Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
034444000 | Sheet, web, or strand | 33 |
20090025249 | Method and Device in a Dryer Section of a Fibre-Web Machine, Such as a Paper or Board Machine - A fiber-web machine dryer section has a drying group with single-wire draw. A drying wire (F) presses the web (W) on a drying cylinder ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090288311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING A FIBROUS WEB - A method for drying a fibrous web, especially a paper, cardboard or tissue web, the moving web is treated with hot air from a hot air hood in the area of a upstream pre-defined drying zone, and is subsequent carried to the drying zone in a downstream drying cylinder, especially a Yankee-Cylinder, to which an additional hood is allocated and in whose area the fibrous web is dried further. The hot air for the hot air hood allocated to the upstream drying zone is recovered, at least partially, from the exhaust air of the hood allocated to the downstream drying cylinder. | 11-26-2009 |
20100229419 | System and Process for Throughdrying Tissue Products - A system and process for producing tissue webs is disclosed. The tissue webs are formed from an aqueous suspension of fibers and dried using a through-air dryer. During formation of the web, the web is transferred from a transfer fabric to a throughdrying fabric and then conveyed around a drying cylinder of a through-air dryer. In accordance with the present invention, a pressurized roll emits a gaseous stream through a pressurized zone that pushes and transfers a wet web from a transfer fabric to the throughdrying fabric. The amount of pressure used during the transfer can vary depending upon the particular application and may be used to control the bulk of the web. By using a pressurized transfer roll, the amount the throughdrying fabric is wrapped around the drying cylinder of the through-air dryer can be maximized for increasing the efficiency of the system and the process. | 09-16-2010 |
20110185589 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THERMALLY PROCESSING WEB-LIKE FABRIC WEBS - The device according to the invention for thermally processing web-like fabric webs substantially comprises
| 08-04-2011 |
20110192048 | Method and Device for Drying and Precondensing Impregnation Products which are Constituted of a Resin-Bonded Film-Type Web Material; Melamine-Free Impregnation Product - In a process and a mechanism ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110277340 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRYING A TISSUE PAPER WEB WITH STEAM RECAPTURE - Method for steam recapture in the drying of a tissue paper web with a cylinder that is fed from a live steam network and with a hot air hood that flows hot air onto the tissue paper web, includes the steps of: removing condensate from the cylinder; compressing the condensate to a first pressure level essentially corresponding to that of the live steam network; heating the condensate by heat exchange with the exhaust air from the hot air hood; vaporizing the condensate; and feeding generated steam into the live steam network. | 11-17-2011 |
20120000089 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRYING A FIBROUS WEB - The invention relates to a method and to a device for drying a fibrous web wherein the traveling fibrous web is acted upon by steam and hot, moist air in the region of a preceding drying zone and is then fed to the preceding drying zone of a downstream drying zone comprising a drying cylinder and a hood allocated thereto. Hot air is taken out of the hood allocated to the drying cylinder of the downstream drying zone. To create at least a portion of the steam for the preceding drying zone, condensate and/or fresh water occurring in the drying cylinder of the downstream drying zone is heated by the hot air taken out of the hood by means of a first heat exchanger. Alternatively or additionally for creating at least a portion of the hot, moist air for the preceding drying zone, the hot air taken out of the hood guided through the first heat exchanger is fed to the preceding drying zone. | 01-05-2012 |
20120124857 | ALIGNMENT FILM DRYING DEVICE AND DRYING METHOD - The present invention provides an alignment film drying device and drying method thereof for drying alignment film material, which is diluted with solvent and formed on a first surface of a substrate. The device comprises a heating stage, heating a second surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of pores averagely distributed thereon; a peripheral supporting mechanism, being located at the periphery of the heating stage to support edges of the second surface; a plurality of support pins, being averagely distributed on an upper surface of the heating stage; and an elevator mechanism, raising and lowering the peripheral supporting mechanism and the support pins. The present invention can eliminate the phenomenon of drying alignment film unevenly in the drying process to optimize the alignment film quality for raising the display characteristic of the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panel and raising the quality and yield of the LCD panel. | 05-24-2012 |
20120159806 | SYSTEM FOR STEAM TREATMENT OF TEXTILES - A steam treatment system ( | 06-28-2012 |
