Rotary Drum Patents (Class 165/89)
  • Patent number: 11576395
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for making strips of edible material. Edible material is contained in a hopper having a discharge opening including a first side and a second side. A discharge shaping roller is positioned so that its surface is adjacent to the first side and said second side. Similarly, a cooling roller is also positioned so that its surface is adjacent to the first side and the second side. Edible material passes between the first side, the second side, the cooling roller, and the discharge roller to from a strip of edible material that is deposited on the cooling roller. The cooling roller then cools the strip of edible material and it is separated from the cooling roller by a blade. Once the strip is separated from the cooling roller it is deposited on a base of edible material such as a cookie or wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MARS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Alex A. Hanna, Stuart Alan Guinn, Rodger Dale Ellis, Joe Mark Posey
  • Patent number: 11110511
    Abstract: A roll for continuous casting comprises a cylindrical roll rotatably mounted on a fixed axle and said axle comprising a coolant inlet system and a coolant outlet system. A cooling chamber receives a flow of coolant. The coolant chamber is defined by the space between the interior of the cylindrical roll and the axle. Two overlapping spirals are formed onto the axle that creates a helical flow path from the coolant inlet system to the coolant outlet system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Roser Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy G. Kritikos
  • Patent number: 11110500
    Abstract: A uniform temperature roller system for uniform temperature exchange by supercritical fluid is revealed. The system includes a roller body, a pair of rotary shafts, a plurality of heating/cooling modules and a supercritical fluid. The roller body includes a first chamber, a second chamber and a third chamber. The second chamber is a closed space and the two rotary shafts are formed on two lateral plates of a housing of the roller body correspondingly. The heating/cooling modules are mounted in the second chamber and the supercritical fluid is filled in the second chamber for transferring temperature between the heating/cooling modules and the roller shell. Thereby the uniform temperature roller system achieves heating or cooling quickly with uniform heat exchange so as to improve quality and yield rate of the product as well as extend service life of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Tzu-Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 11098753
    Abstract: An end piece suitable for forming a spacer for a roll having two concentric tubes with axis, including spokes connecting two inner and outer cylindrical portions, and is where a fluid circuit originating from the center towards the periphery includes a first circumferential groove arranged in the inner cylindrical portion and a second circumferential groove arranged in the outer cylindrical portion connected by at least one pipe, such that the end piece makes it possible to reduce the weight of the roll by approximately 20%, to facilitate the balancing of the roll while ensuring accessibility to the inside of the roll between the two tubes and to enable easy mounting without indexing due to the circumferential grooves, and where the end piece with spokes enables access to the inside of the roll when it is mounted and thus enables both more accurate balancing than with solid end pieces that require the piercing of the outer tube and the invisibility of this balancing from the outside of the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: EPSILON COMPOSITE
    Inventors: Yann Chaumet, Yann Barbot
  • Patent number: 10663226
    Abstract: A heating drum, which guides a long-sized medium and also heats and dries the medium, includes a cylinder-shaped main body part, disc-shaped limb parts attached to the end parts of the main body part, and a shaft core attached to the limb parts. On an edge of an inner circumferential surface of the main body part, a cut-out part extending in the circumferential direction is formed. A groove part also extending in the circumferential direction is formed on the inner circumferential surface on an inner side from the cut-out part of the main body part. The cut-out part and the groove part are in parallel with each other, and the limb part is fitted to the cut-out part. A claw part is fixed to the limb part by a fitting tool, so that a hook part of the claw part is freely movably fitted to the groove part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Kouichi Ooyama, Kazushige Sato, Hidetoshi Kon
  • Patent number: 10126052
