Patent ID: 9096960
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,D04H

Abstract:
1. A method of impinging heated fluid onto, and locally removing the impinged fluid from, a first surface of a first moving substrate and a first surface of a second moving substrate, the method comprising: providing at least one first fluid delivery outlet and at least one first fluid capture inlet that is locally positioned relative to the at least one first fluid delivery outlet; providing at least one second fluid delivery outlet and at least one second fluid capture inlet that is locally positioned relative to the at least one second fluid delivery outlet; passing the first moving substrate by the at least one first fluid delivery outlet and impinging heated fluid from the at least one first fluid delivery outlet onto the first major surface of the first moving substrate; passing the second moving substrate by the at least one second fluid delivery outlet and impinging heated fluid from the at least one second fluid delivery outlet onto the first major surface of the second moving substrate; and, locally capturing at least 60% of the total volumetric flow of impinged fluid by way of the at least one first fluid capture inlet and the at least one second fluid capture inlet and removing the locally captured fluid through fluid removal channels that are fluidly connected to the at least one first fluid capture inlet and at least one second fluid capture inlet; and wherein the first and second moving substrates are converging substrates.