Patent ID: 6260481
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: D21F,D21G

Abstract:
A device for increasing the gloss and/or smoothness of a web of material having a direction of travel, said device comprising:a pair of rollers that form a roller gap; anda steam dispensing device for dispensing steam, said dispensing device being located upstream from the roller gap relative to the direction of travel of the web, wherein the steam dispensing device (7) has a steam blasting chamber (13) which is completely surrounded by a free housing wall (14) having a number of steam outlet passages (20) and other chamber walls (15-19), said steam dispensing device (7) further comprises a steam valve (21) for injecting steam into the steam blasting chamber (13), said steam blasting chamber (13) having at least one wall (14, 15, or 17) which is heated.