US3641681A - Carpet dryer - Google Patents

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US3641681A
US3641681A US864357A US3641681DA US3641681A US 3641681 A US3641681 A US 3641681A US 864357 A US864357 A US 864357A US 3641681D A US3641681D A US 3641681DA US 3641681 A US3641681 A US 3641681A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B13/00—Machines and apparatus for drying fabrics, fibres, yarns, or other materials in long lengths, with progressive movement
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  • the present invention comprises a dryer for drying continuous carpet material and the like which functions to force a high velocity heated stream of air through the carpet as the carpet initially enters the dryer housing, and subsequently flows heated air through the carpet at a lower velocity.
  • the air initially forced through the carpet at high velocity is subsequently exhausted from the housing without recirculating through the housing, while the air subsequently forced through the carpet is continuously recirculated and reheated until exhausted through the exhaust system. This effectively removes the wettest air and coolest air from the housing and rapidly dries the carpet entering the housing.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a carpet dryer that is initially manufactured in two sections and the two sections are normally connected together at the site of permanent installation.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide apparatus for drying carpet which is inexpensive to initially construct and subsequently install, which functions to dry carpet at a rapid rate without any substantial hazard of damaging the carpet, and which is efficient and effective in its operation.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of the carpet dryer, taken along lines 2-2 of FIG. 1.
  • the ratio of air velocities through the carpet at the blowl eiggth 2 X Width 15 W When the tenter chains are moved apart to a wide position to carry wide carpet through the housing the tenter drive mechanism (not shown) is operated at a slow speed; and when the tenter chains are moved together to a narrow position to carry narrow carpet through the housing the tenter drive mechanism is operated at a faster speed. This allows approximately the same volume of drying air to pass through each square foot of carpet.
  • a dryer for carpet and the like comprising a substantially closed housing including a front wall, a backwall, sidewalls, a bottom wall and a top wall, a carpet inlet opening defined in the upper portion of said front wall, a carpet outlet opening defined in the upper portion of said backwall conveyor means for moving carpet along a predetermined path through said inlet opening into said housing and through said outlet opening out of said housing, a first air zone defined in said housing above said path, an upwardly extending partition positioned in said housing below said path and dividing the portion of said housing below said path into a second air zone adjacent said front wall and a third air zone adjacent said backwall, heating means in said third air zone for heating the air in said third air zone, air recirculation means in communication with said first and third air zones for continuously recirculating air from said first air zone in a downward direction through the carpet as the carpet moves along said path into said third air zone and back into said first air zone, air exhaust means in communication with said second air zone for moving air in a downward direction from said first air zone through the carpet
  • said housing comprises a sectional two-piece housing having a connecting seam extending upwardly along its sidewalls and across its top wall and bottom wall whereby said housing can be assemblied at a centralized construction point and shipped in two sections to an erection site.
  • said air recirculating means comprises fan means adjacent each sidewall and positioned at a level below said path and constructed to flow air from said third air zone toward both sidewalls of said housing and around both edges of the carpet moving through said path and into said first air zone, and wherein said air exhaust means comprises fan means adjacent said front wall and positioned at a level below said path.
  • a dryer for carpet and the like comprising a housing, conveying means for moving carpet along its length through a predetermined path in said housing, means for flowing air in said housing at a predetennined temperature from one side of the carpet through the portion of the carpet first entering said housing at a predetermined velocity at a first position along said path and exhausting the air to the atmosphere or the like, and means for flowing air in said housing at approximately the same predetermined temperature from said one side of the lower than said predetermined velocity at a second position along said path and recirculating the air back to said one side of the carpet.

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US3743474A (en) * 1969-10-07 1973-07-03 Textile Syst Inc Carpet drying method
US3806310A (en) * 1971-02-22 1974-04-23 Texile Sys Inc Side fired carpet drying method and apparatus
US5946819A (en) * 1995-07-13 1999-09-07 Babcock Textilmaschinen Gmbh Continuous textile web dryer
US20070080613A1 (en) * 2006-09-20 2007-04-12 Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd Storage and transportation device for storing and transporting optical fiber preform and precursors thereof
US20070144029A1 (en) * 2005-12-28 2007-06-28 Quanta Display Inc. Low-pressure process apparatus
US8074370B1 (en) * 2007-11-08 2011-12-13 Thomas Monahan Horizontal centrifugal device for moisture removal from a rug
US20140259725A1 (en) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-18 E&J Gallo Winery Multi-Chamber Dryer Using Adjustable Conditioned Air Flow
US11740016B2 (en) 2018-10-26 2023-08-29 E. & J. Gallo Winery Low profile design air tunnel system and method for providing uniform air flow in a refractance window dryer
US11753525B2 (en) 2011-06-30 2023-09-12 E. & J. Gallo Winery Natural crystalline colorant and process for production

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US2775046A (en) * 1949-05-31 1956-12-25 Sucker Gmbh Geb Methods and apparatus for the processing of textile materials
US3199223A (en) * 1956-12-03 1965-08-10 Xerox Corp Xerographic fusing and drying apparatus

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US2775046A (en) * 1949-05-31 1956-12-25 Sucker Gmbh Geb Methods and apparatus for the processing of textile materials
US3199223A (en) * 1956-12-03 1965-08-10 Xerox Corp Xerographic fusing and drying apparatus

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3743474A (en) * 1969-10-07 1973-07-03 Textile Syst Inc Carpet drying method
US3806310A (en) * 1971-02-22 1974-04-23 Texile Sys Inc Side fired carpet drying method and apparatus
US5946819A (en) * 1995-07-13 1999-09-07 Babcock Textilmaschinen Gmbh Continuous textile web dryer
US8458872B2 (en) 2005-12-28 2013-06-11 Au Optronics Corp. Low-pressure process apparatus
US20070144029A1 (en) * 2005-12-28 2007-06-28 Quanta Display Inc. Low-pressure process apparatus
US7958612B2 (en) * 2005-12-28 2011-06-14 Au Optronics Corp. Low-pressure process apparatus
US20110185588A1 (en) * 2005-12-28 2011-08-04 Au Optronics Corp. Low-Pressure Process Apparatus
US8950046B2 (en) 2005-12-28 2015-02-10 Au Optronics Corp. Low-pressure process apparatus
US20070080613A1 (en) * 2006-09-20 2007-04-12 Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd Storage and transportation device for storing and transporting optical fiber preform and precursors thereof
US8074370B1 (en) * 2007-11-08 2011-12-13 Thomas Monahan Horizontal centrifugal device for moisture removal from a rug
US11753525B2 (en) 2011-06-30 2023-09-12 E. & J. Gallo Winery Natural crystalline colorant and process for production
US11827768B2 (en) 2011-06-30 2023-11-28 E. & J. Gallo Winery Natural crystalline colorant and process for production
US20140259725A1 (en) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-18 E&J Gallo Winery Multi-Chamber Dryer Using Adjustable Conditioned Air Flow
US11226155B2 (en) * 2013-03-15 2022-01-18 E. & J. Gallo Winery Multi-chamber dryer using adjustable conditioned air flow
US11740016B2 (en) 2018-10-26 2023-08-29 E. & J. Gallo Winery Low profile design air tunnel system and method for providing uniform air flow in a refractance window dryer

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