Abstract: A clothes dryer is disclosed having improved noise insulation characteristics which requires minimum alteration of existing dryer drum construction thereby adding relatively little additional cost over and above the cost of materials. The clothes dryer has a rotating dryer drum with steel bands or straps fastened about the periphery of outside surface cylindrical wall of the dryer drum to absorb noise created by articles tumbling within the dryer drum during operation. An adhesive material is laminated to the band which secures the band to the outside wall of the dryer drum. Baffle mounting screws passing through the dryer drum are used to secure ends and intermediate parts of the band to the dryer drum.

Abstract: The invention provides a sealing apparatus hardly causing a fire and capable of ensuring a stable sealing performance over a long time is obtained. The sealing apparatus is provided at an inlet/outlet for a metal strip 22 in a bright annealing furnace 21 to shut off atmospheric gas in the furnace from the outside air. A pair of elastic rolls 30a, 30b push both sides of the metal strip 22. The boundaries between the elastic rolls 30a, 30b and pushing members 25a, 25b are hermetically sealed by rigid rolls 26a, 26b. The elastic rolls 30a, 30b and the pushing members 25a, 25b are made of an elastic material, and the rigid rolls 26a, 26b are made of a metal. Nonwoven fabrics 27a, 27b are interposed between the rigid rolls 26a, 26b and the pushing members 25a, 25b.

Abstract: A sealing apparatus securely seals the inlet and outlet of an atmosphere heat treatment furnace. A pair of elastic rolls 26 and a pair of additional elastic rolls 26 hold a metal strip so as to seal the inlet and outlet of the atmosphere heat treatment furnace which continuously performs bright annealing of the metal strip in a combustible atmosphere gas including hydrogen gas. A pair of intermediate rolls are disposed between the elastic rolls and the additional elastic rolls. The outer peripheral surface of the elastic roll is sealed by a seal plate. By multi-stage sealing, the outside air can be shut off securely from the atmosphere of the furnace.

Abstract: A method for drying a fibre web comprising passing the fibre web with at least one paper machine fabric between two bands which move in parallel. The bands have a good thermal conductivity and are impermeable to air. The fibre web and paper machine fabric are passed between the bands so that the fibre web is in contact with a first band to be heated and the paper machine fabric is in contact with a second band to be cooled. The method includes heating the first band with pressurized hot water, and cooling the band to be cooled with cooling water having substantially the same pressure and a lower temperature than the hot water.

Abstract: The sealing apparatus of the present invention is intended to enhance the sealing performance and to reduce the rotation loads at the end surfaces of elastic rolls. A sealing apparatus 20 is provided to hermetically seal the inlet/outlet of a bright annealing furnace 22, through which a metal strip 21 is passed. Since the metal strip 21 is held between a pair of elastic rolls 23 on both sides of the strip, the metal strip can be passed through while hermetic sealing is maintained. A covering member 34 and an end surface sealing member 39 made of elastic materials are disposed between the end surface of the elastic roll 23 and the side wall 26 of a casing 25 to attain reliable sealing. A first supporting member 35, a second supporting member 36. an outer bearing 37 and inner bearings 38 made of rigid materials are disposed between the covering member 34 and the end surface sealing member 39 to reduce the rotation loads of the rolls.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for implementing a gate drive valve assembly used to isolate interfacing chambers. The method includes: (a) providing a drive assembly having at least one surface for attaching to a chamber, the drive assembly being mounted to the chamber such that a shaft contained within the drive assembly translates from the drive assembly through the at least one surface and along a bore in the chamber; and (b) attaching a gate plate to an end of the shaft when the shaft is at least partly within the chamber after translating along the bore.

Abstract: A horizontal cooler/dryer having a continuous traveling conveyor, the conveyor being a chain conveyor formed of a plurality of links adjoined in end-to-end relationship, each of the links being pivotally pinned at its ends to adjacent links; a housing about the conveyor, the housing having a cooling gas inlet, a gas exhaust, a product inlet through which material to be cooled may be deposited on the conveyor and a product outlet through which cooled material can be discharged; and a plurality of non-perforate material pans mounted to the conveyor in juxtaposed overlapping relationship to form a substantially continuous surface about the conveyor. The product bed is leveled by dragging the lower edge of a hollow pivoting quarter drum across the product. The leveling is produced by the weight of the quarter drum pivoting down against the product. Counter weights can be used to control the leveling pressure against the product to avoid crushing or other product damage.

