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7504784 |
Motor driving apparatus of washing and drying machine
With the use of three inverter circuits controlled by a single processor, the controller of the motor-driving apparatus provides a rotation drum-driving motor, a compressor-driving motor and a blow...
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7117613 |
Laundry appliance
A laundry machine includes a cabinet and a laundry holding drum rotatably supported therewithin. The drum includes a wall and a drum hatch comprising a section of the wall. A motor is connected to...
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7066412 |
Apparatus, methods, and compositions for adding fragrance to laundry
The invention provides an apparatus, methods, and compositions for dispensing a fragrance onto laundry in a dryer without substantial loss of that fragrance during the drying process. The apparatus...
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7047666 |
Clothes dryer and method for utilizing an ultrasound atomizer
A clothes dryer includes at least one clothes drum for receiving textiles and at least one ultrasound atomizer disposed in the dryer for generating an aerosol from a liquid. The invention further...
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7024795 |
Drying apparatus
A drying apparatus having a purpose of shortening a drying time of laundry, comprising an accommodating chamber in which the laundry is accommodated, and executing a washing operation of the...
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7017280 |
Clothes dryer apparatus and method
A method of controlling the operation of a dryer including both a variable heat source and a variable speed blower includes varying only one of the variable heat source and the variable speed...
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7003897 |
Coffee roaster drum rocker arm roller bearing system
A coffee roaster is an oven with a roasting drum. The roasting drum turns on a horizontal axis within the oven to tumble coffee beans while roasting and to even out differences in heating. The...
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6718654 |
Device and method in connection with the manufacturing of paper or cardboard
Device for a drying section useful in the manufacture of paper or paperboard as a fibrous web. The drying section includes a drying drum rotatable about a first axis of rotation and arranged such...
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6609310 |
Method and apparatus for safety control of the drying cycle in hydrocarbon-solvent dry-cleaning machines
The method for safety control of the drying cycle in hydrocarbon-solvent dry-cleaning machines, comprising, in the first step of the drying cycle, when the temperature of the mixture of hot air and...
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6581301 |
Paper drying machine
A paper drying apparatus to dry a paper web carried on a fabric sheet includes a first rotatable drum to carry a paper web. A second rotatable drum is positioned downstream of the first drum with...
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6460269 |
Wafer dryer comprising revolving spray nozzle and method for drying wafers using the same
A wafer dryer for drying a wafer includes a chamber and a support adapted to support the wafer in the chamber. A spray nozzle is disposed in the chamber. A source gas supply tank is in fluid...
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6446357 |
Fuzzy logic control for an electric clothes dryer
A method and apparatus for controlling the drying cycle of a dryer by utilizing fuzzy logic control. Control is accomplished by first monitoring the moisture level of a clothes load in the dryer....
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6409929 |
Steam drying of rotary filter cakes without crack formation
Apparatus and a method are presented for the mechanical removal of moisture from a filter cake. Differential pressure causes the flow of a treatment fluid through the filter cake. The treatment...
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6401362 |
Clothes drying apparatus and method with improved tumbling action
Tumble drying apparatus and method in which fabric articles are placed in a horizontally disposed cylindrical basket with a stringer which extends across the basket along an arcuate path that...
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6393725 |
Compact microwave clothes dryer and method
Compact microwave clothes dryer and method in which the dryer is small enough to be placed on a countertop, and air is circulated past microwave generator and power supply components to the drying...
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6199300 |
Method for energy efficient control of a dryer of clothes
A method and apparatus for controlling the heat input of a dryer where the initial heat input to a clothes load is set at full power until a first predetermined temperature or time condition...
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6158148 |
Method for detecting impermissible operating states in a hot-air clothes dryer, and a dryer with such a detection method
The method detects impermissible operating states in a hot-air clothes dryer with a laundry drum. The temperature in the incoming air flow is detected periodically downstream of an incoming air...
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6154978 |
Apparatus and method for confirming initial conditions of clothes drying equipment prior to start of drying cycle
A method and apparatus for confirming the initial conditions of a clothes dryer prior to the start of the drying cycle is provided. The clothes dryer comprises a drying chamber with air inlet and...
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6125550 |
Food drying method
The field of the invention is food drying apparatus and methods. In particular, the invention discloses a rotary dryer which dries food granules, such as rice, by rotation within a perforated...
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6122840 |
Systems and methods for determining drying time for a clothes dryer
A clothes dryer includes a control system for determining the drying time for a partial load in a clothes dryer. The system includes a humidity sensor, a signal processor, and a fuzzy logic control...
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6090423 |
Method for roasting legumes
A method for roasting legumes such as soybeans to enhance their nutritional properties. Raw legumes are introduced to a roaster having an oven section and a steeping section downstream of the oven...
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6067729 |
Elastic shoe bar and method for drying shoes
A shoe bar is useful for drying shoes in a conventional clothes dryer. The shoe bar has a relaxed length that is equal to or slightly greater than the inner diameter of the drum of the clothes...
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6021581 |
Method of drying a paper web in a paper-making machine at speeds greater than 6000 feet per minute
A method of drying a fiber web in a paper-making machine includes the step of providing a heated dryer roll which carries the fiber web. The dryer roll has a shell consisting essentially of...
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6004468 |
Serial drum apparatus and method for processing wet material
An apparatus for processing a solid-liquid material comprises a housing formed with a series of interconnected chambers defined by chamber walls with at least two drums mounted in series within the...
