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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7622023 | Twin-wire press Twin-wire presses for dewatering fiber suspensions are disclosed including upper and lower rolls and endless upper and lower wires running around the rolls, a pair of dewatering tables supporting the upper and lower wires and forming a dewatering space between them ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7494568 | Leader cloth and manufacturing method thereof A leader cloth for pulling and installing a belt body onto rolls in a paper machine able to pass between rolls with a small clearance and capable of preventing sag or deflection. At a position near the base portion and a position closer to the apex portion of the le... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7429310 | Method, arrangement and equipment for tensioning and guiding a fabric in a paper or board machine A paper or board machine has a fabric (10) that is adapted mobile as well as rolls (11, 11′) arranged to support the fabric (10). The fabric (10) is tensioned by changing the position of one roll (11′) of the rolls (11, 11 | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422661 | Equipment for leading a web threading tail in a paper machine Equipment for leading a web threading tail in a paper machine has at least two sequential surfaces (11) in the direction of travel of the web threading tail (10), between which a nozzle (12) is arranged to form a directed air blast and thus to t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7390379 | Method and apparatus for determining the lateral position of a web or fabric edge in a former The lateral position of a web or fabric edge 11 in a paper machine is determined using an ultrasonic sensor. The ultrasonic sensor has a detector head 42, with an air channel system which opens to the vicinity of the head for forming an air knife which... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384511 | Device for changing the cloth of a paper machine The invention relates to a device for changing the cloth of a paper machine, particularly a tissue machine, for example a TAD (through-air drying) machine, with a number of deflection rolls (3), (4), (5), (6) and at least one cleaning dev... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7325483 | Automated belt cooking machine pancakes or the like An automated belt cooking machine (10) for pancakes and the like food products has upper and lower overlapping, thermally conductive belts (12, 14), counter-rotatably mounted to a frame (16) so that, in use, a bottom run (30) of the upper... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7171283 | Web guiding system and method Systems and methods for guiding one or more web components in connection with a web converting manufacturing process such as that used for manufacturing disposable absorbent garments. Some of the disclosed embodiments include relating inspection data, such as produc... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7112260 | Process and device for cleaning a circulating belt Device and process for cleaning a circulating belt, the device using a cleaning device having at least one nozzle. The process includes feeding a pressurized fluid to the at least one nozzle, and subjecting the circulating belt to the pressurized fluid via the at le... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6993850 | Continuous recording of thickness, using a measuring roller with a bath-shaped guide shoe, articulated in parallel (long timber) The invention relates to a measuring device, which allows the thickness of an elongated, panel-type workpiece, lying on a reference plane and traveling along the reference plane, to be continuously recorded. The measuring device is provided with a guide shoe, which ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6972074 | Equipment for fabric guiding in a paper machine Equipment for fabric guiding in a paper machine has a fabric (10) and rolls (12–18) adapted to support it. In connection with the roll (17) end there is arranged equipment comprising a stand (19) and a nip guard (26). The stand (... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6926804 | Multi-tier rope harness A multi-tier fabric loading harness for installing a fabric onto a papermaking machine. The loading harness has a first portion with a supporting rigid member that attaches to an end of the fabric in the cross-machine direction and a plurality of apertures spaced ac... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6801828 | Web guiding system and method Systems and methods for guiding one or more web components in connection with a web converting manufacturing process such as that used for manufacturing disposable absorbent garments. Some of the disclosed embodiments include relating inspection data, such as produc... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6764578 | 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 adapted to impart a linear load on a fiber web passing therethrough. The linear load is orie... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6733633 | Pull-on leader A leader which is used to pull a seamable papermaker's fabric onto a paper machine comprising a ravel area for securing pull ropes or cables thereto. ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6681467 | Apparatus and method for simple replacement of component parts in a web-processing machine In processing web material, the material is passed through a guiding arrangement which has a plurality of guide elements. In order to enable removing the guide element for repair without disturbing the web material, each of the guide elements is provided ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6627044 | Web guide in a paper machine/board machine The invention concerns a guide (10) for the web, such as the wire or felt, in a paper machine/board machine. The guide is formed by a bearing housing (12) at one end of a guiding roller (11) in such a way that the bearing housing (12) includes a curved su... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6517681 | Method and device for changing an endless felt Felt changing device and procedure for changing an endless felt, in which procedure an endless felt is placed around rollers. In the procedure, an elongated lifting beam (4) with the endless felt (5) placed around it is attached to the first end (3) of a ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6447873 | Leader device for installation of on machine seamable papermaker's fabrics and belts A leader used to pull a seamable papermaker's fabric onto a paper machine comprising at least one section of material comprising yarns which are so oriented so as to distribute the load evenly across and down the fabric.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6398915 | Leader device for installation of on machine seamable papermaker's fabrics and belts A leader having a shape substantially that of a triangle which is used to pull a seamable papermaker's fabric onto a paper machine comprising a plastic coated substrate having plastic reinforcing strips thereon.