Material web drier

• US 4,312,139 A
• Filed: 06/23/1980
• Issued: 01/26/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Escher WYSS GmbH (Sulzer AG)
• Original Assignee: Escher WYSS GmbH (Sulzer AG)
• Inventors: Holik, Herbert, Greimel, Rudolf, Pinter, Reinhard, Feurstein, Guntram, Weinmann, Milada, Bilek, Karl, Preisler, Erich
• Primary Examiner(s): Schwartz, Larry I.
• Application Number:
  US06/161,747
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 239/437, 239/451, 239/455, 239/562, 34/155, 34/156, 34/54
• US Class Current: 34/571
• CPC Class Codes: F26B 13/007 Treating a particular portion of the web or plate, e.g. the edge
• CPC Class Codes: F26B 21/004 Nozzle assemblies; Air knives; Air distributors; Blow boxes F26B3/082, F26B13/104, F26B13/108, F26B21/006 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F26B 21/12 Velocity of flow; Quantity of flow , e.g. by varying fan speed, by modifying cross flow area F26B21/004 takes precedence; changing air flow pattern F26B21/022

Abstract

A material web drier containing a device for controlling the gas flow of a drying medium as a function of the actual state of the wet material web which is to be dried, comprising nozzle casings or surfaces containing blow-out or discharge openings arranged in cooperating relationship with respect to the material web. The discharge openings are directed towards the material web and serve for blowing-out the drying medium onto the web. For the purpose of dosing the gas flow or stream effluxing at the nozzle casings or surfaces, there are provided opening and closing elements which free the discharge openings or partially or completely close the same, as desired, whereby it is possible to vary the impingement of the material web by the drying medium selectively at discrete locations or regions thereof, both in the lengthwise and transverse directions of such material web.

Claims

1. A material web drier containing a hood drier arrangement for controlling the gas flow of a drying medium applied to a material web which is to be dried, comprising:

means coacting with said material web to be dried for infeeding a drying medium thereto;

said drying medium-infeed means containing discharge openings through which flows the drying medium for contact with the material web;

means for selectively completely freeing or partially or completely closing said discharge openings, in order to thereby selectively alter the impingement of the material web by the drying medium at discrete locations thereof, both in the lengthwise direction and also in the transverse direction of said material web; and

said means for selectively completely freeing or partially or completely closing said discharge openings being structured to enable controlled impingement of the material web by the drying medium at different intensities over the width of the material web without simultaneously altering the impingement intensity of the drying medium in the lengthwise direction of the material web.

2. The material web drier as defined in claim 1, wherein:

said drying medium-infeed means comprises at least one surface means provided with said discharge openings.

3. The material web drier as defined in claim 1, wherein:

said drying medium-infeed means comprises at least one nozzle casing provided with said discharge openings.

4. A material web drier for controlling the gas flow of a drying medium onto a material web which is to be dried, comprising:

means coacting with the material web to be dried for the infeed of a drying medium thereto;

means for supplying drying medium to said drying medium-infeed means;

said drying medium-infeed means being provided with discharge openings through which flows the drying medium for contact with the material web; and

opening and closing means cooperating with said discharge openings in order to selectively free or partially or completely close said discharge openings, in order to thereby selectively vary at predetermined locations of the material web, both in the lengthwise direction and in the transverse direction of said material web, the impingement of said material web by said drying medium.

5. The material web drier as defined in claim 4, wherein:

said drying medium-infeed means comprises at least one surface means provided with said discharge openings.

6. The material web drier as defined in claim 4, wherein:

said drying medium-infeed means comprises at least one nozzle casing provided with said discharge openings.

7. The material web drier as defined in claim 4, wherein:

said drying medium-infeed means comprises a plurality of nozzle casings arranged in spaced relationship from one another.

8. The material web drier as defined in claim 7, wherein:

said plurality of nozzle casings define a hood arrangement and include given ones of said nozzle casings arranged in a position other than a horizontal position; and

adjustable spacer means for maintaining said slide means of said nozzle casings arranged other than in said horizontal position in spaced relation from a lower situated side wall of said related nozzle casing.

9. The material web drier as defined in claim 8, wherein:

each of said slide means is provided with a sliding shoe; and

said adjustable spacer means being arranged at the region of said slide shoe.

10. The material web drier as defined in claim 4, wherein:

said drying medium-infeed means comprises at least one nozzle casing;

said opening and closing means comprising at least two elements for controlling the flow of the drying medium through said discharge openings; and

means for independently adjusting the position of each of said two elements with respect to one another.

11. The material web drier as defined in claim 4, wherein:

said opening and closing means comprises slide means;

said slide means being displaceably arranged to coact with said discharge openings of said drying medium-infeed means; and

said slide means being provided with a repetitive row of bores capable of coacting with at least given ones of said discharge openings in order to change the flow of drying medium through said discharge openings depending upon the position of said slide means.

12. The material web drier as defined in claim 11, wherein:

said row of bores are effective at four portions of the width of the material web.

13. The material web drier as defined in claim 11, wherein:

said row of bores contains, viewed in the direction of movement of said slide means, a large size bore followed by at least one smaller sized bore and imperforate means between said bores.

14. The material web drier as defined in claim 11, wherein:

said bores of the slide means are of the same size as the discharge openings.

15. The material web drier as defined in claim 11, wherein:

said drying medium-infeed means comprises at least one nozzle casing provided with said discharge openings;

adjustment means arranged externally of said nozzle casing for actuating said slide means; and

heat retarding means provided for said adjustment means.

16. The material web drier as defined in claim 15, wherein:

said heat retarding means comprises a coacting hook element and eyelet element.

17. The material web drier as defined in claim 11, further including:

a wall located opposite said discharge openings of said drying medium-infeed means; and

a slide shoe supported by spring force at said wall for pressing said slide means against said drying medium-infeed means.

18. The material web drier as defined in claim 4, wherein:

said opening and closing means being structured to be predominantly effective in a direction extending transversely with respect to the lengthwise direction of the material web.

19. A material web drier for controlling the gas flow of a drying medium onto a material web which is to be dried, comprising:

means coacting with the material web to be dried for the infeed of a drying medium thereto;

means for supplying drying medium to said drying medium-infeed means;

said drying medium-infeed means being provided with discharge openings through which flows the drying medium for contact with the material web;

opening and closing means cooperating with said discharge openings in order to selectively free or partially or completely close said discharge openings, in order to thereby selectively vary at predetermined locations of the material web, both in the lengthwise direction and in the transverse direction of said material web, the impingement of said material web by said drying medium;

said opening and closing means comprising slide means;

said slide means being displaceably arranged to coact with said discharge openings of said drying medium-infeed means;

said slide means being provided with a repetitive row of bores capable of coacting with at least given ones of said discharge openings in order to change the flow of drying medium through said discharge openings depending upon the position of said slide means;

a wall located opposite said discharge openings of said drying medium-infeed means;

a slide shoe supported by spring force at said wall for pressing said slide means against said drying medium-infeed means;

a rigid frame means for interconnecting said slide shoe and said slide means;

adjustment means for selectively positionally adjusting said slide means;

coupling means for connecting said slide means with said adjustment means;

said coupling means engaging essentially at the center of gravity of said frame means;

a rigid frame means for interconnecting said slide shoe and said slide means;

adjustment means for selectively positionally adjusting said slide means;

coupling means for connecting said slide means with said adjustment means; and

said coupling means engaging essentially at the center of gravity of said frame means.