Abstract: A thermography machine to be subject in use to periods of waiting for supplies of sheets to be processed is provided with a control system whereby at any time the conditions of a normal "run" mode of operation can be switched to or from operations in a "standby" mode, with retention of a high heating chamber temperature in readiness for processing sheets yet with important reductions of heat losses from the heating chamber, so reduced infusion of heat into the ambient workshop air, and decreases of power consumption and of wear and deterioration in the driving of the conveyors and several other components of the machine. Heating chamber temperature and wattage output of the heaters are controlled over a wide range of A.C. supply line voltages in both modes of operation by supplying current to the heaters from a thermocouple heat control coupled with a proportional voltage control.

Abstract: In an airlock system, through which drums containing radioactive material are transferred into a containment area, a passage has an intermediate region, of reduced cross section relative to the inlet and outlet ends of the passage. The passage has a convergent inlet region and a divergent outlet region leading, respectively, to and from the intermediate region. The passage functions in the manner of a venturi so that an airstream is caused to flow along the passage towards the containment so as to inhibit the escape of atmosphere therefrom. A roller conveyor transfers the items through the airlock system and a detector monitors the atmosphere in the passage.

Abstract: The invention relates to wire seals for use in a drying space of a Condebelt.RTM. drying apparatus described in Finnish Patent 54 514. In the apparatus, a material web to be dried passes in a substantially airless space between two metal bands (1, 7), or other similar bands or membranes of good thermal conductivity, together with drying wires. One of the metal bands is arranged to heat and the other is arranged to cool; the heating band (1) evaporates moisture contained in the web (2) to be dried, the moisture condensing on the surface of the cooling band (7), separated from the web to be dried by drying wires (3, 4). The drying space between the bands (1) and (7) of the Condebelt.RTM.

Abstract: An vented vial stopper for use in processing freeze-dried products is provided. The stopper includes a vent passageway that is covered with a waterproof and moisture vapor permeable membrane to allow the venting of moisture during the freeze-drying process. The membrane also extends to cover most or all of the exposed surface of the stopper to protect the stopper from chemical attack during processing.

Abstract: A drying apparatus for drying a fibre web (5) between two air-tight bands (1, 2) moving in the same direction. One band (1) is heated by hot steam and the other band (2) is cooled by water, and the fibre web (5) is passed through a drying zone formed by the bands (1, 2) with at least one felt or wire (3, 4) so that the fibre web (5) is in contact with the surface of the heated band, and the felt or wire (3, 4) is between the fibre web (5) and the cooled band (2). In the invention the drying zone and the water chamber (14) cooling the lower band (2) are in communication with each other for controlling the pressure difference between them by a simple connection, such as a pipe (25) opening at a suitable height.

Abstract: A device for feeding into and respectively withdrawing from an autoclave (1), of fabric (11) to be continuously decatized under pressure, together with a felt back cloth (3), includes in addition to the already known lead-in center cylinder (5) between the two runs of fabric going in and coming out (3, 11; 3', 11'), a pair of side cylinders (4, 6) cooperating with the above (5) and replacing the already known inflatable gaskets. It is the fabric-felt assembly (3, 11) itself that, by being compressed between the two pairs of cylinders (4, 5; 5, 6) builds a barrier against steam leakages. The center cylinder (5) and/or the two side cylinders (4, 6) may be recessed in order to define, in the nip area, a recess shallower that the thickness of the paired materials.

