CA1109499A - High velocity web floating air bar having air flow straightening means for air discharge slot means - Google Patents
High velocity web floating air bar having air flow straightening means for air discharge slot meansInfo
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
- F26B13/00—Machines and apparatus for drying fabrics, fibres, yarns, or other materials in long lengths, with progressive movement
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Abstract
HIGH VELOCITY WEB FLOATING AIR BAR HAVING AIR FLOW
STRAIGHTENING MEANS FOR AIR DISCHARGE SLOT MEANS
Abstract of the Disclosure An air bar for floating a running web and having air discharge slot means through which pressurized air is directed against the web to support the web. Pressurized air is introduced into the central portion of the air bar and a separate passageway is formed along the side wall of the air bar and which places the center of the air bar in air delivering communication with the discharge slot means. Air flow straightening means is located in the separate air delivering passage and directs or guides the air to flow outwardly through the slot means and in a normal direction to the slot means, that is at right angles to the web in a transverse direction of the web to thereby dissipate cross machine momentum components of air movement which results in more uniform drying of the web across its width.
STRAIGHTENING MEANS FOR AIR DISCHARGE SLOT MEANS
Abstract of the Disclosure An air bar for floating a running web and having air discharge slot means through which pressurized air is directed against the web to support the web. Pressurized air is introduced into the central portion of the air bar and a separate passageway is formed along the side wall of the air bar and which places the center of the air bar in air delivering communication with the discharge slot means. Air flow straightening means is located in the separate air delivering passage and directs or guides the air to flow outwardly through the slot means and in a normal direction to the slot means, that is at right angles to the web in a transverse direction of the web to thereby dissipate cross machine momentum components of air movement which results in more uniform drying of the web across its width.
Description
sackground of the Invention This invention pertains to web handling apparatus having air bars for floatingly suspendiny a running web and drying the ink or other material on the web without permi-tting the web to touch any supporting surfaces. ~he invention is in the nature of an improve-ment over the Canadian Pateni 913~137 which issued Oct. 24, 1972 to Fros~ et al and entitled "Floatation of Sheet Ma~erials";
Canadian Patent 998,709 which issued Oct. 19, 1976 to Paul H. Stibbe and entitled "High Velocity Web Floating Air Bar having Center Exhaust Means"; and ~nited States Patent 3,964,656 which issued June 22, 1976 to Terry A. Hella and enLitled "Air Bar Assembly for Web Handling Apparatus", all of which patents have been assigned to an assignee common with the present invention.
In web drying equipment of the type exemplified by the above United States patents and others, pressurized air is introduced into the interior of the air bar and is then generally permitted to issue directly through the air discharge slots of the air nozzles and against the web. These arrangements often resulted in non-uniform drying of the web across its width because the air was dis- -charged from the slots in directions other than right angles to the transverse width of the web and these cross machine momentum components of air movement resulted in such uneven drying of the web.
Certain air bars of the prior art were not entirely satisfactory in that difficulty was experienced in maintaining a precise wid~h for the slot gap of the nozzle due to the problems in rigidly supporting the lip or nozzle edge adjacent the slot and preventing it from bending or otherwise becoming misaligned.
Summary of the Invention The present invention provides an elongated and generally tubular air bar which is adapted to be posi-tioned closely adjacent to a running web for supporting the web on a cushion of pressurized air. The air bar includes transversely positioned air discharge slot means across the web to which pressurized air is fed from a central chamber of the air bar and through separate air delivering passageways in the air bar. Air flow straightening means are located in the passageways and are positioned transversely therein with respect to the elongated air bar whereby pressurized air which is directed into the central chamber of the air bar then enters the passageways and the air flow is straightened and guided by the straightening means so as to assume a normal direction of flow to the air discharge slot means. Thus the air which is introduced into the air bar is caused to pass the straightening means before it is discharged through the slots and thereby the cross machine momentum components of air movement are dissipated which results in the discharge of air through the slot means at right angles to the web in a transverse direction of the web.
