Abstract: The Universal exhaust system provides a quick and easy way to prevent dryer lint from accumulating in the dryer.

Abstract: A lamp heater and a drying apparatus including the same, the lamp heater including a plurality of three-phase power source lamps, a dummy load, the dummy load being configured to maintain a phase balance of the three-phase power source lamps, and a controller, the controller controlling the three-phase power source lamps and the dummy load depending on a lighting condition of the three-phase power source lamps.

Abstract: An exsiccate device removes moisture or water from a fuel tank. Suitably the fuel exsiccate device is interposed between two pipes that fluidically communicate air or fuel. The exsiccate device contains numerous beads formed from a substance that attracts water molecules via intermolecular forces, such as van der Waals forces, without being hygroscopic. The exsiccate device can be used to filter fuel directly by using numerous beads formed from molecular sieves that are suitably transition metal aluminosilicates with a substantially uniform pore crystalline structure.

Abstract: A dual path kiln is provided that includes a kiln having one or more chambers and at least two lumber charge paths adapted to convey lumber through the kiln in opposite directions by means of a track having two rails in which a pusher device pushes the lumber through the kiln and comprises a variable output electric motor to effect a high degree of accurate control of the movement speed of the pusher device and the lumber it's pushing and wherein the pusher device includes a faceplate having two side walls extending from said faceplate to engage the side of the lumber in order to greatly enhance stability of the lumber while it is being transported and minimize the risk of spillage.

Abstract: A drying method is provided through a particular arrangement of air intake- and air exhaust roofs, wherein the particular material flows are not only impacted by intake air in an alternating manner from the left and from the right, but also an accumulation of air intake roofs and air exhaust roofs is avoided, which otherwise typically occurs at the separation plane between two chute modules, rotated relative to one another by 180°, which is performed for changing the side of the air impact. This method is advantageous in particular for drying parboiled rice.

Abstract: A clothes dryer has a thermal insulation pad placed in a confined space in the dryer cabinet between the blower fan housing and the dryer cabinet side wall closest to the blower fan housing. The thermal insulation pad is press fit into the space so as to take up much of the volume of the confined space preventing the accumulation of dust or lint over time in the confined space while also preventing the flow of oxygen to the confined space. Accordingly, the thermal insulation pad reduces the risk of a fire starting in the confined area of the dryer cabinet between the blower wheel housing and the adjacent side wall of the cabinet. A thermal insulation pad also acts as sound insulation.

Abstract: Exemplary mobile drying containers and related methods are provided. In one embodiment, the mobile drying container includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall having a gate, an interior bottom, an upper volume and a lower volume separated by a ventilated floor supported by support members, wheels positioned below the lower volume, and one or more support legs positioned below the lower volume to provide support between the mobile drying container and the ground. The upper volume holds the crop to be dried, and the gate of the second end wall is operable to open and provide a path to dump or remove the crop. The lower volume is operable to receive a flow of air from an opening to assist with the drying of the crop. The present invention also encompasses other embodiments and methods.

Abstract: A device and method for assisting in the removal of fluid, such as water, and related moisture from a bladder of a fluid storage device, such as a personal hydration pack or reservoir, is disclosed. The device has a three-dimensional structure or profile so that, when inserted within the bladder, the bladder is held in an open configuration or position, which allows any water or fluid to drain out and allows evaporation to the atmosphere of moisture to occur through the port of the bladder used to fill the device. In one form, the device has an insertion section having portions of elongated structure having a smaller size than the opening so that the insertion section can be fed into the bladder, and the overall insertion section has a profile larger than the opening so that the bladder is held open.

