Electric heating – Heating devices – Combined with container – enclosure – or support for material...
Patent
1992-08-28
1994-05-31
Reynolds, Bruce A.
Electric heating
Heating devices
Combined with container, enclosure, or support for material...
34273, 34611, F27B 906
Patent
active
053171276
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for drying ink on a sheet fed downstream therebeneath in a predetermined path of travel, the apparatus comprising; framework, structure for blowing air downwardly toward the path of travel of a sheet, the air blowing structure including an electrically operable axial fan connected to the framework, an elongate member connected to the framework for location thereof beneath the fan, the member including an elongate upper wall and elongate oppositely disposed side walls depending from the upper wall, the upper wall having a light reflecting inner surface, structure for providing infrared light, the light providing structure including an elongate electrically-operable infrared lamp connected to the framework for location thereof within the member, and the upper wall of the member including a plurality of elongate parallel-spaced louvers formed therefrom and extending transversely of the longitudinal length thereof, each of the louvers including an aperture and vane associated with each other, each of the apertures having a generally rectangularly-shaped perimeter edge, each of the vanes being generally rectangularly-shaped and laterally-extending downwardly and downstream relative to the path of travel from the associated perimeter edge, whereby air from the fan is directed by each vane at an angle extending in the direction of the path of travel.
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Brewster, Jr. William H.
Chan Lun
Sette Paul R.
Jeffery John A.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Reynolds Bruce A.
Scolnick Melvin J.
Walker Donald P.
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