Web drying apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11215398-B2
Application number	US-202016805338-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2020
Priority date	Mar 22, 2019
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A web drying apparatus, comprises: two blower units which are arranged vertically between an upper dry path and a lower dry path disposed below the upper dry path and at least partially overlap each other when viewed from a vertical direction. One blower unit disposed on an upper side, the other blower unit disposed on a lower side. The lower end part of the one blower unit deviates from the upper end part of the other blower unit in the horizontal direction and protrudes to be lower than the upper end part in the vertical direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A web drying apparatus, comprising:
two blower units which are arranged vertically between an upper dry path and a lower dry path disposed below the upper dry path and at least partially overlap each other when viewed from a vertical direction,
wherein one blower unit disposed on an upper side, among the two blower units, faces the upper dry path from downward and injects gas onto a web passing through the upper dry path,
the other blower unit disposed on a lower side, among the two blower units, faces the lower dry path from upward and injects gas onto a web passing through the lower dry path,
the one blower unit has a first sidewall provided at one end in a horizontal direction, a second sidewall provided at the other end in the horizontal direction, and a lower end part which is disposed between the first sidewall and the second sidewall,
the lower end part is positioned lower than the first sidewall and the second sidewall and forms a lower end of the one blower unit,
the other blower unit has a third sidewall provided at one end in the horizontal direction, a fourth sidewall provided at the other end in the horizontal direction, and an upper end part which is disposed between the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall,
the upper end part is positioned upper than the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall and forms an upper end of the other blower unit, and
the lower end part of the one blower unit deviates from the upper end part of the other blower unit in the horizontal direction and protrudes to be lower than the upper end part in the vertical direction.

2. The web drying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the one blower unit has one protruding part positioned between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, a first slope part extending from the first sidewall to the one protruding part and sloping down toward the one protruding part with respect to the horizontal direction, and a second slope part extending from the second sidewall to the one protruding part and sloping down toward the one protruding part with respect to the horizontal direction, and the one protruding part protrudes downward from the first slope part and the second slope part and a lower end surface of the one protruding part corresponds to the lower end part, and
the other blower unit has the other protruding part positioned between the third sidewall and the fourth sidewall, a third slope part extending from the third sidewall to the other protruding part and sloping up toward the other protruding part with respect to the horizontal direction, and a fourth slope part extending from the fourth sidewall to the other protruding part and sloping up toward the other protruding part with respect to the horizontal direction, and the other protruding part protrudes upward from the third slope part and the fourth slope part and an upper end surface of the other protruding part corresponds to the upper end part.

3. The web drying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the first slope part slopes at a certain first angle with respect to the horizontal direction, the second slope part slopes at a certain second angle with respect to the horizontal direction, the third slope part slopes at a certain third angle with respect to the horizontal direction, and the fourth slope part slopes at a certain fourth angle with respect to the horizontal direction.

4. The web drying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the one blower unit has a plurality of one-side nozzles which are arranged in an extending direction of the upper dry path and each face, from downward, the web passing through the upper dry path and injects gas from each of the plurality of one-side nozzles, the gas being supplied to an inside of one chamber constituted of the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the one protruding part, and
the other blower unit has a plurality of the other-side nozzles which are arranged in an extending direction of the lower dry path and each face, from upward, the web passing through the lower dry path and injects gas from each of the plurality of the other-side nozzles, the gas being supplied to an inside of the other chamber constituted of the third sidewall, the fourth sidewall, and the other protruding part.

5. The web drying apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the one blower unit has one opening which is opened in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the upper dry path and the vertical direction between a first imaginary straight line which coincides with one end of the one protruding part in the horizontal direction and is in parallel with the vertical direction and a second imaginary straight line which coincides with the other end of the one protruding part in the horizontal direction and is in parallel with the vertical direction, and the gas is supplied to an inside of the one chamber from the one opening, and
the other blower unit has the other opening which is opened in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the lower dry path and the vertical direction between a third imaginary straight line which coincides with one end of the other protruding part in the horizontal direction and is in parallel with the vertical direction and a fourth imaginary straight line which coincides with the other end of the other protruding part in the horizontal direction and is in parallel with the vertical direction, and the gas is supplied to an inside of the other chamber from the other opening.

6. The web drying apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the one opening at least partially overlaps the one protruding part, and the other opening at least partially overlaps the other protruding part.

Assignees

• Screen Holdings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsuda Takeshi
• Takeichi Yoshikuni
• Hiramatsu Kenta
• Hirai Keisuke
• Uemura Ryota

Classifications

• F26B21/50

  Ducting arrangements from the source of air or other gases to the materials or objects being dried · CPC title

• B41J11/0022

  using convection means, e.g. by using a fan for blowing or sucking air · CPC title

• F26B13/06

  with movement in a sinuous or zig-zag path · CPC title

• F26B13/14

  Rollers, {drums, cylinders}(sorbent surfaces F26B13/26); {Arrangement of drives, supports, bearings, cleaning} · CPC title

• B65H20/10

  by a feed band against which web is held by fluid pressure, e.g. suction or air blast · CPC title