~20 One aspect of the invention provides an air bar of the above type in which the air straightening means are formed as flutes pressed into an inner wall and which flutes extend closely adjacent the lip or nozzle edge of the air slots to rigidify the latter and support it in its proper position to thereby insure a uniform gap for the air discharge slot. Another aspect of the invention relates to the air straightening means being formed as a series of elongated strips welded or otherwise secured to an inner wall of the air bar.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear hereinafter as this disclosure progresses, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
Brief Description of the D.rawings FIGURE 1 is a schematic, side elevational view of a plurality of air bars made in accordance with the present invention and conventionally arranged on opposite sides of a running web and in staggered relationship to one another from one side of the web to the other;
FIGURE 2 is an enlarged, cross sectional view through one of the air bars made in accordance with the present invention;
FIGURE 3 is a cross sectional view taken generally along the O line 3-3 in FIGURE 2 and showing theflow straightening means; .
FIGURE 4 is a view taken generally along the line 4-4 in FIGURE 2;
FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of the air bar shown in FIGURE 2, but on a reduced scale;
FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary view of the FIGURE 5 air bar but showing certain of the parts in an exploded position;
FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of the air bar shown in FIGURE 5 but on a reduced scale and showing the general direction of air move-ment as the air is discharged from the nozzle slots;
O FIGURE 8 is a view similar to FIGURE 2, but showing a modified form of air bar utilizing the present invention;
FIGURE 9 is a sectional view taken along line 9-9 in FIGURE 8;
FIGURE 10 is a cross sectional view of another modified form ; of air bar illustrating the present invention;
FIGURE 11 is a perspective, fragmentary view of an insert for conventional air bars and as utilized in the air bars of FIGURES 8 and 10, the insert having a modified form offlow straightening means secured thereto;
FIGURE 12 is a perspective view of the air bar shown in FIGURE
10, but on a reduced scale and showing the general direction of air movement as the air is discharged from the nozzle slots;
FIGURE 13 is a cross sectional view through a modified air bar having a single air slo-t embodying the invention; and FIGURE 14 is a fragmentary, perspective view of the fluted member which forms the inner wall of the air passageway 52, and also the air foil top or face pl, as shown in Fig, 13.
Description of a Preferred Embodiment A general organization of a plurality of air bars made in accordance with the present invention is shown in FI~ the air bars A being secured by brackets 1 to the frame F of the machine with which they are used, The air bars are secured to a duct D in the conventional manner! for example, as shown in the U.S,Patent No.
3,739,491 of June 19,1973 which issued to Creapo etal and entitled "High Velocity Air Web Dryer"or as shown in the said Canadian Patent 998,709, It is believed sufficient to say that pressurized air is fed from the ductvia opening 3 in the inner side 3a of the air bar and into the central cha~ber 4 of the ~enerally tubular and elongated air bar A, The air bar A is positionable closely adjacent the running web W for supporting the web on a cushion or zone of pressurized air that is developed between the air bar and the web. The air bar includes air dis-charge slot means as shown in FIG, 2, in the ~orm of a pair of spaced apart air discharge slots 10 located generally in the outer side 11 of the air bar. These slots extend transversely across the web W, Located between the slots is a plate P having rounded corners or edges 12 that define one side of the air nozzle, The other side of the air di~harge slots 10 is formed by a nozzle edge or lip 14 which extends closely adjacent the curved edge 12 but terminates short of it to define the slot 10, The lip 14 forms the upper portion of the side walls 16, two such side walls being utilized in the FIG~ 2 showing, The air bar also includes inner wall means 18 located adjacent to but spaced from and in general parallelism with each of the outer side walls 16, In this manner the walls 16 and 18 toget~er define a separate air deliver-ing passageway 20 along each side of the air bar and which passageway o~ni-cates with the central cha~ber 4 via openings 22 (FIGS~ 2, 4 and 6) and the passageway also comlunicates with the air discharge slots 10 at the outer end of the air bar.
