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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300018 | Method and device for stabilizing high-speed unwinding of a strip product The invention relates to a method and a device for stabilizing high speed running along a longitudinal direction, of a band (4) applied on a rotary surface (3) and along which a portion of the surrounding air forms a boundary layer (43) trapped ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7254902 | Sheet dryer A sheet dryer includes sprockets and a delivery chain, at least one heat-resistant glass plate, at least one lower-surface drying lamp, a guide plate, a plurality of first discharge holes, and a plurality of second discharge holes. The sprockets and delivery chain c... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241003 | Media drying system having a heated surface and a directed gas flow A drying system and method are provided. The drying system includes a plenum and a gas source in fluid communication with the plenum. A gas flow guide is attached to the plenum and is operable to direct gas flow provided by the gas source. A support includes a surfa... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7207670 | Inkjet printer with in-built drying compartment An inkjet printer has a drying compartment for the freshly printed media web. The compartment has a top opening for receiving the media web fed from the printhead, the top opening being configured so that the media web is received as a suspended partial loop within ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7176415 | Heating method for a band-shaped body and heating apparatus for a band-shaped body A heating method and apparatus for a band-shaped body transported in a constant conveying direction in a heating zone so as to heat the band-shaped body is provided. The method includes detecting whether a portion of the band-shaped body at which width and/or thickn... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7086727 | Heat fixing apparatus for sublimating and fixing sublimating ink to recording medium A heat fixing apparatus has a heating unit for heating a recording medium having a substrate, a fixing layer and a surface layer so as to sublimate sublimating ink applied in advance to the surface layer for transferring the sublimated ink to the fixing layer. The h... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080465 | Method of manufacturing inkjet recording sheet and drying apparatus for application film The present invention dries an ink absorption layer using a drying apparatus after applying an ink absorption layer application liquid containing inorganic particles and water-soluble resin to a continuously running web and thereby reduces a drying speed distributio... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7052124 | Ink assist air knife In operating an inkjet printing mechanism, media passes through a printzone including a support apparatus supporting the media thereat. When passing through the printzone, print imaging is applied by application of ink from an ink dispensing element and onto a surfa... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032323 | Device and method for compacting a fiber composite Disclosed are a device and a method for compacting a continuously conveyed fiber composite (V) by means of heat (W) impingement. A heated treatment medium (L) is blasted towards the fiber composite (V) by means of at least one nozzle arrangement (2a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6964117 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a moisture profile in a web An apparatus for drying a travelling wet fibrous web is provided which comprises a rotating air-permeable drum. The drum is at least partially surrounded by a hood which has an interior space for receiving a flow of air and directing the flow of air through a permea... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6944970 | In-line dryer for a printer The invention provides a dryer for a printer such as a print on demand wallpaper printer. The dryer has a compartment with an opening across the top. The opening is in a path of a moving media web which is printed on by the printer. The opening is optionally covered... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6842996 | Segmented air distribution bar An air-knife is described in the form of a segmented air distribution bar equipped with control valves along the length of the bar to enable a user to incrementally adjust the air distribution across the width of an inking roller of a printing press. ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6785982 | Drying apparatus and method for drying coated webs A method and apparatus for drying a coated web is taught that reduces dryer induced mottle. The apparatus comprises a plurality of ducts positioned in series within an enclosure, the coated web travelling through the enclosure in a direction of travel, each duct inc... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6581298 | Nozzle for fabric dryer A nozzle for a fabric dryer whose cross sectional area tapers from the proximal end thereof to the distal end thereof. The nozzle has a fabric side that is juxtaposed relative to the fabric. The fabric side of the nozzle is provided with a slot that exten... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581302 | Dryer for goods in strip or panel form In known rack dryers, the drying effect is weaker in the outer area on the side of the air intake into the pipe chambers than in the other areas. Said weaker drying effect is caused by turbulence in this area, which leads to a drop in the static pressure.... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6505928 | Methods and apparatus for ink jet printing with forced air drying Apparatus and methods for applying drying air to a printed substrate during each pass of a print head over the substrate. Preferred embodiments of the present invention direct heated air onto the printed substrate and then draw that heated air away from t... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6505419 | Drying compartment for a printed web A drying compartment for drying a printed web, consisting of a housing with intake and outlet openings for the web and with at least one infrared radiator directed at the web and/or with blower nozzles which blow hot air onto the web. In order to remove l... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6442864 | Thermal equalizer A thermal equalizer for use in a paper web drying machine and process is disclosed. The equalizer is located at the junction of a crescent header and the associated nozzle box and its use results in a more uniform temperature and nozzle velocity in the cr... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6427360 | Method for convectively heating permeable material A method for preheating a permeable, thermoformable material having first and second sides includes supplying heated fluid to a fluid distribution system; regulating flow of the fluid such that fluid having a first temperature flows at a first velocity, a... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6298577 | Device for enhancing removal of liquid from fabric A device for enhancing removal of liquid from fabric utilizing mechanical and aerodynamic techniques. A base plate contains one or more apertures to which a vacuum is applied for extracting water from the fabric. The total cross-sectional area of the aper... