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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314647 | Heat curing and subsequent calendering to produce magnetic recording media A method for producing a magnetic recording medium includes heat-curing a coated substrate to cure a non-magnetic back coat on the substrate and to cure a magnetic front coat on the substrate, and calendering the heat-cured coated substrate to produce the magnetic r... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7162953 | Roll arrangement Roll arrangement that includes a deflection controlled roll and a counter roll. The counter roll and the deflection controlled roll are arranged to form at least one nip. The deflection controlled roll includes a rotating roll jacket, a carrier axially passing throu... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7134388 | Calender for a sheet of paper A calender for a sheet of paper comprising a metal roll which is rotated by a first driving unit. The calender further comprises a rotatable cylindrical jacket, a pressurizing shoe, and a plurality of support members. The cylindrical jacket is disposed opposite the ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7014733 | Belt for shoe press and shoe calender and method for forming same A method of producing an endless belt includes the steps of: securing axial fibers relative to a mandrel, the axial fibers being spaced apart from one another at desired intervals and extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the mandrel; applying a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014734 | Shoe press belt Nip press belt of a wet press or a calender with elongated nip, in particular for a paper, cardboard or tissue machine, with a flexible elastomer layer that is impermeable to liquids and with a textile reinforcing layer, wherein the elastomer layer comprises soft ru... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013799 | Calender Calender that includes at least one supporting bracket, and a roll stack having at least two rolls. At least one axial end of each of the at least two rolls are supported by the at least one supporting bracket. A connection arrangement includes a fluid connection co... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014604 | Paper machine roll cover A paper machine roll cover surface layer has a mixture of an elastomeric material and HDPE particles. The HDPE particles have surface modification to improve roll cover performance. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7005042 | Nip press belt Nip press belt (9) of a wet press (1) or a calender with elongated nip, in particular for a paper, cardboard or tissue machine, with a flexible carrier layer (9a) that is impermeable to liquids and is made of soft rubber having a hardness... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6926805 | Method for pressing paper web and a calender or a press device with a movable shoe element The press device for a paper web, such as a calendar, contains a flexible moving element (1a) forming an endless structure, said element forming the shell (1) of a roll, the press device including further a counter roll. Inside the moving elemen... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918865 | Roll cover A paper machine roll cover surface layer has a mixture of an elastomeric material and between about 10 phr and about 24 phr UHMWPE particles. ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6899023 | Extended-nip roll press for dewatering a fibrous web The invention relates to an extended-nip roll press for dewatering a fibrous web in a press nip which, on one side, is formed by a rotating mating roll and, on the other side, is formed by an extended-nip press roll, whose roll centers lie in a stack plane, and the ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6846385 | Suspension arrangement for a roll A vibration-minimizing suspension mechanism for a press roll is provided. The press roll and an opposing roll each having a rotational axis and cooperate to form a press nip for imparting a linear load on a web passing therethrough. The linear load is oriented throu... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6758136 | Method and apparatus for calendering paper The invention relates to a method for operating a calender, comprising a cylindrical heated roll and a flexible belt surrounding a stationary support beam which supports at least one actuator which may urge a concave load shoe against the heated roll by the flexible... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6742428 | Cutter assembly for a master processing apparatus A master processing apparatus for use with a pair of removable feed rolls includes a frame, a master processing assembly, and a cutter assembly. The processing assembly performs a master processing operation wherein adhesive bonding is caused between a master and st... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6598521 | Soft nip calender employing a continuous elastic belt A calender having a heated first roll which is opposed to and forms a nip with a soft surface counter roll system comprised of a second roll which has an outer shell. An endless polyurethane belt or blanket having an inside diameter 5 to 50 mm larger than... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6582561 | Apparatus for forming an extended nip Apparatus for forming an extended nip between a heated mating roll and a shoe roll for treating a product web, especially a paper web, the shoe roll having a stationary support and a flexible belt which can rotate about the support and, in the area of the... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6578473 | Calender with adjustable roll supports A supercalender has a top roll, a bottom roll, and a plurality of intermediate rolls. The intermediate rolls are mounted to support frames by pivot arms. The pivot radius defined by the arms is at least about 21/2 times the diameter of the largest interme... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6463850 | Method and means for forming locally compressed regions on absorbent products Method and device for forming local compressions (7) in a material (31) wherein moisture (17) is applied locally to the areas being compressed during the compression operation.... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6418996 | Laminator Laminator including: a pair of fixing seats fixedly mounted in a housing opposite to each other; a pair of pressing rollers parallelly pivotally installed between the pair of fixing seats, the rotary shafts at one end of the pressing rollers being respect... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6395136 | Press for imprinting and drying a fibrous web A press for imprinting and drying a fibrous web includes a press device and a roll body, and a heat transferring device that heats the web in the press nip in the form of a sleeve that encircles the roll body and is heated by at least one heating apparatu... