| Class Number |
Class Name |
No. of Patents |
| 34/DIG.1 |
Absorbents and adsorbents |
10 |
| 34/523 |
Apparatus |
38 |
| 34/89.1 |
Blotting means combined with means for purpose other than drying |
2 |
| 34/89.2 |
With ruler |
0 |
| 34/242 |
Chamber seals |
259 |
| 34/90 |
Combined |
253 |
| 34/91 |
Convertible |
57 |
| 34/667 |
Debris guard |
15 |
| 34/189 |
Elevator type |
18 |
| 34/190 |
Plural |
5 |
| 34/60 |
For diverse operations on treated material |
243 |
| 34/68 |
Diverse heater types and/or gas or vapor contact types only |
164 |
| 34/69 |
Diverse types of liquid removers only |
55 |
| 34/70 |
With expressing or wringing |
37 |
| 34/71 |
With means to remove liquid from treated material by contact with solids |
64 |
| 34/62 |
With treated material cooling means |
103 |
| 34/67 |
Atmospheric |
12 |
| 34/66 |
Cooler chamber integral with or similar to drier |
83 |
| 34/64 |
Gravity flow-type drier |
9 |
| 34/65 |
With integral cooling chamber or section |
50 |
| 34/63 |
Internal rotary drum drier |
27 |
| 34/61 |
With two or more nondrying means |
68 |
| 34/96 |
For hair on head |
140 |
| 34/97 |
With gas or vapor flow for contact |
313 |
| 34/99 |
Head conforming distributor |
72 |
| 34/100 |
Recirculation of treating gas or vapor |
12 |
| 34/98 |
Plural distributors |
50 |
| 34/101 |
With hair supports |
21 |
| 34/104 |
For hollow article |
199 |
| 34/105 |
With conveying or handling means |
107 |
| 34/106 |
With suspension means and bottom retainer |
58 |
| 34/107 |
For slender rigid articles |
59 |
| 34/103 |
Forms |
48 |
| 34/241 |
Gas or vapor distributing and applying agitators |
33 |
| 34/165 |
Gravity flow type |
35 |
| 34/167 |
Plural gravity path, plural feed, and/or discharge |
63 |
| 34/178 |
Shelf-to-shelf or zigzag treated material flow |
31 |
| 34/166 |
Trough or tube, with axially rotary conveyor or agitator |
53 |
| 34/168 |
With gas or vapor flow for contact with treated material |
168 |
| 34/174 |
Foraminous distributors or walls |
114 |
| 34/170 |
Inverted imperforate ducts |
28 |
| 34/169 |
Recirculation of treating gas or vapor |
74 |
| 34/171 |
Shelf-to-shelf or zigzag treated material flow |
63 |
| 34/172 |
Dumping shelves or pockets |
23 |
| 34/173 |
Rotary stirrer or shelf |
36 |
| 34/177 |
With heating tubes |
28 |
| 34/176 |
With treated material tubes |
10 |
| 34/175 |
With venting means or wall |
28 |
| 34/201 |
Houses, kilns, and containers |
96 |
| 34/202 |
Article inserted type |
208 |
| 34/666 |
Car dryer |
89 |
| 34/209 |
Plural treating units or compartments |
48 |
| 34/210 |
With gas or vapor circulation for contact with treated material |
101 |
| 34/214 |
Parallel circulation only |
6 |
| 34/212 |
Recirculation of treating gas or vapor |
89 |
| 34/213 |
Parallel circulation only |
17 |
| 34/211 |
Superposed floors or chambers |
41 |
| 34/217 |
With conveyor and/or movable treated material support |
91 |
| 34/215 |
With heater |
48 |
| 34/216 |
With conveyor and/or movable treated material support |
168 |
| 34/203 |
With conveyors providing plural or zigzag treated material paths |
38 |
| 34/205 |
Plural independent paths for treated material |
12 |
| 34/207 |
Plural run endless conveyor |
36 |
| 34/206 |
Pusher type |
7 |
| 34/204 |
Separable truck or tray |
14 |
| 34/208 |
Single run endless, both courses carrying treated material |
18 |
| 34/218 |
With gas or vapor circulation for contact with treated material |
186 |
| 34/234 |
Caused by heater only |
9 |
| 34/231 |
Deflecting baffle in treating chamber |
73 |
| 34/227 |
Gas or vapor flow toward or from treated material entrance or exit |
30 |
| 34/228 |
Countercurrent to treated material motion only |
17 |
| 34/229 |
Movable gas or vapor distributor |
83 |
| 34/230 |
Plural gas or vapor forcing means |
33 |
| 34/232 |
Plural gas or vapor inlets and/or outlets |
