Dryers for carpets and the like

Claim 1

A DRYER FOR CARPET OR THE LIKE HAVING AN INPUT END AND AN OUTPUT END AND INCLUDING A PLUARITY OF DRYING ZONES, A TENTER MECHANISM FOR TRANSPORTING THE CARPET THROUGH THE DRYER FROM THE INPUT END TO THE OUTPUT END, SAID DRYER INCLUDING AT EACH OF SAID DRYING ZONES A BLOWER MEANS, DUCT MEANS FOR DIRECTING THE DISCHARGE OF SAID BLOWER MEANS ONTO THE CARPET, A CHAMBER DISPOSED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CARPET FROM SAID DUCT MEANS FOR RECEIVING AIR PASSING THROUGH THE CARPET, A PARTITION DIVIDING SAID CHAMBER INTO A DISCHARGE PORTION AND A RECIRCULATING PORTION, A DUCT CONNECTING THE RECIRCULATING PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER WITH THE INTAKE OF SAID BLOWER MEANS, A HEATING ELEMENT DISPOSED AT THE INTAKE OF SAID BLOWER MEANS, A DUCT CONNECTING THE INTAKE OF SAID BLOWER MEANS OF EACH DRYING ZONE WITH THE DISCHARGE PORTION OF EACH SUCCEEDING DRYING ZONE EXCEPT THE INTAKE OF THE DRYING ZONE AT THE OUTPUT END OF SAID DRYER, A DUCT CONNECTING THE DISCHARGE PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER OF THE DRYING ZONE AT THE INPUT END OF DRYER TO EXHAUST, AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCING MAKE-UP AIR TO THE INTAKE OF THE BLOWER MEANS OF THE DRYING ZONE AT THE OUTPUT END OF SAID DRYER.