Formed wi-thin the air delivering passageway 20 are air flow straightening means which in the FIG~RES 2 to 6 modification are formed by elonga~ed raised portions or Elutes 26 that are pressed into the inner wall means 18. It will be noted that the upper end 27 (FIG. 2) of the flutes terminates a short distance from the lip 14 on the nozzle thereby providing a rigid structure and a good support for the overhanging lip of the nozzle. This results in maintaining the discharge slots of constant width and this slot gap is easier to maintain in practice than conventional air bars. The short support span for the lip of the nozzle is thus possible be-cause the flutes can be extended closely adjacent the discharge slot.
The outer walls 16 are rigidly secured to the flutes, for example as by spot welding, thus forming a rigid structure whic'n is economical to manufacture and the shape of the air bar and straighteners thereof can be maintained.
-; The modification shown in FIGURES 8 and lO have been numbered similarly to the FIGURE 2 showing with the exception of a prime (') being added to the reference numerals. The g-eneral oraanization and operation of these modifications is the same as the FIGURE 2 show-ing as far as the air flow straightening feature is concerned. In the FIGURES 8 and lO modification the inner walls 18' are formed by the generally U-shaped, elongated metal insert structure 30 shown in FIGURE 11 which extends co-extensively in length with the air bar. The bight portion 31 of the member 30 can be spot welded as at 32 to the intervening plate P' located between the discharge nozzle lO' as shown in FIGURE 8. In this embodiment the air flow straightening means is formed by a series of elongated strips3~-, such as metal rods which may be secure as by welding to the inner wall 18' at spaced apart locations thereon and in general parallelism with one another.
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The modification shown in FIGURE 10 may be an air bar of the type shown in the said Canadian Patent 998,709, or in the said United States Patent 3,964,656 and which include an air return chamber 36 that is defined in part by a lower wall member 38. In this embodiment the bight portion 31 of member 30 is spot welded at 32 to the member 38.
FIGURE 12 shows the air bar of FIGURE 10 and more particularly the flow of air through the slots and in a normal direction to the slots and at right angles to the web in a transverse direction of the web.
The modified single slot air bar shown in FIGURES 13 and 14 has parts similar to those shown in the other figures, but includes only a single air discharge slot 50 from which pressurized air is delivered from the pressurized central chamber 51 and through the air delivering passageway 52, as indicated by the arrows in FIGURE 13. The inner wall 54 has flutes 56, formed in its vertical portion. The inner wall 54 is welded to outer wall 60 through holes 55 in the outer wall as at 58, thus forming compartmented ` air passageways 52.
- The present invention creates a precisely straight flow of air - normally from the discharge air plate which results in uniform drying of the web across its width and elimination of angularity of flow from the slots which would adversely effect heat transfer uniformity.
Cross Reference To Related Application Related subject matter is disclosed and claimed in our copending application 336,931 filed October 3rd, 1979, inventor Paul H. Stibbe.
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Canadian Patent 998,709 which issued Oct. 19, 1976 to Paul H. Stibbe and entitled "High Velocity Web Floating Air Bar having Center Exhaust Means"; and ~nited States Patent 3,964,656 which issued June 22, 1976 to Terry A. Hella and enLitled "Air Bar Assembly for Web Handling Apparatus", all of which patents have been assigned to an assignee common with the present invention.
In web drying equipment of the type exemplified by the above United States patents and others, pressurized air is introduced into the interior of the air bar and is then generally permitted to issue directly through the air discharge slots of the air nozzles and against the web. These arrangements often resulted in non-uniform drying of the web across its width because the air was dis- -charged from the slots in directions other than right angles to the transverse width of the web and these cross machine momentum components of air movement resulted in such uneven drying of the web.
Certain air bars of the prior art were not entirely satisfactory in that difficulty was experienced in maintaining a precise wid~h for the slot gap of the nozzle due to the problems in rigidly supporting the lip or nozzle edge adjacent the slot and preventing it from bending or otherwise becoming misaligned.