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing fluid, such as condensate, from the inside of a rotating cylinder 10. The apparatus comprises a syphon shoe 50 proximate to an inside surface 35 of the rotating cylinder 10. The syphon shoe 50 is connected to a syphon pipe 28. The syphon shoe 50 further comprises two opposing circumferential openings 51, 52 and a divider 60. The two opposing circumferential openings 51, 52 are disposed substantially parallel to the direction of rotation of the rotating cylinder 10. The divider separates the opposing circumferential openings 51, 52 and extends radially from the end of the syphon shoe 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Kadant Johnson LLC
    Inventors: Gregory L. Wedel, Gerald L. Timm, Timothy N. Henry
  • Patent number: 10088237
    Abstract: The invention relates to an uncooled furnace roll (1) for transporting continuously cast material from a continuous casting facility, and to a method for the production of such a furnace roll. The furnace roll (1) comprises a cylindrical roll body (2), conical end pieces (6) being attached to the end faces (8) of the roll body. Inside the furnace roll (1) a hollow space (4) is provided in the region of the roll body (2) and/or in the region of at least one conical end piece, said hollow space being sealed off from the atmosphere (A) and being placed under vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: SMS GROUP GMBH, SCHMIDT+CLEMENS GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Bilgen, Alexander Meyer, Wolfgang Schroemges, Stefan Mohr
  • Patent number: 10046198
    Abstract: A wheel exercising device includes a shank, two handgrips, two wheels, and two caps. The shank has a first threaded section and a second threaded section having different screwing directions. Each of the two handgrips is formed with an internal threaded section screwed onto the first threaded section and the second threaded section of the shank. At least one elastic member is connected between the two handgrips. Each of the two wheels is mounted on the shank. Each of the two caps is mounted on the shank and rests on one of the two wheels. When the two wheels are rotated forward and backward, the two handgrips are moved inward and outward synchronously along the first threaded section and the second threaded section of the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: JSS Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Chen Huang
  • Patent number: 10004942
    Abstract: A wheel exercising device includes a shank, at least one wheel mounted on the shank, two handgrips mounted on the shank, two mounting rings mounted on the shank, and two caps mounted on the shank and resting on the mounting rings. The shank has a first threaded section and a second threaded section having opposite screwing directions. Each of the handgrips is formed with an internal threaded section screwed onto the first threaded section and the second threaded section. Each of the handgrips is formed with a connecting ring, and at least one elastic member is connected between the connecting ring of each of the handgrips and each of the mounting rings. In practice, when the wheel is rotated forward and backward, the handgrips are moved inward and outward synchronously along the first threaded section and the second threaded section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: JSS Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Chen Huang
  • Patent number: 9962860
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a plastic processing roll, comprising a rigid inner cylinder covered at least partially by at least one flexible liner. Said flexible liner comprises a plurality of fluid ducts, each of which being connected to an inflow duct and being connected to an outflow duct. An elastic metal sleeve encases said flexible liner and is designed to be friction-locked by means of pressurizing the fluid ducts. Said flexible liner is formed by a plurality of longitudinal elements being arranged in parallel to each other, wherein each of said longitudinal elements houses at least one of said fluid ducts. Furthermore a plastic processing device and a method for producing double-sided structured plastic films is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: RENOLIT SE
    Inventor: Yannick Gerard
  • Patent number: 9851147
    Abstract: Herein is disclosed a spin flash dryer further comprising a waste outlet arranged in a chamber bottom of the spin flash dryer for removal of a residual organic waste material from a spin flash dryer during spin flash operation and a method of operating a such spin flash dryer to remove residual organic waste material from said spin flash dryer during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SPX FLOW TECHNOLOGY (DANMARK A/S)
    Inventors: Michael Christensen, Per Nielsen
  • Patent number: 9820499