80 |
| 34/233 |
In wall, ceiling, or floor |
196 |
| 34/219 |
Recirculation of treating gas or vapor |
91 |
| 34/220 |
Caused by heater action only |
6 |
| 34/221 |
Caused by jet action |
21 |
| 34/222 |
Movable gas or vapor distributor |
35 |
| 34/223 |
Plural gas or vapor forcing means |
24 |
| 34/224 |
Plural gas or vapor inlets and/or outlets |
47 |
| 34/225 |
In wall, ceiling, or floor |
140 |
| 34/226 |
Tortuous gas or vapor path |
20 |
| 34/235 |
With venting means |
122 |
| 34/95 |
Means to remove liquid from treated material by contact with solids |
146 |
| 34/95.1 |
Having manipulative means |
7 |
| 34/95.2 |
Attachable to hand (e.g., finger) |
3 |
| 34/95.4 |
For rocking contact |
2 |
| 34/95.3 |
For rolling contact |
19 |
| 34/192 |
Removable shelf or tray type |
13 |
| 34/193 |
Plural nonvertically aligned |
3 |
| 34/195 |
With gas or vapor circulation for contact with treated material |
29 |
| 34/196 |
Recirculation of treating gas or vapor |
39 |
| 34/197 |
With heater |
50 |
| 34/198 |
With liquid heater or vaporizer |
8 |
| 34/199 |
Zigzag treating gas or vapor flow |
1 |
| 34/200 |
With liquid heater or vaporizer |
3 |
| 34/194 |
With shelf or tray handling means |
14 |
| 34/191 |
Reversible or pulsating treating gas or vapor flow |
70 |
| 34/108 |
Rotary drums or receptacles |
68 |
| 34/142 |
Axial treated material feed type |
15 |
| 34/109 |
Compartmented or pocketed |
38 |
| 34/110 |
External |
59 |
| 34/122 |
Gas or vapor circulation for contact with treated material |
118 |
| 34/124 |
Heat exchange fluid supply and/or removal |
149 |
| 34/125 |
Removal only |
53 |
| 34/113 |
Plural |
22 |
| 34/114 |
Gas or vapor circulation for contact with treated material |
218 |
| 34/115 |
Through material or introduction through drum |
164 |
| 34/119 |
Heat exchange fluid supply and/or removal |
131 |
| 34/121 |
Mounting and/or driving means |
48 |
| 34/120 |
Threading, stripping, or guiding devices |
169 |
| 34/116 |
With belts or felts |
219 |
| 34/118 |
Tightener |
27 |
| 34/117 |
With threading, stripping, or guiding devices |
324 |
| 34/111 |
With belt or felt drier |
38 |
| 34/123 |
With belts or felts |
131 |
| 34/112 |
With hopper feed or article securing means |
8 |
| 34/127 |
Plural |
5 |
| 34/128 |
One within another (e.g., nested) |
33 |
| 34/129 |
With feed from one to another |
29 |
| 34/140 |
Vapor exhaust |
34 |
| 34/141 |
Axial treated material feed type |
18 |
| 34/126 |
With additional translating means |
24 |
| 34/130 |
With gas or vapor flow for contact with treated material |
43 |
| 34/135 |
Axial treated material feed type |
96 |
| 34/136 |
Concurrent gas or vapor flow only |
72 |
| 34/137 |
Countercurrent gas or vapor flow only |
66 |
| 34/138 |
Gas or vapor conducting conduits in drum or receptacle |
44 |
| 34/131 |
Recirculation of treating gas or vapor |
40 |
| 34/139 |
With drum or receptacle enclosing housing |
22 |
| 34/132 |
With heating means |
34 |
| 34/134 |
Heat exchange and/or gas or vapor conducting conduits in drum or receptacle |
63 |
| 34/595 |
With drum or receptacle enclosing housing |
82 |
| 34/598 |
And heat retaining material |
6 |
| 34/599 |
And material tumbling assisting means |
19 |
| 34/600 |
And stationary trays in rotatable drum |
30 |
| 34/601 |
And supporting, driving, sealing, or bearing means for drum |
77 |
| 34/596 |
Combined washer-dryer |
51 |
| 34/604 |
Including gas or vapor circulating means |
77 |
| 34/607 |
And conduit to deliver gas or vapor to drum |
39 |
| 34/606 |
And gas or vapor flow regulating means |
55 |
| 34/609 |
Axial gas or vapor flow |
18 |
| 34/610 |
Radial gas or vapor flow |
12 |
| 34/605 |
Suction means |
20 |
| 34/608 |
Vertical gas or vapor flow |
8 |
| 34/602 |
Specific drum structure |
63 |
| 34/603 |
Specific housing structure |
65 |
| 34/597 |