Abstract: A method for improving the overall thermal efficiency of a coal power generation plant by transferring heat from a raw synthesis gas stream to solid fuel used as the primary feed to the gasifier, comprising the steps of initially cooling the syngas exhaust by transferring heat to a makeup conveyance gas feed to the dry feed preparation system, feeding a solid fuel component and a portion of the makeup gas stream into a grinding mechanism for the solid feedstock, forming a two-phase solids/gas stream comprising ground feedstock particulates and makeup gas, heating and drying the ground solid feedstock particulates to remove water, separating and removing water vapor formed in the heating and drying step, and feeding the heated and dried solids/gas stream to the gasifier.

Abstract: A drying apparatus (10) for silicon-based electronic circuits (30), in particular photovoltaic cells, comprises a drying oven (20) having a drying chamber (46) provided with an entrance aperture (19), through which the silicon-based electronic circuits (30) are introduced therein so as to be subjected to at least a drying cycle, and with an exit aperture (21), through which the silicon-based electronic circuits (30) are removed and in which drying chamber (46) a drying means (50) is disposed, in order to dry the silicon-based electronic circuits (30); and movement means (14) in order to move the silicon-based electronic circuits (30) inside the drying chamber (46) in a direction of advance (X), between the entrance aperture (19) and the exit aperture (21).

Abstract: A device for refreshing fabrics by reducing malodors and/or wrinkles without requiring that the fabrics to be put through an entire standard laundry process. The device comprises an extractable drawer which is pulled out of the device to allow for loading of a fabric into a receiving region. The extractable drawer can then be closed transporting the fabric into the interior of the device. A fabric treatment composition is sprayed or otherwise dispensed onto the fabrics when the device is operated. The device comprises an air flow path and a heating element which allows for the fabrics to be treated during use and comprises a passive heat management system within the shell to minimize formation of hot spots and direct air flow away from the side walls. The extractable drawer of the present invention can be positioned to extract laterally or vertically out of the shell of the device.

Abstract: This invention provides methods, systems and compositions to preserve bioactive materials in a dried foam matrix. Methods provide non-boiling foam generation and penetration of preservative agents at temperatures near the phase transition temperature of the membranes. Bioactive materials can be preserved with high initial viability in a freeze-foam process employing low temperature secondary drying.

Abstract: A drum assembly of a laundry dryer includes a cylindrical drum main body formed through a seam-welding process, a drum head including a main head rim having a predetermined width in a direction toward a center of the drum main body, the main head rim being coupled to a first end of the drum main body and provided with a plurality of elevated portion, and a support sleeve bent from an end of the main head rim, a drum rear wall coupled to a second end of the drum main body and provided with a plurality of hot wind introducing holes, and a lift coupled to an inner circumference of the drum main body to lift the laundry.

Abstract: Exemplary mobile drying containers and related methods are provided. In one embodiment, the mobile drying container includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall having a gate, an interior bottom, an upper volume and a lower volume separated by a ventilated floor supported by support members, wheels positioned below the lower volume, and one or more support legs positioned below the lower volume to provide support between the mobile drying container and the ground. The upper volume holds the crop to be dried, and the gate of the second end wall is operable to open and provide a path to dump or remove the crop. The lower volume is operable to receive a flow of air from an opening to assist with the drying of the crop. The present invention also encompasses other embodiments and methods.

Abstract: An improved system for processing a liquid manure and producing organic fertilizer includes equipment for separating various solid components of the liquid manure having different nitrogen to phosphorous ratios and then mixing these components so as to produce an organic fertilizer with a predetermined nitrogen to phosphorus ratio. The system includes equipment for separating solid manure components and clarified water. Solid manure components include fertilizer, fodder/bedding material, and biomass. Fertilizer and clarified water are used to fertilize and irrigate the farming soil. Fodder is used as a bedding material for the animals or as a feed source. Biomass is used as a fuel source for running farming equipment and processes that require energy.

Abstract: A portable collapsible clothes dryer kit including two clothing article dryer units for engaging and spreading different articles of clothing, one of the units being supported by spaced, elongated flexible elements and the other of the units being supported by a coat hanger.

