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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1975
Daniel L Goffredo, Riverton, NJ (US);
Chemcut Corporation, State College, PA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus is provided for drying articles that have been treated, for example, with an etchant or other treatment fluid and then washed, in order to remove the liquid, generally water, therefrom, the apparatus employing a conveyor for conveying the articles through a chamber, with a plurality of gas knives for preferably engaging the wet articles with a stream or curtain of cool air for physically impelling most of the liquid, generally water, from the articles, followed by delivering the articles past one or more other gas knife stations whereby air that has been heated is impelled onto the articles, for removing generally water film from the surface thereof. The apparatus is adjustable for using a single blower to provide originally unheated air to a single duct that is bifurcated into two channels, with a heater being provided in one of the channels.