With material conditioner dispenser |
23 |
| 34/184 |
Rotary or swinging carrier or rack |
27 |
| 34/186 |
Plural rotary or swinging units |
16 |
| 34/185 |
With agitating means or discharging scrapers |
15 |
| 34/187 |
With gas or vapor circulation for contact with treated material |
42 |
| 34/188 |
Air scoops and/or suspended treated material supports |
2 |
| 34/94 |
Sheet or web contact preventing by spacer sheets, webs, or strands |
15 |
| 34/611 |
Sheet, web, or strand |
33 |
| 34/618 |
For flexible sheet, web, or strand |
42 |
| 34/658 |
Endless conveyor or movable gripper |
6 |
| 34/659 |
Endless conveyor |
13 |
| 34/663 |
Endless conveyor contacts solid perforated guide |
2 |
| 34/660 |
Endless conveyor having material gripper |
6 |
| 34/661 |
Endless conveyor having material hanger |
3 |
| 34/662 |
Plural opposed cooperating endless conveyors |
6 |
| 34/619 |
Including horizontal support |
34 |
| 34/621 |
Including means to suspend work |
45 |
| 34/622 |
Portable or collapsible |
25 |
| 34/620 |
Including roller-type conveyor |
37 |
| 34/664 |
Movable treated material holder |
3 |
| 34/665 |
Rotary holder |
6 |
| 34/623 |
Running length |
18 |
| 34/627 |
Plural webs or strands |
4 |
| 34/628 |
With means to separate individual webs or strands |
6 |
| 34/625 |
Winding reel |
24 |
| 34/626 |
With fluent heating means inside reel |
3 |
| 34/624 |
With contact heater |
27 |
| 34/629 |
With gas or vapor circulation for contact with treated material |
94 |
| 34/646 |
Edge holding means |
35 |
| 34/652 |
Elongated thin gas or vapor stream |
14 |
| 34/654 |
Including distributor comprising perforated plate |
19 |
| 34/653 |
Including distributor comprising tube with elongated slot |
14 |
| 34/655 |
Including distributor having elongated slot |
28 |
| 34/656 |
Plural associated elongated slots |
14 |
| 34/640 |
Fluid current support or guide |
69 |
| 34/641 |
Having airfoil or coanda nozzle |
59 |
| 34/642 |
Having nozzles around circular manifold |
12 |
| 34/643 |
Having nozzles on opposite sides of web |
66 |
| 34/644 |
Adjustable distance between opposed nozzles |
12 |
| 34/633 |
Having baffle redirect gas or vapor flow |
44 |
| 34/637 |
Having drive roller |
11 |
| 34/639 |
Having gas or vapor flow transverse to treated material movement |
39 |
| 34/631 |
Having means to adjust relative distance between distributor and material |
29 |
| 34/632 |
Having means to produce turbulence in gas or vapor |
12 |
| 34/634 |
Having sealing means |
40 |
| 34/630 |
Having solvent chamber |
27 |
| 34/638 |
Including gas or vapor nozzle or distributor outlet |
90 |
| 34/636 |
Including plural chambers or zones |
56 |
| 34/635 |
Including suction means |
43 |
| 34/645 |
Suspended loops |
13 |
| 34/647 |
Zigzag runs of treated material |
7 |
| 34/650 |
Including endless conveyors |
5 |
| 34/649 |
Including gas or vapor recirculation |
9 |
| 34/648 |
Including material tension adjusting means |
7 |
| 34/651 |
Plural zones or chambers |
6 |
| 34/657 |
Zigzag runs of treated material |
2 |
| 34/612 |
Sheet elevator type |
7 |
| 34/613 |
Coacting parallel threaded members |
2 |
| 34/614 |
Sheet on edge |
7 |
| 34/617 |
Endless conveyor with fingers |
5 |
| 34/616 |
Rotary wheellike conveyor |
5 |
| 34/615 |
Stationary support |
5 |
| 34/93 |
Solar |
73 |
| 34/147 |
Spiral treated material path type |
35 |
| 34/143 |
Stationary press type |
23 |
| 34/145 |
Gas or vapor circulation for contact with treated material |
15 |
| 34/146 |
Nonplanar press couples |
14 |
| 34/144 |
Plural press units |
15 |
| 34/179 |
Stationary receptacle or tube with agitator or conveyor |
64 |
| 34/183 |
Axial treated material feed type |
47 |
| 34/180 |
Plural units |
24 |
| 34/181 |
With gas or vapor flow for contact with treated material |
67 |
| 34/182 |
Axial treated material feed type |
92 |
