Patent ID: 6085438
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: D06B,D21F,F26B

Abstract:
Device for through-flow continuous heat treatment of web-form textiles, nonwovens, or paper with a gaseous processing medium circulated in the device, with a drum (5) that is permeable, under vacuum, and has bottoms (11, 12) endwise as the transport element, said drum being covered on its circumference by a screen-type or perforated covering (9), with sheet metal strips (13) connected with the bottoms (11, 12) between the bottoms (11, 12) of drum (5), extending from bottom (11) to bottom (12), and with connecting ribs (14) bolted all the way round with the sheet metal strips (13) and extending between the sheet metal strips (13), with the widths of said ribs each extending in the radial direction to produce the drum jacket structure (13, 14), to fasten this drum jacket structure (13, 14) with bottoms (11, 12) a connecting element is provided that is permanently connected with drum jacket structure (13, 14) and also with associated bottoms (11, 12) and yet is made articulated, characterized in that the connecting element consists of a plurality of connecting arms (18) arranged circularly around the axis of drum (5), said arms having their respective ends movably connected firstly with drum jacket structure (13, 14) and secondly with associated bottoms (11, 12), with connecting arms (18) not extending radially but at an angle to the radial that is provided larger than 0 degrees but less than 90 degrees to the tangential.