Abstract: A dryer fire protection system has a control circuit for controlling power supplied from a source, via a power cord comprising a neutral line and at least one entry live line, to a load connected with the neutral line and at least one load live line. The control circuit has a relay comprising an electromagnet and a normally open switch. The energized electromagnet closes the switch to allow power to flow between the entry live line and corresponding load live line. An electromagnet control circuit connected between the entry line and neutral line has a plurality of normally closed thermostats in series and mounted within the cabinet external of a drum and ducting associated therewith. Power normally flows through the electromagnetic circuit to energize the electromagnet. Excessive cabinet heat opens at least one thermostat to interrupt power to the electromagnet circuit to de-energize the electromagnet to open the switch.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drum (5) or drum segment (12, 12?, 12?) for a drying apparatus of pourable material, with built-in components (8) being arranged within the drum (5) which is rotatable about its central axis, which built-in components thoroughly mix and convey the pourable material (9) from the drum entrance (4) to the drum exit (6) while guiding through a tempered gaseous transport fluid. The invention consists in that several support rings (7) are arranged between the built-in components (8) and the drum (5), which support rings are arranged to be statically supporting, but compensate tensile and compressive stresses in an elastic manner, and are connected in a positive and/or non-positive way with the built-in components (8) and/or their support frame (14) and the drum (5). A method is further presented with which it is possible to produce drums (5) or drum segments (12) in a simpler and more cost-effective manner than permitted by the prior state of the art.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improving drying efficiency are disclosed. The systems may include a dryer a motor operatively connected to the drum and configured to cause the drum to rotate. The systems further include a controller for controlling operation of the dryer and configured to alter a drum rotation direction during a drying cycle. The methods may include, at the beginning of the drying cycle, causing the drum to rotate in a first rotation direction thereby causing the contents of the dryer to traverse along the drum centerline. In addition, causing the contents of the dryer to traverse along the drum centerline comprises reversing the rotation direction during the drying cycle. Reversing the rotation direction promotes movement of the contents within the drum in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A semi-drying method of a washing machine, and a ventilating structure and a control apparatus for the same. In the semi-drying method, the dehydration and disentanglement of cloth are repeated plural times, and a washing tub is rotated at a designated dehydration speed for a time longer than that of the conventional dehydrating operation so as to minimize the jamming of the cloth into water pores of the washing tub, thereby increasing the dehydration degree of the cloth compared to the conventional dehydrating operation, removing offensive odors from the cloth, preventing damage to the cloth, allowing a user to select the duration of a semi-drying operation and to see the state of the semi-drying operation, and ventilating the washing tub during the semi-drying operation to improve the dehydration degree of the cloth.

Abstract: Disclosed are a clothes dryer and a door thereof. The door includes a glass assembly provided with a door glass; and a door cover connected to the glass assembly. The door cover has a vertically symmetrical structure, and is rotated against the glass assembly and then connected to the glass assembly, when the opening and closing direction of the door is changed. Thereby, when the opening and closing direction of the door is changed, only the door cover is rotated, and thus the opening and closing direction of the door is easily changed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nozzle arrangement (6) adapted to supply at least one fluid-phase additive into a storing compartment (4) of a textiles treatment apparatus (2), in particular an exhaust air and/or condenser dryer, a refreshment apparatus or a washing machine having drying function. The nozzle arrangement comprises at least one nozzle (8), each being adapted to feed an additive; and at least one trapping device (10) adapted to trap and/or to remove liquid and/or particles leaving the at least one nozzle (8) or forming at or close to said nozzle. Further, the invention relates to an additive supply arrangement (6, 18, 20, 22, 12) adapted to supply at least one additive, comprising at least one nozzle (8), each being adapted to feed an additive; at least one additive supply source (12); and at least one fluid channel (18, 20) connecting the at least one additive supply source (12) to the at least one nozzle (8); wherein at least one fluid channel comprises at least one capillary element.

Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid storage container and a clothes dryer having the same. The clothes dryer comprises: a body; a front supporter which forms a part of a front surface of the body, and configured to fix the drum; a door installed at the front supporter; a liquid storage container comprising a reservoir configured to store liquid therein, and an inlet unit through which liquid is introduced into the reservoir; and a remaining amount indicator configured to indicate a remaining amount of the liquid stored in the reservoir, wherein the remaining amount indicator is installed on a rear surface of the front supporter, and is exposed to the front surface of the body.

