Arrangement in multi-deck driers with roller conveyors

Claim 1

IN MULTI-DECK DRIERS AND LIKE APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SHEET MATERIAL OR WEBS, COMPRISING MEANS IN THE FORM OF ROLLER CONVEYORS WITH A PLURALITY OF UPPER AND LOWER ROLLERS FOR CONVEYING THE MATERIAL TO BE TREATED, SAID LOWER ROLLERS BEING MOUNTED IN LOWER BEARINGS AND SAID UPPER ROLLERS BEING MOUNTED IN UPPER BEARINGS, AND DISTRIBUTION BOXES MOUNTED BETWEEN THE DECKS FOR THE SUPPLY OF THE TREATING AGENT, SAID APPARATUS BEING CONSTRUCTED OF A SUPPORT STRUCTURE COMPRISING VERTICAL POSTS CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER BY HORIZONTAL VERTICALLY-ELONGATED BEAMS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN THE HORIZONTAL BEAMS ARE DESIGNED AS FRAMEWORK BEAMS MADE OF FLAT IRON BARS COMPRISING AN OVERLYING AND AN UNDERLYING MEMBER CONNECTED BY SLOPED STRUTS, SAID BEAMS BEING CONSTRUCTED TO SERVE AS FRONT WALLS FOR SECURING THEREON SAID DISTRIBUTION BOXES, SAID OVERLYING MEMBER MOUNTING THEREON SAID LOWER BEARINGS AND SAID UNDERLYING MEMBER MOUNTING THEREON SAID UPPER BEARINGS.