Abstract: An apparatus for autoclave continuous decatizing of fabrics, having a rotating cylinder which closes the slot through which a backing cloth and the associated fabric pass to enter and exit the autoclave is provided. A foraminous hollow member, which is adapted to reduce the percentage of oxygen existing within the autoclave (1), is located adjacent to the backing material and the fabric where the backing material and the fabric enter the autoclave. Thin plates (14) are further preferably provided, movable closer to the inside of the fabric (4) immediately before it exits from the autoclave (1), under the external control, in order to be able to possibly continue the "sandwich" pressing action which takes place along the periphery of the foraminous cylinder (2), or to have in this area a free vaporizing stretch.

Abstract: The invention relates to seals for use at band edges in a Condebelt.RTM. apparatus described in Finnish Patent 54 514. In the apparatus, a material web to be dried passes in a substantially airless space between two metal bands (1, 7) or other similar bands or membranes of good thermal conductivity together with drying wires. One of the metal bands is arranged to heat and the other is arranged to cool; the heating band (1) evaporates moisture contained in the web to be dried, the moisture condensing on the surface of the cooling band (7), separated from the web (2) to be dried by drying wires. The drying space between the bands of the Condebelt.RTM. apparatus is sealed up at the edges by seal profiles (10, 11) attached to the heating band (1) or the cooling band (7). It is also possible to use a number of seal profiles positioned against each other or side by side.

Abstract: A rotating seal device for a rotary drum kiln. A rotating seal member is welded about the drum near each of its ends, each sealing against a rotationally stationary seal member joined with the associated kiln end hood through a flexible gas tight bellows. The stationary seal rides on a pair of rollers each bearing upon a track, preventing its rotation. The bellows accommodates longitudinal expansion and contraction of the drum. Hanging weights are used with pulley wheels and flexible cables to urge the non-rotating members against the rotating members with unvarying force.

Abstract: A device for processing corrugated board includes several lower heating plates on a surface of which the corrugated board web travels, a continuous belt having a lower run moving with the board for applying pressure to the corrugated board and a plurality of elements for loading the lower run of the pressure belt. The elements for loading the lower run of the pressure belt permit the removal of humidity residing in the corrugated board web and these different elements are realized so as to allow the adjustment of their pressure force on the upper face of the lower run of the pressure belt. The elements include one or more brushes mounted to act on the upper surface of the lower run of the continuous belt.

Abstract: A coating apparatus is disclosed having a metal bath, an enclosure extending over the bath, a mandrel extending into the bath, and a gas seal mounted on the enclosure in communication with the atmosphere therein. The gas seal has a frame with a slot extending therethrough, first and second rolls aligned with the first and second ends of the slot, and a door extending between the rolls and over the seal. The door being pivotally mounted on the frame to open inwardly at the first end and outwardly at the second end.

Abstract: Apparatus for contacting a circuit board substrate with etching fluid or some other chemical includes a conveyor system comprised of upper and lower rotating disks for receiving and transporting the circuit board substrate while the substrate is contacted with fluid. The apparatus includes a labyrinth seal which is used to prevent fluid from escaping from the apparatus. A shunting system permits the type of fluid applied to the substrate to be readily altered. Housing units incorporated in the apparatus are readily secured together with a resilient clamp.

Abstract: A drum dryer seal is built up of six layers of high temperature ceramic cloth that form a blanket. The top layer is aluminized, high temperature barrier yarn, to prevent air from passing through the seal. The blanket is clamped to a bracket on the non-rotating portion of the dryer by a clamp consisting of a clamping strip and a plurality of clamping bolts. The clamping bolts may also hold a plurality of C-shaped spring retention brackets, the upper leg of each holds a resilient spring. The springs overlie the sealing ring. A plunger is mounted on the spring which is positioned over a sealing ring. The plungers bias the blanket against the sealing ring. An alternative embodiment employs spring rods incorporated in the blanket which extend between the bracket and the sealing ring.

Abstract: An arrangement in a dryer for a fibre web for sealing bands (5a, 5b) that move between a chamber (3) containing pressurized vapor and a chamber (1) containing pressurized water and transport a web (7) and a felt (8) between them, and also for sealing the edges of the chambers (1, 3). The arrangement comprises a closed recovery chamber (16) into which the edges of the bands (5a, 5b) extend and in which the vapor escaping from the vapor chamber (3) from between the band (5a) and the seals (9, 10) and the water escaping from the water chamber (1) from between the band (5b) and the seals (12, 13) gather, whereby the vapor and water can be discharged from the recovery chamber (16) such that they are cannot escape into surrounding air.