Summary of the Invention The present invention provides an elongated and generally tubular air bar which is adapted to be posi-tioned closely adjacent to a running web for supporting the web on a cushion of pressurized air. The air bar includes transversely positioned air discharge slot means across the web to which pressurized air is fed from a central chamber of the air bar and through separate air delivering passageways in the air bar. Air flow straightening means are located in the passageways and are positioned transversely therein with respect to the elongated air bar whereby pressurized air which is directed into the central chamber of the air bar then enters the passageways and the air flow is straightened and guided by the straightening means so as to assume a normal direction of flow to the air discharge slot means. Thus the air which is introduced into the air bar is caused to pass the straightening means before it is discharged through the slots and thereby the cross machine momentum components of air movement are dissipated which results in the discharge of air through the slot means at right angles to the web in a transverse direction of the web.
~20 One aspect of the invention provides an air bar of the above type in which the air straightening means are formed as flutes pressed into an inner wall and which flutes extend closely adjacent the lip or nozzle edge of the air slots to rigidify the latter and support it in its proper position to thereby insure a uniform gap for the air discharge slot. Another aspect of the invention relates to the air straightening means being formed as a series of elongated strips welded or otherwise secured to an inner wall of the air bar.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear hereinafter as this disclosure progresses, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
Brief Description of the D.rawings FIGURE 1 is a schematic, side elevational view of a plurality of air bars made in accordance with the present invention and conventionally arranged on opposite sides of a running web and in staggered relationship to one another from one side of the web to the other;
FIGURE 2 is an enlarged, cross sectional view through one of the air bars made in accordance with the present invention;
FIGURE 3 is a cross sectional view taken generally along the O line 3-3 in FIGURE 2 and showing theflow straightening means; .
FIGURE 4 is a view taken generally along the line 4-4 in FIGURE 2;
FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of the air bar shown in FIGURE 2, but on a reduced scale;
FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary view of the FIGURE 5 air bar but showing certain of the parts in an exploded position;
FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of the air bar shown in FIGURE 5 but on a reduced scale and showing the general direction of air move-ment as the air is discharged from the nozzle slots;
O FIGURE 8 is a view similar to FIGURE 2, but showing a modified form of air bar utilizing the present invention;
FIGURE 9 is a sectional view taken along line 9-9 in FIGURE 8;
FIGURE 10 is a cross sectional view of another modified form ; of air bar illustrating the present invention;
FIGURE 11 is a perspective, fragmentary view of an insert for conventional air bars and as utilized in the air bars of FIGURES 8 and 10, the insert having a modified form offlow straightening means secured thereto;
FIGURE 12 is a perspective view of the air bar shown in FIGURE
10, but on a reduced scale and showing the general direction of air movement as the air is discharged from the nozzle slots;
FIGURE 13 is a cross sectional view through a modified air bar having a single air slo-t embodying the invention; and FIGURE 14 is a fragmentary, perspective view of the fluted member which forms the inner wall of the air passageway 52, and also the air foil top or face pl, as shown in Fig, 13.
Description of a Preferred Embodiment A general organization of a plurality of air bars made in accordance with the present invention is shown in FI~ the air bars A being secured by brackets 1 to the frame F of the machine with which they are used, The air bars are secured to a duct D in the conventional manner! for example, as shown in the U.S,Patent No.
3,739,491 of June 19,1973 which issued to Creapo etal and entitled "High Velocity Air Web Dryer"or as shown in the said Canadian Patent 998,709, It is believed sufficient to say that pressurized air is fed from the ductvia opening 3 in the inner side 3a of the air bar and into the central cha~ber 4 of the ~enerally tubular and elongated air bar A, The air bar A is positionable closely adjacent the running web W for supporting the web on a cushion or zone of pressurized air that is developed between the air bar and the web. The air bar includes air dis-charge slot means as shown in FIG, 2, in the ~orm of a pair of spaced apart air discharge slots 10 located generally in the outer side 11 of the air bar. These slots extend transversely across the web W, Located between the slots is a plate P having rounded corners or edges 12 that define one side of the air nozzle, The other side of the air di~harge slots 10 is formed by a nozzle edge or lip 14 which extends closely adjacent the curved edge 12 but terminates short of it to define the slot 10, The lip 14 forms the upper portion of the side walls 16, two such side walls being utilized in the FIG~ 2 showing, The air bar also includes inner wall means 18 located adjacent to but spaced from and in general parallelism with each of the outer side walls 16, In this manner the walls 16 and 18 toget~er define a separate air deliver-ing passageway 20 along each side of the air bar and which passageway o~ni-cates with the central cha~ber 4 via openings 22 (FIGS~ 2, 4 and 6) and the passageway also comlunicates with the air discharge slots 10 at the outer end of the air bar.
