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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8029648 | Process and device to moisten a web of material In a method for moistening a material web, particularly a moving web, particularly a paper or cardboard web, the moisture is applied onto the material web via at least two medium flows of different temperatures, particularly two vapor flows, or one vapor flow and on... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7993491 | End part of an air dryer, air dryer, method in the end part of an air dryer and use of fan The object of the invention is an end part (1) of an air dryer, the air dryer being applicable for drying a pulp web, such as a cellulose web or the like. The end part comprises a fan tower (11), and a roll tower in which a number of turn roll (27, ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7871494 | Drop-out steam profiling cartridge A steam distributor for applying steam to a continuously moving paper sheet employs one or more drop-out steam profiling cartridges. Each cartridge is connected to a steam distribution apparatus and includes a number of profiling zones that are covered by a contoure... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7820011 | Moistening nozzle of a paper web A moistening nozzle of a paper web comprises a frame (1) into which air and water are conducted. Inside the frame (1) there is arranged a water nozzle (2) wherewith water is conducted to an outlet of the moistening nozzle and an air nozzle where... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7442279 | Method and apparatus for producing tissue paper A method of making paper comprising over drying the paper web by a dryer; transporting the paper web to a reel; and supplying dry air adjacent at least a portion of the paper web's travel path from the dryer to the reel. A paper machine comprising a dryer and a reel... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429311 | Method and assembly for moistening a moving web or paperboard A method and assembly is disclosed for moistening a web of paper or paperboard, the assembly comprising a steam blow cavity open toward a moving web (1). The steam blow cavity houses spray nozzles (5, 6, 7) at least for injecting steam into the cavity ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419569 | Paper manufacturing process A method of making soft, strong, high bulk tissue is disclosed. The method includes pre-conditioning a wet web by straining the wet web in the cross-machine direction prior to transferring the wet web to a throughdrying fabric. The pre-conditioned web provides impro... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419571 | Method for controlling the temperature of a cellulosic web entering a dryer The invention relates to a method for controlling the temperature of a web, which is formed from cellulosic pulp and is to be passed to a dryer, by way of applying temperature-controlled liquid to the web. According to the invention, the thus formed web is passed in... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416637 | Low compaction, pneumatic dewatering process for producing absorbent sheet A low-compaction method of making an absorbent cellulosic web includes: forming a nascent web from a papermaking furnish; dewatering the nascent web to a consistency of from about 10 to about 30 percent on a foraminous forming support traveling at a first speed; rus... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413629 | Process for producing deep-nested embossed paper products The present invention relates to processes for producing a deep-nested embossed paper products. The invention relates to a process for producing a deep-nested embossed paper products comprising one or more plies of paper where the resulting embossed ply or plies of ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7387064 | Method and apparatus for producing calendered paper A paper web moistened in a paper machine and reeled on a machine reel is calendered in a multinip calender arranged apart from the paper machine, whose roll assembly is formed of a first set of rolls and a second set of rolls in the travel direction of the paper web... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7357847 | Device for drying a paper web A device for drying a paper web includes a structured fabric for carrying the paper web rests during the drying process. A single roll unit includes a suction roll for dewatering the paper web and a press roll for securing the paper web to the structured fabric. The... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351307 | Method of dewatering a fibrous web with a press belt A method of dewatering a fibrous web in a paper machine including the steps of carrying the fibrous web on a side of a first fabric; contacting the fibrous web with a side of a second fabric, the fibrous web being between the first fabric and the second fabric; and ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351309 | Roll in a paper or board machine and a dryer group in a paper or board machine A roll in a paper or board machine has a roll frame or center shaft (15) with bearings mounted at its ends and a groove-like surface structure (10). There is a contact between the surface structure and the center shaft so that an essentially closed str... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320744 | Moistening arrangement of multiple-nip calender A multiple-nip calender has a set of rolls (2) with roll nips (N) between the rolls. A moistening arrangement has a roll means (3) for moistening the fibre web comprising a damping unit (33) and rolls (32) guiding the fibre web (W). The r... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7300547 | Absorbent sheet exhibiting resistance to moisture penetration An absorbent paper sheet is treated with an aqueous wax dispersion such that the sheet includes a fused wax and emulsifier residue in an amount of from about 1 to about 20 weight percent of the sheet based on the combined weight of the fiber, wax residue and an emul... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7282232 | Bonded fibrous sheet material The present invention refers to a method of producing a porous bonded fibrous sheet material comprising: (i) treating a porous fibrous substrate which is comprised of cellulosic fibers and which has a moisture content of less than 10% by weight with a gum and a cros... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7263587 | Unified memory controller A unified memory controller (UMC) is disclosed. The UMC may be used in a digital television (DTV) receiver. The UMC allows the DTV receiver to use a unified memory. The UMC accepts memory requests from various clients, and determines which requests should receive pr... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229528 | Processes for foreshortening fibrous structures Papermaking processes and more particularly to papermaking processes for foreshortening fibrous structures are provided. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7192506 | Shortened layout from dryer to reel in tissue machine A dry end of a tissue machine is made shorter by close-coupling a reel-up to the drying section and supporting the web from the drying section to the reel-up by a foil or a belt such that web stability is maintained, thus allowing high-speed operation. The foil's do... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192507 | Machine for producing a fibrous material web Machine for producing a fibrous material web and process for guiding the web through the machine. The machine includes a wire section, a drying section, arranged downstream of the wire section with regard to a web travel direction, having at least one free web draw,... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186317 | Method for producing soft bulky tissue A process for producing tissue webs is disclosed. The process includes the step of partially dewatering a tissue web and then subjecting the web to multiple deflections against fabrics prior to drying the tissue web. For instance, in one embodiment, the tissue web i... | 03/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7169259 | Shortened layout from dryer to reel in tissue machine A dry end of a tissue machine is made shorter by close-coupling a reel-up to the drying section and supporting the web from the drying section to the reel-up by a foil or a belt such that web stability is maintained, thus allowing high-speed operation. The foil's do... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169265 | Method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt and a belt for papermaking machines and similar industrial applications A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures and belt structures designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paper processing applications, requires the application of a sacrificial material ont... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166189 | Method for making rolls of tissue sheets having improved properties The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166196 | Method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures for papermaking machines and similar industrial applications and belt A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structure and belt structure, designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paperprocessing applications, requires the application of a polymeric resin material o... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160418 | Wet crepe throughdry process for making absorbent sheet and novel fibrous products An improved process for making sheet from a fibrous furnish includes: depositing the furnish on a foraminous support; compactively dewatering the furnish to form a nascent web; drying the web on a heated cylinder; creping the web therefrom and throughdrying the web ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153390 | Process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product exhibiting reduced malodor A process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product is provided. The process comprises forming an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers; introducing sodium bicarbonate into the aqueous suspension; depositing the aqueous suspension onto a sheet-forming fabric t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150111 | Method and equipment for producing driving power in a paper or board mill A paper or board mill includes a drying section, which includes at least one drying cylinder group and at least one impingement drying unit (PK). The method uses a turbine engine (10), the combustion gases (1) of which are conducted at least into the impingement dry... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147754 | System for keeping calender rolls of a paper machine clean A system for maintaining calender rolls of a paper machine clean when producing high-gloss paper or coated paper, such as LWC or MWC. To prevent a coating agent, such as coating dye, from adhering onto and soiling a smooth surface of a calender roll, with an overhea... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141142 | Method of making paper using reformable fabrics Papermaking fabrics, particularly those fabrics useful for making tissue and towel products, can be modified to alter their structure, such as surface texture, and re-used to make a different product. The fabrics can be modified after removal from the paper machine ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141143 | Method and apparatus for draining fibre pulp suspension The invention relates to a method of draining a fiber pulp suspension, where the fiber pulp suspension is applied to a convergent dewatering space arranged between two wires travelling in the same direction. In the dewatering space, water and powdery substance are r... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125470 | Unitary stratified composite A unitary stratified composite composed of a first stratum and a second stratum integrally connected by a transition zone is disclosed. The first stratum serves as a liquid acquisition stratum that rapidly acquires and then transfers liquid to the second stratum. Th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7105465 | Papermaking belts and industrial textiles with enhanced surface properties An industrial textile including a polymeric substrate and a resin system grafted onto the polymeric substrate by way of a primer. The resin system includes a water-borne thermoplastic, a polyhydroxyether resin and/or an analogue of a polyhydroxyether resin, and at l... | 09/12/2006 |
