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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Blake Kolb, St. Paul, MN (US);
Marcio da Silveira Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Gary Lee Huelsman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/00 ;
Abstract
A system, such as a gap drying system, moves a substrate having a substrate tension over a curved plate at a substrate speed such that the substrate floats over at least a region of substantially constant clearance (H,) between the substrate and the curved plate. H,is controlled without adjusting the substrate speed and without adjusting the substrate tension.