Infrared radiator and method of assembling same
AssigneeVoith Patent GmbH
InventorsJuan Paniagua, Dirk Hoeckelmann
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Abstract
An infrared radiator for the heat treatment of a material web has an incandescent body with a flow-receiving surface that is subjected to a flow of a gas-air mixture supplied to the infrared radiator and heated by combustion of the gas-air mixture. The incandescent body is manufactured as a sheet material formed of a multiplicity of threads and connecting elements that at least indirectly connect the threads to one another. The connecting elements at least partially engage around the threads and thus connect them at least indirectly to one another. The connecting elements are configured in such a way that they may be detached from the connection with the threads, preferably by hand, while breaking up the sheet material.
Claims20
An infrared radiator for the heat treatment of a material web, the infrared radiator comprising:
- an incandescent body having a flow-receiving surface disposed to be impinged by a gas-air mixture supplied to the infrared radiator and to be heated by a combustion of the gas-air mixture;
- said incandescent body being manufactured as a sheet material selected from the group consisting of a spiral braid and a woven sheet material formed of a multiplicity of threads and connecting elements that, at least indirectly, connect said threads to one another;
- said connecting elements at least partially engaging around said threads and connecting said treads to one another at least indirectly;
- said connecting elements being configured to enable a connection of said connecting elements with said threads to be detached while breaking up said sheet material;
- said threads and said connecting elements of said spiral braid being substantially identical spirals;
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- said threads of said woven sheet material following an undulating outer contour while said connecting elements follow a substantially straight line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.