Abstract: A device for feeding a fabric in a continuously decatizing autoclave, provides improved steam tightness characteristics. A rotating cylinder suitable to close the slot through which the fabric and associate back cloth are passing is provided at the inlet and at the outlet of autoclave, the feed and respective withdrawal of the fabric is at the same speed as a consequence of the friction between the cylinder and two opposite resilient elements, preferably inflatable tubes acting as a gasket. An anti-friction material is interposed to reduce wear. Preferably the cylinder is formed in two parts, with two end resilient rings and two disks of anti-friction material at the ends for a seal against fixed side walls or a portion thereof resiliently biased against the rotating cylinder.

Abstract: The lower extremity of each ballscrew (4) is engaged in a nut (6) with a nil pitch equipped with horizontal and parallel throats (7) for receiving balls (8) which cooperate with grooves (9) provided in an extremity sleeve (10) borne by the screw. An imperviousness system is constituted by sintered stainless steel rings mounted onto the upper portion and lower portion of the sleeve and are kept in place by a profiled joint made of a flexible synthetic material.

Abstract: A bearing and seal assembly for rotatably supporting an open front end of a clothes dryer drum includes a ring of felt-like material positioned between the circular open front end of the drum and a circular support flange of smaller diameter coaxially nested within the end of the drum. The felt-like material is fixed to the flange and substantially fills an annular space between the drum and the flange to preclude air leakage therebetween. The upper or outer surface of the felt seal, which is in engagement with the circular open front end of the drum, is powder coated with a wear-resistant material such as polytetrafluoroethylene. The powder-coated surface is slidably engaged by the drum and bears the weight of the end of the drum. The felt-like material acts as a sound dampener and shock absorber between the rotating drum and the fixed flange to preclude transmission or generation of undesirable noise caused by rotation of the drum.

Abstract: A spindrier according to the present invention includes a box body enclosing a plurality of wafers, a rotor for holding the wafers in the box body and rotated by a motor, and upper and lower clamp bars for holding the wafers face to face with their faces directed perpendicular to rotating shafts of the rotor. The lower clamp bars are connected and fixed to the rotating shafts so as to hold lower rim portions of the wafers thereon when the wafers are set in the rotor. The upper clamp bars are connected to one of the rotating shafts at their base ends so that they can be swung vertically erect and also and horizontally relative to the rotating shaft and they are locked to the other rotating shaft at their front ends when they are swung horizontally. They include a mechanism for swinging them, a locking mechanism for locking their front ends to the other rotating shaft, and an unlocking mechanism for releasing their front ends from the other rotating shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a closed sterilization system including an infeed device for receiving the toxic product, first preparing means for rendering the toxic or infectious product suitable for sterilization, sterilization means for sterilizing the product, combustion means for incinerating the sterilized product, and conveying means for conveying the sterilized product from the sterilizing means into the combustion means. The system further includes a first isolating means positioned between the first preparing means and the inlet of the sterilizing means for isolating the product in the sterilizing means from the product in the first preparing means. Second isolation means are also positioned between the outlet of the sterilizing means and the conveying means for isolating the sterilized product from the product in sterilizing means.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for drying/curing a dry material such as a mat of fibrous or powder material as may be used for building purpose as well as a non-dry material such as a thermosetting resin are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the sealing function during the drying/curing step. The apparatus comprises a heating and blowing mechanism for drying/curing a mat as it is being conveyed by a conveyor mechanism including pair of upper and lower conveyors, and shield mechanism for shielding between the conveyor mechanism and the heating and blowing mechanism. The shield mechanism includes wire brushes on blowing boxes of the heating and blowing mechanism for abutment against caterpillar plates of forward runs of respective conveyors to seal between the caterpillar plates of the forward runs and the blowing boxes.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating traveling textile material in a pressurized fluid, e.g., for heating synthetic filaments to a heat-set temperature in a saturated steam atmosphere is disclosed to comprise a housing defining at least one upstream sealing chamber, an intermediate treatment chamber pressurized with saturated steam, and at least one downstream sealing chamber, separated from one another by constricted strand passageways for traveling movement of the strand successively through the chambers. A pressurized fluid holding chamber is provided between the steam supply and the treatment chamber to reduce condensation within the treatment chamber and the sealing chambers.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for reducing web slot infiltration in web floatation drying apparatus, including a moveable web slot assembly which moves according to the position of the running web in the dryer. In one embodiment, the dryer includes a web steering assembly which steers the web in a substantially straight sinusoidal path. The moveable web slot is in communication with the steering assembly so that the slot moves to accommodate the position of the steered web.

