F26B 21/40
Arrangements for supplying or controlling air or other gases for drying solid
Official title: using gases other than air
F26B21/40 (Arrangements for supplying or controlling air or other gases for drying solid) appears on 417 US grants and 364 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
- 417
- Published applications
- 364
- Assignees
- 309
- Inventors
- 1,085
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 16 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 |
| 2004 | 16 | 14 |
| 2005 | 11 | 16 |
| 2006 | 11 | 9 |
| 2007 | 3 | 12 |
| 2008 | 6 | 13 |
| 2009 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010 | 6 | 14 |
| 2011 | 5 | 11 |
| 2012 | 9 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 10 | 15 |
| 2015 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 10 | 14 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16 |
| 2018 | 19 | 21 |
| 2019 | 19 | 12 |
| 2020 | 10 | 24 |
| 2021 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022 | 13 | 26 |
| 2023 | 17 | 20 |
| 2024 | 12 | 26 |
| 2025 | 17 | 9 |
| 2026 | 13 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Dehumidification device of package thermal-shrinking oven22 Sep 2026US 12,741,773 B2
- Low-temperature, ejector assisted dryer apparatus, methods and deployment thereof11 Aug 2026US 12,704,325 B2Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources
- Process for producing a thermoplastic moulding compound comprising a thermoplastic copolymer A and a graft copolymer B4 Aug 2026US 12,698,351 B2Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH
- Microbial compositions9 Jun 2026US 12,648,567 B2NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc.
- Processes and systems for de-watering sludge2 Jun 2026US 12,643,807 B2NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
- Drying facility incorporating a heat recovery and drying steam generation system, and drying method which makes use of such a facility8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309416 A1France Evaporation
- Drying device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266542 A1Toray Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Substrate processing method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257250 A1SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Method for preparing silicon powders using waste silicon sludge, silicon powders for preparing a secondary battery negative-electrode material, and system for preparing silicon powders27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249334 A1Innox Ecom. Co., Ltd.
- Dehydration device and assembly, and method for obtaining such an assembly27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251392 A1Lgd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic substrate processing system using portable closed containers and its equipments568US 5,621,982 AShinko Electric Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Washing apparatus126US 6,691,536 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2004
- Method and apparatus for maintaining clean articles113US 5,351,415 AConvey, LLC · 1994
- Vapor washing process and apparatus105US 5,105,556 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1992
- Closed-loop drying process and system100US 5,343,632 AAdvanced Dryer Systems, Inc. · 1994