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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Shinzo Kida, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Fukaya, Tokyo, JP;
JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drying device having a travel path along which a web (W) of paper travels, a plurality of drying ovens arranged side by side along the travel path, a plurality of conveyor rolls provided in each of the drying ovens to convey the web (W) along the travel path, a plurality of roll units each constituted by one or more of the conveyor rolls and separated from each other along the travel path, and a plurality of conveyor motors connected to the respective roll units to rotate the conveyor rolls, wherein a downstream one of the roll units with respect to the travel path is rotated at a lower rotating speed than an upstream one of the roll units.