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6395211 | Method and calender for treating a sheet A calender for treatment of a web of a nonwoven textile V made of thermoplastic fibers. The calendar includes a heated embossing roller made of steel and a counter-roller that runs at the same circumference velocity. The local plastification in the nonwov... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6264792 | Method for producing calendered paper A method and apparatus for producing calendered paper by an on-line manufacturing system comprising at least a paper machine and a multi-nip calender. The method comprises following steps: removing water from a formed paper web by pressing, drying the pre... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6213009 | Process of calendering The invention relates to a method for operating a calender, comprising a cylindrical heated roll and a flexible belt surrounding a stationary support beam which supports at least one actuator which may urge a concave load shoe against the heated roll by m... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209451 | Roll, calender, and process for operating a roll Roll for a paper calender. The roll includes a core having opposed end faces and a barrel intermediate the opposed end faces, the barrel having a barrel region. Also included is an elastic cover extending over a working width of the core and a plurality o... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6189442 | Apparatus for calendering paper The invention relates to an apparatus for calendering a fiber web, wherein the fiber web passes through an extended and heated nip, said nip being formed on one side by a cylindrical heated roll and on the other side by a flexible tubular jacket which is ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6164198 | Apparatus for calendering paper The invention relates to a method for operating a calender, comprising a cylindrical heated roll and a flexible belt surrounding a stationary support beam which supports at least one actuator which may urge a concave load shoe against the heated roll by m... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6158335 | Calender apparatus with a separating mechanism The invention relates to a method for operating a calender, comprising a cylindrical heated roll and a flexible belt surrounding a stationary support beam which supports at least one actuator which may urge a concave load shoe against the heated roll by m... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5914008 | Method for increasing the gloss and smoothness of a web of material A process and device for increasing the gloss and/or smoothness of a web of material are described, whereby a web of material (5) is passed through a roller gap where it is exposed to pressure. A steam dispensing device (7) is provided upstream of the rol... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5887517 | Multiple hardness roll cover A soft nip calender employing a compliant roll constructed of circumferentially superpositioned layers of compliant material which are progressively less compliant as the layers approach an underlying steel roll.... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5836242 | Calendering system including a belt having an adaptable web-contacting surface A calendering system in a papermaking or board manufacturing process, the system comprising at least one press nip, an endless calender belt (30) having a core (32) and a compressible, elastic material bonded to the core (32), as well as a paper or paperb... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5816146 | Calender for satining paper A calender for satining paper through roll gap formed between a heated hard roll and a soft roller having an elastic covering. Overheating of an edge region of the covering, i.e., the portion not covered by the paper to be satined, may be prevented by uti... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816143 | Process for satining paper and calender for carrying out the process A process and device for satining paper may include guiding a sheet through a roll gap defined by a heated hard roll and a soft roll having with a covering. A paper sheet width of the paper may be less than a width of a cylindrical part of each of the cov... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5792306 | Sealing apparatus useful in bag-making machine In an apparatus useful for sealing layers of a web comprised of plastic film layers to one another in a bag-making machine, a sealing drum having a cylindrical surface is employed. A sealing blanket is deployed about plural blanket rolls and about the sea... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5792311 | Application of adhesive to a non-planar surface A disposable panty shield comprising a thin, highly absorbent pad having a body-contacting surface, an absorbent layer, a liquid barrier, an adhesive layer, and a release layer to protect the positioning adhesive prior to use wherein the panty shield has ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5738007 | High nip load calender A calender employs an open-stack like arrangement with a single vertical beam or support column on each end of the calender. In combination with the support beam, a special swing link is used to support tension loads on the open side of the calender. The ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5728257 | Pouch laminator A pouch laminator used for coating both sides of a small-sized sheet such as a photograph or identification card with a vinyl film is disclosed. Two folding guide plates are hinged to front and rear sides of the laminator body, respectively. A pair of bea... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5694837 | Apparatus for finsihing a continuous sheet of paper A hot soft nip calender apparatus is provided for a paper mill. The apparatus includes at least one heated calender roller and a finishing belt which is moved in proximity to the heated calender roller by a plurality of drive rollers and at least one pres... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5490626 | Device for welding foil edges The invention relates to a device for the overlapping welding of foil edges. The device has heating surfaces for heating the foil edges. In order to achieve uniform heating of the foil edges, longitudinal ribs are provided over the entire width of the hea... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5439544 | No-crush roll system and method in a double backer A no-crush roll system for attaining zero crush across the double backer in a corrugator is disclosed which is retrofittable to most existing machines. The no-crush roll system includes a series of pairs of bearing adapters each formed with a pin received... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5368680 | Apparatus for applying a stamping foil imprint to a web of flexible material Apparatus for applying a stamping foil imprint to a web of flexible material comprises a main applicator roller and at least one backing roller co-operable with the main roller to press the web and the foil together, The at least one backing roller has an... | 11/29/1994 |
