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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Ronald R. Anderson, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41F 23/04 (2006.01); B41J 3/60 (2006.01); F26B 3/04 (2006.01); F26B 15/02 (2006.01); F26B 23/04 (2006.01); F26B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41F 23/04 (2013.01); B41J 3/60 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); F26B 3/04 (2013.01); F26B 13/145 (2013.01); F26B 15/02 (2013.01); F26B 23/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one example, a multi-stage hot air dryer in which each successive stage is configured to take in air discharged from a prior stage and discharge it on to an article moving through the dryer from the last stage to the first stage such that the article is exposed to higher humidity air first in the dryer and to lower humidity air last in the dryer.