| 34/239 |
Supports |
140 |
| 34/240 |
Rods or rolls |
25 |
| 34/237 |
Trays or floors |
70 |
| 34/238 |
Single or plural trays only |
33 |
| 34/236 |
Treated material handling or conveying |
188 |
| 34/102 |
Treated material recirculating means |
30 |
| 34/164 |
Treated material vibrating type |
111 |
| 34/92 |
Vacuum |
477 |
| 34/85 |
With apparatus cleaner and/or escaping material collector |
74 |
| 34/58 |
With apparatus using centrifugal force |
250 |
| 34/59 |
Rotary scattering member |
25 |
| 34/524 |
With automatic control |
55 |
| 34/525 |
By web breaking |
6 |
| 34/557 |
Of contacting gas humidity |
44 |
| 34/565 |
Of flow of gas or vapor treating fluid |
60 |
| 34/567 |
Exhaust controlled by solvent concentration |
5 |
| 34/569 |
Of circulation means |
10 |
| 34/568 |
Steam pressure controlled |
16 |
| 34/566 |
With diverter means to alternate flow paths |
28 |
| 34/571 |
With flow control dampers at outlet |
22 |
| 34/570 |
With flow control valve |
33 |
| 34/548 |
Of gas mixing |
30 |
| 34/558 |
Of gas or vapor pressure in treating enclosure |
34 |
| 34/559 |
Subatmospheric pressure |
17 |
| 34/549 |
Of heater |
63 |
| 34/552 |
By steam pressure or temperature |
26 |
| 34/556 |
By web or strand tension or breaking |
6 |
| 34/553 |
Electric heater |
35 |
| 34/551 |
Having burner control |
12 |
| 34/554 |
Of heater blower |
33 |
| 34/550 |
Sensor engages material |
41 |
| 34/555 |
With means to remove excess heat |
4 |
| 34/526 |
Of plural operations |
37 |
| 34/535 |
Having two of heater, contacting gas humidity, or gas mixing |
45 |
| 34/540 |
Having plural compartments |
11 |
| 34/537 |
Having wet bulb and dry bulb thermometers |
3 |
| 34/541 |
With delivery nozzle for contacting gas or vapor |
11 |
| 34/539 |
With fuel burner |
8 |
| 34/542 |
With means to increase humidity of contacting gas or vapor |
8 |
| 34/538 |
With means to produce reduced or negative pressure |
11 |
| 34/536 |
With weight measuring means |
10 |
| 34/527 |
Of specific operational sequence |
56 |
| 34/528 |
Using specific moisture sensor structure |
38 |
| 34/534 |
With door switch |
9 |
| 34/529 |
With photoelectric device |
7 |
| 34/531 |
With threshold circuit device |
12 |
| 34/532 |
Gaseous tube (e.g., neon) |
2 |
| 34/533 |
Silicon-controlled rectifier (scr) |
3 |
| 34/530 |
With vacuum sensor |
6 |
| 34/543 |
With heater |
20 |
| 34/546 |
And blower |
21 |
| 34/545 |
And conveyor |
4 |
| 34/547 |
And drive motor |
8 |
| 34/544 |
And fire control means |
9 |
| 34/560 |
Of rate of treated material motion |
30 |
| 34/561 |
Web or strand |
19 |
| 34/572 |
Of starting or stopping |
48 |
| 34/562 |
Of time period |
51 |
| 34/563 |
By timing motor and cam |
7 |
| 34/564 |
By plural timers |
2 |
| 34/573 |
Of treated material feeding or discharging |
27 |
| 34/575 |
Controlled by temperature |
13 |
| 34/574 |
Controlled by weight |
7 |
| 34/88 |
With display, inspecting, or illuminating means |
24 |
| 34/576 |
With fluid current conveying of treated material |
110 |
| 34/577 |
Downward fluid flow impinging solid floor |
19 |
| 34/587 |
Gas or vapor presses material against screen or sieve |
11 |
| 34/578 |
Having tubular heat exchanger |
47 |
| 34/594 |
Using rotary gas current |
56 |
| 34/580 |
With additional conveying means |
37 |
| 34/581 |
Suction conveyor |
6 |
| 34/588 |
With baffle or deflector to adjust material flow |
57 |
| 34/591 |
With material separator |
67 |
| 34/592 |
Plural cyclone separators |
23 |
| 34/586 |
With means to agitate or comminute material |
51 |
| 34/579 |
With means to vary gas or vapor flow |
38 |
| 34/593 |
With mechanical rotating element |
24 |
| 34/589 |
With plural treating zones or compartments |
70 |
| 34/590 |
Serpentine path for material |
16 |
| 34/582 |
With specific gas distributor |
109 |
| 34/585 |
Gas or vapor delivery nozzle |
