Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
034058000 | With apparatus using centrifugal force | 27 |
20090126216 | Centrifugal Pellet Dryer Screen - A centrifugal pellet dryer screen ( | 05-21-2009 |
20100037477 | CENTRIFUGAL DRIER - The present invention relates to a centrifugal dryer for the separation of pellet-like substances from process water, comprising a housing, a rotor arranged in the housing and a screen surrounding the rotor at the peripheral side, with the screen having at least one porous screen member which is placed in an arcuate manner around at least one screen carrier hoop and is releasably fastened thereto. In accordance with the invention, the screen is composed of a plurality of screen members which mutually overlap in the peripheral direction and are clamped tight to the screen carrier hoop by one or more tension belts which wrap around the mutually overlapping screen members at the peripheral side. Generally, differently made pliable, flexible and/or resiliently flexible tension members can be wrapped around screen members as a tension belt which are clamped and hereby hold the screen members together. | 02-18-2010 |
20100180460 | Mop dehydrating apparatus - A mop dehydrating apparatus includes a water tub, a dehydrating basket horizontally rotatably mounted in the internal chamber of the water tub and provided with a fixing device in the internal chamber thereof for fixing a mop, a motor drive mounted in the internal chamber of the water tub, a transmission mechanism coupled between the motor drive and the dehydrating basket and controllable by a foot pedal switch to rotate the dehydrating basket and to further expel water out of the mophead of the mop subject to the effect of centrifugal force. | 07-22-2010 |
20110067257 | YANKEE DRYER HAVING CENTRIFUGALLY ASSISTED CONDENSATE COLLECTION - A Yankee dryer which exploits centrifugal forces to assist in evacuating condensate. A condensate collection system has individual pickup straws arranged at an angle such that the required amount of motive steam pressure is reduced to extract and move the steam condensate from the intake opening of the straw to the discharge point of that straw. The pickup straws communicate with a collection header arranged along the length of the Yankee dryer. The collection header is configured such that it has a radius from the axis of rotation which is greatest near the point at which collected condensate is discharged to a disposal riser conduit which conducts collected condensate to the exterior of the Yankee dryer. | 03-24-2011 |
20110225836 | PAINT APPLICATOR CLEANING DEVICE - A device for cleaning a paint brush B has a shaft | 09-22-2011 |
20110308100 | Centrifugal Dryer with Replaceable Blades and Self-Cleaning Rotor Seal and Centrifugal Dewatering Tower - A centrifugal pellet dryer with a self-cleaning rotor seal, replaceable wear plates, and a fluid powered dewatering tower is presented. The self-cleaning roter seal includes a plurality of grooves that are structured to eject pellet debris that migrates into between the seal and the housing for the rotor. The replaceable wear plates are secured to the rotor at locations such that they contact pellets that are entering the rotor housing. The dewatering tower includes a helical augur that dewaters a pellet slurry and delivers partially dried pellets to the rotor housing. | 12-22-2011 |
20120216416 | Compact, Skid Mounted Cuttings and Fluids Processing and Handling System - A compact, skid mounted system for handling of solids generated in wellbore operations. A cuttings drying unit and solids/liquid separator are mounted on a skid. A feed auger moves wet cuttings from the discharge on a rig to the cuttings drying unit. A first discharge auger moves the dried cuttings discharged from the cuttings drying unit to a disposal point, which may be a container such as a cuttings box. The fluid discharge from the cuttings dryer is routed to a solids/liquid separator. A second discharge auger moves the solids discharge from the separator to a disposal point. The liquid discharge from the solids/liquid separator is routed back to the fluids circulating system on the rig. The augers are mounted on the skid such that they can be rotated to within the width of the skid for transport, then rotated out to discharge the solids away from the skid. | 08-30-2012 |
20120246959 | Brake Mechanism for a Device for Drying Foods and Other Items - A brake assembly for reducing the rotational velocity the spinning basket of a food spinning device applies a frictional force to an annular ridge on the lid of the spinning basket. A brake button movably disposed in a cover of the spinning device includes flexible pinching arms having cam surfaces. The cam surfaces of the flexible pinching arms extend through a guide aperture, thereby causing the pinching arms to flex toward each other when the brake button is depressed and to apply the frictional engagement to the annular ridge. | 10-04-2012 |
