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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Gregory L. Wedel, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Gerald L. Timm, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
Kenneth C. Hill, Loudon, TN (US);
Inventors:
Gregory L. Wedel, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Gerald L. Timm, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
Kenneth C. Hill, Loudon, TN (US);
Assignee:
Kadant Johnson Inc., Three Rivers, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 5/20 (2006.01); B31F 1/28 (2006.01); D21F 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 5/20 (2013.01); B31F 1/285 (2013.01); D21F 5/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for improving the heating capacity of steam-heated hot plates, and in particular, to steam-heated hot plates used in the corrugating industry. One or more separators and thermocompressors are added to the output of the hot plates to separate blow through steam from condensate and pressurize and inject the steam back into the hot plates.