Drying apparatus for articles on a conveyor
CA 2436906 A1 · Owner: O.N. Beck & Co. Ltd. · Inventors: Beck, Clifford Howard Berthold
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A drying apparatus (1) for removing surface moisture from articles travelling on a conveyor, includes a drying enclosure (2) for positioning at a drying portion of the conveyor at least partially to enclose articles travelling along the drying portion of the conveyor. A pair of converging guide rods (11a, 11b) are provided at the entrance (9) to the drying enclosure (2) and are adjustably mounted so that articles arriving at the drying enclosure are engaged and spun as they enter the drying enclosure. Arrays (15a 15b) of air , jets (16) within the drying enclosure directs streams of air from both sides of the conveyor at the articles at selected heights above the conveyor to …
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- Filed November 28, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 28, 2021.
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