Can drying and moisture control system
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorChristopher James Faulkner
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Abstract
A heating system for use with a can dryer or oven includes a gas burner, an electrical heating element, a heating chamber structured to heat cans using air heated by the gas burner and/or the electrical heating element, a circulation system structured to move air from the gas burner and the electrical heating element to the heating chamber, and a control system structured to selectively control the gas burner and the electrical heating element to switch between a first mode where the gas burner and the electrical heating element are active and both heat air provided to the heating chamber and in a second mode where the gas burner is inactive and the electrical heating element is active.
Claims19
A heating system for use with a can dryer or oven, the system comprising:
- a gas burner;
- an electrical heating element;
- a heating chamber structured to heat cans using air heated by the gas burner and/or the electrical heating element;
- a circulation system structured to move air from the gas burner and the electrical heating element to the heating chamber;
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- a control system structured to selectively control the gas burner and the electrical heating element to switch between a first mode where the gas burner and the electrical heating element are active and both heat air provided to the heating chamber and in a second mode where the gas burner is inactive and the electrical heating element is active.
A method of heating cans in a can dryer or oven, the method comprising:
- providing a gas burner, an electrical heating element, a heating chamber structured to heat cans using air heated by the gas burner and/or the electrical heating element, and a circulation system structured to move air from the gas burner and the electrical heating element to the heating chamber;
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- selectively controlling the gas burner and the electrical heating element to switch between a first mode where the gas burner and the electrical heating element are active and both heat air provided to the heating chamber and in a second mode where the gas burner is inactive and the electrical heating element is active.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.