# US 10,246,827 B1 · Upper reel hood for through-air drying machine

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- Number: US 10,246,827 B1
- Document ID: US10246827B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/011,608
- Filed: 2018-06-18
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2015-09-29
- Assignees: Brunn Air Systems, Inc.
- Applicants: Brunn Air Systems, Inc.
- Inventors: John Kelyman; Anthony York
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246827B1

## CPC

- D21G 9/00: Other accessories for paper-making machines
- D21F 5/181: {on Yankee cylinder}
- D21F 11/145: {including a through-drying process}
- D21G: CALENDERS; ACCESSORIES FOR PAPER-MAKING MACHINES (winders or rewinders for finished products, means for adjustment of wrinkles or lateral extensions B65H)
- D21F: PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON

## Abstract

An upper reel hood in dust control system for the “dry” side of a through-air drying (TAD) papermaking system. The hood body has the general shape of a tapering trapezoidal pyramid, taller at one end than the other. The inlet of the hood body tapers inversely in height—broader where the hood body is shorter, and narrower where the hood body is taller in order to maintain uniform flow across the entire inlet. The hood body may be over 5 meters wide.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dust hood, comprising:
a hood body that tapers down in height from a first end face toward a second end face, and includes a substantially vertical back face and an angled front face connected between the first and second end faces;
an outlet in a bottom or back face of the hood body proximate to the first end face;
an inlet provided in the angled front face of the hood body, the inlet increasing from a minimum height closest to the outlet to a maximum height farthest from the outlet, such that the inlet is broadest where the hood body is shortest and narrowest.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The dust hood of claim 1, wherein the outlet is in the bottom face of the hood body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The dust hood of claim 1, wherein the outlet is connected to a duct that makes a 90° turn.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The dust hood of claim 1, wherein the angled front face juts outwardly along a top edge thereof.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The dust hood of claim 4, wherein the angled front face makes an angle of 135° with respect to the bottom face of the hood body.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The dust hood of claim 1, wherein the minimum height of the inlet is half of the maximum height of the inlet.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The dust hood of claim 1, wherein the hood body is at least 5 meters in length.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The dust hood of claim 1, further comprising a first set of baffles that extend generally upwardly from a top face of the hood body proximate to the front face, turn, and extend substantially horizontally.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The dust hood of claim 8, wherein the upwardly-extending section of the first set of baffles has an inverse taper with respect to the taper of the hood body, such that the upwardly-extending section of the first set of baffles is longest where the hood body is shortest.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The dust hood of claim 8, further comprising a second set of baffles that attaches to the bottom face of the hood body and undulates outward.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The dust hood of claim 10, wherein the first and second sets of baffles are constructed in sections with stiffening ribs and connecting flanges between sections.