Patent ID: 6189233
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A dryer section of a machine for at least one of producing and processing a web of material, comprising:at least one heatable drying cylinder having a circumference, at least a part said circumference adapted to be surrounded by the material web;at least one support band arranged to surround said at least a part of said circumference;a sealing band arranged to surround said at least a part of said circumference;an overpressure cap arranged to receive one of a liquid and gaseous medium and adapted to apply a pressurized one of said liquid and gaseous medium on said at least one drying cylinder, wherein a temperature of said medium is lower than a temperature on an outside of said part of said circumference;at least one second support band being arranged around said at least one drying cylinder and being positioned between said at least one support band and said sealing band, wherein said at least one second support band has a coarser structure than said at least one support band.