Air skive with vapor injection
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsTimothy John Young, Kelvin P. Hill
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Abstract
A web transport system for transporting a web of media along a web transport path in an in-track direction, including a liquid application system for applying a liquid to at least one surface of the web of media. An air skive is positioned along the web transport path downstream of the liquid application system, wherein the air skive directs one or more streams of air onto the web of media thereby removing at least some of the liquid that is being carried along with the web of media. A vapor source adds a vapor into the one or more streams of air provided by the air skive before the one or more streams of air are directed onto the web of media.
Claims19
A web transport system for transporting a web of media along a web transport path in an in-track direction, comprising:
- a liquid application system for applying a liquid to at least one surface of the web of media;
- an air skive positioned along the web transport path downstream of the liquid application system, wherein the air skive directs one or more streams of air onto the web of media thereby removing at least some of the liquid that is being carried along with the web of media;
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- a vapor source that adds a vapor into the one or more streams of air provided by the air skive before the one or more streams of air are directed onto the web of media.
The web transport system of claim'2, wherein the web of media passes through a processing liquid in a processing tank, and wherein the liquid turn bar is positioned over the processing liquid in the processing tank with at least a portion of the liquid turn bar not being submerged in the processing liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.