Abstract: A heat pump module and a drying apparatus having the same are provided. The heat pump module may include a housing, an evaporator provided in the housing that condenses humid air introduced into the housing via evaporation of a refrigerant, a condenser provided in the housing that heats the air having passed through the evaporator via condensation of the refrigerant, and at least one condensed water guide or remover provided in the housing that removes condensed water generated on a surface of the evaporator therefrom.

Abstract: A present invention relates to a fabric treating apparatus including an inside cabinet which forms a treating chamber which the fabrics treated in, and a heating unit for supplying any one between hot wind and steam to the treating chamber, and a hanger rack disposed in the treating chamber, and a driving unit for generating rotary power outside the treating chamber and is disposed upper part of the inside cabinet, and a transmission unit for reciprocating the hanger rack by transmitting the rotary power of the driving unit.

Abstract: A clothes treating apparatus is disclosed. The clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet defining a accommodating space for receiving clothes, an air supplying device for drying air circulating into the accommodating space, and a guide unit for guiding dry air generated by the air supplying device to be uniformly dispersed into the accommodating space.

Abstract: An application for a hearing aid drying/disinfecting system includes a closable container with an internally mounted ultra-violet lamp for disinfecting the hearing aid. A heating element creates an internal temperature that is higher than ambient temperature and a fan circulates air through shielded vents from the outside of the container through the container and back out, thereby drying the hearing aid contained within the drying/disinfecting system.

Abstract: A configurable hoof drying apparatus. The drying components of the apparatus are selectable, configurable and inter-changeable for desired drying needs and change a pressure, speed and temperature of an original drying air source. Therefore it can be used with a hot/warm/cool/cold air drying source. The hoof drying apparatus is portable and specifically designed, but is not limited to, drying hooves for the purposes of: hoof wall repair, preparation for medication for hoof diseases and preparation of the hoof for application of hoof dressings and hoof shoes. The hoof drying apparatus can also be used for drying non-hoofed animals.

Abstract: A dryer includes a dryer body, a driving device, a groove, and an upper cover. The groove is located around the opening of the dryer body. The upper cover has a cone shape and is located at the opening of the dryer body. The edge of the bottom of the upper cover is located at the groove. The angle of the cone end of the upper cover makes the water droplets condensed on the inner wall of the upper cover slide downward along the inner wall of the upper cover so that they are collected in the groove.

Abstract: A set including a domestic appliance having a substantially horizontally extending covering plate, a substantially vertically extending wall in generally perpendicular abutment with the covering plate, and an additional part configured for attachment to the covering plate in a manner wherein the additional part projects from the wall; the set includes a clamp operatively associated with the additional part for engagement with the covering plate wherein the clamp includes a contact member configured for placement against the wall.

Abstract: An exsiccation system provides a chamber for drying persons or animals in a fast, efficient and antibacterial manner. A series of apertures throughout the chamber provides jets of warm air directed onto a body in the chamber. The warm air removes moisture and exits out of the entrance to the chamber. The air flow into the chamber is optimized by adjusting the size of the outlets into the chamber. A control panel allows an operator to adjust the airflow and temperature of the exsiccation chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a washer/dryer (1) whereby the processes of loading, unloading the laundry and carrying the unloaded laundry to another place can be performed easily.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat treatment process for a material in an oven (4), such process using the combustion gases supplied by at least one burner (5) associated with a firebox (6). This process is characterised in that a first condensation phase is provided for the combustion gases between their exiting the firebox (6) and entering the oven (4), such condensation enabling part of the dust contained in the combustion gases to be eliminated, the first condensation phase being conducted using absorption refrigerating means (14) followed by a superheating phase of the combustion gas allowing the required temperature to be obtained for the heat treatment. The invention also relates to a treatment unit implementing such process. The process is more particularly applicable to the heat treatment of wood.

