Abstract: A ventilator/dryer device for drying wet air in a room, the device having a treatment chamber, a rotary drying device and a forced circulation mechanism housed in a case main body provided with an air inlet port and an air outlet port that communicate with the interior of the room. The treatment chamber is divided into a primary side section and a secondary side section with the rotary drying device disposed therebetween. The forced circulation mechanism draws air from the room via the air inlet port to the primary side section of the treatment chamber, passes it through the rotary drying device and sends it back into the room through the secondary side section of the treatment chamber and the air outlet port by means of a single blower. The rotary drying device is adapted to take a drying position, a regenerating position and a heat recovering position sequentially in the sense of its rotation.

Abstract: A method for causing adherence of a web to a drying wire so as to prevent the effects of centrifugal forces and of other air-flow phenomena, which effects attempt to separate the web from the drying wire in dryer groups having a single-wire draw and arranged in a multi-cylinder dryer of a paper machine. The dryer groups include heated drying cylinders, a drying wire for pressing the web against outer cylinder faces of the drying cylinders, and guide cylinders or rolls on which the web runs on the outside face of the drying wire. The guide cylinders have perforations which pass through the cylinder mantle and open into an inside space in the interior of the guide cylinders which is subjected to a vacuum. The vacuum in the guide cylinders is transferred to the outside face through the perforations. The guide cylinders have shafts on which the guide cylinders are mounted revolving.

Abstract: The invention pertains to apparatus for thermally insulating selected portions of a cylindrical dryer drum, usually adjacent the drum ends, for the purpose of obtaining a substantially uniform drum shell temperature throughout its length to obtain a uniform moisture profile throughout the width of the web being dried. A plurality of cylindrical segments are bolted together within the drum interior to define a circumferential assembly biased against the drum inner surface. The segments each include a thermal insulation material engaging the drum shell preventing direct access of that engaged portion of the shell with the steam within the drum thereby reducing the exterior temperature of the drum shell at the location of the thermally insulated segment. The segments may be bolted together, widthwise, to increase the axial dimension of the temperature controlling segment assembly.