F26B 5/02
Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of
Official title: by using ultrasonic vibrations {(using sonic energy generated by pulse jet combustion F26B23/026)}
F26B5/02 (Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of) appears on 58 US grants and 69 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 18 Nov 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Dewatering system with ultrasound and related methods27 Jun 2024US 2024/0210107 A1Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Systems and methods for acclimatizing food21 Mar 2024US 2024/0090539 A1Dry Harvest, LLC
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Bulk drying and the effects of inducing bubble nucleation48US 6,884,866 B2Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc. · 2005
- Ultrasonic-assisted liquid manipulation40US 11,098,951 B2Ultrahaptics IP Ltd · 2021
- Self-cleaning apparatus for removal of foreign substances from a plate-like device40US 5,170,288 AAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992
- Dryer using high frequency vibration34US 10,520,252 B2UT-Battelle, LLC · 2019
- Process and apparatus for removing water from fibrous web using oscillatory flow-reversing air or gas32US 6,393,719 B1The Procter & Gamble Company · 2002