Abstract: Disclosed are a liquid storage container and a clothes dryer having the same. The liquid storage container comprises: a reservoir installed at a clothes dryer, and configured to store liquid therein; a floating member floating on the liquid, and disposed on the reservoir with a rotation angle variable according to level change of the liquid inside the reservoir; and display means configured to display information corresponding to the rotation angle of the floating member. The rotation angle of the floating member may vary according to a remaining amount of the liquid. And, the remaining amount of the liquid may be informed to a user through the display means. Accordingly, the user may easily check the remaining amount of the liquid without checking the inside of the liquid storage container.

Abstract: A dryer includes a mixing type lifter to increase a contact area between laundry and air blown to the laundry. The lifter includes a main body provided to a drum of the dryer to move laundry received in the drum, a bent section formed on the main body to cause three-dimensional movement of the laundry, and a separation maintaining section formed on the main body to form a space between the laundry and the main body.

Abstract: A laundry dryer (1), wherein the laundry is dried inside a rotating drum (3) by a stream (7) of hot air blown into the drum (3) through a perforated wall (5) of the drum (3); and wherein two single-pole ion generators (10, 11) are located along a path of the stream (7) of air, close to the perforated wall (5), and generate respective streams of ions of opposite polarities, which are blown, together with the air, into the drum (3) to eliminate the electrostatic charge produced in the laundry by the drying process.

Abstract: A clothes dryer having a fragrance supplying module, comprises: a body that forms appearance of the clothes dryer; a drum rotatably installed in the body; and a front supporter for supporting the drum at a front side, wherein the fragrance supplying module for supplying fragrance into the drum is provided at the front supporter. The fragrance supplying module comprises a fragrance injection unit, a fragrance storage unit connected to the fragrance injection unit, a pump connected to the fragrance storage unit, and a nozzle connected to the pump by a tube, for lo spraying fragrance into the drum. Accordingly, a fragrant liquid stored in the fragrance storage unit can be easily sprayed into the drum.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clothes dryer including, a main body configuring an outer appearance, a door installed at a front surface of the main body for opening and closing an inside, a drum rotatably installed in the main body, a front supporter disposed in the main body for supporting a front side of the drum, and a fragrance supplying module for supplying a fragrant material into the drum, wherein the fragrance supplying module is mounted at the front supporter in the main body to be reachable by opening the door, and the fragrant material contained in the fragrance supplying module is a solid, liquid or gaseous component, whereby supplement or replacement of the fragrant material can be facilitated, if required, by allowing the fragrance supplying module for spraying fragrance into the drum of the dryer to be installed at a easily reachable position.

Abstract: A clothes dryer includes: a main body constituting an outer appearance; a drum rotatably installed within the main body; a front supporter supporting the drum at a front side; and a fragrance supply device configured to supply fragrance to the interior of the drum, wherein the fragrance supply device includes a liquid level detecting unit for detecting a liquid level of a fragrance liquid stored therein. The fragrance supply device includes a liquid level detecting unit. The liquid level detecting unit includes an electrode sensor installed in the chamber, a magnet attached to a floater, and a reed switch. With the presence of the liquid level detecting unit, when the fragrance liquid stored in the chamber is used up so it needs to be supplemented, the user can easily recognize that upon viewing an indication displayed on a control panel or the like.

Abstract: In order to to provide a process and an apparatus for manufacturing confectionery products made from cereals, in particular thin ones having uniform shapes, which solve disadvantages in transporting such products, it is characterized in that a first and a second drying steps are arranged prior to cut-out baking raw material dough pieces in manufacturing thin confectionery products made from cereals and having uniform shapes, in which in the first drying step, drying is conducted by a step of transporting the raw material dough pieces aligned on transporting conveyor belts under a hot blast atmosphere inside a first drying compartment, a maturing step in a cooling state is arranged following a completion of the first drying step, and in the second drying step, drying is conducted by a step of transporting the raw material dough pieces in their mixed state under a hot air atmosphere inside rotary drums in an axial direction in a second drying compartment.

Abstract: An infrared dehumidifier includes a hollow drum configured to rotate or oscillate around a longitudinal axis and one or more infrared heating lamps disposed inside the drum.