    Abstract: A method of preparing a whole grain rice shredded product is provided. The method includes the steps of combining water and a whole grain rice component, the whole grain rice component comprising at least about 75% by weight rice, or up to about 100% by weight rice, cooking the whole grain rice component and water to form a cooked whole grain rice material, cooling the cooked whole grain rice material, tempering the cooked whole grain rice material for less than about 90 minutes to form a tempered whole grain rice material, and shredding the tempered whole grain rice material to form continuous net-like sheets of the whole grain rice shredded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
    Inventors: Jan Karwowski, Vani Vemulapalli, Barbara E. Baumann
  • Patent number: 9808665
    Abstract: A portable exercise device with a cylindrical and elongated main shaft and a plurality of central components that fit over the main shaft. Both ends of the main shaft are releasably attached handles. Each of the handles comprises a grip section that is cylindrical in shape and overlies a handle support. The grip section of each of the handles is releasably attached to the handle support, and the handle supports are releasably attached to the main shaft. Longitudinal axes of the main shaft and handles are collinear. Each of the handles comprises an attachment member that extends from a distal end of the handle and forms an arc. An inner circumference of the attachment member is circular except for a flat portion that is equal in width to the flat portion of the handle support. The handle attachment members are configured to releasably attach to the handle supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Eternal Evolution LLC
    Inventors: Chance Michael Demarais, Stephen Sanford, Kirk Turner, David Yakos, Joel Switzer
  • Patent number: 9744394
    Abstract: An exercising device includes an axle having a substantially straight portion and a pair of end portions disposed generally perpendicular to the straight portion, at least one wheel mounted for rotation on a peripheral surface of the straight portion and including a center aperture, a sleeve positioned between the peripheral surface of the straight portion and a peripheral surface of the aperture, a pair of collars with a threaded aperture disposed within a thickness of the each of the pair of collars, a pair of threaded fasteners seated within threaded apertures and having an inner end thereof in an abutting engagement with an exterior surface of the axle, a pair of end stops, each of the pair of end stops secured to an end of a respective end portion and at least one grip member disposed on the axle on each side of the at least one wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Frederick
  • Patent number: 9695078
    Abstract: A roll for use in glass manufacture, such as in the production of non-dusting TFT glass, includes a hollow silica cylinder. A rod extends through the interior of the silica cylinder. A cooling volume is contained within the cylinder and extends around the rod. End caps are mechanically fixed to the roll. Pulling flats are fixed in place by inner and outer end plates. A compression fitting secures at least the outer end plate to the roll. The rod may serve to reinforce the roll and may be secured to the shaft by a plurality of supports. The supports accommodate differences in thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Dwayne Bucko, Joseph Nardone, Douglas Schlack, Ryan Elliott
  • Patent number: 9625861
    Abstract: A sheet cooling apparatus cools a sheet while conveying the sheet having passed through a fixing device for fixing an unfixed toner image formed on the sheet by heating the toner image. A second suspension member is arranged so as to press a second endless belt on a circumferential face of a first cooling roller through a first endless belt, a first suspension member is arranged so as to press the first endless belt on a circumferential face of a second cooling roller through the second endless belt, and a curved sheet conveying path is formed between the first endless belt and the second endless belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Okuda
  • Patent number: 9606476
    Abstract: A cast device useable with an image forming apparatus is provided. The cast device includes at least one tube and a cast body. The cast body includes the at least one tube implanted into the cast body using a combined casting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Avichay Mor-Yosef, Eran Schwimmer, Yaniv Yona
  • Patent number: 9428861
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing, processing or finishing a web-shaped material web, in particular a fiber-material, paper, tissue or cardboard web, includes an interior space and a housing which, at least in part, surrounds the interior space and has an inner face and an outer face. The interior space has a temperature which is different from that of the surroundings of the housing, and the inner face and/or the outer face, at least in partial-regions, is/are provided with a thermal-insulation layer composed of at least one coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Robson Consolato, Marco Brujas
  • Patent number: 9400485
