Richard W Ozer

6732454, May 11, 2004

Oct 29, 2002

10/282642

George E. Anderson - Champlin MN
Daniel D. Anderson - Stacy MN
Richard W. Ozer - Golden Valley MN

Crown Iron Works Company - Roseville MN

F26B 1700

34576, 34218, 34165, 99495, 554 8

A system for removing from a particle mass a liquid permeating the particle mass includes a vaporizing stage having a space wherein the pressure is less than the pressure of the particle mass. As the particle mass enters the vaporizing stage, the lower pressure causes much of the liquid to vaporize. Once vaporized, the vapor can be removed with a pump. A first stripping stage receives the particle mass from the first stage at a first particle inlet port and discharges the particle mass at a first particle outlet port. A first stripping gas inlet near the first particle outlet port of the first stripping stage injects an inert stripping gas into the particle mass. The inert gas mixes with remaining elements of the liquid and any entrained gas formed by the liquid, and the mixture is discharged at a gas outlet near the first particle outlet port. A second stripping stage having construction and operation different from the first stripping stage may receive the particle mass. In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the stripping stages transports the particle mass through gravitational force.

20030070317, Apr 17, 2003

Oct 15, 2001

09/978426

George Anderson - Champlin MN, US
Richard Ozer - Golden Valley MN, US

B08B005/00
F26B003/08

034/359000, 134/021000, 134/010000, 134/025100

An apparatus for removing a solvent from particulate material has a feeding device, a desolventizer, a solvent stripping device, a recirculation mechanism, and a sealing mechanism. The desolventizer has an inlet attached to the feeding device and an outlet structure. The solvent stripping device has a particulate treatment housing with a first and a second end and a conveying mechanism therein. The solvent stripping device also has a particulate inlet, an inert gas inlet, and a particulate outlet. The particulate inlet is located on the lower end and is connected to the desolventizer outlet. The recirculation mechanism removes solvent from an inert gas-solvent mixture. The sealing mechanism is connected between the outlet structure of the desolventizer and the inlet of the solvent stripping device. The sealing mechanism is constructed and arranged to prevent the movement of un-entrained solvent from entering the solvent stripping device.

55562744, Sep 17, 1996

Mar 15, 1995

8/404254

Gordon E. Ettie - Minneapolis MN
Richard W. Ozer - Golden Valley MN

Hosokawa Bepex Corporation - Minneapolis MN

F27D 108

432159

A particulate material drying apparatus and method including a pulse combustor and an associated combustion chamber. Fuel and combustion air are introduced to the combustion chamber whereby the combination of the pulse combustor and combustion chamber generates a pulsating flow of hot gases. A material feed introduction chamber receives the hot gases and material to be dried is delivered into the introduction chamber for contact therein with the flow of hot gases. A drying chamber is connected to the introduction chamber for receiving the mixture of material and hot gases exiting from the introduction chamber. The drying chamber comprises an enclosing wall, a porous inner wall spaced inwardly from the enclosing wall, and an annular space defined between the enclosing wall and the porous inner wall. Fluid under pressure is introduced to the annular space whereby the fluid passes through the porous inner wall and deters build-up of material on the inner surface of the porous inner wall.

52520617, Oct 12, 1993

May 13, 1992

7/882048

Richard W. Ozer - Golden Valley MN
Hanford Lockwood - San Mateo CA
Gregory J. Kimball - Robbinsdale MN
Ilya Pikus - Plymouth MN

Bepex Corporation - Minneapolis MN

F27D 700

432 25

A system for material drying comprising a pulse combustor and an associated combustion chamber whereby a pulsating flow of hot gases are generated. A tail pipe is connected to the outlet of the combustion chamber for receiving the pulsating flow of hot gases and a material introduction chamber is connected at the outlet of the tail pipe. A drying chamber is connected at the outlet of the material introduction chamber. The hot pulse combustion exhaust gases are cooled to control the temperature of the gases issuing from the outlet of the tail pipe and entering the material introduction chamber. This control is accomplished with a cool air stream issuing into the pulse combustion mixing chamber along with the hot gases from the pulse combustion tail pipe for mixing with and cooling of the hot gases. A separate diluent air stream may be employed for contact with material issuing from the introduction chamber and passing into the drying chamber. This separate diluent air stream will urge material already present in the drying chamber away from the entry location of new material into the drying chamber.

20180296939, Oct 18, 2018

Aug 5, 2016

15/750631

- Roseville MN, US
George E. Anderson - Champlin MN, US
Philip Fisher - Ham Lake MN, US
Richard Ozer - Golden Valley MN, US

B01D 11/02

An extractor may have a housing that maintains a solvent pool in which solids material being processed is immersed during operation. One or more bed decks can be positioned inside of the housing to provide multiple extraction stages. In some examples, the bed decks are arranged to provide one bed deck positioned at a vertically elevated position relative to another bed deck, thereby providing a drop zone where the solids material passing through the machine drops from the vertically elevated bed deck to a lower bed deck. To reduce the amount of solids material passing through the drop zone that becomes entrained in the solvent, the exactor can be configured with a settling zone. In some examples, the settling zone is formed by truncating the length of the vertically elevated bed deck, providing increased space and residence time for the solids material to fall out of suspension.

20180265802, Sep 20, 2018

Aug 5, 2016

15/750624

- Roseville MN, US
Richard OZER - Golden Valley MN, US

C11B 1/10
B01D 11/02

An immersion extractor may have a housing that maintains a solvent pool in which solids material being processed is immersed during operation. One or more bed decks can be positioned inside of the housing to provide multiple extraction stages. In some examples, a final bed deck extends from below a solvent level maintained in the housing to above the solvent level such that solids material is conveyed out of the solvent pool and toward a feed outlet at the end of extraction. The bed deck may include a drainage section positioned between the top of the solvent level in the extractor and the feed outlet, allowing solvent to drain out of the solids material before being discharged through the feed outlet, thereby increasing the efficiency of the extraction process.