F26B 17/101
The drying enclosure having the shape of one or a plurality of
Official title: {the drying enclosure having the shape of one or a plurality of shafts or ducts, e.g. with substantially straight and vertical axis (F26B17/107 takes precedence)}
F26B17/101 (The drying enclosure having the shape of one or a plurality of) appears on 153 US grants and 115 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
- 153
- Published applications
- 115
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
- 349
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 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.
- 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.
- Flash drying apparatus and method of producing particles15 Jul 2025US 12,358,186 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- 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.
- Automated dryer6 Nov 2025US 2025/0341364 A1Maag Gala, Inc.
- Flash dryer28 Aug 2025US 2025/0271211 A1Exalant Drying Technology AB
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