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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2012
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Andrew Ciaschi, Pittsford, NY (US);
James Douglas Shifley, Spencerport, NY (US);
Rodney Ray Bucks, Webster, NY (US);
Thomas Nathaniel Tombs, Rochester, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
An acoustic air impingement drying system is provided for drying a material. An inlet chamber receives air from an airflow source provides air at a supply flow rate. A plurality of acoustic resonant chambers are provided, each having an inlet slot that receives air from the inlet chamber and an outlet slot that directs air onto the material, wherein the acoustic resonant chambers impart acoustic energy to the transiting air, the outlet slots being oriented at an oblique angle relative to the width dimension of the pneumatic transducer unit. A plurality of exhaust air channels interspersed between the outlet slots remove the air directed onto the material by the acoustic resonant chambers. A blower pulls air through the exhaust air channels at an exhaust flow rate.