97 |
| 34/583 |
Having angled floor or wall |
51 |
| 34/584 |
Having thermal expansion adjustment |
6 |
| 34/89 |
With indicating or testing means |
58 |
| 34/87 |
With means to interlock operable elements |
19 |
| 34/72 |
With means to treat gas or vapor |
88 |
| 34/73 |
By vapor condensation |
128 |
| 34/75 |
Direct contact with cooling substance |
61 |
| 34/78 |
Recirculation of treating gas or vapor |
150 |
| 34/76 |
With forced circulation |
63 |
| 34/77 |
Recirculation of treating gas or vapor |
225 |
| 34/74 |
With other gas or vapor treatment |
53 |
| 34/83 |
Jet devices |
12 |
| 34/84 |
Gas or vapor circulators or flow promotors |
28 |
| 34/79 |
Separation of substances from treating or exhaust gases or vapors |
139 |
| 34/80 |
By absorbent |
183 |
| 34/81 |
In or forming walls, ceiling, or floor |
17 |
| 34/82 |
By filter |
155 |
| 34/86 |
With waste gas heat and/or power conservers |
264 |
| 34/280 |
Feather treating |
1 |
| 34/281 |
With agitator |
1 |
| 34/279 |
Material treated by acoustic energy |
10 |
| 34/245 |
Material treated by electromagnetic energy |
27 |
| 34/246 |
Electric current applied directly through material |
20 |
| 34/250 |
Electrostatic field |
25 |
| 34/254 |
Having heating or cooling means |
23 |
| 34/253 |
Having needlelike electrodes |
7 |
| 34/251 |
Having suction means |
4 |
| 34/252 |
Having vibration means |
6 |
| 34/247 |
Induction heater |
24 |
| 34/266 |
Infrared energy |
98 |
| 34/267 |
Having treating gas or vapor circulation |
78 |
| 34/268 |
Radiation controlled by other drying parameters |
20 |
| 34/269 |
Having temperature control |
29 |
| 34/273 |
Sheets, webs, or strands |
61 |
| 34/274 |
Having gas or vapor treatment |
23 |
| 34/270 |
Vehicle paint dryer |
35 |
| 34/271 |
Including evolved gas or vapor treatment |
11 |
| 34/272 |
Including vehicle conveyor |
7 |
| 34/248 |
Magnetic field |
14 |
| 34/249 |
Controls particle movement in a fluidized bed |
30 |
| 34/259 |
Microwave energy |
142 |
| 34/260 |
Clothes dryer |
20 |
| 34/261 |
Having rotating drum |
20 |
| 34/263 |
Having pressure reducing means |
45 |
| 34/265 |
Having treating gas or vapor circulation |
68 |
| 34/262 |
Having vibrating means |
17 |
| 34/264 |
Plural units or chambers |
23 |
| 34/255 |
Radio or high-frequency energy |
50 |
| 34/256 |
Having additional heating means |
20 |
| 34/257 |
Having pressure reducing means |
15 |
| 34/258 |
Plural units or chambers |
14 |
| 34/275 |
Ultraviolet energy |
71 |
| 34/277 |
Having shutter means |
23 |
| 34/276 |
Inert gas atmosphere |
14 |
| 34/278 |
With cooling means |
38 |
| 34/282 |
Process |
21 |
| 34/312 |
By centrifugal force |
41 |
| 34/313 |
Continuous processing |
8 |
| 34/314 |
With centrifugal spraying of the treated material |
15 |
| 34/315 |
With heating |
19 |
| 34/316 |
With recirculation of treated material |
6 |
| 34/318 |
Rotating drum or basket |
33 |
| 34/322 |
Foraminous basket |
20 |
| 34/323 |
With fluidizing of treated material |
9 |
| 34/321 |
Including heating |
20 |
| 34/319 |
Variable speed |
9 |
| 34/324 |
With inert atmosphere |
5 |
| 34/320 |
With pressurized atmosphere |
3 |
| 34/326 |
Rotating gas or vapor stream |
9 |
| 34/327 |
With heating |
3 |
| 34/328 |
With additional conveying means |
22 |
| 34/317 |
With carrier for thin discrete article |
43 |
| 34/325 |
With pressurized atmosphere |
7 |
| 34/427 |
Combined |
21 |
| 34/519 |
Conductive heating |
27 |
| 34/521 |
With evolved gas or vapor treatment |
6 |
| 34/520 |
Within drum |
8 |
| 34/302 |
Congealing or thickening |
4 |
| 34/303 |
By adding congealing or thickening agent |
6 |
| 34/304 |
By cooling of treated material |
11 |
| 34/305 |
By evaporating moisturizing fluid |
19 |
| 34/416 |
Contacting gas or vapor with solid sorbent to store gas or vapor |
46 |
| 34/428 |
Cooling by gas or vapor contact |
