Patent ID: 6427594
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B41F,F26B

Abstract:
A dryer for use in combination with a printing press of the type having conveyor apparatus for transporting a processed substrate along a travel path comprising, in combination:a dryer head adapted for installation in an operative position facing the processed side of a substrate as it moves along the travel path, the dryer head having a housing defining an air distribution manifold, the air distribution manifold including an inlet port for receiving pressurized air and having discharge port means facing the substrate travel path in the operative position; a radiant heat lamp assembly disposed within the dryer head, the heat lamp assembly including multiple heat lamps supported in spaced relation to each other between the travel path and the air distribution manifold; and a reflector plate disposed intermediate the air distribution manifold and the heat lamp assembly, the reflector plate being intersected by multiple air flow apertures disposed in air flow communication with the discharge port means of the air distribution manifold, and the air flow apertures being oriented for directing jets of pressurized air through the heat lamp assembly onto the processed side of a substrate moving along the travel path.