20120266481 | Special Free Moisture Removal System - A non-thermal dewatering and drying system to remove, separate and segregate free moisture from an essentially granular form of organic and non-organic solid material mixed with free moisture and air. The energy efficient separation and removal of the free moisture is by the system that creates differential pressures in adjacent moving flows. Such pressure differentials result in the induced flash vaporization of free moisture from granular materials, simultaneously with the separation and segregation of water vapor into a moving flow of adjacent air. The system has a novel design that allows retains laminar/plug flow characteristics. The differential is created by increasing the velocity of the process air as it is introduced into the material transport piping of the system. This combining the material, free moisture and higher velocity air allows for rapid mechanical removal, separation and segregation of free water within the transport pipe. | 10-25-2012 |
20120266482 | DRYER SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED THROUGHPUT - A centrifugal dryer that has improved throughput capacity resulting from the combination of a high angle agglomerate catcher with optional overflow, increased dewatering capacity, a cylindrical dewatering feed chute, a modified rotor design with positionally and structurally modified lifters in the feed and dewatering section, the drying and propagating section, as well as the pellet discharge section, and an efficient circumferential foraminous membrane. | 10-25-2012 |
20120297637 | DEWATERING MACHINE FOR UMBRELLA - The present invention relates to a dewatering machine for umbrella, comprising a frame, a motor disposed inside the frame, a water receiving box disposed inside the frame, an elongated water throwing box disposed inside the water receiving box to accommodate the umbrella and a transmission assembly for connecting the motor and the water throwing box. The water receiving box is fixedly attached to the motor. A plurality of water-draining holes is disposed at the side of the water throwing box. The transmission assembly includes a transmission shaft fixedly attached to the bottom center of the water throwing box. The transmission shaft is perpendicular to the water throwing box. The water throwing box is disposed inside the dewatering device and connected with the motor via the transmission assembly. The water throwing box is perpendicular to the transmission shaft to enable the umbrella to rotate above the plane direction where the umbrella is perpendicular to the transmission shaft; therefore rainwater on the umbrella, especially the folding umbrella, can be thrown out of the folds under the centrifugal force. The dewatering process is rapid and efficient. | 11-29-2012 |
20130014401 | Clothes Water Squeezer - A portable clothes drying device to remove excess water from hand washed clothes, comprising a cylindrical tub shaped outer vessel and having a rotatable inner basket, wherein the inner basket comprises small holes for the egress of water therethrough upon rotation; further comprising suction cups placed on the bottom of the device to secure the device to surface during use; further comprising a top lid attached to the vessel by a hinge and secured to the vessel by means of one or more securing clips on the edge of the outer vessel to clip the edge of the lid; further comprising an switch for turning the unit on and off; further comprising a motor for rotating the inner basket; further comprising a drain spout near the base of the outer vessel for allowing water to drain from the device. | 01-17-2013 |
20130036621 | Pivotally-Leveraged Manual Centrifugal Drive - A pivotally-leveraged manual centrifugal drive according to a preferred embodiment of the invention for use with a bowl and a basket formed to nest within the bowl, comprising: a) a housing formed to mate with the bowl; b) a rotation wheel rotatably connected to the housing, formed to mate with the basket, and having a plane of rotation; c) a handle pivotally attached to the housing and oriented to move in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the rotation wheel; and d) gears connecting the handle to the rotation wheel. Also disclosed are an automatic clutch that engages the rotation wheel only when the handle is moved in one direction, and a braking mechanism that includes a disk having a diameter substantially smaller than the rotation wheel. | 02-14-2013 |