Abstract: A compact web dryer oven, (A,A') is disclosed which is heat efficient, may be open for convenient cleaning, and raises automatically under the effects of an explosion to relieve pressure and reduce damage to the oven interior. The oven includes a lower housing (B) and an upper housing (C) which are essentially identical. Each housing includes an air distribution system having a short path and recycle time which may include a hot air discharge blower (H,110,112,114), and an air distributing plenum (I, 116). Lower and upper hot air registers (E,F) receive the proportioned air flow. The air registers include spaced tubular members (22) transverse to the air diffuser manifold having an air divider nozzle (G) positioned between each member. A first nozzle (32), second nozzle (34), and third nozzle (42) are defined relative to tubular members (22) and nozzle bodies (G) which accelerate the flow of air in a manner to balance the air currents at the web.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an economical vacuum furnace for heat treating of heat treatable articles including heat transfer arresting means at two ends of a vacuum furnace heat treating chamber such that the construction of said chamber is simplified and said heat transfer arresting means comprise reduced area portions of sealing and exhaust means for said vacuum chamber by reason of which seals are economically protected from deterioration by the heat normally associated with vacuum furnaces, and wherein the heating of the interior of the vacuum furnace is outside the heat treating chamber.

Abstract: A bearing and seal assembly for rotatably supporting the open front end of the drum of a clothes dryer includes a ring-like felt seal positioned between the circular open front end of the drum and a circular support flange of smaller diameter coaxially nested within the end of the drum. The felt seal is fixed to the flange and substantially fills the annular space between the drum and the flange to preclude air leakage therebetween. A plurality of thin pad-like glides of wear-resistant plastic material are fastened to an upper arcuate portion of the ring-like felt seal, the glides engaging and bearing the weight of the end of the drum. The felt seal positioned between the glides and the support flange acts as a sound dampener and shock absorber between the rotating drum and the fixed flange to preclude undesirable noise caused by rotation of the drum.

Abstract: A vacuum dryer that has upper and lower platens brought together against the load handled by the application of a vacuum. A manifold, with means for producing a pressure within the manifold different from atmospheric, is used to seal one platen against the other. A flexible means joins the manifold to a platen whereby they are relatively displaceable.

Abstract: A fabric drying system employs a rotating chamber for containing fabric to be dried, a source of microwave energy for heating the moisture in the fabric and rotary choke seals that contain the microwave energy within the rotating chamber. The rotary seals are attached to a stationary exterior housing and are in yieldable sliding contact with the rotating chamber. Microwave leakage out of the rotating chamber is blocked off by a choke box associated with each rotary choke seal.

Abstract: A blower cleanout door assembly including a door panel pivotally connected to a blower housing for supporting a blower assembly including a blower wheel and motor for swinging movement of the door panel between a closed position covering a blower wheel opening in the housing with the blower wheel within the housing for operation and an open position in which the blower wheel is swung exteriorly of the blower housing out through the blower wheel opening for ease of cleaning the blower wheel and blower interior.

