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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:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul G. Seidl, De Pere, WI (US);
Michael P. Bria, Green Bay, WI (US);
Steve J. Zagar, Luxemburg, WI (US);
Andreas Ruhl, De Pere, WI (US);
Assignee:
Megtec Systems, Inc., DePere, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 7/00 ;
Abstract
Integrated web dryer (,) and regenerative heat exchanger (,), as well as a method of drying a web of material using the same. The apparatus and method of the present invention provides for the heating (,) of air and the converting of VOC's to harmless gases in a fully integrated manner via the inclusion of a regenerative combustion device as an integral element of the drying apparatus.