    Abstract: In a cooling device that includes a cooling roller that comprises a hollow tubular member and a cooling medium transport unit for transporting a cooling liquid to the inside of the cooling roller and contacts a sheet-like member to cool down the paper, a turbulence generating unit that generates turbulence in a cooling liquid is disposed near an inner wall of the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Okano, Takayuki Nishimura, Kenichi Takehara, Yasuaki Iijima, Hiromitsu Fujiya, Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Masanori Saitoh, Shingo Suzuki, Keisuke Yuasa, Keisuke Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9340865
    Abstract: A conveyance system 50A of a film-forming apparatus 20A includes a blowing roller 6 having a function of supplying a cooling gas toward a substrate 21. The blowing roller has the first shell 11 and the internal block 12. The first shell 11 has a plurality of first through holes 13 as a gas supply channel, and is rotatable in synchronization with the substrate 21. The internal block 12 is disposed inside the first shell 11. A manifold 14 is defined by the internal block 12 inside the first shell 11. The manifold 14 is formed so as to introduce the gas toward the plurality of first through holes 13 within the range of a holding angle. A clearance 15 facing the plurality of first through holes 13 outside the range of the holding angle is further formed inside the first shell 11. In the radial direction, the manifold 14 has a relatively large dimension, and the clearance 15 has a relatively small dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Honda, Satoshi Shibutani, Yasuharu Shinokawa, Sadayuki Okazaki, Noriyuki Uchida, Noriaki Amo
  • Patent number: 9206549
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steel-made Yankee cylinder (1) that comprises a cylindrical shell (2) having two axial ends (3, 4). An end wall (5, 6) is connected to each axial end (3, 4) by a circumferential weld bead (7). The cylindrical shell has an inner surface (8) in which circumferential grooves (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e) are formed. From the outermost circumferential groove (9a) at each axial end (3, 4) to the circumferential weld bead (7) at that axial end (3, 4) the wall thickness (T) of the cylindrical shell is either constant or decreasing and the depth (d1) of the circumferential grooves increases axially from the outermost circumferential groove (9a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Valmet Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Jonas Cederloef, Hans Ivarsson, Andreas Hjaertqvist, Magnus Hoegman, Stefan Moden, Johnny Anerud, Stefan Thyberg, Sune Wendelsson, Martin Raedman, Anna Danielsson
  • Patent number: 8959790
    Abstract: A device for positioning a drain pipe (6) of a draining system in a drying cylinder (1), the jacket (2) of which has inner circumferential grooves (3) for condensate which is formed as a result of heat transfer, said draining system comprising an outlet means and a plurality of drain pipes which are connected to the outlet means, wherein the draining system removes the condensate from the grooves via the drain pipes and the outlet means, wherein the device has a pipe positioner (14) which is disposed in an end portion (12) of the drain pipe located closest to the outlet means, said pipe positioner comprising a mounting device (15) for mounting the drain pipe onto the outlet means, and a lockable connection (16) that connects the drain pipe to the mounting device (15). According to the invention, the lockable connection is a joint connection, which defines a fulcrum for pivoting of the drainpipe in a plane to enable positioning of the drain pipe relative to the bottom surface of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Valmet AB
    Inventor: Johnny Anerud
  • Patent number: 8911231
    Abstract: A substrate-treatment installation includes a vacuum chamber, a substrate treatment device within the vacuum chamber, a substrate transport device within the vacuum chamber for guiding a substrate along a longitudinal direction in a substrate transport plane past the substrate treatment device, and a device for controlling substrate temperature. The substrate temperature controlling device includes a heat-absorbing cooler on one side of the substrate transport plane and an insulation member selectively displaceable between at least two different positions to vary extent of thermal shielding of the heat-absorbing cooler relative to the substrate transport plane by the insulation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: VON ARDENNE Anlagentechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Hubertus Von Der Waydbrink, Thomas Meyer, Michael Hentschel, Reinhardt Bauer, Andrej Wolf, Hans-Christian Hecht
  • Patent number: 8606138
