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Granted Patent B2
US 10,995,986 · App. 16/266,373 · Granted May 4, 2021

Dryer

Inventors: Daisuke Kunitomo (Uozu, JP); Yoshiteru Kawamori (Uozu, JP); Toyoaki Mitsue (Uozu, JP)
Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
F26B7/00F26B3/02F26B5/08
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Patent No.
US 10,995,986
App. No.
16/266,373
Granted
May 4, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dryer for increasing the dryness by fixing the inside of a bowl-shaped workpiece toward a rotating table side is provided. A dryer for drying an object includes a rotatable hollow cylindrical rotation shaft, a center shaft supported inside of the rotation shaft via a bearing and does not rotate, the center shaft having an inner blow passage therein extending along the center shaft, a rotation plate fixed to the first end of the rotation shaft; an inner fixed nozzle extending along the first end of the rotation shaft from the center shaft, a jig disposed on the rotation plate for fixing the object, a drive motor for rotating the rotation shaft, and a blower connected to the inner blow passage.

Claims (64)

1. A dryer for drying an object, comprising:

a hollow cylindrical rotation shaft configured to rotate;

a center shaft supported inside of the rotation shaft via a bearing, the center shaft configured not to rotate, the center shaft having an inner blow passage therein extending along the center shaft;

a rotation plate fixed to a first end of the rotation shaft;

an inner fixed nozzle extending along the first end side of the rotation shaft from the center shaft;

a jig disposed on the rotation plate for fixing the object;

a drive motor configured to rotate the rotation shaft;

a blower connected to the inner blow passage;

a housing slidably fixed to an outer surface of the rotation shaft at a second end that is different from the first end;

a compressed air source;

an annular passage extending circumferentially between the housing and the rotation shaft;

a first passage connecting the annular passage and the compressed air source; and

a second passage extending inside the rotation shaft in a shaft direction, the second passage connecting to the annular passage, the second passage having an opening at the first end of the rotation shaft,

wherein the jig includes

a clamp having an air cylinder, and

a third passage connecting the second passage and the air cylinder.

2. The dryer according to claim 1 , wherein

the inner fixed nozzle includes a cylindrical pipe-shaped body extending along the rotation shaft and having a closed end at one end, the inner fixed nozzle having a slit extending along the rotation shaft.

3. The dryer according to claim 2 , wherein

the slit extends from a basal end fixed to the center shaft to around a distal surface of the body.

4. The dryer according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotation shaft rotates at a rotational speed of 200 to 500 rpm.

5. The dryer according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an outer blow nozzle arranged outside a closed area occupied by rotating the rotation plate, the object and the jig, the outer blow nozzle facing the object.

6. The dryer according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotation plate has an opening exposing a blow object portion of the object from the rotation plate when the object is mounted on the rotation plate.

7. The dryer according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a drive toothed pulley;

a driven toothed pulley; and

an endless toothed belt stretched between the drive toothed pulley and the driven toothed pulley,

wherein the drive motor is a servo motor.

8. The dryer according to claim 2 , wherein

the rotation shaft rotates at a rotational speed of 200 to 500 rpm.

9. The dryer according to claim 3 , wherein

the rotation shaft rotates at a rotational speed of 200 to 500 rpm.

10. The dryer according to claim 2 , further comprising:

an outer blow nozzle arranged outside a closed area occupied by rotating the rotation plate, the object and the jig, the outer blow nozzle facing the object.

11. The dryer according to claim 3 , further comprising:

an outer blow nozzle arranged outside a closed area occupied by rotating the rotation plate, the object and the jig, the outer blow nozzle facing the object.

12. The dryer according to claim 4 , further comprising:

an outer blow nozzle arranged outside a closed area occupied by rotating the rotation plate, the object and the jig, the outer blow nozzle facing the object.

13. The dryer according to claim 2 , wherein

the rotation plate has an opening exposing a blow object portion of the object from the rotation plate when the object is mounted on the rotation plate.

14. The dryer according to claim 3 , wherein

the rotation plate has an opening exposing a blow object portion of the object from the rotation plate when the object is mounted on the rotation plate.

15. The dryer according to claim 4 , wherein

the rotation plate has an opening exposing a blow object portion of the object from the rotation plate when the object is mounted on the rotation plate.

16. The dryer according to claim 5 , wherein

the rotation plate has an opening exposing a blow object portion of the object from the rotation plate when the object is mounted on the rotation plate.

17. The dryer according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a drive toothed pulley;

a driven toothed pulley; and

an endless toothed belt stretched between the drive toothed pulley and the driven toothed pulley,

wherein the drive motor is a servo motor.

18. The dryer according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a drive toothed pulley;

a driven toothed pulley; and

an endless toothed belt stretched between the drive toothed pulley and the driven toothed pulley,

wherein the drive motor is a servo motor.

19. The dryer according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a drive toothed pulley;

a driven toothed pulley; and

an endless toothed belt stretched between the drive toothed pulley and the driven toothed pulley,

wherein the drive motor is a servo motor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2019
From: KUNITOMO, DAISUKE; KAWAMORI, YOSHITERU; MITSUE, TOYOAKI
To: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048229/0489 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-118750 · Jun 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190390904A1 · Dec 26, 2019