Abstract: A clothes dryer providing clothes care has a main controller operable with an outlet temperature sensor for receiving the outlet temperature values. The controller is operable with a heater to controllably raise the outlet temperature of air flowing out of a dryer drum above an outlet clothes care target temperature value whereupon the controller operates the heater to raise the outlet temperature to an overshoot temperature value. The clothes care temperature value is determined by a heat setting selected by a user. The overshoot temperature value is sufficiently high to reduce drying time but sufficiently low as to prevent damage to damp clothing. Once the outlet temperature rises to the clothes care temperature, the controller reduces power to the heater, bringing the outlet temperature back down to the clothes care temperature. The controller de-energizing the heater for a cooldown cycle upon detection of a dry load.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dryer motor assembly support that limits or eliminates cabinet vibration and noise. The dryer comprises a cabinet comprising a floor having an outside peripheral portion, and a central portion with four openings. The dryer further comprises a motor assembly, having a motor and motor mount comprising a base, spaced above the openings. A support assembly for supporting the motor assembly comprises two parallel spaced apart support portions each spaced below and spanning across the central portion, passing beneath the openings. Each support portion has oppositely disposed end portions secured with the peripheral portion. Each support portion comprises two projections extending therefrom toward the base. Each projection passes through a corresponding one of the openings with clearance to secure the support portion with the base, isolating the motor. The motor and support assembly, and the openings are co-located away from the central portion.

Abstract: A bearing including a wearable section including a wear sensor is provided. The bushing includes a wear sensor that provides feedback to a user relating to the amount of useable life of the bearing that has been used. The sensor may be in the form of a wire imbedded in the wearable section of the bearing such that as the wearable section wears over time, the wire may be worn through breaking a circuit including the wire. An indicator module can sense the breakage of the wire and determine the amount of useable life of the bearing that has been used. In one implementation, the bearing is used in a drying drum. In one form of the invention, a method of monitoring wear of the bearing is provided that includes monitoring changes in electrical properties of a sensor mounted in the bearing.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a sterilizable drying machine using ultraviolet radiation, and a sterilizable drying method in the same. The sterilizable drying machine using ultraviolet radiation includes a casing having an inlet at its front surface, so that the user can put the washed laundry into the drying machine through the inlet, a drum supported by a front supporter inside the inlet of the casing, and rotatably installed inside the casing, to perform drying, an ultraviolet light source installed at the front supporter, for sterilizing the inside of the drum by radiating ultraviolet rays, and a control means connected to the ultraviolet light source, for controlling the ultraviolet light source to generate the ultraviolet rays.

Abstract: A method for drying sensitive articles, essentially textiles made of wool, which are to be dried in the washing drum of a clothes dryer using a computer program. According to known methods for protecting sensitive articles to be dried during a drying program, the articles to be dried are introduced into a protective device which, filled with the articles to be dried, is then inserted into the washing drum before the start of the drying program. In order to prevent damage to the sensitive articles to be dried whenever the protective device is not used, a warning signal is generated prior to the start of the drying program when the protective device containing the sensitive articles to be dried is not properly fixed to the clothes dryer.

Abstract: An apparatus for drying a delicate textile item is provided that includes a drum which can rotate about an axis for receiving the textile item and that moves the textile item in an air flow that penetrates the drum. A net for receiving the textile item during drying is provided and the net can be stowed in the drum and can rotate with the drum.

Abstract: A dryer includes a cabinet; a drum rotatably mounted inside the cabinet; a front panel provided between the cabinet and the drum; a valve provided inside the cabinet to control supply and cutoff of gas and an amount of the supplied gas; a fixing piece for mounting the valve on one side thereof; and a bracket coupled to the other side of the fixing piece.

Abstract: A drier for a food waste disposal system. A hollow drum has a charge port and a discharge port for food waste. An agitating screw has a rotating thread which is rotatably disposed in an inner space of the drum and agitates and crushes the food waste, and a rotating shaft around which the rotating thread is disposed. A motor is installed on a first end of the drum, and provides a rotating force to the agitating screw. A crusher has a crush plate installed on a second end of the drum and a plurality of inclined crushing blades arranged radially, and a crush plate support installed around an upper portion of the crush plate. A heater is installed on an outer surface of the drum, and when powered provides high-temperature heat for the inner space of the drum, drying the food waste.

Abstract: The tumble drying device has a heat pump with a lifting magnet, with a rinsing valve of the heat pump being connectable by means of the lifting magnet, with the lifting magnet and a PTC resistor with a non-linear resistance curve being connected in series, with it being possible to heat up the PTC resistor by means of a current flow and said PTC resistor being highly resistive when a predetermined limit temperature is exceeded and with the limit temperature being adjusted such that it is reached before a permissible on-time of the lifting magnet is exceeded.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a steam laundry dryer which may include a steam generator. An embodiment of a laundry dryer according to the present invention comprises a water guard plate having a predetermined-sized surface to block water leaked and flying over from the steam generator or the water supply hose to at least a portion of the control panel.