    Abstract: In a cooling device that includes a cooling roller that comprises a hollow tubular member and a cooling medium transport unit for transporting a cooling liquid to the inside of the cooling roller and contacts a sheet-like member to cool down the paper, a turbulence generating unit that generates turbulence in a cooling liquid is disposed near an inner wall of the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Okano, Takayuki Nishimura, Kenichi Takehara, Yasuaki Iijima, Hiromitsu Fujiya, Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Masanori Saitoh, Shingo Suzuki, Keisuke Yuasa, Keisuke Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8351817
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a cooling roller having a dual tube structure including an inner tube disposed inside an outer tube, an outside flow passage and an inside flow passage in which a cooling medium flows, and an opening that allows the outside flow passage to communicate with the inside flow passage, a cooling medium transport unit, and a rotating tube joint unit mounted to one end side of the cooling roller. One end of the outer tube is coaxially rotatably fitted to a first fitting section of the rotating tube joint unit. One end of the inner tube is coaxially fitted into and rotatably or fixedly supported to a second fitting section of the rotating tube joint unit, and the other end is coaxially fitted into and rotatably or fixedly supported to a fitting section on the other end of the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Saitoh, Satoshi Okano, Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Shingo Suzuki, Kenichi Takehara, Yasuaki Iijima, Takayuki Nishimura, Hiromitsu Fujiya, Keisuke Yuasa
  • Patent number: 8297965
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch roll (211) including: a center rotary shaft (20); fixed end plates (28, 29) concentrically disposed in two places which are away from each other in an axial direction of the center rotary shaft; an external cylinder (40) made of a metal-made thin film and rotatably supported, at two ends thereof, by the respective fixed end plates, the external cylinder being concentric with the center rotary shaft; and multiple rolling rubber rolls (70) each rotatably supported, at two ends thereof, by the respective fixed end plates, the plurality of rolling rubber rolls being in sliding contact with an outer peripheral surface of the center rotary shaft, and being in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the external cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayoshi Sano, Takashi Hirose, Tomonori Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 8182256
    Abstract: By provision of a plurality of rolling rubber rolls 70 each adapted for a sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of a central rotational shaft 20 and a sliding contact with an inner circumferential surface of an outer tube 40, an annular space between the central rotational shaft 20 and the outer tube 40 is divided by the rolling rubber rolls 70 in the circumferential direction into a plurality of heat medium chambers 91, 92, 93, and 94, the plurality of heat medium chambers being each respectively configured for individual conduction of heat medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayoshi Sano, Daichi Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20120047941
    Abstract: A water recovery process for a steam assisted gravity drainage system for a heavy oil recovery facility, the process comprising a flash drum and a flash drum heat exchanger/condenser, wherein the water recovery process receives hot water produced by a facility at a temperature above the water atmospheric boiling point and cools it to a temperature below the water atmospheric boiling point before transferring it to the remaining section of the water recovery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: KemeX Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenneth James
  • Patent number: 8070468
    Abstract: A sheet film forming roll includes a center rotary shaft. Fixed end plates are disposed in two locations which are away from each other in an axial direction of the center rotary shaft, respectively. An external cylinder is made of a metal thin film. Two ends of the external cylinder are rotatably supported by the fixed end plates, respectively. Multiple rolling rubber rolls have ends which are rotatably supported by the respective fixed end plates. The rolling rubber rolls are in sliding contact with an outer peripheral surface of the center rotary shaft, and in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the external cylinder. The rolling rubber rolls divide an annular space between the external cylinder and the center rotary shaft into multiple heating medium chambers arranged in a circumferential direction of the sheet film forming roll. A heating medium is configured to be filled in each of the multiple heating medium chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayoshi Sano, Takashi Hirose, Tatsuaki Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8028439