Formed wi-thin the air delivering passageway 20 are air flow straightening means which in the FIG~RES 2 to 6 modification are formed by elonga~ed raised portions or Elutes 26 that are pressed into the inner wall means 18. It will be noted that the upper end 27 (FIG. 2) of the flutes terminates a short distance from the lip 14 on the nozzle thereby providing a rigid structure and a good support for the overhanging lip of the nozzle. This results in maintaining the discharge slots of constant width and this slot gap is easier to maintain in practice than conventional air bars. The short support span for the lip of the nozzle is thus possible be-cause the flutes can be extended closely adjacent the discharge slot.
The outer walls 16 are rigidly secured to the flutes, for example as by spot welding, thus forming a rigid structure whic'n is economical to manufacture and the shape of the air bar and straighteners thereof can be maintained.
-; The modification shown in FIGURES 8 and lO have been numbered similarly to the FIGURE 2 showing with the exception of a prime (') being added to the reference numerals. The g-eneral oraanization and operation of these modifications is the same as the FIGURE 2 show-ing as far as the air flow straightening feature is concerned. In the FIGURES 8 and lO modification the inner walls 18' are formed by the generally U-shaped, elongated metal insert structure 30 shown in FIGURE 11 which extends co-extensively in length with the air bar. The bight portion 31 of the member 30 can be spot welded as at 32 to the intervening plate P' located between the discharge nozzle lO' as shown in FIGURE 8. In this embodiment the air flow straightening means is formed by a series of elongated strips3~-, such as metal rods which may be secure as by welding to the inner wall 18' at spaced apart locations thereon and in general parallelism with one another.
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The modification shown in FIGURE 10 may be an air bar of the type shown in the said Canadian Patent 998,709, or in the said United States Patent 3,964,656 and which include an air return chamber 36 that is defined in part by a lower wall member 38. In this embodiment the bight portion 31 of member 30 is spot welded at 32 to the member 38.
FIGURE 12 shows the air bar of FIGURE 10 and more particularly the flow of air through the slots and in a normal direction to the slots and at right angles to the web in a transverse direction of the web.
The modified single slot air bar shown in FIGURES 13 and 14 has parts similar to those shown in the other figures, but includes only a single air discharge slot 50 from which pressurized air is delivered from the pressurized central chamber 51 and through the air delivering passageway 52, as indicated by the arrows in FIGURE 13. The inner wall 54 has flutes 56, formed in its vertical portion. The inner wall 54 is welded to outer wall 60 through holes 55 in the outer wall as at 58, thus forming compartmented ` air passageways 52.
- The present invention creates a precisely straight flow of air - normally from the discharge air plate which results in uniform drying of the web across its width and elimination of angularity of flow from the slots which would adversely effect heat transfer uniformity.
Cross Reference To Related Application Related subject matter is disclosed and claimed in our copending application 336,931 filed October 3rd, 1979, inventor Paul H. Stibbe.
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Claims (10)
1. An elongated air bar for being positioned transversely of and adjacent to a running web for supporting said web and comprising, an outer side adapted to be positioned closely adjacent said web, an inner side having means communicating with an air supply, and two opposite and spaced apart side walls, said bar having an interior into which pressurized air is conducted, an air discharge slot located along said outer side, air flow straightening means located in said air bar and positioned normal to said slot and also generally normal to said outer side whereby air which is directed into said air bar interior is guided by said straightening means in a generally normal direction to said slot and to said outer side to thereby dissipate cross machine momentum components of air movement and consequently result in the discharge of said air through said slot at right angles to said web in a transverse direction thereof.
