F26B

Drying solid materials or objects by removing liquid therefrom

Official title: DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM (drying devices for combines A01D41/133; racks for drying fruit or vegetables A01F25/12; drying foodstuffs A23; drying hair A45D20/00; body-drying implements A47K10/00; drying household articles A47L; drying gases or vapours B01D; chemical or physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00; centrifugal apparatus B04; drying ceramics C04B33/30; drying yarns or fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic laundry-or spin-driers, wringing or hot pressing laundry D06F; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27)

F26B (Drying solid materials or objects by removing liquid therefrom) appears on 9,622 US grants and 7,171 published applications in this corpus.

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YearGranted patentsPublished applications
19761430
19771580
19781540
19791180
19801740
19811660
19821370
19831060
19841570
19851510
19861550
19871780
19881490
19891660
19901510
19911860
19922250
19932280
19942110
19951810
19962270
19972050
19982030
19992290
20002470
200121430
2002193133
2003171175
2004142209
2005117190
2006116222
200784200
2008105240
200970217
201099240
2011150284
2012152248
2013184357
2014223412
2015251362
2016275325
2017275294
2018299390
2019341340
2020338385
2021296323
2022248300
2023222332
2024228364
2025245321
2026179278

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