Patent ID: 6581302
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: F26B

Abstract:
A dryer for flat workpieces, the dryer comprising:a housing; an upright partition in the housing defining a treatment space and a vertical feed chamber to one side of the space, the housing having a collecting chamber to an opposite side of the space and a passage extending horizontally between the collecting chamber and feed chamber; conveyor means in the treatment space for displacing the workpieces longitudinally and horizontally through the housing in a plurality of vertically spaced levels; respective nozzle boxes extending at the levels above and below the workpieces, having ends open at the partition into the feed chamber, having opposite closed ends, and formed with holes open vertically toward the workpieces; means including a blower for drawing air out of the collecting space, passing it through the passage to the feed space, and forcing it through the boxes and out of the holes; and respective flow-guide bodies projecting from the partition into the feed chamber between the open nozzle-box ends.