2. An elongated air bar for being positioned transversely of and adjacent to a running web for supporting said web and comprising, an outer side adapted to be positioned closely adjacent said web, an inner side having means communicating with an air supply, and two opposite and spaced apart side walls. which together with said outer and inner sides define a pressurizable central chamber into which pressurized air is conducted, an air discharge slot located along said outer side, said slot being defined by said outer side and one of said side walls, and inner wall means located along and adjacent to, but spaced inwardly from said one of said side walls to thereby define therewith an air delivering passageway to said slot, said passageway being in air receiving communication with said central chamber for receiving pressurized air therefrom, air flow straightening means located in said passageway and positioned transversely therein with respect to said elongated air bar assembly and also positioned generally normal to said outer side whereby air which is directed into said central chamber then enters said passageway and is guided in a generally normal direction to said slot and to said outer side to thereby dissipate cross machine momentum components of air movement and consequently result in the discharge of said air through said slot at generally right angles to said web in a transverse direction thereof.
3. The assembly set forth in Claim 2 further characterized in that said air flow straightening means are formed as flutes pressed into said inner wall means.
4. The assembly set forth in Claim 2 further characterized in that said air flow straightening means comprise elongated strips secured to said inner wall means at spaced apart locations thereon and in general parallelism with one another.
5. An enlongated and generally tubular air bar adapted to be positioned closely adjacent a running web for supporting said web on a cushion of air, said air bar defining a pressurizable central chamber into which pressurized air is conducted and having means communicating with a pressurized air supply, said bar having spaced apart air discharge slots located adjacent said web and for transmitting pressurized air therethrough to form said air cushion, and separate air delivering passageways in said bar and communica-ting with said slots and also in air receiving communication with said central chamber for receiving pressurized air therefrom, and air flow straightening means located in said passageways and positioned transversely therein with respect to said elongated air bar whereby air which is directed into said central chamber then enters said passageways and is guided by said straightening means in a normal direction to said slots to thereby dissipate cross machine momentum components of air movement and consequently result in the discharge of said air through said slots at right angles to said web in a transverse direction thereof.
6. The assembly set forth in Claim 5 further characterized in that said air bar includes a pair of spaced apart side walls, and inner wall means located along and adjacent to, but spaced inwardly from said side walls to thereby define therewith said air delivering passageways to said slots, and said flow straighten-ing means are formed as flutes pressed into said inner wall means.
7. The assembly set forth in Claim 5 further characterized in that said air bar includes a pair of spaced apart side walls, and inner wall means located along and adjacent to, but spaced inwardly from said side walls to thereby define therewith said air delivering passageways to said slots, and said flow straightening means com-prise elongated strips secured to said inner wall means at spaced apart locations thereon and in parallelism with one another.
8. An elongated air bar assembly for being positioned transversely of and adjacent to a running web for supporting said web on a cushion of air, said elongated assembly comprising, an outer side adapted to be positioned closely adjacent said web, an inner side having means communicating with an air supply, and two opposite and spaced apart side walls which together with said outer and inner sides define a pressurizable central chamber into which pressurized air is conducted, an air discharge slot located along each longitudinal edge of said outer side, said slots being defined by said outer side and said side walls, and inner wall means located along and adjacent to, but spaced inwardly from said side walls to thereby define therewith air delivering passageways to said slots, said passageways being in air receiving communica-tion with said central chamber for receiving pressurized air therefrom, air flow straightening means located in said passage-ways and positioned transversely therein with respect to said elongated air bar assembly whereby air which is directed into said central chamber then enters said passageways and is guided in a normal direction to said slots to thereby dissipate cross machine momentum components of air movement and consequently result in the discharge of said air through said slots at right angles to said web in a transverse direction thereof.
9. The assembly set forth in Claim 8 further characterized in that said air flow straightening means are formed as flutes pressed into said inner wall means.
10. The assembly set forth in Claim 8 further characterized in that said air flow straightening means comprise elongated strips secured to said inner wall means at spaced apart locations thereon and in general parallelism with one another.
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