Patent ID: 6959502
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A drying apparatus comprising: a drying furnace containing therein hot plates, disposed in a plurality of stages in a vertical direction, on each of which is seated a plate workpiece; a gateway for the workpiece, said gateway being disposed on a front side of said drying furnace and being normally left open to face said plurality of stages of hot plates; a chamber casing disposed on a rear side of said drying furnace: and an exhaust chamber defined in said chamber casing, said exhaust chamber comprising a flow dividing plate fixed relative to said exhaust chamber and having formed therein a plurality of ventilation holes each facing a gap between said plurality of stages of hot plates, said exhaust chamber being forcibly exhausted by exhaust means, wherein said chamber casing is mounted on a rear side of said drying furnace so as to be capable of opening and closing such that each of said hot plates can be replaced through a rear opening of said drying furnace to be opened by opening said chamber casing.