    Abstract: A clothes dryer bearing structure has an arcuate channel for receiving the open end of a dryer drum. The channel has an inner wall portion, a base wall portion extending radially outward from the inner wall portion and an outer wall portion extending from the base wall portion. A gasket is positioned in the channel in contact with the dryer drum. The outer wall portion has a plurality of spaced apart elongated clips formed on the outer wall portion and curving back into the channel. At least one of the outer wall portion and the base wall portion has a plurality of elongated bumps protruding into the channel. Each of the elongated bumps is interspaced between the elongated clips whereby the gasket lies serpentinely in the channel ascending over bumps and descending below the clips to prevent slippage of the gasket along the channel during dryer drum rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Mabe Canada Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel Prajescu
  • Patent number: 7921578
    Abstract: A nebulizer assembly for use in a fabrics revitalizing system having a fabric treatment chamber comprises a fluid reservoir configured to contain a fluid; an air flow channel in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir; a mist generator configured to generate a mist in the fluid reservoir; and a fan in fluid communication with the air flow channel to draw air through the air flow channel and transport the mist to the interior of the fabric treatment chamber. The nebulizer assembly can include a transitional assembly that communicates the nebulizer assembly with the fabric treatment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Karl D. McAllister, Alexander V. Minkin
  • Publication number: 20110052247
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a cooling roller having a dual tube structure including an inner tube disposed inside an outer tube, an outside flow passage and an inside flow passage in which a cooling medium flows, and an opening that allows the outside flow passage to communicate with the inside flow passage, a cooling medium transport unit, and a rotating tube joint unit mounted to one end side of the cooling roller. One end of the outer tube is coaxially rotatably fitted to a first fitting section of the rotating tube joint unit. One end of the inner tube is coaxially fitted into and rotatably or fixedly supported to a second fitting section of the rotating tube joint unit, and the other end is coaxially fitted into and rotatably or fixedly supported to a fitting section on the other end of the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Saitoh, Satoshi Okano, Tomoyasu Hirasawa, Shingo Suzuki, Kenichi Takehara, Yasuaki Iijima, Takayuki Nishimura, Hiromitsu Fujiya, Keisuke Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20100255971
    Abstract: A hollow roller, which is heatable with steam, has an inner wall. It is rotatably mounted and has a steam supply channel opening into the interior and a siphon pipe, which opens into the interior coaxially to a centre longitudinal axis, with a suction opening located adjacent to the inner wall. The siphon pipe is held in a rotary feed-through, which is pivotable relative to the centre longitudinal axis of the hollow roller about a pivot angle ? in such a way that the spacing b of the suction opening from the inner wall is adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: BHS Corrugated Maschinen-und Anlagenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas HECKY, Harald Tobies
  • Patent number: 7725055
    Abstract: A roller for a printer includes an outer tube and at least one inner tube. The inner tube is position within the outer tube. The outer tube extends in an axial direction from a first to a second end and the inner tube extends substantially parallel to the outer tube, defining an inter tubular space between the outer and the inner tube and an intra tubular space within the inner tube. The roller also includes a blocking element dividing the inter tubular space and the intra tubular space into a first part extending substantially from the first end to the blocking element and a second part extending substantially from the blocking element to the second end. A first and a second duct connects the first and second part of the inter tubular space with the second and first part, respectively, of the intra tubular space via the blocking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: OCE-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes H. L. Smeyers, Ernest J. J. Clevers, Rob W. M. Janssen, Wilhelmus M. Van Herpen
  • Patent number: 7717039
    Abstract: A rotating body of a printing press includes a barrel that has a base body and an outer body which at least partially surrounds the base body. The external body, or at least one channel which is located in the barrel is traversed by a temperature control medium. The outer body or the at least one channel is thermally insulated with respect to the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Becker, Karl Robert Schäfer, Georg Schneider
