F26B 5/042
For drying articles or discrete batches of material in a continuous or
Official title: {for drying articles or discrete batches of material in a continuous or semi-continuous operation, e.g. with locks or other air tight arrangements for charging/discharging}
F26B5/042 (For drying articles or discrete batches of material in a continuous or) appears on 54 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Low pressure dryer71US 7,234,247 B22007
- Drying apparatus under reduced pressure for plastic molding material61US 8,776,390 B2Kabushikikaisha Matsui Seisakusho · 2014
- Method and apparatus for drying or heat-treating products53US 6,297,479 B12001
- Method and apparatus for drying or heat-treating products44US 6,442,866 B22002
- Vacuum drying apparatus32US 5,293,697 ANikku Industry Co., Ltd. · 1994