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Method and apparatus for treatment of an endless web of material with vacuum

US5840101A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1996
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF26B13/16
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for the treatment of an endless web, wherein exhaust vapors, formed in a treatment chamber, are withdrawn together with returned gases with a vacuum from the treatment chamber and are led into a separator to be separated into gas and liquid. The gas is further heated in a vacuum generator and is then returned into the treatment zone, wherein the endless web is led in the treatment zone over rollers with heating devices.

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