Arrangement for the treatment of a moving material web

Claim 2

An arrangement for the treatment of a moving material web comprising a chamber, a web inlet and a web outlet for defining a web path through the chamber, a gas inlet and a gas outlet for a gas flow, said gas outlet being situated at the opposite side of the web path in relation to the gas inlet and a baffle plate extending along said web path between said gas outlet and the web path, the baffle plate being arranged at an angle to said web path, said gas outlet being located in a first wall of said chamber, the ends of the baffle plate defining first and second gas discharge gaps between the baffle plate and said first wall, said first gap being greater than said second gap, said first gap being spaced further from said gas inlet than said second gap, whereby these gaps cause a greater part of the gas flow to pass through said first gap than through said second gap when said material web is moving along said web path.

Claim 3

The arrangement in accordance with claim 1 or 7, wherein said gas inlet is positioned closer to said web outlet than said web inlet and the distance between the baffle plate and the web path increases as viewed in the direction of movement of the material web along the web path.

Claim 4

The arrangement in accordance with claim 2, wherein an angle between the baffle plate and the material web path is in the range of approximately 1°-3°.

Claim 5

The arrangement in accordance with claim 3, wherein the first and second gas discharge gaps amount to 5 and 2.5 mm, respectively.

Claim 6

The arrangement in accordance with claim 4, wherein said first wall is parallel with the web path and forms a lower wall in the chamber.

Claim 7

An arrangement for the treatment of a moving material web comprising: a chmaber with a web inlet and a web outlet defining a web path through the chamber, a gas inlet, a guide plate adjacent said gas inlet for guiding a gas flow from said gas inlet over a first side of said web path and a gas outlet situated in a first chamber wall opposite of the web path from the gas inlet, said arrangement further comprising a baffle plate positioned between the gas outlet and the web path, the baffle plate being positioned at an angle to the direction of movement of web along the web path and having first and second ends, the first and second ends defining first and second discharge gaps with the first chamber wall, respectively, said first discharge gap being greater than said second discharge gap, said first discharge gap being spaced further from said gas inlet than said second discharge gap, so that a greater proportion of gas flowing through said chamber passes through said first discharge gap than through said second discharge gap when said material web is moving along said web path, whereby a floating movement may be imparted to the material web as the material web passes between said guide plate and said baffle plate.

Claim 8

An arrangement for the treatment of a moving material web comprising: a chmaber with a web inlet and a web outlet defining a web path through the chamber, a gas inlet, a guide plate adjacent said gas inlet for guiding a gas flow from said gas inlet over a first side of said web path and a gas outlet situated in a first chamber wall opposite of the web path from the gas inlet, said arrangement further comprising a baffle plate positioned between the gas outlet and the web path, the baffle plate being positioned at an angle to the direction of movement of web along the web path and having first and second ends, the first and second ends defining first and second discharge gaps with the first chamber wall, respectively, said first discharge gap being greater than said second discharge gap, said first discharge gap being spaced further from said gas inlet than said second discharge gap, so that a greater proportion of gas flowing through said chamber passes through said first discharge gap than through said second discharge gap when said material web is moving along said web path, whereby a floating movement may be imparted to the material web as the material web passes between said guide plate and said baffle plate.

Claim 9

The arrangement in accordance with claim 6, wherein the first chamber wall is parallel with respect to the web path.

Claim 10

The arrangement in accordance with claim 7, wherein said a guide plate extends substantially parallel to said web path.

Claim 11

The arrangement in accordance with claim 1 or 6, wherein the baffle plate is planar and inclined relative to the web path.