Patent ID: 9694510
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B27N,B29C,B30B,C03C,D04H

Claim:
1. An apparatus for processing fiberglass media, the apparatus comprising: an upper compression conveyor belt located in a first heated zone, wherein air can flow through a surface of the upper compression conveyor belt; an upper drive mechanism configured to drive the upper compression conveyor belt; an upper tensioner configured to control tension on the upper compression conveyor belt; a lower conveyor chain extending throughout and between the first heated zone and a second heated zone adjacent to and downstream of the first heated zone, wherein air can flow through a surface of the lower conveyor chain; a lower tensioner configured to control tension on the lower conveyor chain; a hot air distribution duct system extending beneath a substantial length of the lower conveyor chain throughout the first and second heated zones and configured to supply heated air to updraft in sequence through the lower conveyor chain, the fiberglass media, and the upper compression conveyor belt in the first heated zone and in sequence through the lower conveyer chain and the fiberglass media in the second heated zone; and a return air plenum system extending above the upper compression conveyor belt throughout the first heated zone and above the fiberglass media throughout the second heated zone and configured to collect a substantial amount of the heated air, wherein the hot air distribution duct system and the return air plenum system are configured so that no substantial volume of air flows downward through the lower conveyor chain in the first and second heated zones, wherein the upper compression conveyor belt does not extend into the second heated zone, and wherein the upper compression conveyor belt and the lower conveyor chain are configured to compress the fiberglass media therebetween in the first heated zone, with the lower conveyor chain configured to subsequently carry the compressed fiberglass media through the second heated zone.