64 |
| 34/435 |
Gas or vapor flow concurrent or countercurrent to treated material flow |
14 |
| 34/436 |
Gravity flow of treated material |
7 |
| 34/434 |
Gas or vapor flow to bottom of treated material |
10 |
| 34/433 |
Gas or vapor flow to top and bottom of treated material |
14 |
| 34/429 |
Including conveyor |
34 |
| 34/432 |
Gas or vapor flow concurrent or countercurrent to treated material flow |
6 |
| 34/431 |
Gas or vapor flow to bottom of treated material |
6 |
| 34/430 |
Gas or vapor flow to top and bottom of treated material |
20 |
| 34/418 |
Diverse types of drying operations |
56 |
| 34/426 |
Plural treatments at same location |
26 |
| 34/423 |
Sequential drying treatments |
38 |
| 34/424 |
Of slurry or suspension |
25 |
| 34/425 |
Using rotating drum |
20 |
| 34/419 |
Sheet, web, or strand |
27 |
| 34/420 |
Including radiation or convection treatment |
50 |
| 34/421 |
Running length |
37 |
| 34/422 |
Running length |
32 |
| 34/442 |
Form-supported treated article |
28 |
| 34/284 |
Freeze-drying |
59 |
| 34/287 |
Including vacuum |
42 |
| 34/289 |
And heating |
21 |
| 34/290 |
Continuous processing |
7 |
| 34/291 |
Including mixing or agitating |
5 |
| 34/292 |
With gas or vapor treating (e.g., filtering or condensing) |
9 |
| 34/294 |
Desiccant or molecular sieve |
5 |
| 34/296 |
Having specific container |
15 |
| 34/297 |
Having specific type of material support |
14 |
| 34/295 |
Including mixing or agitating |
2 |
| 34/293 |
With gas or vapor treating |
3 |
| 34/288 |
And spray freeze or immersion |
12 |
| 34/298 |
With gas or vapor treating |
5 |
| 34/299 |
Desiccant or molecular sieve |
8 |
| 34/300 |
Using filter |
5 |
| 34/301 |
With additional material cooling by separate refrigeration means |
4 |
| 34/285 |
With separating of frozen fluid from treated material |
14 |
| 34/286 |
With gas or vapor flow to remove frozen fluid |
9 |
| 34/443 |
Gas or vapor contact with treated material |
121 |
| 34/508 |
Gas or vapor directed above and below treated material |
24 |
| 34/510 |
Gas or vapor directed above treated material |
21 |
| 34/509 |
Gas or vapor directed below treated material |
16 |
| 34/487 |
Gas or vapor flow directing or control |
111 |
| 34/488 |
Flow direction changes during treatment |
17 |
| 34/489 |
Reversible flow |
13 |
| 34/490 |
Timed control |
4 |
| 34/492 |
Gas or vapor flow varied during treatment |
22 |
| 34/491 |
Temperature or moisture content of treated material or chamber controls or directs gas or vapor |
88 |
| 34/513 |
Heat conserving |
38 |
| 34/514 |
Exhaust gas or vapor from treatment zone heats treating gas or vapor |
48 |
| 34/515 |
Heat pump or recompression increases heating effect |
17 |
| 34/482 |
Material speed or quantity controlled |
24 |
| 34/483 |
By moisture content of treated material |
10 |
| 34/484 |
And temperature of material or chamber |
12 |
| 34/485 |
By temperature of material or chamber |
8 |
| 34/481 |
Material thickness controlled |
9 |
| 34/511 |
Natural ambient air drying of material |
9 |
| 34/512 |
Solar assisted |
4 |
| 34/518 |
Piling or arranging material treated |
31 |
| 34/444 |
Sheet, web, or strand |
103 |
| 34/452 |
Gas or vapor drawn through treated material |
50 |
| 34/453 |
Using vacuum roller |
19 |
| 34/451 |
Plural treating chambers |
48 |
| 34/459 |
Running length of treated material |
24 |
| 34/463 |
Directing of gas or vapor |
36 |
| 34/464 |
Gas or vapor directed to opposed surfaces of material |
23 |
| 34/465 |
Gas or vapor directed to single surface of material |
27 |
| 34/460 |
Gas or vapor suspends treated material |
20 |
| 34/461 |
Gas or vapor directed to opposed surfaces of material |
23 |
| 34/462 |
With spacing or coiling |
6 |
| 34/448 |
Vapor or gas treatment |
63 |
| 34/450 |
Combustion of gas or vapor |
4 |
| 34/449 |
Condensation of gas or vapor |