Abstract: A device for retaining material for drying in a static position within a drying device with a preferably rotating drum. The material for drying may be positioned such that the surface of the material for drying exposed to a dry air stream is maximized. A spacer with an at least partly flexible embodiment is provided, on which the material for drying may be arranged and which may be placed in an essentially curved form, along with the material for drying, such that overlapping regions of the material for drying are arranged at a radial separation from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drum-type washing machine having a tub provided therein for storing wash water with an improved structure, the tub including a center tub formed in a hollow cylindrical form for rotatably providing a drum therein; and a back tub including a base plate for covering a rear side of the center tub, a first bending part bent backward from an outline of the base plate, and overlapped on an inner surface of the center tub, and a second bending part bent frontward from the first bending part, and overlapped on an outer circumferential surface of the center tub.

Abstract: A laundry dryer comprising a housing and a rotatably mounted laundry drum. A carbon contact holder assembly including a supporting part and includes a receptacle having a longitudinal axis disposed at an angle a with respect to a perpendicular cross sectional plane of the laundry drum. The supporting part includes an integrally supporting arm extending in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the receptacle. The supporting arm includes an attachment section configured to attach to the housing and a clamp strap configured to hold cables. A carbon contact is disposed in the receptacle and movable against a spring force along the longitudinal axis in a radial direction of the laundry drum. The dryer includes a latching receptacle disposed on the supporting part that includes a plug-in contact connected to the carbon contact by a flexible lead.

Abstract: A clothes drier comprises a dehumidifying unit configured to dehumidify air exhausted from the drum, and to control an amount of water to be supplied thereto according to a drying level of clothes. As an amount of water supplied to the dehumidifying unit is controlled according to a drying level of clothes, a water consumption amount is reduced.

Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably installed within the cabinet and a heating unit that heats the drum. Because the heating unit heats the drum itself, heat generated from the heating unit is transferred to the outer surface of the drum, passes through the interior of the drum according to thermal conduction and then heats the clothes, target items to be dried, so that temperature of the entire clothes are uniformly increased to accelerate evaporation of moisture of the target items to be dried.

Abstract: The invention proposes a domestic appliance having a cooling unit with a sorbent from which a refrigerant can be separated by the application of energy, having a condensation unit for condensing the separated refrigerant, and a cooling unit for dispensing the cold of evaporation of the evaporated refrigerant, and having a control unit for temporally separately controlling the application of energy to the sorbent for separating the refrigerant from the sorbent firstly at a first time and dispensing cold by evaporating refrigerant in the cooling unit at another time, characterized in that the cooling unit is in the form of a physical unit which is separate from the condensation unit and is connected to the said condensation unit via a refrigerant-carrying line.

Abstract: An assembly which is a composite including an end shield and a front wall. The size and shape of the end shield are adapted to the inner face of the front wall. Both parts are dimensioned and formed in such a way that they can be interconnected in a fixed manner to form a stable composite resembling a sandwich assembly. The joint surfaces between the front wall and the end shield lie on perpendicular planes and extend for some distance. The construction and connection of the individual parts and of the composite give the front region of the tumble dryer a high degree of rigidity, which obviates the need for additional reinforcement measures. The assembly thus saves material and mounting costs and resources.

Abstract: A steam dryer is disclosed, by which creases left on clothes and the like can be prevented or removed, by which water can be easily and conveniently supplied to a cartridge to facilitate the cartridge to be cleaned, and by which water can be easily and conveniently supplied to a cartridge to facilitate a filter of the cartridge to be replaced. The present invention includes a drum to be selectively rotatable, a hot-air heater to heat air to supply hot air to the drum, a steam generator to supply stem to the drum, and a water container to store water to be supplied to the steam generator, the water container having a supply hole on a upper portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry dryer that can prevent as well as remove wrinkles of laundry. A laundry dryer includes a drum in which laundry is held; a hot air heater that heats air to supply hot air to the drum; a steam generator that generates steam to supply the steam to the drum; and a water tank to hold water to supply to the steam generator, the water tank in flow communication with a water supply hole through which water is supplied into the water tank with the water tank kept in flow communication with the steam generator.

Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a hollow housing having a hinged door. A perforated drum is mounted for rotation within the housing and in alignment with the door aperture and is rotatable by an electric motor. An electrically operable oil-filled radiator is positioned within a bottom portion of the hollow housing and below the rotating drum and is connectable to a source of conventional household electrical power for generating radiant heat upon supply of the electrical power. The heat rises through the perforated rotating drum for drying wet clothes contained therein. The invention also provides a novel child safety device which is positioned within the door aperture for preventing passage of the child therethrough.

