F26B 17/14
The materials moving through a counter-current of gas
Official title: the materials moving through a counter-current of gas
F26B17/14 (The materials moving through a counter-current of gas) appears on 163 US grants and 132 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Plastic dehumidification and drying device15 Sep 2026US 12,736,284 B2
- Process for drying granular polymeric material and plant operating according to said process14 Jul 2026US 12,679,001 B2Pegaso Industries S.P.A.
- Process for continuous supercritical drying of aerogel particles7 Apr 2026US 12,595,341 B2aerogel-it GmbH
- Environmentally-friendly feed drying and cooling integrated machine23 Sep 2025US 12,422,190 B2Guangzhou Jp.Epe.Co., Ltd.
- Method for drying bulk materials, in particular solids, such as granulates, powders, grains, foils, shavings or the like, preferably plastic granulate24 Jun 2025US 12,339,063 B2Wittmann Technology GmbH
- Systems for drying of compositions and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309413 A1Ziccum AB
- Dehumidification drying system for synthetic resin molding material17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276303 A1Osaka Reiken Co., Ltd.
- Dehumidification drying system for synthetic resin molding material23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210629 A1Osaka Reiken Co., Ltd.
- Moisture sensors for granular materials18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168730 A1Novatec, Inc.
- Bridge reducing mixed-flow grain dryer with cross-flow vacuum cool heat recovery system28 May 2026US 2026/0146794 A1Sukup Manufacturing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Plenum drying hopper with integral heaters38US 4,294,020 AWhitlock, Inc. · 1981
- Grain dryer36US 4,502,229 A1985
- Multiple stage grain dryer with intermediate steeping31US 4,125,945 AWestlake Agricultural Engineering Inc. · 1978
- Grain drying system with high efficiency dehumidifier and modular drying bin27US 6,209,223 B1Advanced Dryer Systems, Inc. · 2001
- Apparatus for extracting solvent from a mass of vegetable particles24US 6,732,454 B2Crown Iron Works Company · 2004