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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5431321 | Roll for web pressing or web guiding The press guide roll (15) or web guide roll (4) comprises a fiber-reinforced plastic roll tube (20; 6) and a wire layer (7) wound on the surface of the roll tube (20; 6) in order to form substantially peripherally directed grooves (17). On either side of ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5406883 | Dewatering press for compressibly dewaterable material A process is proposed for the dewatering of compressibly dewaterable materials, in particular waste from the processing of paper material, which enables a very high degree of dewatering so that the waste can be readily disposed of, e.g. dumped. For this p... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5390592 | Dewatering press for compressibly dewaterable material A press for the mechanical dewatering of water-containing pulverised solid material is provided with a rotatable feed screw (3) which is so floatably mounted that it can perform a rotary pendular pivoting movement about a swivel point (D) lying in the are... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5347728 | Suction roll, especially for a paper web drier The suction roll, especially for a paper web drier, comprises a perforated roll shell containing therein an internal chamber partitioned by a wall member transversely arranged with respect to the lengthwise axis of the suction roll. A connection flow comm... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5320713 | Method of using a forming section of a papermaking machine In order to regulate dewatering of the fiber suspension and the formation of the paper web between the upper and lower wires of the papermaking machines, upper ledges are provided along with the upper wire. These upper ledges are particularly constructed ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5308450 | Press section of a papermaking machine The press section of a papermaking machine for dewatering a paper web comprises two separate, successively arranged extended nip press locations. Both of the extended nip press locations contain at least one respective felt which travels together with the... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5298122 | Measuring device and method for measuring the crosswise profile of a paper web A measuring bridge, fixed in place above a moving paper web and disposed crosswise to it, is provided, having a measuring head, movable back and forth--crosswise to the paper web--, for determining the measuring values for judging the thickness of the pap... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5282933 | Wet section for a twin wire papermaking machine The wet section of a twin wire papermaking machine is provided with an open forming roll at the lower wire and with the combination of a suction box at the lower wire and a vacuum suction box at the upper wire. Furthermore, by selecting the elevational po... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5279424 | Floatation apparatus for removal of distrubing substances, especially printing ink from waste paper suspensions The flotation apparatus removes ink- and contaminant particles from a fiber stock suspension which is produced during the preparation of waste paper. Admixing of air to the fiber stock suspension is accomplished in stepped diffusors. The fiber stock suspe... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5269075 | Apparatus for interconnecting two groups of driers of a papermaking machine The apparatus for interconnecting two groups of driers of a papermaking machine serves to interconnect two successive drying sections through which successively travels a paper web which is dried by such successive drying sections. When needed or desired,... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5268077 | Apparatus and method for deaerating or degassing a paper stock suspension The stock stream of a pre-cleaned paper stock suspension is sub-divided into extremely small partial jets in a chamber of a compartment. Each such partial jet or stream has a throughflow volume of approximately 50 liters/min. to 80 liters/min. and is dire... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5262010 | Dewatering device with adjustable force elements for the web-forming section of a papermaking machine A dewatering device for the web-forming or wet section of a papermaking machine comprises foils arranged transverse to a forming wire, that is to say, extend in the cross-machine direction. Force or powering elements act upon the foils so as to exert a fo... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5259929 | Twin wire former A twin wire former wherein the forming turbulence of a first forming section is quieted by a main forming roller. Behind the main forming roller, as viewed with respect to a predetermined direction of travel of the forming wires, there is accomplished a f... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5257698 | Cleaner for stock suspensions Pump-like inlet blading has operatively connected therewith a multi-stage stepped diffusor axially opening into a separation chamber. For the removal of light particles, openings or recesses are provided at the outlet side of an inner cylinder and such me... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5245920 | Method of calendering a paper web The calendering occurs in a press nip of a calender with application of pressure, moisture and heat. To achieve a desired surface quality, the surface of the paper or cardboard web which is to be calendered is brought in the press nip to a condition above... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5179894 | Calender with positionable rollers In a calender (1) one or several rollers (2) can be positioned by being raised or lowered jointly with the roller stack disposed therebelow; and vertically displaceable sliding members (3) connected with the roller journals are jointly driven, and are blo... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5137678 | Method for calendering a paper or cardboard web coated at both sides To achieve desired treatment results at both sides of a material web to be calendered, the material web is initially guided through a first nip formed between yieldable elastic surfaces confronting the throughpassing material web. In the first nip there i... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4967653 | Calender having displaceable bearing parts Support of a nip relieving device to compensate for overhanging weights at an elevationally displaceable bearing part of an intermediate roll of the calender is effected relative to the stand of the calender by an elevationally displaceable support member... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4824524 | Multi-ply headbox for a papermaking machine In a multi-ply headbox, the nozzle chamber is subdivided by rigid partition walls into a number of nozzle chambers, and the slice openings or outlet slices are adjustable independently of one another. This is accomplished by providing a pivotable mounting... | 04/25/1989 |