Abstract: A coffee roaster that includes a combustion chamber and a connected roasting oven in which the heating gases for roasting the coffee beans are recirculated to the combustion chamber wherein the coffee bean chaff is separated from the recirculating heating gases prior to venting to atmosphere, and an associated cooling chamber wherein the roasted coffee beans are cooled in a two-stage-heating cycle wherein the cooling air is recirculated to the combustion chamber to be reheated to roasting temperatures and vented to atmosphere during the second stage of cooling. The coffee beans being de-stoned as the cooled coffee beans are conveyed from the cooling chamber to the discharge hopper.

Abstract: A drying apparatus for drying articles such as clothing is provided. The drying apparatus includes a chamber for containing articles to be dried and a system for supplying heated dry air at a first temperature to the chamber. The air supplying system comprises an air flow pathway having an evaporator for removing moisture from air exiting the chamber and for decreasing the temperature of the air to below dew point temperature. The air supply system further has a condenser for increasing the temperature of the air exiting the evaporator to the first temperature. The drying apparatus further has a heat pump system having a refrigerant loop which includes a compressor, the condenser, a TEV valve, and the evaporator.

Abstract: A drum type washing machine includes a cabinet which defines an outer appearance of the washing machine, a water tub set inside the cabinet to contain wash water therein, a rotary tub having spin drying perforations and rotatably set in the water tub, and a water turbine which is mounted at an open front of the rotary tub and rotates along with the rotary tub to spray the wash water contained in the water tub into the rotary tub. The water turbine includes an external member having an annular shape, and an internal member having an annular shape corresponding to the external member. The internal member is arranged apart from the external member by a predetermined interval. A vane unit is set between the external and the internal members, and raises the wash water contained in the water tub and sprays the wash water into the rotary tub.

Abstract: A coffee roaster is an oven with a roasting drum. The roasting drum turns on a horizontal axis within the oven to tumble coffee beans while roasting and to even out differences in heating. The roasting drum is fitted with a bearing journal at each end and just fits within the length of the oven. Opposite ends of the oven have four rollers each that receive the turning weight of the roasting drum by riding along the bearing journals. Each roller wheel is carried at the distal end of a rocker arm attached by its near end to the lower end wall of the oven below a corresponding drum opening. Each in a set of four roller wheels are height adjustable at the 4-o'clock, 5-o'clock, 7-o'clock, and 8-o'clock positions. The two outer rockers and wheel rollers adjust the lateral position of the roasting drum in the oven, and the two inner ones adjust the vertical height of rotation within the oven.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for opening/closing a door of a dryer, by which the door is opened/closed more simply and swiftly. The present invention includes a housing, a drum rotatably installed in the housing, a heating apparatus for supplying hot air to the drum, a door opening/closing an entrance formed at the housing for putting a laundry in the drum, and an apparatus for opening/closing the door. And, the apparatus for opening/closing the door includes a hook provided at one side of the door of the dryer, the hook having a hanging portion formed at one end to have an incline surface, a latch body provided to the housing in the vicinity of the entrance wherein the hanging portion is inserted the latch body, a pair of holders provided to confront each other in the latch body to hold the hanging portion, a pair of springs provided in rear of the holders, respectively.

Abstract: A material drying apparatus for substantially eliminating the liquid content of a sludge, the apparatus including a first stage operating at ambient pressure for heating the sludge; a second stage operating with partial vacuum for receiving heated sludge from the first stage for further heating and for drying the sludge by evaporation of substantially all liquid therefrom leaving a dry particulate material; and an evacuated cyclonic stage for applying sufficient centrifugal force to the dry particulate material to render this material odorless.

Abstract: A method for heating flat or curved surfaces comprising injecting fuel and oxidant along the length, width or longitudinal side of a combustion space formed between two flat or curved plates, transferring heat from the combustion products via convection and radiation to the surface being heated on to the material being dried/heated, and recirculating at least 20% of the combustion products to the root of the flame.

