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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Geuko van der Veen, Deventer, NL;
Assignee:
Gastec N.V., Apeldoorn, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34108 ; 431326 ;
Abstract
A drying apparatus comprising a cylindrical drum (1) for drying, on the outside surface of the drum (1), pulp-shaped and viscous substances, such as for instance coffee milk powder, or band-shaped products, such as for instance paper, cardboard or textile, the apparatus comprising means for heating the drum (1) from the inner space of the drum (1), the means for heating the drum from the inner space of the drum (1) comprising a number of gas burners (2) juxtaposed in axial direction of the drum and controllable independently of one another. In furher elaboration of the invention, the gas burners are radiant burners.