Abstract: A device that treats chemically damaged hair by stimulating the circulation of blood and nutrients to the scalp while simultaneously promoting an environment that is not favorable for the propagation of bacteria. The device is composed of a blower that is attached to an air chiller. The blower houses a blue LED that irradiates a blue light outward from the mouth of blower. The device simultaneously blows cold air out of the mouth of the blower and irradiates the hair and scalp of the person being treated.

Abstract: The dryer comprises a casing having a longitudinal axis, a mixing shaft, a circular plate that seals an opening made in one of the end walls of the casing, and a frame supporting the casing and the shaft. In the edge portion of the opening closest to the chamber a first circumferential groove is made which is formed by a first radial cavity and by a second radial cavity deeper than the first, joined by an axial portion. An annular sealing element made of a non-stick material, having a cross-section comprising at least one axial strip and one radial strip, is inserted into the first groove in such a way that the radial strip is inserted into the second cavity and the axial strip occupies the axial portion and the mouth of the first radial cavity.

Abstract: The scent removing device has a housing that forms an interior compartment. The compartment is separated into a first and second portion by a shelf that is disposed within the compartment and connected to the interior of the housing. The shelf has at least one channel and a plurality of openings to permit air to flow between the first and second portions. An air tube extends from the first portion, through the shelf to the second portion. A fan motor is in communication with the air tube to blow air through the air tube and into the second portion.

Abstract: A drying apparatus for silicon or alumina-based plate elements, such as the type for electronics, or other types of plates for electronics, comprises an oven that develops along a path and having a drying chamber that develops along the path, on a relative lying plane. The oven has an entrance (21) into the chamber and an exit from the chamber. The plate elements are fed into the chamber from the entrance to the exit along the path by means of a translation unit in order to effect a drying cycle. The translation unit comprises planar support elements able to advance along the chamber, which are disposed along the path and orthogonally thereto and inclined downwards with respect to the lying plane of the chamber by a relative angle. The plate elements are disposed on the planar support elements so as to define, during normal use, a passage way for the drying air, also below the plate elements.

Abstract: A clothes dryer cabinet has a rear wall with a wire entry opening through which wiring enters into the dryer cabinet. A fuse supporting block is mounted closely adjacent to the wire entry opening and supports fuses which are connected directly to the wiring entering through the wire opening so as to limit or minimize the length of wiring contained in the dryer drum that is not protected by the fuses. This safety feature reduces the chance of fires occurring in the dryer as a result of arcing between wires due to mishandling of the wires, malmanufacturing of the wires or a fire occurring in the dryer.

Abstract: A hopper structure for treating granular material, comprising an inner sidewall section arranged, in use, as an upper tubular sidewall, a tapered lower section having a delivery mouth and an elongated insert body wherein said insert comprises an upper portion and a lower portion arranged at said lower tapered portion of the hopper and having its conicity facing away from said upper portion, said upper portion axially extending from the base of the lower portion up to at least one half of the upper tubular section at an angle ??0 with respect to a vertical line.

Abstract: In the shoe drying apparatus according to the present invention, the ozone-containing air or the mixed air generated and heated by the sanitizing assembly is taken in through intake duct and moves through the main conduit and the auxiliary conduit into the shoe-holding member to sanitize inside of a shoe. After sanitizing, the mixed air moves from inside of the shoe to the interior of the housing, and comes back through return air duct to the anion generator where it is purified and deodorized. The purified air is subsequently sent to a motorized fan contained within the sanitizing assembly. During such circulation, shoes can be sanitized. Moreover, an ultraviolet lamp is installed on the shoe-holding member to sanitize inside of the shoe.