28 |
| 34/454 |
With contact with heat exchanger (e.g., drum or roller) |
71 |
| 34/455 |
Pocket ventilator |
23 |
| 34/456 |
Vacuum causes web to contact wire or felt |
28 |
| 34/457 |
With guide roller |
19 |
| 34/458 |
With vacuum guide roller |
18 |
| 34/445 |
With drying parameter control |
51 |
| 34/447 |
Material speed control |
28 |
| 34/446 |
Temperature or moisture control of material treated or treating gas or vapor |
125 |
| 34/466 |
With spacing, coiling, or rolling |
10 |
| 34/516 |
Special gas or vapor |
53 |
| 34/517 |
Vapor |
28 |
| 34/497 |
Temperature of treating chamber regulated |
66 |
| 34/493 |
Temperature of treating gas or vapor controlled |
72 |
| 34/496 |
Multiple temperature levels of gas or vapor |
18 |
| 34/495 |
Temperature of gas or vapor regulated by other drying variables |
50 |
| 34/494 |
To prevent damage to material or system |
31 |
| 34/486 |
Timing of application of gas or vapor to treated material based on drying variables |
29 |
| 34/507 |
Treating gas or vapor drawn through material |
33 |
| 34/467 |
Treatment of gas or vapor |
59 |
| 34/472 |
Absorption/adsorption of gas or vapor released from treated material |
32 |
| 34/473 |
Regeneration of absorption/adsorption material |
37 |
| 34/478 |
Combustion of gas or vapor |
17 |
| 34/479 |
Combusted gas or vapor recirculated to treating chamber |
18 |
| 34/468 |
Condensation of gas or vapor |
42 |
| 34/469 |
Collecting of condensed gas or vapor |
47 |
| 34/470 |
With vaporization of condensed gas or vapor |
40 |
| 34/471 |
Regulating temperature of gas or vapor |
31 |
| 34/480 |
Filtering of gas or vapor |
42 |
| 34/474 |
Gas or vapor humidity regulation |
34 |
| 34/475 |
And gas or vapor temperature regulation |
30 |
| 34/476 |
Gas or vapor temperature regulation |
25 |
| 34/477 |
With recirculation of gas or vapor |
23 |
| 34/498 |
With treated material motion |
25 |
| 34/503 |
Concurrent gas or vapor flow |
10 |
| 34/504 |
Countercurrent gas or vapor flow |
14 |
| 34/505 |
Gravity flow of material |
11 |
| 34/499 |
Rotating drum |
56 |
| 34/506 |
Transverse flow of gas or vapor |
14 |
| 34/500 |
With conveyor |
38 |
| 34/501 |
Gas or vapor directed above and below material |
10 |
| 34/502 |
Gas or vapor directed below material |
9 |
| 34/406 |
Gas or vapor pressure is subatmospheric |
88 |
| 34/409 |
Including addition of treating agent |
18 |
| 34/410 |
Treating agent is inert gas |
34 |
| 34/411 |
Treating agent is steam |
20 |
| 34/407 |
With condensation of vapor |
27 |
| 34/408 |
With heating |
37 |
| 34/412 |
With heating |
57 |
| 34/413 |
Gas or vapor pressure is superatmospheric |
37 |
| 34/415 |
Including addition of treating agent |
13 |
| 34/414 |
Sheet, web, or strand |
22 |
| 34/402 |
Gas or vapor pressure varies during treatment |
64 |
| 34/403 |
Including subatmospheric pressure |
47 |
| 34/404 |
With addition of treating agent |
31 |
| 34/405 |
Including superatmospheric pressure |
22 |
| 34/283 |
Hair on head |
29 |
| 34/397 |
Mechanical liquid removal |
33 |
| 34/398 |
Using compression |
46 |
| 34/400 |
Expressing liquid by moving treated material through restriction |
15 |
| 34/399 |
Expressing liquid by use of roller |
19 |
| 34/401 |
Using vibration |
38 |
| 34/307 |
Retarding or shielding of treatment |
12 |
| 34/310 |
Application of temporary coating |
6 |
| 34/308 |
Radiation applying with shielding |
7 |
| 34/309 |
Shielding by selective application of gas or vapor flow |
8 |
| 34/311 |
Shielding by use of physical barrier to treating gas or vapor |
11 |
| 34/306 |
Sheet or web contact preventing by spacer sheet, web, or strand |
6 |
| 34/522 |
Solar drying |
8 |
| 34/437 |
Treating hollow article |
45 |
| 34/438 |
Having conveyor |
11 |
| 34/439 |
Treating fluid directed to interior and exterior of hollow article |
14 |
