公开(公告)号：US5216820A

公开(公告)日：1993-06-08

申请号：US765141

申请日：1991-09-25

申请人： Melvin E. Green ,  Robert A. Green ,  Walter Sewielski

发明人： Melvin E. Green ,  Robert A. Green ,  Walter Sewielski

IPC分类号： F26B3/28

CPC分类号： F26B3/28

摘要： A curing unit and method for curing ink and the like on a substrate wherein the curing unit comprises a dual-chambered cover assembly in which is disposed a reflector assembly containing a curing lamp, and means for exhausting air from the chambers of the cover. The reflector assembly includes primary and secondary reflectors that reflect substantially all the radiation emitted along the upper portion of the lamp downward onto the substrate. The lamp is supported within the reflector assembly on upwardly opening supports that do not restrict the expansion or contraction of the lamp, and may be adjusted to adjust the focus of the lamp. The cover assembly includes inner and outer covers that create an outer cooling chamber therebetween, and an inner cooling chamber between the inner cooling chamber and the reflector assembly. The ends of the cover assembly form ducts which communicate with the means for exhausting air from the chambers of the cover. The exhaust means draws external cooling air into the outer cooling chamber through openings in the outer cover and exhausts the air to cool the unit. The exhaust means also exhausts heated air containing ozone, which rises from a curing chamber within the reflector assembly through a gap along an upper portion of the reflector assembly, from the inner cooling chamber to further cool the unit and the curing chamber in particular.

摘要翻译： 一种用于固化基板上的油墨等的固化单元和方法，其中固化单元包括双室盖组件，其中设置有包含固化灯的反射器组件，以及用于从盖的室排出空气的装置。 反射器组件包括主反射器和次反射器，其基本上将沿着灯的上部分发射的所有辐射向下反射到基板上。 在反射器组件内的灯支撑在向上开口的支撑件上，其不限制灯的膨胀或收缩，并且可以被调节以调节灯的焦点。 盖组件包括在其间形成外部冷却室的内部和外部盖，以及在内部冷却室和反射器组件之间的内部冷却室。 盖组件的端部形成与用于从盖的室排出空气的装置连通的管道。 排气装置通过外盖中的开口将外部冷却空气吸入外部冷却室，并排出空气以冷却该单元。 排气装置还排出含有臭氧的加热空气，其从反射器组件的上部沿着反射器组件的上部的间隙从反射器组件内的固化室上升，特别是从内部冷却室进一步冷却单元和固化室。