Abstract: An apparatus for washing out photopolymer printing plates by means of solvents, drying the printing plates and recovering the solvents, a conventional washout station and a conventional drying station being connected to a solvent recovery means integrated in the drying station, which consists of the following parts:a hermetically sealing drying chamber for the printing plates, having an adjustable hood (15) and stationary panel (16), with panel heaters (18a, 18b) inserted in the hood and panel,a system which is connected to the interior space formed when the drying chamber is closed and which consists of a heat exchanger (25) for cooling the solvent vapor/air mixture, formed by drying the printing plates in the drying chamber, and condensation of the solvents,a solvent separator (26) for separating off the liquefied solvents,a vacuum pump (27) and a buffer vessel (33) for sucking up the solvent vapor/air mixture and compressing the solvent vapor/air mixture,a heat exchanger (28) for increasing the temperature

Abstract: A pinching gate valve for isolating the inside of a vacuum chamber equipped with a slot for passageway of a continuous substrate web therethrough. The pinching gate valve contains three components: a base plate having two inclined first sealing surfaces surrounding a substrate slot; a pair of mating jaws mounted for reciprocal movement toward and away from each other, each of said jaws including an inclined, second sealing surface for mating engagement with one of the first sealing surfaces, and a flat clamping surface for engagement with a surface of the substrate web; and means for reciprocating the jaws from a first, open position, to a second, clamping position.

Abstract: In a wood curing kiln, a chamber is sealed to retain a negative pressure with respect to the ambient and for storing stacked lumber to be cured and having a concrete floor with embedded heating pipes for circulating heated water to heat the concrete floor to a temperature preventing condensation thereon, and with means for circulating heated air within the chamber and through the stacked lumber to remove moisture therefrom and with the chamber being constantly vented to remove moist air and maintain the negative pressure within the chamber. A tarp is suspended from the ceiling of the chamber above the stacked lumber to enable the tarp to be lowered to cover and seal the top of the stacked lumber so that the heated air flows across the top of the tarp and down into and through an end of the stacked lumber.

Abstract: A seal for a dryer having split enclosure drying hoods is disclosed. The hoods are retractable with respect to each other at at least one separation joint. A gasket capable of conforming to the contour of the joint is positioned in the joint. Preferably the gasket is of an inflatable type. The portions of the upper and lower hoods which terminate at the separation joint comprise a bellows, which provide a non-linear path for heat conduction and in which the gasket is positioned.

Abstract: The invention concerns a sealing unit with rollers (7, 8) for the inlet (5) or the outlet of a treatment apparatus traversed by a conveyor belt (6) passing between the rollers, particularly an air and/or steam pressure apparatus. The sealing means between the frame (2) of the unit and the rollers are designed to be reliable, sturdy and easy to maintain. Specifically, they comprise an upper sealing device (29) and a lower sealing device (30), each one of which is in vertical contact with the corresponding roller (7, 8) and with a fixed element (27, 28). Each one of these devices may comprise a base plate (33) with a shaped slippery covering, consisting of a superficial strip (35) made of PTFE on a strip (34) of compressible flexible material. These devices may be removed without removing the rollers (7, 8). The contact means urging the sealing devices may have springs or hydraulic cylinders (31) or pneumatic cylinders.

Abstract: Air flow apparatus for a clothes dryer wherein a flexible wrap having sealing runners is supported in sliding engagement on the rotating drum to cover that portion of the perforated annulus that is not istantaneously aligned with the suction duct. The end of the wrap opposite the direction of rotation of the drum is resiliently held such as by springs such that the tension on the wrap and the pressure on the drum is self-adjusting and maintained substantially constant. Therefore, the sealing runners are maintained in substantially uniform and continuous contact against the drum to limit the air flow path from the drum so that substantially all of the exiting air passes into the suction duct.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum drying machine for tanned skins, with multiple work surfaces, which comprises a fixed framework with at least two substantially vertical uprights which extend to the side of a plurality of vertically movable stacked platforms, each of which upwardly defines a work surface, and is provided below with a cover for the underlying platform. The vacuum drying machine is characterized in that at least one of the platforms is characterized in that at least one of the platforms is coupled to the movable liners of at least two linear double-action cylinders, each one being located at one of the uprights, the upper ends of the stems thereof being connected to the top of the matching upright.