| 34/440 |
With specific support for hollow article |
21 |
| 34/441 |
Support surrounds hollow article |
7 |
| 34/329 |
With contacting of material treated with solid or liquid agent |
47 |
| 34/357 |
Liquid treating agent treats solid material |
22 |
| 34/358 |
Treating agent absorbs moisture |
5 |
| 34/353 |
Solid treating agent treats solid material |
16 |
| 34/355 |
Using absorbent band or belt |
14 |
| 34/354 |
Using agitation or mixing |
3 |
| 34/356 |
Solid treating agent treats suspension or slurry |
6 |
| 34/343 |
With addition of heat to drying process |
26 |
| 34/344 |
Treating agent consists of both solid and liquid |
9 |
| 34/348 |
Treating agent is a liquid |
20 |
| 34/350 |
Treating solid material |
21 |
| 34/352 |
Treating agent absorbs moisture |
8 |
| 34/351 |
Treating agent displaces moisture |
18 |
| 34/349 |
Treating suspension or slurry |
15 |
| 34/345 |
Treating agent is a solid |
11 |
| 34/346 |
Solid treating agent treats same material |
4 |
| 34/347 |
Treating of suspension or slurry |
10 |
| 34/330 |
With regeneration or removal of treating agent |
31 |
| 34/331 |
Treating agent consists of both solid and liquid |
16 |
| 34/337 |
Treating agent is a liquid |
35 |
| 34/339 |
With treatment of solid material |
28 |
| 34/341 |
Treating liquid absorbs moisture |
21 |
| 34/340 |
Treating liquid displaces moisture |
39 |
| 34/342 |
Using multiple treating liquids |
28 |
| 34/338 |
With treatment of suspension or slurry |
16 |
| 34/332 |
Treating agent is a solid |
11 |
| 34/335 |
Using absorbent band or belt |
21 |
| 34/336 |
Using absorbent roller |
7 |
| 34/333 |
With treating of solid material |
10 |
| 34/334 |
With treating of suspension or slurry |
5 |
| 34/359 |
With fluid current conveying or suspension of treated material |
68 |
| 34/375 |
Having embedded loop circulation of treated material |
7 |
| 34/372 |
Spray drying and cooling of slurry or suspension |
47 |
| 34/373 |
With contact with additional gas or vapor flow |
24 |
| 34/374 |
Additional flow is countercurrent |
7 |
| 34/360 |
Suspension of treated material |
67 |
| 34/368 |
Including agitating or comminuting of treated material |
57 |
| 34/361 |
Including applying vacuum |
28 |
| 34/369 |
Including baffle or deflector to adjust material flow |
52 |
| 34/366 |
Including downward impinging fluid flow |
11 |
| 34/364 |
Including gas or vapor flow variation |
53 |
| 34/365 |
Pulsed flow |
12 |
| 34/371 |
Including material separators or sorters |
73 |
| 34/362 |
Including pressurizing atmosphere |
31 |
| 34/367 |
With additional conveying |
26 |
| 34/363 |
With additional heat exchange |
53 |
| 34/370 |
With plural treating zones |
54 |
| 34/380 |
With nondrying treating of material |
135 |
| 34/389 |
Adding of nondrying treating substance |
81 |
| 34/390 |
Deodorizer |
15 |
| 34/388 |
Compacting or restraining |
18 |
| 34/391 |
Cooling of treated material |
37 |
| 34/392 |
Contacting material with cooling drum or roller |
29 |
| 34/393 |
Contacting material with cooling fluid |
50 |
| 34/394 |
Cooling fluid drawn through material treated |
24 |
| 34/395 |
Cooling fluid is ambient air |
20 |
| 34/396 |
Treated material is wood |
49 |
| 34/385 |
Material shaping |
17 |
| 34/386 |
Mixing or grinding |
26 |
| 34/381 |
Nondrying treating precedes drying |
93 |
| 34/384 |
Grinding or comminuting |
19 |
| 34/382 |
Material shaping |
12 |
| 34/383 |
Puncturing or incising of treated material |
3 |
| 34/387 |
Shearing or comminuting |
20 |
| 34/417 |
With sealing of treating chamber |
84 |
| 34/376 |
With treated material recirculation |
11 |
| 34/377 |
Recirculation of a portion of the treated material |
9 |
| 34/379 |
Recirculated portion mixed with untreated material |
21 |
| 34/378 |
With additional treating of recirculated portion (e.g., heating, cooling, separating) |
35 |