STEAM SHOWER WITH REDUCED CONDENSATE DRIP

摘要

A steam shower to supply steam to a web passing beneath it. There is a main supply header and a preheat chamber enclosing the main supply header. The steam is proportioned between the preheat chamber and the main supply header. There are at least two chambers to receive steam in sequence from the main supply header. In a preferred embodiment the at least two chambers are divided into compartments along the length of the shower. Profiling valves control flow from the main supply header to the first chamber in this preferred embodiment. There are outlets in the last of the at least two chambers through which steam passes to the web.