing containers of a freeze-dried product wherein droplets of the product are frozen to form pellets, the pellets are freeze-dried, assayed and loaded into the containers.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20080060214 - Substrate processing method, substrate processing apparatus, and program storage medium: A substrate processing method which can reduce the number of particles to be left on each substrate is provided. In the substrate processing method, substrates W to be processed are dried, by using a fluid heated by a heating apparatus having one or more heating mechanisms. The substrate processing method... Agent: Michael A. Makuch Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080060218 - Dryer and drum supporting apparatus thereof: A dryer is provided. The dryer includes a housing coupled to a rear wall of a drum, a housing cover, a bearing, and a supporting holder. The housing cover is coupled to the housing. The bearing is interposed between the housing and the housing cover. The supporting holder is interposed... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080052949 - Drying apparatus: Disclosed is a drying apparatus equipped with linear drive mechanisms to drive spray nozzles in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which a wet object is transferred in the drying box. Each spray nozzle has a long discharge slit elongated in the direction in which the wet object is... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080052950 - Pedestal dryer: The present invention relates to a pedestal dryer. More particularly, the present invention relates to new type of dryer for drying as a base supporting a laundry machine. A pedestal dryer includes a container forming a drying per surface on which a laundry machine for washing or drying is mounted,... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080052951 - Apparatus and method for controlling a clothes dryer: A clothes dryer has a degree of dryness control system that is responsive to moisture level of clothing articles tumbling in a drum and a target moisture value to control the drying cycle of the clothes dryer. The clothes dryer has a load size parameter producing module and an air... Agent: Craig Wilson

20080052954 - Apparatus and method for controlling a clothes dryer: A clothes dryer has a degree of dryness control system that is responsive to moisture level of clothing articles tumbling in a drum and a target moisture value to control the drying cycle of the clothes dryer. The clothes dryer has a load size parameter producing module and an air... Agent: Craig Wilson