20130160321 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING A FIBROUS WEB - A machine for the production of a fibrous web. The fibrous web being a paper web, a cardboard web or a tissue web. The machine including a hot air hood, an upstream drying zone, a downstream dryer cylinder and a dryer hood. The upstream drying zone has an area in which the moving fibrous web is treated with hot air from the hot air hood, the hot air hood being allocated to the upstream drying zone. The downstream dryer cylinder is a Yankee-Cylinder. The dryer hood is associated with the downstream dryer cylinder for further drying of the fibrous web. The hot air for the hot air hood is at least partially recovered from the dryer hood which is associated to the downstream drying cylinder. | 06-27-2013 |
20130232812 | DRYING BOX COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO ZONES FOR DRYING A CELLULOSE PULP WEB - An arrangement for drying a web of cellulose pulp having a drying box which includes blow boxes that are operative for blowing air towards the web of cellulose pulp for drying the pulp in accordance with the airborne web principle. The drying box has a first drying zone, which includes first lower blow boxes arranged to bear the web, and a second drying zone, having second lower blow boxes arranged to bear the web, with the first lower blow boxes being different from the second lower blow boxes. | 09-12-2013 |
20140202028 | Inerted Plate Dryer and Method of Drying Solvent Based Coating - An inerted plate dryer for drying solvent based coating is disclosed. The dryer uses two tiers of substantially parallel heating plates that are located not more than 10 cm apart. A moving web with solvent based coating is passed through the dryer, and runs closer to one of the heating plates. The method of using such inerted plate dryer is also disclosed. | 07-24-2014 |
20140237848 | FORCE-BALANCING GAS FLOW IN DRYERS FOR PRINTING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for balancing air flow in dryers of printing systems. The dryer includes a heating element, top flow generator, and bottom flow generator. The heating element is within the dryer, and heats a web of printed media. The top flow generator directly projects a first jet of gas onto a top side of the web. The first jet of gas deflects air proximate to the web. The bottom flow generator directly projects a second jet of gas onto an opposing side of the web. The second jet strikes the web at substantially the same location as the first jet, and compensates orthogonal force applied to the web by the first jet. Furthermore, the top and bottom flow generators are both oriented to project the jets partially in the direction of travel of the web. | 08-28-2014 |
20150052776 | Drying apparatus for use in a lithography system - The invention relates to a drying apparatus for use in a lithography system for drying at least part of a surface on a first side of a planar target, such as a wafer. The apparatus has a drying device for eliminating liquid or droplets thereof from the first side of the planar target. The drying device has a first slit and a second slit arranged in close proximity of the target. A gap is present between the target and the drying device. Pressurized gas may be supplied via the first slit into the gap. The liquid may be discharged from the target by means of the pressurized gas through the second slit. The first and the second slit are configured to enable the pressurized gas to flow along the first side of the planar target substantially parallel to the planar target. | 02-26-2015 |
20150296845 | DRYING METHOD AND DRYING DEVICE OF INSTANT NOODLES - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for drying non-fried instant noodles for obtaining non-fried noodles that are easily loosened without sticking of noodle strings and excellent in restorability. The present invention includes, as a step of drying non-fried instant noodles, a step of putting gelatinized noodle strings into a drying retainer, and blowing a high-speed air flow from above the retainer toward a noodle mass of the noodle strings to perform drying. In the drying step, the retainer employed has a shape such that a transition portion from a bottom surface to a side surface (side wall portion) is formed to be a curved surface with a radius of curvature of 5 to 15 mm, and preferably the high-speed air flow is blown at a wind speed of 50 m/s or higher in terms of the speed to which the noodle strings are exposed. | 10-22-2015 |
034445000 | With drying parameter control | 7 |
20080276483 | DRYING ROLL - The invention relates to a drying roll for drying a fibrous material web, in particular a paper, cardboard or tissue web in a machine for producing and/or finishing said fibrous material web. The roll can be heated on the interior by a gaseous heat transfer medium and the internal surface of its jacket is provided with elevated sections that extend at least radially inwards, the height of said elevations being greater than the average radial thickness of the condensate layer that forms on the internal surface of the cylinder jacket during operation. The roll is equipped with elements that drain condensate from the condensate chamber that incorporates the areas lying between the elevations. The condensate chamber or at least one condensate sub-section is in hydraulic contact with at least one front-end region of the cylinder. | 11-13-2008 |
20090165329 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRYING INK ON A SUBSTRATE MATERIAL - A method and system for drying printed ink on the face of a substrate material such as a mailpiece. The method comprising the steps of (i) providing a dryer having at least one variable output element for producing a plurality of dryer configurations, (ii) developing data correlating each of the dryer configurations with at least one print characteristic, (iii) storing the developed data in a memory storage device, (iv) obtaining the print characteristic associated with a particular print job and comparing the print characteristic with the developed data to define a desired dryer configuration, (v) adapting the dryer to assume the desired dryer configuration based upon the print characteristic, and (vi) drying the ink printed on the face of the substrate material. The system may include a taggant introduced into the ink and a means for identifying the taggant to determine the type of ink and the desired dryer configuration. | 07-02-2009 |
20100205823 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH FLUFFING-STATE-BASED IMAGING CONTROL - The invention relates to a method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum defining a laundry treating chamber. The laundry in the laundry treating chamber may be imaged and a fluffing state of the laundry determined based on the imaging of the laundry. The operation of the laundry treating appliance may be based on the determined fluffing state. | 08-19-2010 |
034446000 | Temperature or moisture control of material treated or treating gas or vapor | 4 |
20090019723 | Method and Device in a Dryer Section of a Fibre-Web Machine, Such as a Paper or Board Machine - A fiber-web machine dryer section has a drying group with single-wire draw so the drying wire (F) presses the web (W) against heated cylinder surfaces with the web (W) at the side of the outside curve of reversing cylinders ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090126219 | Method and System for Drying High-Moisture Content Plant Material - A system includes a container having a curved inner surface disposed about a generally horizontally extending longitudinal axis, the container having an input end and an axially-spaced output end opposite the input end, the container being mounted on a plurality of resilient members so as to be resiliently supported above a base. The curved inner surface is defined by at least one deck plate having a plurality of apertures to direct air tangential to the curved inner surface. The system also includes a vibration generator coupled to the container for producing a vibratory force to cause material within the container to be moved in a generally rising and falling path of rolling movement along the curved inner surface, and a fan coupled to a heater and to the plurality of apertures to pass heated air through the plurality of apertures. A method of drying material is also provided. | 05-21-2009 |
20100205824 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH FLUFFING-STATE DETECTION - The invention relates to a method of determining a fluffing state of laundry based on a determined temperature indicative of the surface of the laundry. | 08-19-2010 |
20150368853 | CLOTHES DRYER WITH IMPROVED MOISTURE SENSING AND WIRELESS DATA TRANSFER - A clothes dryer with improved moisture sensing and wireless data transfer is provided. An example drying appliance includes a plurality of sensors positioned inside a drum of the drying appliance. The plurality of sensors are wired together to provide a combined output signal indicative of one or more parameters of clothing inside the drum. The drying appliance includes a near field communication (NFC) tag mounted on an exterior surface of the drum. The NFC tag receives the combined output signal from the plurality of sensors. The drying appliance includes an NFC reader positioned on a stationary member of the drying appliance and receiving external utility power. The NFC reader receives sensor data from the NFC tag and provides the sensor data to a controller, such that the controller can control the drying appliance based on the one or more parameters of the clothing inside the drum. | 12-24-2015 |
034448000 | Vapor or gas treatment | 1 |
20120005917 | SHEET-PROCESSING MACHINE WITH ONE OR MORE DRYERS AND METHOD FOR DRYING SHEETS - A sheet-processing machine includes at least one dryer, air feed devices for the dryers, at least one air extraction device for heated exhaust air and a mixing device for mixing warm dryer exhaust air with the dryer feed air. An open loop or closed loop control device controls or regulates an extent to which the dryer exhaust air is mixed with the dryer feed air by using measured variables or setting values which are correlated with the moisture content of the exhaust air. A method for drying printed and/or varnished sheets is also provided. | 01-12-2012 |
034451000 | Plural treating chambers | 2 |
20120246966 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRYING SHEETS OF DRYWALL - A method and device for drying sheets is described. The sheets are guided through a drier divided into drying chambers and brought in contact with the drying air by means of impinging jet aeration. The impinging-jet aeration utilizes cross-aerated nozzle boxes and the main drying stage exhaust air is introduced in the pressure chamber of one or more drying chambers in the first half of the final drying stage. Pan of the exhaust air in the recirculated-air operation is used for drying in the drying chamber and part of the exhaust air is introduced into the suction chamber of the respective subsequent drying chamber. The exhaust air collectively passes through the final drying stage in this manner, and the exhaust air from one or more drying chambers in the second half of said stage is extracted at a. significantly lower temperature. | 10-04-2012 |
20140033560 | Adjustable Width Steam Box For Fabric Processing And Method Of Using The Same - A high efficiency steam box, particularly for the processing of fabrics. The box housing is subdivided into a plurality of steam chambers isolated from each other but communicating with a perforated steam tube which extends throughout the housing. Steam is delivered to the center portions of the steam tube and flows toward the ends. Valve pistons are movably positioned in the opposite end portions of the steam tube to confine the steam. The valve pistons are axially adjustable by a screw shaft extending through the steam tube and can be positioned to isolate outer chambers when processing narrow fabrics to prevent or minimize the discharge of steam from steam discharge slots extending beyond the edges of the fabric. Steam flow control can be integrated with positioning of the valve pistons to provide uniform steam flow per unit length of the discharge slots for optimum efficiency in processing and steam utilization. | 02-06-2014 |
034454000 | With contact with heat exchanger (e.g., drum or roller) | 1 |
20100192403 | Energy-Efficient Yankee Dryer Hood System - A paper machine configured as a swing machine capable of producing both light and heavy grades providing a Yankee hood split into a wet end half and a dry end half, at least one hood half being a flex-hood half wherein the supply for that half is capable of being run with either combustion heat or recycled heat and is capable of either recirculating the exhaust from the hood or discharging it to the atmosphere. The heater for the flex-hood half comprises both a primary combustion heat source and an indirect heat source capable of extracting by-product heat from another operation. The exhaust system for the flex hood half is capable of being run in either a straight through mode or in a recirculating mode. | 08-05-2010 |
034459000 | Running length of treated material | 7 |
20090013553 | System and method for drying a freshly printed medium - A drying unit includes a frame having an air box mounted thereon, wherein the air box includes an intake port and an exhaust port. A plurality of rollers define a web path within the frame and a heat source is removably attached to the frame, wherein removal of the heat source does not require removal of a web from the web path. | 01-15-2009 |
20110162230 | Paper or Board Machine Employing a Single-Wire Draw Dryer Section - A paper or board machine having a machine dryer section with a drying group with single-wire draw. A drying wire (F) presses the web (W) on a drying cylinder ( | 07-07-2011 |
034460000 | Gas or vapor suspends treated material | 1 |
034461000 | Gas or vapor directed to opposed surfaces of material | 1 |
20090133282 | Method and Apparatus for Drying a Moving Web of Material at a Paper or Board Machine - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for drying a moving web of material at a paper or board machine. The drying is performed by a heated drying cylinder ( | 05-28-2009 |
034463000 | Directing of gas or vapor | 4 |
20080235982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING FILM AND SOLUTION CASTING METHOD - In a pin tenter, a wet film is conveyed and dried in a state that edges of the wet film are pierced by pins. The plurality of pins are fixed to a pin plate. The pin plate is supported by a pin carrier. The pin carrier is disposed between rails. Movement of the pin carrier is guided by the rails. In a steam cleaning area, foreign substances adhered to the pins, the pin plates, and the pin carriers are removed by blowing steam. In a jet gas cleaning area, residual foreign substances and residual water content after the steam cleaning are blown off and removed by blowing nitrogen gas. | 10-02-2008 |
20080235983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING FILM AND SOLUTION CASTING METHOD - In a pin tenter, a wet film is conveyed and dried in a state that side edges of the wet film are pierced by pins. The plurality of pins are fixed to a pin plate. The pin plate is supported by a pin carrier. The pin carrier is disposed between rails. Movement of the pin carrier is guided by the rails. In a steam cleaning area, steam is blown onto the pins, the pin plates, the pin carriers, and the like so as to remove foreign substances adhered thereto. In a jet gas cleaning area, nitrogen gas blows off residual foreign substances and residual water content remained from the steam cleaning. | 10-02-2008 |
20110154685 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE DETACHMENT OF PAPER FROM A DRYING CYLINDER OF A PAPER MACHINE - The object of the invention is an apparatus and a method for improving the detachment of paper ( | 06-30-2011 |
20150338164 | Genetic Profiling Flexible Microplate Drying Systems and Methods - A dryer for flexible transparent microplate strips used in genetic profiling and methods for drying flexible transparent microplate strips used in genetic profiling. The dryer includes vents for blowing compressed air on the strips and a reel-to-reel design for quickly moving the strips across the vents. | 11-26-2015 |