20130061487 | CARPET CENTRIFUGE WITH EXTERNAL PLACEMENT - A carpet centrifuge with external placement for industrial cleaning of carpets and other large textile articles. | 03-14-2013 |
20140130364 | Pivotally-Leveraged Manual Centrifugal Drive - A pivotally-leveraged manual centrifugal drive according to a preferred embodiment of the invention for use with a bowl and a basket formed to nest within the bowl, comprising: a) a housing formed to mate with the bowl; b) a rotation wheel rotatably connected to the housing, formed to mate with the basket, and having a plane of rotation; c) a handle pivotally attached to the housing and oriented to move in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the rotation wheel; and d) gears connecting the handle to the rotation wheel. Also disclosed are an automatic clutch that engages the rotation wheel only when the handle is moved in one direction, and a braking mechanism that includes a disk having a diameter substantially smaller than the rotation wheel. | 05-15-2014 |
20140250709 | DRYERS IN SERIES WITH IMPROVED THROUGHPUT - Improved devices, systems, and methods for drying pellets in a pellet-fluid slurry are disclosed. The system can provide a desired moisture level and output rate for the dried pellets. The system can use two dryers in series to remove moisture from the pellets in the pellet-fluid slurry. The two dryers can be connected with a transport pipe. The transport pipe can include a diverter valve to bypass the second dryer when desired. The transport pipe can also include a blower and/or heater to aid in the transport and drying of the pellets. The first dryer, the second dryer, or both can include a defluidizing section. The first dryer can be located at a higher level than the second dryer to facilitate movement of pellets from the first dryer to the second dryer. | 09-11-2014 |
20140310972 | Centrifugal pellet dryer and dewatering assembly - A centrifugal pellet dryer having a perforated rotating basket disposed in a housing and configured to rotate. A pellet slurry conduit conveys pellet slurry to be dried. A water baffle is coupled to a seal assembly to form a water chamber. A variable speed AC motor causes the basket to rotate. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317945 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A HIGH PROTEIN CORN MEAL FROM A WHOLE STILLAGE BYPRODUCT AND SYSTEM THEREFORE - The present invention relates generally to corn dry-milling, and more specifically, to methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct produced in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol and a system therefore. In one embodiment, a method for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct includes, in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol, separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a thin stillage portion. The thin stillage portion is separated into a protein portion and a water soluble solids portion. Next, the protein portion is dewatered then dried to define a high protein corn meal that includes at least 40 wt % protein on a dry basis. | 10-30-2014 |
20140360039 | CENTRIFUGE - A centrifuge includes a centrifuging compartment, a supporting assembly adjacent to the centrifuging compartment, a rotation mechanism mounted on the supporting assembly, and a feeding frame positioned in the centrifuging compartment. The centrifuging compartment includes a housing defining a inlet on a top thereof and a sealing cover pivotably coupling to the housing to cover the inlet. The supporting assembly includes a supporting portion positioned beside the housing and a base plate mounted on the supporting portion and located above the housing. The rotation mechanism rotatably extends through the top surface of the housing and the base plate, and coupling to a bottom surface of the housing. The feeding frame is positioned in the housing and coupling to the rotation mechanism, comprising a loading portion, and defining a positioning hole on a top thereof. | 12-11-2014 |
20140373378 | CENTRIFUGAL MACHINE FOR DRYING GRANULAR SOLID MATERIALS - The present invention relates to a centrifugal machine ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150075023 | FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS - A food processing apparatus has a housing, a basket supported in the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation, and a drive mechanism supported by the housing for rotating the basket to process food in the housing, for example, spinning off water from the food. The drive mechanism has a manual operating lever, a gearwheel rotated by the lever and coupled to the basket for rotating the basket, and a centrifugal clutch between the lever and the gearwheel for transmitting a rotational drive force from the lever to the gearwheel. The food processing apparatus includes a brake mechanism supported by the housing for braking rotation of the basket, the brake mechanism having a braking member frictionally engageable with the gearwheel to stop rotation of the basket. | 03-19-2015 |
