Steamer of steam circulation system

Patent · Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5148291

Onodera, M

A conveyor steamer is described which consists of: a room enclosed with heat-insulated walls, floor, and ceiling, the room having an entrance and an exit for goods to be steamed, a conveyor means for carrying the goods to be steamed, the conveyor means traversing into the entrance of the room, through the room, and out of the exit of the room; a source of heated primary steam; first pipe means, arranged beneath the conveyor means, for jetting the heated primary steam upwardly from across the floor of the room; second pipe means disposed across the entire ceiling of the room arranged above the conveyor means, for scavenging spent steam from across the entire ceiling of the room; and an ejector-condenser means, interconnected between the first pipe means, the source of primary heated steam and the second pipe means, for mixing the spent steam from the second pipe means with the heated primary steam in the first pipe means; whereby the spent steam mixed with the heated primary steam is caused to recirculate in the first pipe means through the room, thus saving energy and consuming less heated primary steam so that cost reductions will result.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-85-026037; EDB-86-182977
• Patent Number(s): US 4612911
• OSTI ID: 5148291
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 23 Sep 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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