Abstract: A hair styling device includes a hand unit having an air inlet, an outlet, and a blower between the inlet and outlet. The device further includes a storage case having a water reservoir and being configured to receive the hand unit. Tubing connects the water reservoir to the hand unit. A pump is included that selectively connects the water reservoir to the hand unit liquid inlet. A heater is situated between the water reservoir and the hand unit outlet to vaporize the contents of the water reservoir. The hair styling device includes controls in communication with the pump and blower, for actuating the pump and blower, respectively. The device may be used to selectively deliver hot hair, steam, or mist.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for drying articles are disclosed. The apparatus includes a closed housing with at least one chamber equipped with air nozzles. The apparatus has an inlet opening and an outlet opening for the articles to be dried. An inner routing of air flow inside the housing generates a defined removal of air to the at least one air outlet opening. The inner routing of air flow is designed such that a flow of air is directed past the inlet opening and/or the outlet opening for the articles to be dried.

Abstract: A particulate material processing apparatus has a vessel, a processing tank, and a dispersing member. The vessel has a charging port for charging a particulate material into the vessel. The processing tank receives the particulate material charged from the charging port. The processing tank is shaped so as to narrow towards the bottom. At least the lower part of the processing tank is made of a gas-permeable material that allows the process gas for processing the particulate material to pass through. The dispersing member is disposed below the charging port. The dispersing member disperses and flattens the particulate material on the processing tank.

Abstract: Household appliance for washing and/or drying clothes comprising an outer casing (2) provided with a worktop (3), and heating means (7) for drying garments laid upon the worktop (3), wherein the worktop (3) or the heating means (7) comprise sensor means (8) adapted to detect the moisture content of said garments, control means being provided for operating said heating means (7) in response to the moisture content being detected by said sensor means (8).

Abstract: A system for custom fitting athletic shoes to an individual wearer includes a foot measurement device, an adjustable footform and an infrared activation chamber. Shoes of a single width for each length size have at least a portion of the upper made of heat malleable material to be custom fitted for width. Foot measurement data is used to calculate length size, width size and a number of custom adjustment factors. After the length size is calculated, the appropriately sized shoe and last are assembled together and subject to infrared radiation until the heat malleable material becomes plastic. Adjustments are then made to the last in accordance with the adjustment factors to provide custom width sizing. After further heat treatment to set the shoe upper and cooling, the shoe is complete. In this manner, if used in a retail setting, shoes are custom fitted to the wearer in a matter of minutes.

Abstract: A drying system for a hair removing device is safe and convenient for drying and sterilizing a cutter head with a sufficient amount of heat. The drying system includes a casing having a dry chamber with a top opening for detachably receiving a cutter head of the hair removing device, and a heater for heating the cutter head, a blower for generating a forced air flow and drying the cutter head. A lid is provided to close the top opening of the dry chamber such that the drying chamber is kept free from the entry of the environmental dust, which enables to heat the cutter head at an elevated temperature for effective sterilization.

Abstract: A device that dries a wet surface, or defrosts a frozen surface, and warns of a slippery condition created by the wet surface, or any hazardous condition in that vicinity. The wet surface may be dried by a fan circulating heated or non-heated air discharged from the center of the hazardous location in an efficient 360 degree pattern via a diffuser. The warning may be visual or audible. The device may be battery powered or powered via a standard extension cord from a common power outlet. The battery may be rechargeable from either standard power outlets or onboard solar cells. The device may be able to disperse deodorizers or insect repellent or insecticides or any combination of these. The device may be able to filter the air. The device is typically quite portable.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for drying wet bio-solids by utilizing waste heat from a clinker cooler in a cement making process.

Abstract: A thermally sprayed gas heater comprises a gas flow apparatus that propels a gas through a housing; and a thermally sprayed heater bonded to a surface of the apparatus, the heater positioned to heat the gas flow in the housing. In other aspects, a heater system for a turbulent flow gas duct comprises a duct having a gas flow channel, the channel having a shaped surface providing turbulent gas flow in the channel, and a thermally sprayed heater positioned to heat the gas flow in the channel.

