ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,094, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GRENZEBACH BSH GMBH (Bad Hersfeld, Germany).
"Method for drying slab-shaped materials and drying device" was invented by Christoph Straetmans (Wippershain, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for drying building material slabs, in particular slabs containing gypsum, which are guided in floors (15) through an device divided into a drying pre-zone (2) and drying chambers and in which the slabs are brought into contact with drying air, characterized in that drying air is applied from the drying pre-zone (2) to the slabs in an area (1) arranged upstream of the pre-zone (2) and enclosed...