摘要 |
A process and apparatus for the deacidification and removal of moisture and/or solvent from books. Containers of books (10) are moved by conveyor (42) into a drying chamber (C1) where the books are dried under vacuum dielectric heating (22, 24). The conveyor (42) moves the containers of books (10) to a lockhopper (L3) filled with a solution of deacidifying chemical compounds in a solvent. After the books become saturated with the solution, the conveyor (42) moves the container of books (10) to a rinse lockhopper (L4) where the books are rinsed with solvent, and then to a chamber (C2) where solvent is removed from the books under vacuum using dielectric heating. |