F26B 21/006
Arrangements for supplying or controlling air or other gases for drying solid
Official title: {with the air or gases passing through hollow spaces or cores within the materials or objects to be dried, e.g. tubes, pipes or bottles}
F26B21/006 (Arrangements for supplying or controlling air or other gases for drying solid) appears on 205 US grants and 170 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Locker with equipment rack—quick dry shoe drawer18 Aug 2026US 12,710,230 B1AIM Design, LLC
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- Shoes care device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174311 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Drying device, drying system, drying method and synthetic reaction system11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160490 A1Chemlex Pte. Ltd.
- Shoe care device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151016 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Glove dryer, sanitizer, deodorizer and shape maintainer4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152899 A1Serialle, Inc.
- Shoe care apparatus and control method therefor7 May 2026US 2026/0126229 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Armoire178US 5,369,892 A1994
- Armoire adaptable to a sauna, drum dryer, and tubular lighted clothing dryer with humidity damper control of exhaust gases163US 5,546,678 A1996
- Portable clothing and equipment drier64US 5,592,750 A1997
- Tubular drying apparatus for footwear or handwear61US 5,287,636 A1994
- Apparatus for deodorizing, sterilizing and drying bedding and clothing58US 5,713,137 A1998