Dual-purpose drying and cooling apparatus

Details Dual-purpose drying and cooling apparatus Dual-purpose drying and cooling apparatus

2006-12-28

2010-10-05

Rinehart, Kenneth B (Department: 3743)

Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids

Process

Diverse types of drying operations

C034S124000, C034S425000, C034S426000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07805857

ABSTRACT:
A dual-purpose, cooling/drying apparatus comprising a rotatable cooling/drying cylinder wherein air, steam, and water supplied from sources external of the cooling/drying cylinder are selectively introducible into and removable from a space defined inside the cylinder. The apparatus includes a first flow path through which the water is selectively introducible into the cylinder space, and a second, separate flow path through which either of the air and steam are selectively introducible into the cylinder space. The apparatus is characterized by a cooling mode, in which the water and air are selectively introducible into the cylinder space through the first and second flow paths, respectively, and a drying mode, wherein the steam is selectively introducible into the cylinder space through the second flow path.

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