F26B 25/008
Seals, locks
Official title: {Seals, locks, e.g. gas barriers or air curtains, for drying enclosures (F26B11/024 and F26B13/005 take precedence)}
F26B25/008 (Seals, locks) appears on 84 US grants and 91 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
- 84
- Published applications
- 91
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 249
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Vapor chamber for drying25US 3,931,684 AJ. J. Baker Company Limited · 1976
- Centrifugal wafer processor25US 4,571,850 AThe Fluorocarbon Company · 1986
- Methodology and apparatus to reduce fuel consumption in conveyor dryers and ovens25US 7,316,080 B1Solution Dynamics, LLC · 2008
- Sheet material and method and apparatus for drying therefor23US 6,694,639 B2Tokushu Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd. · 2004
- Method and installation for the stoving of articles21US 3,947,235 AAir Industrie · 1976