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6312562 | Traveling screen system A traveling screen system has a traveling screen guided about a multiplicity of support and guide rollers. A scanning device scans a transverse position of the traveling screen and an adjusting device adjusts the angular orientation of at least one of the... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6203668 | Device for fastening a roll to a frame of a paper machine A device for fastening a roll to the frame construction in a paper machine, paper finishing machine, or equivalent, wherein the ends of the roll are provided with bearings. The bearing housings of the bearings, or fastening bases formed onto the bearing h... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6136149 | Press section in a paper machine and method for replacing press fabrics therein Press section in a paper machine and method for replacing press fabrics therein including two separate press nips and a frame part for each press nip. Side frames of both frame parts are interconnected by upper horizontal beams in the machine direction. T... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5888351 | Felt stretcher in a paper-making machine A paper making machine for producing a continuous traveling fiber material web includes a roll having a longitudinal axis and two longitudinal ends. Each end has a concentric first circular gear with a plurality of radially outwardly facing teeth. A felt ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5744006 | Apparatus for dewatering mixtures of fibrous and liquid materials The present invention relates to an apparatus for dewatering mixtures of fibrous and liquid materials wherein at least one pair of mutually opposite pressure elements forms a pressure gap through which a continuous web formed of the mixture of fibrous and... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5693186 | Method and apparatus for interconnecting rolls in an extended-nip press An apparatus for interconnecting rolls that form an extended nip in which the extended nip is formed by a back-up roll and an extended-nip roll having a loading shoe and loading members for pressing the loading shoe toward the back-up roll. A resilient be... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5614063 | Inductive edge detector for paper machinery The invention is directed to a continuous belt edge detector system for use in a paper making machine having a continuous belt guide device. The edge detector system comprises a continuous belt having an edge dope with metallic particles therein and an in... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5587052 | Apparatus and method for tensioning a fabric in a paper machine An apparatus and method for tensioning a fabric in a paper machine, such as a press felt, a drying wire, or an equivalent fabric, including a tensioning roll arranged inside a loop of the fabric. Bearing supports of the roll are fixed, at the driving side... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5584967 | Twin-wire section in a multi-ply former A twin-wire section with a first and a second endless wire, for forming a fiber material web of a fiber suspension, notably for forming a ply of a multiply paper or cardboard web, the ply being merged on a third wire with a further ply. In the twin-wire z... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5582688 | Twin wire former of paper machine A twin wire former of a paper machine can perform dewatering gently and symmetrically on the front and back sides of the wet paper, thereby producing paper with good yield and excellent front/back similarity. The twin wire former includes the loops of two... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5564196 | Roll with composite coats A roll used for tensioning a canvas belt used to hold paper against a dryer. The roll includes a main cylindrical body formed of steel. A layer formed of a metal harder than steel is disposed over the outer surface of the main body. The metal layer is for... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5556512 | Beam for a paper making machine frame A cross beam in a papermaking machine frame, having a specific overall length is composed of three nested beam elements, namely an outer beam element, a middle beam element and an inner beam element. The middle beam element is at its one end rigidly conne... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5535670 | Cantileverable roll for roll pair of paper making machine A cantileverable roll for use in a roll press, wherein the cantileverable roll cooperates with a backing roll. The cantileverable roll has a rotating surface and is either a solid rotatable roll body or a stationary roll body with a rotatable shell around... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5500090 | Method and apparatus for guiding a fabric in a paper machine An apparatus and method for guiding the transverse position of a fabric in a paper machine, such as a drying wire, a press felt, or an equivalent fabric having an alignment roll for the fabric. The axial alignment of the alignment roll is regulated by a g... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5498316 | Twin wire former for a paper making machine A twin-wire former for a paper machine having two endless loop wires, a wire support frame and a head box. The web forming zone leading from the entrance slot, which is at the breast roll in one wire loop and the forming roll in the other wire loop, is in... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5480513 | Method and device for controlling a wire in a forming gap of a web former Method and device for controlling a wire in the forming gap of a twin-wire web former of a paper machine, which gap is defined between two opposite forming wires. A pulp suspension jet is fed out of the discharge opening of the headbox of the paper machin... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5470438 | Wire or felt forming section with breast rollers supported by hydrostatic bearings A wire or felt forming section of a paper-making machine has breast rollers for guiding a respective one of two forming wires. The two rollers are disposed with a pulp gap formed between the two rollers and the wires are disposed just downstream of a pulp... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5445713 | Apparatus for use in making multilayered paper Apparatus for forming multilayered paper includes an endless loop of felt and at least two short wire units provided beneath the loop of felt. Each short wire unit has a fixed dehydrator having a forming shoe, at least part of the upper surface of which i... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5429719 | Self-aligning dryer fabric loading harness A self-aligning fabric loading harness for installing a fabric body having a leading edge and a plurality of spaced empty grommets disposed proximate to the leading edge onto a papermaking machine, the harness including a line receiving device, having an ... | 07/04/1995 |
