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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Witold Wacinski, North Vancouver, CA;
Eugene Kolesniak, North Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Measurex Devron Inc., North Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ; F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
162290 ; 34636 ; 34638 ; 162375 ; 162281 ;
Abstract
A steam applicator to apply steam to a web passing by the applicator. The applicator is a main supply header and a plurality of profiling steam chambers to receive steam from the main supply header. The pre-heat chambers adjacent the profiling steam chambers. The flow of steam is controlled from the main supply header to each profiling steam chamber. At least one outlet in each profiling steam chamber allows a supply of steam from the applicator. The supply of steam from each outlet can be controlled. The apparatus is compact and has the virtue avoiding condensate dripper onto the web.