Drier

US7600329B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Durr Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Konrad Ortlieb · Stuttgart, DE
• Helmut Zurich · Ochtrup, DE
• Jürgen Weschke · Weil der Stadt, DE
• Peter Napfel · Tamm, DE
• Manfred Fottinger · Reiskirchen, DE
• Rudolf Strauss · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2009
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F26B2210/12
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to provide an easy-to-assemble drier (100) for drying surface-treated workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies (110), which are each disposed on a respective workpiece carrier (109), comprising a drier housing (102) having a drier tunnel (108), through which the workpieces are moved along a conveying direction (112) and which is delimited in a downward direction by a drier floor (116) comprising a plurality of floor elements (118), and a conveying device (138) that conveys the workpieces through the drier tunnel (108), it is proposed that the conveying device (138) comprises a plurality of carrying roller units (140), which are disposed successively in the conveying direction (112) and each comprise at least one carrying roller (142), on which the workpiece carriers (109) rest as they are conveyed through the drier tunnel (108), wherein the carrying roller units (140) are each mountable separately on a respective floor element (118) of the drier floor (116).