Combination ultraviolet curing and infrared drying system
AssigneeThe Diagnostics Group, Inc.
InventorRodger E. Whipple
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Abstract
A combination ultraviolet curing and infrared dryer system which allows both an ultraviolet curing unit to be used at the same time an infrared dryer is used. The infrared dryer and ultraviolet curing unit are placed in an enclosure having a cooling system which cools both the ultraviolet curing unit and the infrared dryer. The cooling system may comprise an air supply system, or may comprise an air supply system and a water cooling system.
Claims30
A combination ultraviolet curing and infrared drying system, the combination system comprising:
- an ultraviolet curing module;
- an infrared dryer module;
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- a cooling system for cooling both the ultraviolet curing unit module and the infrared dryer module which cools each module individually and allows both modules to be used at the same time.
A combination ultraviolet curing and infrared drying system, the combination system comprising:
- a plurality of modules comprising at least one ultraviolet curing module and at least one infrared drying module;
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- a cooling system configured to cool each module individually so that at least one ultraviolet curing module can be used at the same time as at least one infrared drying module.
A combination ultraviolet curing and infrared drying system, the combination system comprising:
- an ultraviolet curing module;
- an infrared dryer module;
- a cooling system for cooling both the ultraviolet curing unit module and the infrared dryer module which allows both modules to be used at the same time;
- wherein the infrared dryer and the ultraviolet curing modules are mounted in a single enclosure in close proximity to a path of a coated side of a moving substrate to be dried or cured and are spaced apart from one another by a distance which allows the cooling air that exits the infrared dryer module and the ultraviolet curing module to be drawn into the unoccupied portion of the enclosure and be conveyed to the air exhaust;
- wherein the cooling system further comprises:
- an air supply for supplying cooling air to the infrared dryer module and the ultraviolet curing module;
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- an air exhaust to remove the heated air from the combination system.
A combination ultraviolet curing and infrared drying system, the combination system comprising:
- a plurality of modules comprising at least one ultraviolet curing module and at least one infrared drying module;
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- a cooling system configured to cool the modules so that at least one ultraviolet curing module can be used at the same time as at least one infrared drying module;
- wherein the cooling system comprises an air cooling system which supplies cooling air to the modules and pressurizes the modules to prevent contamination from entering the modules.
A combination ultraviolet curing and infrared drying system, the combination system comprising:
- a plurality of modules comprising at least one ultraviolet curing module and at least one infrared drying module;
- a cooling system configured to cool the modules so that at least one ultraviolet curing module can be used at the same time as at least one infrared drying module wherein the cooling system comprises an air cooling system which cools the infrared dryer module and a water cooling system which cools the ultraviolet curing module.
A combination ultraviolet curing and infrared drying system, the combination system comprising:
- a plurality of modules comprising at least one ultraviolet curing module and at least one infrared drying module, wherein the modules are configured to allow an infrared dryer module to reduce viscosity of an ultraviolet coating before the coating is cured by an ultraviolet curing module;
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- a cooling system configured to cool the modules so that at least one ultraviolet curing module can be used at the same time as at least one infrared drying module.
A cooling system for cooling a combined ultraviolet curing and infrared drying unit having an infrared drying module and an ultraviolet curing module, the cooling system comprising:
- an air supply system for providing cooling air to the infrared drying module and to the ultraviolet curing module and pressurizing the infrared and ultraviolet modules to reduce contamination of the modules;
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- an exhaust system for removing the heated air from the combined ultraviolet curing and infrared drying unit.
A cooling system for cooling a combined ultraviolet curing and infrared drying unit having an infrared drying module and an ultraviolet curing module, the cooling system comprising:
- an air supply system for providing cooling air to the infrared drying module;
- a water cooling system for cooling the ultraviolet curing unit;
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- an exhaust system for removing the heated air from the combined ultraviolet curing and infrared drying unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.