Patent ID: 6079115
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A Yankee hood assembly for use with drying cylinders in the process of drying wet paper webs, said hood assembly having:a pair of hood halves movable toward and away from one another;motor means to effect said movement of said hood halves,said hood halves, together, incorporating an internally located, high impingement air distribution system, said system including a plurality of nozzle boxes covering approximately a 240 degree circumferential wrap about a drying cylinder;floating structural support members extending through said hood halves in a transverse, cross-machine direction,said high impingement air system being supported on said floating members; andmain support end plate members forming part of said hood assembly, said high impingement air distribution system being decoupled from said main support end plate members to accommodate increases in cross-machine machine expansion of said air distribution system,said hood assembly including associated, direct drive motor means and support means therefor.