Web stock treating oven

Claim 2

A multiple section oven apparatus for heat treating web stock to drive off volatilizable and combustible residual materials thereon, including an entry oven section, an exit oven section, and at least one intermediate oven section, with said sections forming an oven chamber; means for conveyance of web stock through said oven by passage into and through said entry oven section, through said intermediate oven sections, and through and out said exit oven section; incineration burner means outside said oven chamber; discharge duct means from said intermediate oven sections and gas propelling means for withdrawing laden gases from said intermediate oven sections through said discharge duct means; said discharge duct means having parallel flow branches for flow of one gaseous portion to said incineration burner means and flow of another gaseous portion back to said intermediate sections; ducting flow means from said incineration burner means to at least one of said entry oven and exit oven sections for conducting hot combustion gases to such whereby gases in said oven tend to flow toward said intermediate sections for continuous recirculation and combustion.

Claim 3

The oven apparatus in claim 1 including controlled fresh air inlet means to said burner means for regulated flow of fresh air thereto; and exhaust stack means from at least one of said oven entry and oven exit sections for exhaust of part of said combustion gases from said oven apparatus.

Claim 4

The oven apparatus in claim 2 including controlled recirculation means at said incineration burner means for regulated recirculation of part of said hot combustion gases back to said burner means for temperature control of gases discharged through said ducting flow means.

Claim 5

A multiple section oven for heat treating web stock to drive off volatilizable and combustible residual materials therefrom, including an entry oven section, an exit oven section, and at least one intermediate oven section; means for conveyance of web stock through said oven by passage into and through said entry oven section, through said intermediate oven sections, and through and out of said exit oven section; at least one of said oven sections having gaseous recycle means; said gaseous recycle means including gaseous outlet conduit means for conducting a stream of hot gases laden with volatilized materials from the oven, and gaseous return conduit means for returning gases back to said oven; incinerator means for increasing gaseous temperature by combusting volatilized materials in the gaseous stream; said incinerator means being in communication with said outlet conduit means and said return conduit means; and by-pass conduit means in parallel with said incinerator means, in communication with said outlet conduit means and said return conduit means, whereby a first portion of the laden gases is conducted through said incinerator means and a second portion by-passes said incinerator means; and control means regulating the relative flow volumes of said first and second portions.

Claim 6

A multiple section oven for heat treating web stock to drive off volatilizable and combustible residual materials therefrom, including an entry oven section, an exit oven section, and at least one intermediate oven section; means for conveyance of web stock through said oven by passage into and through said entry oven section, through said intermediate oven sections, and through and out of said exit oven section; at least one of said oven sections having gaseous recycle means; said gaseous recycle means including gaseous outlet conduit means for conducting a stream of hot gases laden with volatilized materials from the oven, and gaseous return conduit means for returning gases back to said oven; incinerator means for increasing gaseous temperature by combusting volatilized materials in the gaseous stream; said incinerator means being in communication with said outlet conduit means and said return conduit means; and by-pass conduit means in parallel with said incinerator means, in communication with said outlet conduit means and said return conduit means, whereby a first portion of the laden gases is conducted through said incinerator means and a second portion by-passes said incinerator means; and control means regulating the relative flow volumes of said first and second portions.

Claim 7

The oven in claim 4 wherein said recycle means is connected to an intermediate oven section.

Claim 8

The oven in claim 4 wherein said control means is responsive to oven temperature to regulate relative flow volumes accordingly.

Claim 9

A multiple section oven for heat treating web stock to drive off volatilizable and combustible residual materials thereon, including an entry oven section, an exit oven section, and at least one intermediate oven section; gaseous outlet conduit means from said intermediate oven section for conducting a stream of hot gases laden with volatilized materials from the oven, and gaseous return conduit means for returning gases back to said intermediate section; incinerator means for increasing gaseous temperature by combusting volatilized materials in the gaseous stream, in communication with said outlet conduit means and said return conduit means; by-pass conduit means in parallel with said incinerator means, in communication with said outlet conduit means and said return conduit means whereby a first portion of laden gases is conducted through said incinerator means and a second portion by-passes said incinerator means; control means regulating the flow volume of said first and second portions; branch conduit means from said incinerator means to at least one of said entry and exit oven sections for conducting heated gases thereto, and exhaust means from said one section for discharge of exhaust gases.

Claim 10

A multiple section oven for heat treating web stock to drive off volatilizable and combustible residual materials thereon, including an entry oven section, an exit oven section, and at least one intermediate oven section; gaseous outlet conduit means from said intermediate oven section for conducting a stream of hot gases laden with volatilized materials from the oven, and gaseous return conduit means for returning gases back to said intermediate section; incinerator means for increasing gaseous temperature by combusting volatilized materials in the gaseous stream, in communication with said outlet conduit means and said return conduit means; by-pass conduit means in parallel with said incinerator means, in communication with said outlet conduit means and said return conduit means whereby a first portion of laden gases is conducted through said incinerator means and a second portion by-passes said incinerator means; control means regulating the flow volume of said first and second portions; branch conduit means from said incinerator means to at least one of said entry and exit oven sections for conducting heated gases thereto, and exhaust means from said one section for discharge of exhaust gases.

Claim 11

The oven in claim 7 including fresh air conduit means to said one section; and regulator means for said fresh air conduit means and said branch conduit means responsive to temperature in said one section for regulating the relative flow volumes through said branch conduit means and said fresh air conduit means to control the temperature in said one section.