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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David I Orloff, Atlanta, GA (US);
Timothy Patterson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Isaak Rudman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34 71 ; 34120 ; 34624 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for drying a fiber web is provided by pressing the web, preferably by impulse drying and then introducing the web into a gas pressurized zone followed by reducing the pressure in the zone, the reduction preferably being effected with cooling of the fiber web.