Abstract: A gas-sealing device for a web passage section through the wall of a treatment chamber which enables effective sealing to be achieved not only in a small space but also with a small volume of gas, thereby contributing to a reduction of both equipment and operating costs. First and second gas jetting devices facing opposite sides of a web at the wall of the treatment chamber. Each of the first and second gas jetting devices includes a first slot for jetting a pressurized inert gas toward the treatment chamber, a second slot for jetting a gas containing a low-content gas, the second slot being on the treatment-chamber side of the first slot, and a third slot for sucking air and other gases, the third slot being on the outside side of the first slot.

Abstract: A covering device for the inlet and outlet slots of a tenter comprises a flexible plastic strip whose ends are fastened in the region of the ends of the respective slot. In the area where the chain rail guides extend through the slot, the plastic strip is deflected in U-shaped configuration by deflector elements outside the slot and spanning the chain guides. The deflector elements are angularly oriented relative to the longitudinal axis of the slot at an angle of about 45 degrees and are fastened on a movable carriage connected to the chain guides so that movement of the chain guides transversely of the slot functions also to move the U-shaped configuration of the flexible plastic strip.

Abstract: A dryer door mechanism for the opening, closing and sealing of an opening to a dryer enclosure. The door mechanism has a movable door in rolling engagement with a pair of tracks affixed to a door frame. The tracks of the door frame are angularly disposed from both the plane of the enclosure opening and the plane of the movable door. The movable door, while rolling along its track, simultaneously moves perpendicular and parallel to the plane of the enclosure opening. When moved to the closed position, the movable door becomes wedged against the enclosure opening thereby providing a force perpendicular to the opening of the enclosure for creating an airtight seal.

Abstract: A seal system for preventing leakage of air from the tumbler cylinder of a dryer. The system includes a pair of spaced seal members derfining a zone through which air is withdrawn from the cylinder. End seals are provided at each end of the cylinder, each end seal comprising a laterally shiftable annular ring abutting the respective end.

Abstract: Enclosure having a controlled atmosphere for the continuous treatment of textile yarns deposited on a continuous conveyor belt outside the enclosure and transported by the conveyor belt through the enclosure. The enclosure is at least partially sealed and includes an inlet and an outlet which are traversed by the conveyor belt, each having a sealing head with rollers, in which each sealing head includes at least one lower roller and an upper roller which are positioned transversely and across from one another below and above the conveyor belt, respectively. The sealing head is arranged to have a biasing force exerted by one of the rollers in the direction of the other in a manner so as to tighten the conveyor belt and yarns that it carries between them. The biasing arrangement includes at least one hydraulic jack connected to a hydraulic pressure source via a control and adjustment device.

Abstract: A replaceable longitudinal seal for a rotary combustor formed from a circular array of pipes separated by perforated webs comprise a flat bar extending radially outwardly from ever other pipe with an angle bracket positioned on and welded to each flat bar so as to compensate for out of roundness of the combustor, a plurality of thin resilient strips of stainless steel removably fastened to each angle bracket and extending outwardly from said flat bar at an angle of approximately 60.degree. and a plurality of arcuate shoes disposed proximate a circle scribed by the distal margins of said thin strips to form a dependable seal which will deflect when encountering debris on the shoes and portions thereof can be easily replaced if damaged by the debris.

Abstract: An air press for use in drying web material, such as corrugated board, characterized by a plurality of individual plenums pressing a double-backer belt against the web material as it is being transported over a plurality of steam chests for drying. Each of the plenums is provided with brushes for sealing the periphery of the plenum relative to the belt and has an individual blower and an individual venting door so that both the humidity of the air in the plenum, as well as the pressure, can be individually controlled.

Abstract: A door for sealing an aperture in a heated, pressurized chamber to prevent passage of gases through the aperture. A flexible door plate is sized to cover the aperture. A door frame is provided with frame members positionable around the circumference of one face of the door plate. Releasable fasteners are provided for releasably fastening the door plate and the door frame over the aperture to sandwich the door plate between the aperture and the door frame. A plurality of adjustable tightening members are disposed at intervals around the door frame for adjustably tightening the door frame against the door plate at each such interval.