Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids inventions 05/08

20080115383 - Method of drying honeycomb formed body: A method of drying a honeycomb formed body comprising an outer wall, partition walls disposed inside the outer wall, and cells surrounded by the partition walls and extending in an axial direction of the honeycomb formed body. The method of drying a honeycomb formed body comprises a drying step of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080104856 - Quick time drying apparatus and method for clothes dryers: The invention relates to an apparatus and methods for reducing energy consumption in both domestic and professional clothes dryers by reducing drying time of clothes being dried. This is result is obtained by using an absorbent, quick drying and/or negatively charged fabric material that is mounted to the drum of... Agent: Malcolm Armstrong

20080104858 - Process and system for drying and heat treating materials: This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of high moisture waste materials to dry or low moisture products for recycle or reuse. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing unit, wherein the connection between the gas turbine and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080104859 - Method and apparatus for inhibiting pitch formation in the wet seal exhaust duct of a veneer dryer: A method and apparatus for operating a dryer used to reduce the moisture content of sheet material. A drying chamber is provided and includes a plurality of drying sections and a single point exhaust system. A seal section located at the input end of the dryer includes an exhaust passage... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080104861 - Method for drying coating film, apparatus therefor, and optical film using the same: An aspect of the present invention provides a method for drying a coating film that has been formed by applying a coating liquid to a traveling long support, by forming a tunnel-shaped drying zone so as to surround the support, and supplying drying air into the drying zone from a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080104862 - Condensation dryer: A method carried out without sealing elements inside fixed parts in the front area of a condensation dryer. A process air channel arranged in a shield is made of a plastic material and is provided with a vertical dividing surface which is placed at the level of a heat exchanger... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080098613 - Drying cylinder: The invention relates to a drying cylinder for drying a paper, cardboard, tissue or other fibrous web in a machine for manufacturing and/or finishing the former, which is heated from inside with a gaseous heat transfer medium, the inner side of the roll shell having elevations which protrude out of... Agent: Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080098614 - Lyophilization methods and apparatuses: A method and apparatus for optimizing the primary drying step of a lyophilization cycle of a biological or pharmaceutical material. In one aspect, the invention is a method for lyophilizing a material comprising the steps of calculating a designed primary drying cycle for the material based on a product temperature... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick&lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20080098615 - Drying apparatus and method for controlling the same: Provided is a drying system capable of determining if the number of on/off switching unitings of a heating mechanism exceeds a preset number over a preset duration, and reducing the amount of heat that the heating mechanism radiates, in order to extend the service life of the heating mechanism and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch