Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
034480000 | Filtering of gas or vapor | 23 |
20090133284 | Integral Lint Filter for Clothes Dryers - A lint filter assembly for removing lint and particulate matter from a clothes dryer exhaust system includes a conduit adapter and a filtering element. In a preferred embodiment the lint filter is a secondary filter removably connected inline between conduits substantially at the point of communication of the exhaust gases through a wall or floor to the outside, the filter portion not exceeding the conduit size in diameter. | 05-28-2009 |
20090165330 | Domestic appliance for the care of items of washing and method for removal of lint from such a domestic appliance - The invention relates to a domestic appliance for care of items of washing, with a drum for receiving the items of washing and a process air supply through which process air is able to be directed to and through the drum, a lint filter, which is arranged in the direction of flow of the process air after the drum and is embodied for filtering the lint contained in the process air and a sensor for detecting at least one parameter of the process air, with the lint filter and the sensor being arranged so that lint collected on the sensor can be automatically removed by the lint filter when the lint filter is removed from its installation position in the domestic appliance. The invention also relates to a method for removing lint from a domestic appliance for the care of items of washing. | 07-02-2009 |
20090255145 | CLOTHES DRYER APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED LINT REMOVAL SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for removing lint from air that is discharged from a clothes dryer uses a lint filtration housing mounted on the frame of the clothes dryer, the filtration housing having an interior that contains a filter for removing lint from the dryer exhaust air flow stream. The housing provides an influent fitting for transmitting heating exhaust air from the drying chamber to the housing interior. An ambient air supply enables ambient air to be added to the filtration housing interior. One or more vanes is provided that create an annular vortex within the filtration housing interior. The flow of the annular vortex within the filtration housing interior can be between about 500 and 3,000 cubic feet per second. A flow line transmits pre-heated air from the filtration housing interior to the dryer interior. | 10-15-2009 |
20100132217 | DRYER WITH RECIRCULATED AIR PROPORTION AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF SAME - A dryer includes a drying chamber, a supply air duct, a process air duct, a heater in the process air duct, a fan, an exhaust air duct, a recirculation duct, and a two-part closure mechanism that includes a fluff separator with a first surface and a second surface, and a damper. The fluff separator and the damper are rotatable against each other such that in a first position of the closure mechanism the damper disconnects the recirculation duct from the process air duct and the fluff separator disconnects the exhaust air duct from the process air duct, and in a second position of the closure mechanism the fluff separator disconnects the recirculation duct from the process air duct. | 06-03-2010 |
20100139115 | VALVELESS REGENERATIVE THERMAL OXIDIZER FOR TREATING CLOSED LOOP DRYER - A system for reducing organic contaminates from the condensate discharge of a closed loop industrial drying process. The system includes a dryer, a regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) in flow communication with the dryer, and an energy recovery unit in flow communication with the RTO. | 06-10-2010 |
20100146811 | DRYER WITH RECIRCULATED AIR PROPORTION AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - A dryer includes a drying chamber for the articles to be dried, a supply air duct, a process air duct, a heater in the process air duct for heating process air, a blower that guides the heated process air over the articles to be dried, an exhaust air duct that directs exhaust air to an exhaust air outlet, and an internally and/or externally cleanable lint filter in a recirculated air duct that splits at a branching-off point from the process air duct to the heater and the exhaust air duct which leads to the exhaust air outlet, and wherein the recirculated air duct joins the supply air duct upstream of the heater. | 06-17-2010 |
20100146812 | DRYER AND METHOD OF REMOVING FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN DRYER - Provided is a dryer. In the dryer, foreign substances contained in circulation air passing through the inside of a drum is filtered by a filter unit, and the foreign substances attached to the filter unit are separated by air flowing in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the circulation air. The separated foreign substances are collected in a separate lint case. | 06-17-2010 |
20110265342 | SUPERHEATED VAPOR PRE-DRYING SYSTEMS FOR LIGNITE AND METHODS FOR DRYING LIGNITE - A pre-drying system for lignite, including an inner heating fluid bed dryer including at least one built-in heat exchanger, a feeding device, a second discharging valve, and at least one stage of dust collecting device. The built-in heat exchanger is connected to saturated vapor, and to a condensate system. A fluid bed of the inner heating fluid bed dryer is connected to superheated vapor. Exhaust vapor of the inner heating fluid bed dryer is processed by the dust collecting device, and then a part thereof returns to the fluid bed, and another part thereof is evacuated. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271549 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SLUDGE DEWATERING INTO A DRY SLUDGE POWDER AND EQUIPMENT THEREOF - The present invention involves to the industrial automated producing method for dewatering the sludge into the dry sludge powder and the assembly thereof. The present method is to realize the industrial automated production in the industrial automated producing assembly, especially in the main equipment, dehydrator, for dewatering the sludge into the dry sludge powder, so as to dewater the sludge having the moisture content below 85% into the dry powder having the moisture content below 5%. The method and assembly of the present invention realizes recycling, reducing, stabilizing, and reusing the sludge, and can be widely applied for dewatering process of the domestic, industrial or riverway sludge or sediment. | 11-10-2011 |
20110271550 | CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS - In a general aspect, an apparatus for treating clothes includes a filter unit and a substance removal unit. The filter unit is positioned to filter substances from air discharged from an accommodating space and the substance removal unit is configured to move substances remaining on a portion of the filter unit. A method for controlling the apparatus for treating clothes includes detecting a condition related to the apparatus for treating clothes. The method further includes controlling, based on detection of the condition and without user input after detection of the condition, the substance removal unit to start removing substances remaining on the portion of the filter unit. | 11-10-2011 |
20120304487 | CLOTHES DRYER APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED LINT REMOVAL SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for removing lint from air that is discharged from a clothes dryer uses a lint filtration housing mounted on the frame of the clothes dryer, the filtration housing having an interior that contains a filter for removing lint from the dryer exhaust air flow stream. The housing provides an influent fitting for transmitting heating exhaust air from the drying chamber to the housing interior. An ambient air supply enables ambient air to be added to the filtration housing interior. One or more vanes is provided that create an annular vortex within the filtration housing interior. The flow of the annular vortex within the filtration housing interior can be between about 500 and 3,000 cubic feet per second. A flow line transmits pre-heated air from the filtration housing interior to the dryer interior. | 12-06-2012 |
20130111780 | AIR DRYER - An air dryer for supplying a decontaminated air stream. The air dryer includes a housing comprising a handle and an air frame body, a fan assembly structured and arranged in the air frame body, and an air filter arranged in the air frame body downstream of the fan assembly, wherein the air filter is structured and arranged to filter an incoming air stream to supply the decontaminated air stream. | 05-09-2013 |
20130145645 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRYER - A method for controlling a dryer includes putting a brush driving unit into operation, after putting the brush driving unit into operation, gathering information related to the operation of the brush driving unit, and controlling operation of the dryer based on the gathered information related to the operation of the brush driving unit. The brush driving unit being is configured to drive a brush that separates foreign matter from a filter portion of a filter assembly positioned to contact air that has exited from a drum of the dryer. | 06-13-2013 |
20130205615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECUPERATING HEAT FROM DRYER - An apparatus for recuperating heat from a convection dryer comprises an exhaust air conduit having an exhaust inlet adapted to receive exhaust air from a convection dryer, and an exhaust outlet adapted to exhaust the exhaust air. An ambient air conduit has an ambient inlet adapted to receive ambient air, and an ambient outlet adapted to feed the ambient air toward a convection dryer. A heat exchanger unit has a first conduit portion within the exhaust air conduit and a second conduit portion within the ambient air conduit, the first conduit portion and the second conduit portion being arranged concurrently in a heat exchanger configuration for the ambient air to absorb heat from the exhaust air when passing therethrough. A filtering device is in the exhaust air conduit upstream of the heat exchanger unit for filtering airborne residue out of the exhaust air. | 08-15-2013 |
20130239432 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF OBJECTS - An apparatus controls the temperature of objects such as workpieces after a cleaning operation. The apparatus has a controlled temperature zone ( | 09-19-2013 |
20130276327 | LAUNDRY MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a laundry machine is provided, including an air supply cycle in which heated or unheated air is supplied to items received in a holding space. The air supply cycle may include initiating operation of a fan for circulating the air in the holding space, the fan being provided in a duct that forms a flow passage for circulating the air in the holding space, and spraying cleaning water onto a filter for removing foreign matter from the filter, the filter being positioned under the fan for removing foreign matter from air being introduced into the duct from the holding space. Spraying cleaning water onto the filter for removing foreign matter from the filter is not performed at the same time as initiating operation of the fan. | 10-24-2013 |
20130340275 | REFINER STEAM SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR REDUCTION OF DRYER EMISSIONS - A refiner steam separation system according to the present invention includes a blowline for transporting a mixture of fiber material from a refiner to an inlet of a steam separator. Waste steam is discharged from the separator through a waste steam outlet. Cleaned fiber material is discharged from the separator through an exit, which prevents a substantial portion of the waste steam from passing through the exit. A relay pipe communicates with the exit and a dryer duct, and transports cleaned fiber material therebetween. A resin input communicates with the relay pipe, and supplies resin therein. The resin is mixed with the cleaned fiber material prior to the cleaned fiber material being dried in the dryer duct. The present invention is also directed to a method of reducing VOC emissions generated during refining cellulosic fibrous material. | 12-26-2013 |
20140013614 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR A CLOTHES TREATING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a diagnostic method for a clothes treating apparatus, and according to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a diagnostic method of a clothes treating apparatus having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion apparatus, and an evaporator for cooling air being discharged from a drum by the evaporator a heat pump, and the method may include activating the compressor; measuring a property (P1) of the refrigerant that has passed through the compressor; re-measuring a property (P2) of the refrigerant that has passed through the compressor after a predetermined period of time has passed; checking whether or not a value F that is defined as P2−P1 is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; suspending the operation of the compressor and repeating the foregoing processes when the value F is less than the predetermined value; and determining that a failure has occurred in the clothes treating apparatus when the execution number of the processes is equal to or greater than the predetermined value. | 01-16-2014 |
20140157621 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a drum for holding laundry, a connection duct for exhausting air from an inside of the drum, an exhaust duct provided parallel to a length direction of the drum connected to the connection duct, a filter assembly with a filter unit provided to the exhaust duct for filtering the air and a brush for removing foreign matter from the filter unit, a brush drive unit for making the brush to reciprocate a section of the filter unit, and a position sensing unit for sensing a position of the brush. | 06-12-2014 |
20140331515 | DUST EMISSION REDUCTION DURING METAL CASTING - A method for reducing dust emissions in a metal or slag casting apparatus, as well as a metal or slag casting apparatus allowing reducing dust emissions, comprising an endless conveyor having a plurality of casting moulds with upper open tops and which endless conveyor is arranged to move said casting moulds in a first section from a casting station to to the casting station, the method comprising (a) providing a casing forming a bottomless box over at least part of the first section of the endless conveyor, (b) injecting within said casing a gas on the surface of the mould with an angle sufficient to blow off loose, solid particles, such as graphite flakes, formed at the surface of the metal, during early stages of the cooling down and to start the solidification of a superficial layer of metal or slag, (c) extracting the gas and the solid particles by suction from within said casing. | 11-13-2014 |
20140345156 | HAIR DRYER - A hair dryer ( | 11-27-2014 |
20150121719 | DRYER LINT COLLECTION SYSTEM - An automatic lint filter cleaning and lint collection system for a laundry dryer. The apparatus comprises a lint filter pivot chamber, a lint collection chamber, a lint filter housing pivotably mounted between the pivot chamber and collection chamber, a flange between the pivot chamber and collection chamber wherein the filter housing is biased into abutment with the flange, a lint collection container, an auger rotatably mounted within the collection chamber, and a drive assembly operably connected to the lint filter housing and auger. The drive assembly is operable to pivot the filter housing away from the flange and then to release the filter housing such that the filter housing forcibly returns into abutment with the flange and thereby causes the lint filter to release lint into the collection chamber. The drive assembly is operable to rotate the auger and thereby move lint from the collection chamber into the collection container. | 05-07-2015 |
20150337483 | DRYER APPLIANCE AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRYER APPLIANCE - A dryer appliance is provided. The dryer appliance includes a filter assembly with a filter medium. A first portion of the filter medium is disposed within an exhaust conduit when the filter medium is in a first position. A second portion of the filter medium is disposed within the exhaust conduit when the filter medium is in a second position. A method for operating a dryer appliance is also provided. | 11-26-2015 |