20150113822 | CENTRIFUGAL MOISTURE REMOVAL DEVICE - A centrifugal moisture removal device includes a rotating mechanism and a fixing mechanism. The rotating mechanism includes a rotating bracket and a rotary driving member. The rotating bracket includes two sleeving portions. The fixing mechanism includes two positioning members, two clamping members, and two line driving members. Each clamping member includes a moving staff, an elastic member, and a sensing member. A first end portion of the moving staff passes through a sleeving portion and is mounted on a positioning member. The elastic member is sleeved on the moving staff. A first end portion of the elastic member resists the sleeving portion. A second end portion of the elastic member resists a second end portion of the moving staff. Each line driving member is set above the second end portion of a moving staff. The sensing member senses when the workpiece arrives at the positioning member. | 04-30-2015 |
20160016333 | Centrifugal pellet dryer and dewatering assembly - A centrifugal pellet dryer having a perforated rotating basket disposed in a housing and configured to rotate. A pellet slurry conduit conveys pellet slurry to be dried. A water baffle is coupled to a seal assembly to form a water chamber. A variable speed AC motor causes the basket to rotate. | 01-21-2016 |
20160146536 | CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR - A centrifugal separator, such as a spin dryer that separates water from wet clothing includes a stationary chamber. A perforated basket is arranged to spin within the stationary chamber. A DC or AC motor is arranged below the bottom floor fastened to a mechanical floor. A driveshaft can be connected to the motor output shaft via a flexible coupling and passes through the bottom floor and is connected to the basket. A brake disc is operatively fixed to the output shaft, and a brake caliper is fixed to the mechanical floor to stop the brake disc. A balance ring, having an annular chamber holding a balance fluid, is mounted to an outside of the basket. The centrifugal separator can include a cycle controller that can ramp up or down the basket speed and reverse spinning direction of the basket. | 05-26-2016 |
034059000 | Rotary scattering member | 3 |
20080289208 | Centrifugal pellet dryer screen with integral embossed deflector strips - An embossed screen having raised deflector elements on the internal surface is provided for a centrifugal pellet dryer. The deflector screen is formed as an integral structure, eliminating the need for separate deflector components secured by fastening elements along with the associated risks such as loosening or separation of the strip and contaminate build-up between the strip and the screen. The embossed deflector screen effectively deflects the pellets back toward the rotor where the pellets are reengaged with rotor energy, resulting in increased dryer efficiency and flow rate. The embossed deflector screen also enhances the overall structural strength of the screen, reduces manufacturing costs and prevents pellet entrapment that can lead to contamination in future runs. | 11-27-2008 |
20100050458 | Dryer System With Improved Throughput - A centrifugal dryer that has improved throughput capacity resulting from the combination of a high angle agglomerate catcher with optional overflow, increased dewatering capacity, a cylindrical dewatering feed chute, a modified rotor design with positionally and structurally modified lifters in the feed and dewatering section, the drying and propagating section, as well as the pellet discharge section, and an efficient circumferential foraminous membrane. | 03-04-2010 |
20120060386 | Low Impact Belt Dryer - A low impact belt dryer is presented for drying pellets while minimizing high-energy pellet collisions that may create pellet dust or cause pellets to fracture. The dryer includes a vacuum chamber having multiple air knife assemblies that direct high velocity drying fluid towards the pellets and though a liquid-permeable pellet-impermeable belt to a vacuum port. The low impact dryer may also include a centrifugal dryer for dewatering the pellets before they pass though the vacuum chamber. The conveyor belt of the dryer may transport the pellets through multiple desiccation chambers where low velocity air is directed upwards though the belt to both dry and levitate the pellets above the belt. The dryer may also include a cleaning chamber for removing debris from the liquid-permeable pellet-impermeable belt. | 03-15-2012 |