Patent ID: 6044575
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: F26B

Abstract:
A condensate removal apparatus for a steam heated roll rotatable on a generally horizontal axis and having a generally cylindrical outer wall, wherein steam condensate moves radially outward toward interior surface portions of the roll during roll rotation and is directed to a radially outermost one of said surface portions, the roll including outer end walls at each end of the outer wall, said apparatus comprising:at least one condensate collection chamber in fluid communication with said outermost surface portion, at least a part of said collection chamber lying radially outward of said outermost surface portion;a condensate transfer passage providing fluid communication between said collection chamber and a condensate outlet associated with the axis of the roll; and,a pump, located on the roll, for pumping condensate from said collection chamber through said transfer passage to the condensate outlet.