F26B 17/122
The material moving through a cross-flow of drying gas
Official title: {the material moving through a cross-flow of drying gas; the drying enclosure, e.g. shaft, consisting of substantially vertical, perforated walls}
F26B17/122 (The material moving through a cross-flow of drying gas) appears on 129 US grants and 89 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Grain dryer with bypass air control27 Jan 2026US 12,535,271 B2GSI Group Corporation
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- Integrated tower for removing VOC from polypropylene particles2 Dec 2025US 12,485,584 B2Tianhua Institute of Chemical Machinery and Automation Co., Ltd
- Grain dryer with bypass air control30 Sep 2025US 12,429,282 B2GSI Group Corporation
- A gas-particle processor11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158462 A1
- Bridge reducing mixed-flow grain dryer with cross-flow vacuum cool heat recovery system28 May 2026US 2026/0146794 A1Sukup Manufacturing Company
- Enclosed mixed-flow grain dryer19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078948 A1Sukup Manufacturing Company
- Grain-sample collection for moisture testing20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354754 A1
- Hopper with improved process fluid distribution system19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196396 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heat pump grain dryer52US 4,337,584 A1982
- Grain dryer and control system therefor46US 5,651,193 AGSI Group Corporation · 1997
- Grain dryer45US 4,914,834 A1990
- Method and apparatus for low-energy in-bin cross-flow grain and seed air drying and storage42US 7,818,894 B22010
- Advanced optimum continuous crossflow grain drying and conditioning method and apparatus36US 4,249,891 ABeard Industries, Inc. · 1981