F26B 17/10
Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form
Official title: with movement performed by fluid currents, e.g. issuing from a nozzle, {e.g. pneumatic, flash, vortex or entrainment dryers}(F26B3/08 takes precedence)
F26B17/10 (Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form) appears on 320 US grants and 205 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
- 320
- Published applications
- 205
- Assignees
- 237
- Inventors
- 650
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 9 | 4 |
| 2003 | 7 | 5 |
| 2004 | 9 | 16 |
| 2005 | 9 | 6 |
| 2006 | 5 | 10 |
| 2007 | 4 | 11 |
| 2008 | 4 | 14 |
| 2009 | 5 | 11 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 6 | 12 |
| 2015 | 4 | 11 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 14 |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Food disposer and operating method of the food disposer12 May 2026US 12,623,230 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Continuous centrifugal dewatering device12 May 2026US 12,623,234 B2LG Chem.Ltd.
- Spray-drier for the production of atomized ceramic powder from a water suspension of ceramic material28 Apr 2026US 12,611,612 B2Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
- Method for producing resin particles and dryer4 Nov 2025US 12,460,053 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Dryer screen quick release latch30 Sep 2025US 12,429,077 B2Maag Gala, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for inputting thermal energy into a fluid, related apparatus and uses24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287253 A1Coolbrook Oy
- Material drying processes6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227125 A1B&T Technologies, LLC
- Dryer screen quick release latch22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022720 A1Maag Gala, Inc.
- Supersonic dehydration and disinfection system and method25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389482 A1Adar Technologies, LLC
- Automated dryer6 Nov 2025US 2025/0341364 A1Maag Gala, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for making particles using spray dryer and in-line jet mill76US 6,918,991 B2Acusphere, Inc. · 2005
- Methods and apparatus for making particles using spray dryer and in-line jet mill72US 6,962,006 B2Acusphere, Inc. · 2005
- Methods and apparatus for making particles using spray dryer and in-line jet mill60US 6,921,458 B2Acusphere, Inc. · 2005
- Apparatus and process for drying a moist material dispersed or dispersible in a stream of drying gas53US 5,647,142 ANiro A/S · 1997
- Apparatus and method for desiccating and deagglomerating wet, particulate materials48US 6,256,902 B12001