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5915815 |
Method and apparatus for drying organic material
An apparatus method of separating organic mass into its component parts in environmentally contained hygienic conditions at high thermal efficiency. One example is extraction of aromatic oils from...
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5884418 |
Process and system for impregnating garments with insect repellent
A process and system for impregnating garments with insect repellent, the ocess including the steps of placing the garments in a first machine and tumbling the garments therein, introducing into...
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5740617 |
Rotary drum dryer
A rotary drum dryer dries a slurry into discrete solid particles. The dryer contains three long horizontal cylinders: an outer cylinder, a perforated cylinder inside the outer cylinder, and an...
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5669157 |
Apparatus and method for separating pieces of laundry
A apparatus for separating pieces of laundry, comprising a drum which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and with an open front and an open rear, which drum is accommodated in a...
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5617649 |
Device and method for drying fluorescent material
A device and method for drying a fluorescent material are provided. The device includes a container having a predetermined space for containing a fluorescent material, a first driver for rotating...
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5555645 |
Reversing clothes dryer and method therefor
A domestic clothes dryer is operated in both a forward and a reverse direction. The dryer blower has a reduced air flow rate in the reverse direction. The reduced air flow in the reverse direction...
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5537761 |
Washing machine and method for controlling the drying process thereof
A method for controlling the drying process of a vortex-type washing machine capable of accommodating a laundry article for drying therein comprises the steps of (A) heating an ambient air by a...
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5440825 |
Method and apparatus for increasing dehydrator efficiency
A horizontal dryer for solid material is the subject of the present invention. The dryer consists of a horizontal drum rotated about its horizontal axis, containing flighting around its periphery,...
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5431560 |
Device for supplying gas to a cylindrical rotary kiln
A device for supplying gas to a rotary cylinder by means of a slip ring channel is described, a relative movement between rotating part and stationary part of the slip ring being permitted.
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5388348 |
Drying machine and method with a predrying object-separating function
A drying machine has a predrying operation. In the predrying operation before heated air is supplied to the drying chamber to dry clothes in the drying chamber, the drum repeats the rotation of the...
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5322367 |
Process control for recycled asphalt pavement drum plant
A process for the production of hot mix asphalt (HMA) by the treatment of virgin material alone or adding reclaimed or recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) (up to 100% of the HMA). The HMA is first...
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5309587 |
Industrial rag cleaning process
A cleaning process for industrial rags to remove petroleum-based solvents in an environmentally safe manner comprises a series of steps. The industrial rags are initially subjected to high speed...
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5287633 |
Coffee roasting process and apparatus
A coffee roaster in the form of a rotating drum having internal baffles forming oppositely-pitched helical paths that drive tumbling coffee beans toward the center of the drum in one direction of...
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5271163 |
System for treating flowable materials
A system for treating flowable materials wherein an elongated cylindrical housing is provided with an inlet for introducing material to the housing at one end thereof. An inner wall surface is...
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5245377 |
Method for detecting non-valid states in film processor temperature control system
A temperature control system (10) of an automatic film processor (12) includes developer and fixer recirculation paths (30, 40) having thermowell heaters (34, 44) and thermistors (35, 45), and a...
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4838880 |
Plastic inserter
A plastic inserter comprises movable and stationary jaws openably and closably connected together by means of a thin hinge, a space formed between the movable and stationary jaws along the hinge so...
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4813154 |
Method and apparatus for conditioning fibrous materials
An apparatus for cooling and conditioning chopped, fibrous materials such as chopped alfalfa, wood chips or the like includes a rotatable drum having helical flights for advancing materials as well...
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4702016 |
Apparatus for drying shoes in a dryer
An apparatus for drying shoes in a clothes dryer includes a frame member having a mounting surface for receiving and supporting a shoe. Fasteners, in the form of a pair of straps, may be adjusted...
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4665628 |
Recuperative clothes dryer with enhanced recirculation and air flow
A clothes dryer operating with a very high volume of air flow across the clothes thereby enabling a high percentage of air recirculation without sacrifice to drying time or efficiency. A...
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4563315 |
Production of particulate solids in rotary fluidizer
A method and apparatus for granulation in which particulate feed material is charged into a rotary cylindrical vessel (12) having its axis disposed horizontally, and respective cover plate (16,18)...
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4535550 |
Processing of particulate material
A method and apparatus for processing particulate material charged into a rotary cylindrical vessel (12) having its axis inclined to the horizontal so that one end thereof is raised relative to the...
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4513515 |
Gas treatment of particulate materials in storage containers
A vertical container holds and treats particulate material, such as comminuted cellulosic fibrous material like wood chips. The container includes a vertical interior wall, an open top, and a...
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4512353 |
Tobacco drying procedure
Drying of tobacco particles in heated rotary drum drier is improved by flowing air through the drum at a flow rate, usually at least 10 ft./sec. (3.25 m/sec), which imparts translational or linear...
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4460558 |
Recovery of carbon black
A heretofore waste gas stream containing nitrogen is used in the manufacture of carbon black.
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4411074 |
Process and apparatus for thermally drying oil well cuttings
The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for drying oil well cuttings. More particularly, the present invention relates to the direct thermal treatment of oil well drill cuttings...
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4354317 |
Process of pourable materials
Moist pourable material which is required to be in dry condition, is dried by heating and drying a portion of the material and then mixing this portion with the remaining moist portion, so that the...
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