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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas G Jacobs, Cuijk, NL;
Clemens J de Vroome, Beugen, NL;
Assignee:
Stork Contiweb B.V., Boxmeer, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34155 ; 34156 ; 226199 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a drier for elongate strips of material, wherein a fan for supplying a drying gas mixture to an array of nozzles is not located in the same height as the nozzles, as is common in the field of driers to allow supply of drying gas to the nozzles with a minimal amount of curves in the supply path. Instead thereof the fan is located above or below the nozzles to save ground area, and nevertheless maintaining a feed path towards the nozzles with a minimal amount of curves.