Converging chamber saturator with removable insert
AssigneeMiply Equipment, Inc.
InventorEliot R. Long
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Abstract
A saturator of the type comprising a chamber situated between a chamber defining element and a mandrel, in which a web is moved between the chamber defining element and the mandrel to impregnate the web with a saturant contained in the chamber includes at least one saturant delivery port which extends across substantially the entire width of the chamber or the entire width of one of the saturating zones if the chamber defines a plurality of saturating zones. In this way, uniformity of saturation across the chamber is improved. An insert is removably mounted to the chamber defining element such that a surface of the insert defines a wall of the chamber.
Claims13
In a saturator of the type comprising two opposed elements which define a converging saturating chamber therebetween, which chamber converges from a relatively deeper entrance region to a relatively shallower exit region, and means for moving a web through the saturation chamber along a translation axis from the entrance region to the exit region, wherein the chamber is shaped to pressurize saturant in the chamber, the improvement comprising:
- at least one insert;
- means for removably mounting the insert to one of the two opposed elements such that the insert forms a surface of the converging chamber and extends from the exit region at least partially towards the entrance region;
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- means, included in the moving means, for defining at least one wall of the chamber having a surface movable in the same general direction as the web is movable.
In a saturator of the type comprising two opposed elements which define a converging saturating chamber therebetween, which chamber converges from a relatively deeper entrance region to a relatively shallower exit region, and means for moving a web through the saturation chamber along a translation axis from the entrance region to the exit region, wherein the chamber is shaped to pressurize saturant in the chamber, the improvement comprising:
- at least one insert;
- and
- means for removably mounting the insert to one of the two opposed elements such that the insert forms a surface of the converging chamber;
- wherein the insert defines at least one stencil receiving groove extending parallel to the translation axis.
In a saturator of the type comprising two opposed elements which define a converging saturating chamber therebetween, which chamber converges from a relatively deeper entrance region to a relatively shallower exit region, and means for moving a web through the saturation chamber along a translation axis from the entrance region to the exit region, wherein the chamber is shaped to pressurize saturant in the chamber, the improvement comprising:
- at least one insert;
- and
- means for removably mounting the insert to one of the two opposed elements such that the insert forms a surface of the converging chamber;
- wherein the mounting means comprises a plate removably mounted to said one of the two opposed elements, and means for releasably engaging the insert with the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.