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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8440055 | Press section and permeable belt in a paper machine A pressing arrangement including at least one first fabric and second fabric both being permeable. A paper web is disposed between the first fabric and the second fabric. A pressure producing element is in contact with the first fabric. A support surface of a suppor... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8435384 | Method and apparatus for drying a fibrous web A method for drying a fibrous web, particularly a paper, cardboard or tissue web whereby the moving fibrous web is treated with got air in the area of a pre-definable drying zone the fibrous web is treated, at least in some areas inside the drying zone with steam. | 05/07/2013 |
| 8246783 | Device and method for surface processing webs of paper and similar endless non-wovens by means of a heatable roller A roller for thermal pressure treatment of web-type media such as paper or non-wovens, provided with an inner heating system and comprising a base body made of hardened and tempered wrought steel or alloyed cast iron, an intermediate layer applied to the surface the... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8118979 | Advanced dewatering system Method of drying a paper web in a press arrangement. The method includes moving the paper web, disposed between at least one first fabric and at least one second fabric, between a support surface and a pressure producing element and moving a fluid through the paper ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8092652 | Advanced dewatering system System for drying a tissue or hygiene web. The system includes a permeable structured fabric carrying the web over a drying apparatus. A permeable dewatering fabric contacts the web and is guided over the drying apparatus. A mechanism is used to apply pressure to th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7476293 | Advanced dewatering system System for drying a tissue or hygiene web. The system includes a permeable structured fabric carrying the web over a drying apparatus. A permeable dewatering fabric contacts the web and is guided over the drying apparatus. A mechanism is used to apply pressure to th... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476294 | Press section and permeable belt in a paper machine A permeable belt, a belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and the permeable belt, and a method of drying or pressing a web with the permeable belt. The permeable belt can be tensioned to at least 30 KN/m. A side of the permeable belt has an open are... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7407562 | Method, system and calendar for controlling the moisture profile and/or moisture gradient of a paper web, and a web The moisture profile and/or moisture gradient of a paper web of at least SC quality paper is controlled in a paper machine comprising a calender (1) which has at least two roll stacks (21, 22; 31, 32), one stack has at least three rolls and another has... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7399379 | Process of attaching reinforcing ply to ply containing mica-rich and mica-poor faces The present invention relates to a sheet structure for electrical insulation or flame resistance comprising a barrier ply having a mica-rich face and a mica-poor face and a reinforcing ply containing a saturable backing layer attached to the mica-poor face of the ba... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387707 | Support for image-recording material, process for manufacturing thereof, and image-recording material An object is to provide a support for image-recording material excellent in dimension stability and smoothness, a manufacturing process of the support, and an image-recording material which employs such support and which can obtain a high quality image. Accordingly,... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387703 | Method for manufacturing base paper for release paper In a method for manufacturing base paper for release paper, the body layer, which is formed of a fibre raw material, is surface sized with a surface treatment agent. Before the surface sizing, the body layer, whose moisture level is at least 13 wt. %, is calendered ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7332059 | Method for the manufacture of a fiber material web Process for the manufacture of a fiber material web that includes passing the fiber material web to be dewatered through a press nip together with a carrier band; and subjecting the fiber material web to be dewatered to a pressing pressure of at least 3.3 MPa in the... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326319 | Method of pre-calendering a board web A method for pre-calendering a board web is provided and comprises passing the board web in a pre-calendering process through at least one hard nip, formed by a metal roll and a counter roll, and through at least one long nip, formed by a thermo roll and a long-nip ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326320 | Machine for the manufacture of a fiber material web Machine for the manufacture of fiber material web with shoe pressing unit and drying or tissue cylinder arranged to form at least one press nip. Water absorbent carrier band and water-impermeable pressing band being guided through the at least one press nip, and fib... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7300552 | Method for maximizing water removal in a press nip The present invention is a method for maximizing water removal from an absorbent web in a press nip. The present invention uses a pressing unit having a blanket with a void volume and with a pressure profile that maximizes water removal in the press section or on th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294235 | Supercalendering optimization using a steam shower There is described a method and apparatus for applying steam from a steam source to a moving web to thereby improve the smoothness and gloss of the web. A housing has at least one cooling chamber upstream and at least one steam chamber downstream. The cooling air in... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294239 | Method and an apparatus for manufacturing and drying a fiber web provided with a three-dimensional surface structure An apparatus for dewatering a fiber web in a paper machine includes a heated drying surface, a permeable fabric carrying the fiber web, and a condensing region adjacent a portion of the permeable fabric on a side opposite the fiber web. The fiber web is interposed b... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291249 | Apparatus for the manufacture of a structured fiber web An apparatus for the manufacture of a structured fiber web including an imprinting fabric, a first pressure field device, a second pressure field device and a drying cylinder. The fiber web is formed and carried on the imprinting fabric with an initial dry content o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288168 | Machine and method for the manufacture of a fiber material web Machine and process for the manufacture of a paper web, in particular, a tissue paper or hygienic paper web. At least one pressing gap or nip is formed between a shoe pressing unit and a Yankee drying cylinder, through which a water absorbent carrier band, a water-i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7241364 | Papermaking machine for forming tissue employing an air press A web of tissue is formed in a twin wire former, followed by an air press for water removal in the pressing section, passing onto a Yankee dryer. A headbox injects stock between upper and lower dryer fabrics brought together on a breast roll. The fabrics moves over ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7208068 | Dullish coated paper for printing A dull coated printing paper that is bulky (low in density) having a density of 0.90 to 1.15 g/cm3 and yet offers excellent pliability, superior surface smoothness, high degree of print gloss and minimal small-scale gloss variations in the image area are ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179349 | Method and device for passing a web in connection with a finishing device of a paper or board machine A web (W) is passed from a preceding treatment stage to a finishing device in which the web (W) is finished in the finishing device and from which finishing device the web (W) is passed further to a subsequent treatment stage. The web (W) is brought to a roll (11... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172982 | Dryer and/or industrial fabric with silicone-coated surface An industrial fabric having improved sheet restraint and wear resistance along with acceptable permeability. The improvement is effected by coating only the high spots of the fabric with silicone material. The coating methods used in this invention may include kiss ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169260 | Precalendering method, finishing method and apparatus for implementing the methods A paper or paperboard web (W) is precalendered. A web that has undergone earlier dewatering stages is calendered to attain a suitable surface for the coating process. The web is calendered (C) one-sidedly in such a manner that the absorption level of the second side... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7088946 | Adjusting gloss for a print image Adjusting a gloss for a print image by adjusting the cooling of the print image. Further, a toner for a printing press adjusting gloss by adjusting cooling includes 1% to 30% aliphatic hydrocarbons, aliphatic acids, aliphatic alcohols or their salts, or olefinic hyd... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070679 | High gloss and high bulk paper The invention teaches a method of manufacturing a high bulk, high gloss paperweb using a supercalender operation. A paperweb surface is coated with a plastic pigment. The paperweb is run through a multi-nip calender device wherein the nip load of the paperweb is mai... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067038 | Process for making unitary fibrous structure comprising randomly distributed cellulosic fibers and non-randomly distributed synthetic fibers A process for making a unitary fibrous structure comprises steps of: providing a fibrous web comprising a plurality of cellulosic fibers randomly distributed throughout the fibrous web and a plurality of synthetic fibers randomly distributed throughout the fibrous w... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067039 | Method and equipment in connection with a paper machine or a paper web finishing apparatus A variable representing runnability of a paper web to be manufactured with a paper machine or processed with a finishing apparatus is measured and the speed difference between operational groups of the paper machine and/or the finishing apparatus is adjusted on the ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056572 | Thin, soft bath tissue having a bulky feel Low density, resilient webs are highly calendered to significantly increase density. The resulting tissue has low caliper and stretch but retains good Void Volume and premium-like softness. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056421 | Underflow waterbox The specification discloses a waterbox for applying an aqueous mixture, such as a starch mixture, to a web in a calender stack. The waterbox includes a spillway disposed adjacent a calender stack having a bottom plate, substantially parallel front and rear walls, an... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045036 | Method and apparatus for producing sized paper of board A method and assembly is disclosed for manufacturing a sized web of paper or paperboard, the method comprising the steps of first forming the web at a headbox (1) from a stock comprising at least water and fiber, then pressing the web for water drainage, and ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037407 | Method and calender for calendering a paper web above the glass transition range of the paper A paper web is calendered by passing the paper web through a nip formed by a heatable thermo roll and a backing roll. The surface temperature of the thermo roll is above the glass transition range of the paper. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7031626 | Fixing roller system and method The invention relates to the use of roller fusing in printing. In particular, the invention relates to the use of heated rollers. According to one aspect of the invention, a fixing process and system for use with a printing apparatus is provided wherein a flow of he... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7000536 | Belt calender The invention relates to a belt calender, comprising a first roll (11), a second roll (13; 15), and a belt loop therebetween, comprising an incompressible metal belt (12) pressed by the second roll (13; 15) against the first roll (11 | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998022 | Paper machine and press section thereof A soft crepe paper machine comprises a wet section with a press section having a press defined by first and second press elements forming a press nip through which a press felt runs with a paper web. A suction roll is arranged in the loop of the press felt before th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989076 | Method for manufacturing release paper In the method, a release layer is formed on base paper to manufacture release paper. The base paper is calendered before forming the release layer in-line on the same production line. A further object of the invention is equipment for manufacturing release paper, wh... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6989077 | Wide nip calender arrangement and process for glazing a paper or cardboard web Wide nip calender arrangement and process for glazing a paper or cardboard web that includes a back pressure surface, a support shoe arrangement, and a circulating jacket loaded by the support shoe arrangement in a direction of the back pressure surface to form a wi... | 01/24/2006 |