  • Patent number: 7718033
    Abstract: A one step method and system for producing nanofluids by a particle-source evaporation and deposition of the evaporant into a base fluid. The base fluid such (i.e. ethylene glycol) is placed in a rotating cylindrical drum having an adjustable heater-boat-evaporator and heat exchanger-cooler apparatus. As the drum rotates, a thin liquid layer is formed on the inside surface of the drum. A heater-boat-evaporator having an evaporant material (particle-source) placed within its boat evaporator is adjustably positioned near a portion of the rotating thin liquid layer, the evaporant material being heated thereby evaporating a portion of the evaporant material, the evaporated material absorbed by the liquid film to form nanofluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Milivoje Kostic, Mihajlo Golubovic, John R. Hull, Stephen U. S. Choi
  • Patent number: 7575043
    Abstract: A conveyor for moving hot material at temperatures on this order of 1000° F. or higher along a trough receiving the material has one or more cooling liquid flow vessels extending over but spaced from the outer surface of a trough inner wall to indirectly cause cooling of the inner wall. A heat transfer connection conductively interconnect the vessel and the inner trough wall such as interposed thin webs or plates, or alternatively a mass of conductive beads interposed to controllably transfer heat into the cooling liquid flow vessel. A series of wear plates are clamped to a pushing side of a helical tube of an auger type conveyor, which tube can also receive a flow of cooling liquid. The arrangement of a mass of conductive beads is usable in other applications to provide a non rigid mechanical support of a controlled thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Inventors: Richard W. Kauppila, Raymond W. Kauppila
  • Patent number: 7511101
    Abstract: A plug flow reactor having an inner shell 27 surrounded by outer shell 21 and having at least one annular flow passage 35 therebetween can be used to prepare compositions, including polymers. The plug flow reactor also includes inlet port 36, an outlet port 37 and a plurality of exchanger tubes 26 wherein the exchanger tubes are in fluid communication to the at least one annular flow passage. Polystyrene and high impact polystyrene can be prepared using the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thanh T. Nguyen, Jay L. Reimers
  • Publication number: 20080251238
    Abstract: A cooling device comprising a rotating part (1) provided with an internal space (3) intended for the transport of cooling liquid and provided with external fins (4) intended for the transport of gas along at least a section of the rotating part. The rotating part is symmetrical in rotation and revolves around an axis of rotation (2). The rotating part comprises a cooling liquid pump section (5), a fan section (6), and between these an intermediate section (7) arranged around the axis of rotation, where the fan section has a basic shape of a radially extended plate (15), wherein the flow of cooling liquid enters at the pump section from an object to be cooled, proceeds through the intermediate section and turns back in the vicinity of the periphery (17) of the fan section, in order to once again pass the intermediate section and then be pumped back to the object by means of the pump section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventor: Bjorn Gudmundsson
  • Patent number: 7422424
    Abstract: Apparatus for the forming of a strip, formable at increased temperature, in particular of a strip consisting of thermoplastic, in a continuous run on the surface of a rotating drum which is to be heated and/or to be cooled in predetermined stationary regions. In order to reduce the energy losses due to the heating and cooling alternation, the thin-walled drum is mounted on a carrier body which can be heated or cooled in the respective regions and is heat-exchangeable with the drum surface at least in these regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Kark AG
    Inventor: Uwe Kark
  • Patent number: 7178582
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for increasing a transfer of thermal energy through an inner surface of a hollow cylindrical dryer of a papermaking machine to a peripheral outer surface of the dryer. The apparatus includes a plurality of bars of rectangular cross-sectional configuration, each of the bars extending axially within the dryer. The bars are disposed spaced and parallel relative to each other with each of the bars being urged outwardly against the inner surface of the dryer. A mechanism is provided for urging each of the bars radially outward against the inner surface of the dryer. The mechanism includes a plurality of hoop rings which are spaced axially within the dryer, each hoop ring being disposed normal to an axis of rotation of the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Kadant Johnson Inc.
