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US 2011/0225840 A1Published application
Method of drying a polymeric material
OwnerRoland Lofgreninventor
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Abstract
The method is for drying a material. A drying device is provided that has a heater disposed above a movable carrier and a fan device. The movable carrier carries the material to be dried. The material has a first temperature. A fluid, such as air is blown across the material by the fan device. The material is heated by the heater.
Claims10
A method for drying a material, comprising:
- providing a drying device having an infrared heater or any source of radiation or other heating device disposed above a movable carrier and a fan device,
- the movable carrier movably carrying a material to be dried relative to the infrared heater,
- the infrared heater heating the material to a first temperature,
- the infrared heater releasing water molecules from the material, the material being heated by the infrared heater to a first temperature,
- the fan device blowing a fluid across the material, the fluid having a second temperature being lower than the first temperature of the material and the fluid removing water molecules disposed between the material and the infrared heater to dry the material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.