Abstract: This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of manure to novel fertilizer and/or soil builder products useful as input for organic farming operations. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing unit, wherein the connection between the gas turbine and the dryer vessel directs substantially all the gas turbine exhaust into the dryer vessel and substantially precludes the introduction of air into the dryer vessel. The dryer vessel receives the manure for contact with the turbine exhaust gases to convert the manure to a dry material, which is passed to the processing unit where it is formed into granules, pellets or other desired form for the final dry fertilizer product. The method comprises drying, heating and converting the manure to form novel self binding fertilizer and soil builder type products for organic farming and other uses.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved dryer (22) that is adapted to dry an object (?) and to an improved method of drying an object. The improved dryer (22) broadly includes: a conveyor (32) for translating an object (?) to be dried, the conveyor having an entrance end (33) and an exit end (34); an enclosure (35) surrounding the conveyor; a movable panel (36) arranged within the enclosure; an actuator (38) mounted on the enclosure and operatively arranged to selectively move the panel toward and away from the object; a first air knife (39) operatively arranged to discharge a first jet of air through the conveyor toward the object; and a second air knife (40) mounted on the movable panel and operatively arranged to discharge a second jet of air toward the object; whereby the actuator may be operated to move the panel into closer proximity with the object as the object moves along the conveyor from the entrance end to the exit end to dry the object.

Abstract: A low temperature clothes dryer having a drying chamber provides removable horizontal screens supporting clothing items and a hanging bar for hanging clothes to be dried. A timing control allows setting the time of operation of the drying cabinet. An electric heater with thermostat is provided to initially raise and maintain the air temperature within the drying chamber to at least about 90 degrees F. The dehumidifier is then operated, providing for circulation through the ducts and drying cabinet by an internal fan. The dehumidifier has an evaporator through which warm, humid air is passed, thereby cooling the air and condensing water therefrom, the water being collected in a removable container or drained through a drain hose. The fan forces the cooled, dried air through a condenser which heats the dried air for recirculation through the drying chamber by means of ducts, thereby drying the clothing therein.

Abstract: In a method of drying molds or mold parts for the manufacture of optical lenses, in particular ophthalmic lenses and especially contact lenses, the mold or mold part to be dried is exposed to drying air. For this purpose, humid pressurized air (T) is used to which the mold or mold part is exposed.

Abstract: An umbrella and shoe drying device, for use removing moisture, dirt, and debris from shoes and umbrellas, having a mat portion, a blower housing, and an umbrella holder. The mat portion has a substantially flat top surface having a grating upon which shoes are placed. The blower housing is mounted upon the flat top surface of the mat portion, supports the umbrella holder, and contains a blower. The umbrella housing has a main bore for accommodating umbrellas. The blower is in communication with the main bore and grating, and generates suction that removes moisture, dirt, and debris from umbrellas in the main bore and from shoes positioned upon the grating.

Abstract: The present is directed to a device for storing and drying a fishing reel wherein the device includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, and at least one side wall, wherein the top wall, bottom wall, and at least one side wall define an interior space. The top wall and the bottom wall each contain a corresponding orifice wherein the diameter of a fishing rod fits within each orifice. The device also includes at least one fan for blowing air into the housing and drying a fishing reel located in the interior space of the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dryer for a medical capsule. The dryer has a body including a rectangular frame and a dry box installed in the body. A gear wheel installed in the body and a gear array is formed in the dry box to engage with the gear wheel. Guide rollers are rotatably installed at both sides of an upper portion of the gear wheel, and a cover is provided to cover the dry box, which is accommodated in the body while partially protruding upward out of the body. A front plate is provided to open/close a front portion of the rectangular frame of the body, and a support plate is provided at a rear portion of the front plate in line with the guide rollers to support the dry box coming out of the body.

Abstract: A device and corresponding methods for drying medical equipment involving a dryer for drying the medical equipment; and a supply orb having a body and a cavity within the body for holding, ventilating, and storing the medical equipment, the at least one supply orb being mechanically coupled to the dryer for operation and being mechanically decoupled from the dryer during non-operation. The supply orb having a ventilation feature and a configuration conducive to creating a combined irrotational and rotational gas flow therein.