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6293031 | Method and apparatus for drying a coated paper web or the like Method and apparatus for drying a coated paper web (W) or the like web. The apparatus (10) comprises sequentially in the running direction of the web--a turning device (16) arranged on the first side of the web and provided with blow nozzles (20), with wh... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6282811 | Method of and device for thermal treatment of a continuous product web by blowing of steam In a method and a device for thermal treatment of a continuous product web by blowing of steam, a product web is transported through an inlet slot, an interior of the housing and an outlet slot and steam is blown onto the product web through nozzle openin... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6266892 | Device for enhancing removal of liquid from fabric A device for enhancing removal of liquid from fabric, such as a vacuum head device for removing liquid from carpet, includes an elongated base plate to be moved across the carpet. The vacuum head has a tapering cross section with a wider upper end and a n... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6202323 | Apparatus for treating material webs Apparatus for treating material webs. For the purpose of treating material webs (10), especially drying them, these are acted on by a (heated) gaseous medium via slot nozzles (13, 14) in the area of a drying chamber (11). Depending on the operating condit... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6155518 | Blow box for levitated guidance of a material web Apparatus for levitated guidance of a material web moving in a travel direction, includes a blow box which defines an air chamber in communication with a source for supply of blowing air. The blow box has a planar surface portion positioned in facing rela... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6131308 | Apparatus for levitational guidance of web material An apparatus for levitational guidance of a continuous web of material for the purpose of its heat-treatment is configured of individual zones. The form ducting of the zones has the shape of an U in the vertical longitudinal center section above and below... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6128832 | Method and system for providing conditioned air A system and method for providing conditioned air to a yarn traveling on a textile machine includes an air conditioning unit local to said textile machine and configured to receive input air and to condition the air to a first desired relative humidity. A... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6119369 | Vacuum preheater for web heating and drying A vacuum-assisted hot plate is used to precondition webs, such as paper webs used in the manufacture of corrugated paperboard. The vacuum-assisted preheater has a web supporting and heating surface separated into four sections, namely: an input section, a... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6108941 | Conveyor dryer with stationary conveyor support structure A conveyor dryer having a drying chamber and a conveyor disposed within the chamber for conveying a selected material through the chamber is detected. A stationary conveyor support is disposed on each side of the conveyor for supporting the conveyor. A ma... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6073368 | Drying and/or fixing device Described is a drying and/or fixing device for blowing at a textile material web, which is transported in its longitudinal direction in the broad-stretched condition through at least one treatment field and blown at there from blowboxes with a treatment g... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6058621 | Apparatus and method for drying photosensitive material using radiant heat and air flow passages A drying apparatus and method utilizes radiant heat and forced air to provide for rapid drying of photosensitive material without emulsion side contact. The forced air is supplied through air passages formed between cover members that partially surround r... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6049995 | Infrared dryer with air purge shutter A combination infrared/air convection dryer or oven for travelling webs. A shutter assembly is provided between the infrared radiation source and the moving web in order to selectively expose the web to infrared radiation, and to create a sealed air chamb... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6006446 | Apparatus for the treatment, in particular drying, of material webs To provide uniform treatment criteria over the entire surface of a material web (10) in the region of a drying chamber (11), the treatment air or intake air is directed onto the material web (10) from above and below by means of slot nozzles (19, 24) from... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5992051 | Carpet drying system A carpet drying system is provided including at least one housing and a plurality of air ports mounted on a bottom of the housing for being inserted within a carpet. Also included is an air compressor connected to the housing and in fluidic communication ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5970627 | Active web stabilization apparatus An active web stabilizer including a structure having a leading edge and a working surface coupled by a curved surface, the working surface being positioned proximate to a passing web. An internal pressurized air duct extends along the working surface ort... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5946819 | Continuous textile web dryer Tenter driers are frequently used for drying textile webs whose edges have an increased weight per unit area or have been treated with glue. It is extremely difficult to dry the edges to the same degree of residual humidity as the remainder of the web. In... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5867920 | High speed infrared/convection dryer A combination infrared/convection dryer or oven for drying travelling webs. A shutter assembly is provided between the infrared radiation source and the moving web in order to selectively expose the web to infrared radiation. Drying efficiency is optimize... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5678429 | Machine for the wet and dry treatment of fabrics in rope or open-width form A machine for the wet and dry treatment of fabric in rope or open-width form of any type and weight has a treatment tank (10) within which the fabric to be treated is conveyed by a belt conveyor (11). The belt conveyor has an upper active conveying branch... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5638610 | Heat setting chamber for the continuous heat setting of yarns In the case of a heat setting chamber for the continuous heat setting of yarns, entry and exit openings are provided, through which transport belts are fed and onto which transport belts the yarns are placed in loops. In the area of the entry and exit ope... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5623771 | Steam moistening apparatus A steam moistening apparatus includes a housing with a steam connection, wherein a steam blow chamber is arranged in the housing. The steam blow chamber has an external wall in common with the housing and the external wall is provided with steam outlet op... | 04/29/1997 |
