Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Diller, Ramik & Wig
  • Method and apparatus for drying a moist web
    Patent number: 6303003
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for continuously drawing superheated vapor through a moist web as the same is being formed and pressed at a porous peripheral surface of a rotatable hollow cylinder, thereby allowing to have web drying in a compact apparatus permitting recycling of heat. The extracted moisture is transformed in superheated vapor and again used in the drying of incoming web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Inventor: David R. Webster