Patent ID: 6293196
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: B41F,B41P,F26B

Abstract:
A hot air dryer comprising, in combination:a dryer head including an elongated housing member having a tubular sidewall defining a plenum chamber, the tubular sidewall being intersected by an airflow discharge port;an elongated air delivery tube having an inlet port for receiving high velocity airflow and having a tubular sidewall disposed in the plenum chamber of the dryer head, the tubular sidewall having an inner airflow passage connecting the inlet port in airflow communication with the plenum chamber;an elongated heating element disposed within the inner airflow passage of the air delivery tube; and,an extractor mounted on the dryer head, the extractor including a housing member defining an air extractor manifold, the extractor housing member being separated from the dryer head by a longitudinal air gap thereby defining an elongated inlet port for extracting moisture laden air from a dryer exposure zone and having a discharge port for exhausting moisture laden air from the extractor manifold.