Abstract: A centrifugal dryer (10) for removing surface moisture from pellets of resin material having a diameter generally ranging between approximately 0.015 to approximately 0.25 inches received from an underwater pelletizer. In one embodiment of the present invention, the dryer is constructed with smaller dimensions enabling it to effectively operate at low volume rates and be easily assembled and disassembled to facilitate cleaning and replacement or interchange of components with its overall size enabling it to be effectively used in small applications. In other embodiments of the present invention, the dryer is constructed with larger dimensions enabling it to effectively operate at high volume rates for use in commercial applications.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying long fiber hay. A first step involves providing round bales of long fiber hay. A second step involves separating the bales to form a loose mass of long fiber hay. A third step involves feeding the loose mass of long fiber hay into a rotary dehydration drum. A fourth step involves separating the loose mass of long fiber hay from air containing entrained moisture by passing the long fiber hay through a cyclone separator with a first stream of air passing to an exhaust and a second stream of the loose mass of long fiber hay passing into an air lock. A fifth step involves cooling the loose mass of long fiber hay. A sixth step involves passing the loose mass of long fiber hay through a hay baler, whereby the loose mass of long fiber hay is formed back into bales.

Abstract: A vent check strip for checking a dryer or a vent pipe connected to a dryer. The vent check strip has a temperature sensitive area that changes its color at a threshold temperature within a working temperature range of the dryer when the dryer functions normally. The vent check strip can be placed inside the dryer or the vent pipe so that after the dryer is turned on to perform its normal drying function for a period of time until the dryer reaches the working temperature range, the vent check strip can be retrieved for examination. If the vent check strip does not change its color, then it indicates that the dryer is malfunction or the vent pipe is clogged, kinked, broken or otherwise damaged and needs to be serviced.

Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece includes an inner chamber pivotably supported within an outer chamber. The inner chamber has an opening to allow liquid to drain out. A motor pivots the inner chamber to bring the opening at or below the level of liquid in the inner chamber. As the inner chamber turns, liquid drains out. Workpieces within the inner chamber are supported on a holder or a rotor, which may be fixed or rotating. Multi processes may be performed within the inner chamber, reducing the need to move the workpieces between various apparatus and reducing risk of contamination.

Abstract: A clothes dryer is disclosed, in which the clothes dryer comprising a first and second connecting ducts communicating with a drum, respectively, a first flow passage control device to communicate a heating duct with the first connecting duct or with the second connecting duct, and a second flow passage control device to communicate an exhaust duct with the first connecting duct or with the second connecting duct. When the first flow passage control device is operated to communicate the heating duct with the first connecting duct, the second flow passage control device is operated to communicate the exhaust duct with the second connecting duct. When the first flow passage control device is operated to communicate the heating duct with the second connecting duct, the second flow passage control device is operated to communicate the exhaust duct with the first connecting duct.

Abstract: The present invention is a portable cart for maintaining athletic balls in a warm and dry condition, comprising an insulated container having an interior drum configured to hold up to twelve (12) footballs, or other sports balls such as, soccer balls, rugby balls, baseballs, etc. A handle and wheels are secured to the container to facilitate easy transporting of the unit around the playing field. The balls are secured to a circular drum that rotates the balls through a heating and drying cycle. The unit contains an air filter, a heating element, a blower fan, a back-up battery, and a thermostat to control temperature. As wet, cold balls are placed onto the drum within the unit, they pass through the heating and drying cycle, eventually rotating back to the front door, having been effectively heated to the desired temperature and dried, readying them for play.

Abstract: Device for producing a paper having a three dimensional pattern which has been given the paper web in connection with drying the paper web. The device comprises at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable heated roll (13) and a counter means (11,14), at which either the heated roll (13) along its periphery alternatively a member surrounding the roll or a patterned wire, band or belt is provided with said three dimensional pattern, and wherein the wet paper web (10) is intended to pass through said press nip (12) and is given said pattern A detaching roll (16) is arranged at a certain distance from the press nip (12) for taking off the paper web from the heated roll (13), and creping means (17) are arranged for creping the paper from said detaching roll (16).

Abstract: A single pass, multiple stage, rotary drum heat exchange dryer (22) is provided for drying products such as distillers grains and includes a tubular shell (64) with a moist product inlet (66), an opposed dried product outlet (70), and an internal drying chamber (78). The chamber (78) includes a convection drying first stage (80), and conductive drying final curing stage (82) an intermediate stage (84); the stage (84) is subdivided into a plurality of preferably contiguous drying zones (86-92). The zones (86-92) include individual flighting assemblies (164, 214, 226, 234) which are of increasing density and present progressively increasing heat transfer ratios. Preferably, one of the initial zones has a heat transfer ratio of from about 1.5-2.5 ft−1, whereas another of the zones closer to the final stage has a heat transfer of from about 2.75-3.75 ft−1.