    Inventors: Alan T. Ives, Gerald L. Timm, Gregory L. Wedel
  • Patent number: 7097605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller for the thermomechanical treatment of a web-shaped medium, the roller including: a roller body; axial bores for a thermal treatment fluid which are incorporated in roller body near to an outer surface of the roller body and into which the thermal treatment fluid flows on an inflow side; inflow zones, formed on the inflow side in the upstream ends of the bores or in feed channels through which the thermal treatment fluid flows into the bores; and directing or guiding portions provided in the inflow zones, which transfer a rotational movement of the roller onto the thermal treatment fluid, the directing portions at least substantially completely transfer the rotational movement onto the thermal treatment fluid and in this way suppress a relative swirl between the bores and the thermal treatment fluid, while still in the inflow zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: SHW Casting Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz-Michael Zaoralek
  • Patent number: 7069928
    Abstract: A first and second housing is joined together by a middle housing rotatable with respect to the first and second housing. The first and second housings have conduits passing through exterior walls and an annular ring on an inside wall together with an annular interior edge rotatably joined to first and second side rim channels of the middle housing. A heat-moisture exchanger material having an annular opening through which a tube passes is mounted within the middle housing so that in a first rotatable position air and moisture passes through the first and second housing conduits directly and in a second rotatable position must pass through the heat-moisture exchange material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Inventors: James V. Waldo, Jr., Christopher D. Warner
  • Patent number: 7063128
    Abstract: A drum type heat exchanger for effectively ventilating and purifying room air of a factory, a building or a house and the like is described. The drum type heat exchanger has heat transfer means with a drum shape and thus an entire size is reduced as much as possible and become compact, such that a handling and an installation is easy, a thermal efficiency to an installation space of the heat transfer means is maximized, and overall maintenance and repair such as a check or exchange of the heat transfer means are easy. Additionally, the drum type heat exchanger uses a drum with a short radius of rotation so that an entire operation cycle time is shortened and a heat transfer area is sufficiently secured in order to keep the thermal efficiency high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Daeryun Ind Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Byung-sook You
  • Patent number: 7028756
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for increasing a transfer of thermal energy through an inner surface of a hollow cylindrical dryer of a papermaking machine to a peripheral outer surface of the dryer. The apparatus includes a plurality of bars of rectangular cross-sectional configuration, each of the bars extending axially within the dryer. The bars are disposed spaced and parallel relative to each other with each of the bars being urged outwardly against the inner surface of the dryer. Also, each of the bars defines an axially extending enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: The Johnson Corporation
    Inventors: Alan T. Ives, Gerald L. Timm, Gregory L. Wedel
  • Publication number: 20040250997
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a drum type heat exchanger for effectively ventilating and purifying room air of a factory, a building or a house and the like. The present invention provides a drum type heat exchanger in which heat transfer means has a drum shape and thus an entire size is reduced as much as possible and become compact, such that a handling and an installation is easy, a small space is taken for the installation, a thermal efficiency to an installation space of the heat transfer means is maximized, and overall maintenance and repair such as a check or exchange of the heat transfer means are easy in order for the heat transfer means to be recycled and thus a life span of the heat exchanger is extended. Additionally, the present invention provides the drum type heat exchanger which uses the drum with a short radius of rotation so that an entire operation cycle time is shortened and a heat transfer area is sufficiently secured in order to keep the thermal efficiency high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Byung-sook You
  • Patent number: 6821237
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a thermoroll for a paper/board machine or a finishing machine, the said thermoroll comprising a shell (2; 4, 5) of metallic, ceramic or composite material, the shell incorporating ducts (3; 9) for passing a heating medium from one axial end of the shell to its opposite end. The shell is made by means of casting or powder metallurgical methods, and the ducts (3; 9) are formed in the matrix material of the shell which is of metal and/or ceramic, directly in connection with manufacture. A further object of the invention is a method for manufacturing a thermoroll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Juha Isometsä, Erkki Leinonen, Mika Viljanmaa
  • Patent number: 6810800
    Abstract: A cylinder, such as an inking roller for a printing press, includes a base body and an outer body. A tempering medium can flow in a gap between the base body and the outer body. The base body has a circumference which includes grooves that define a multiple helical channel for the tempering medium. The outer body is supported by the base body of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Schneider, Armin Alois Hemmelmann
  • Patent number: 6796371
    Abstract: A roller for thermally treating web-shaped media, comprising a roller body which is rotatable about its central longitudinal axis, and peripheral bores introduced in axial parallel in the roller body, for conveying a heating medium, wherein other axially parallel balancing bores are formed in the roller body in addition to the peripheral bores for the heating medium, said balancing bores running from an end face of the roller body towards the center of the roller body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Eppli, Markus Rieck, Mario Wipprecht, Heinz-Michael Zaoralek
  • Patent number: 6793008
    Abstract: A rotatable roller has a roller body with channels for guiding a medium through the roller body for controlling the temperature of the roller body. At least one of the channels has a separating member separating the at least one channel into separate channel portions such that media having different properties are separately guided through the at least one channel. The separating member is helically shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Walzen Irle GmbH
    Inventor: Jaxa von Schweinichen