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US 2004/0168338 A1Published application
High-speed drying apparatus
AssigneeKyowa Kako Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshinori Takemori, Masaki Motegi
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Abstract
Disclosed is a high-speed drying apparatus for drying objects, which are rinsed with non-volatile or volatile liquid. The drying apparatus is capable of quickly drying such objects at a reduced cost, not permitting their oxidization. First, the rinsing liquid remaining on objects are substantially removed, still allowing small quantities of rinse to remain thereon. The substantial removal step is immediately followed by the complete removal of the still remaining liquid in the super dry atmosphere.
Claims5
A high-speed drying apparatus comprising:
- a double housing structure comprising an inner housing and an outer housing enclosing the inner housing with a space defined between the inner and outer housing;
- a preliminary drying compartment for blowing air and substantially removing the remaining rinse from the wet objects, which are rinsed in a nonvolatile liquid or volatile liquid;
- a super drying compartment placed adjacent to the preliminary drying compartment on the downstream side, and designed to blow dry air and remove the still remaining rinse from the objects, both compartments being placed in the inner housing;
- and a transporting path with which the inner and outer housings and both compartments communicate each other.
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