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Web dryer with fully integrated regenerative heat source

US6321462A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
5References
18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 22, 2000
Grant dateNov 27, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23G2900/70601
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Integrated web dryer (10) and regenerative heat exchanger (20), as well as a method of drying a web of material using the same. The apparatus and method of the present invention provides for the heating (22) of air and the converting of VOC's to harmless gases in a fully integrated manner via the inclusion of a regenerative combustion device as an integral element of the drying apparatus.

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