F26B 17/04
The belts being all horizontal or slightly inclined
Official title: the belts being all horizontal or slightly inclined (F26B17/08 takes precedence)
F26B17/04 (The belts being all horizontal or slightly inclined) appears on 199 US grants and 174 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
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| 2025 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for drying fruit pulp and the like77US 4,631,837 A1986
- Dehydration plant53US 6,233,841 B1Australian Rural Dehydration Enterprise Pty. Ltd. · 2001
- Combined microwave and thermal drying apparatus46US 4,746,968 AMcDonnell Douglas Corporation · 1988
- Multi pass, continuous drying apparatus45US 5,634,281 AUniversal Drying Systems, Inc. · 1997
- Produce drying system utilizing multiple energy sources42US 6,523,276 B12003