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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7654428 | Turner bar for rotary presses A turner bar for a rotary press for deflecting a substrate web in two web running directions is acted upon by pressurized air. The turner bar includes at least one inner tube and one outer tube, which have air discharge holes assigned to one another to produce an ai... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7422132 | Vacuum belt conveyor with lateral guidance for a web forming machine A vacuum belt conveyor for a web forming machine intended for transporting a web threading tail (24) has lateral guidance. The vacuum belt conveyor has a frame construction (16) with two rolls (17, 18), an air-permeable belt loop (21) and... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7383772 | Guiding elements for a printing unit A guiding element for a printing unit is provided to facilitate use of the printing unit in an imprinter function. In one operating situation, a strip is printed as it passes through a printing gap of the printing unit. In another operating situation, the strip is g... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7311234 | Vectored air web handling apparatus A web control device is provided as a generally cylindrical hollow bar having a plurality of holes disposed thereon. Each of the plurality of holes is capable of providing fluid contact between the central portion and the outer portion of web control device. The web... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7210606 | Web conveyor for a thermoforming apparatus, web support apparatus for a thermoforming apparatus, and thermoformable web support apparatus A web conveyor is provided having a frame, a pair of conveyor rails, and at least one sag rail. The pair of conveyor rails is carried by the frame in laterally spaced-apart relation. The pair of conveyor rails is configured to support and convey respective edges of ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207794 | Pouch production apparatus and method A pouch production apparatus includes a pouch forming apparatus operable to form pouches from an elongate web of material and zipper tape and an extrusion apparatus responsive to operation of the pouch forming apparatus and operable to extrude zipper tape. A pneumat... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7112258 | Method and apparatus for making a tissue paper with improved tactile qualities while improving the reel-up process for a high bulk web A dry end section for a paper-making machine for producing a high-bulk tissue is provided. Such a machine comprises a through-air dryer adapted to finally dry a paper web and a through-air drying fabric configured to transport the web through the through-air dryer. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7073747 | Guiding roller and adjusting method A guiding roller, that is used to turn a web of material, has a jacket surface provided with holes over at least a portion of its periphery. An inner surface of the guiding roller is provided with compressed air. A piston is axially displaceable in the roller inner ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7040519 | Thermoformable web support apparatus and support device for a heated plastic sheet A web conveyor is provided having a frame, a pair of conveyor rails, and at least one sag rail. The pair of conveyor rails is carried by the frame in laterally spaced-apart relation. The pair of conveyor rails is configured to support and convey respective edges of ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025303 | Turning bar for contactless guidance of a tubular film A turning bar for contactless guidance of a tubular film web moved at a loop angle around the turning bar, including a support tube with a hollow interior, which can be connected with a compressed air source. The support tube has a plurality of air outlet openings w... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6994239 | Methods and apparatus for prescribing web tracking in processing equipment Methods and apparatus to reduce or eliminate misalignment, wrinkles, and creases in coated web product. A relationship between web outgassing pressure and surface roughness of the web and web transporting rollers is developed. This relationship allows for the contro... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6942175 | Winding apparatus having Bernoulli guide shoe leading into roller-core nip and method A winding apparatus has a rotary element, such as a core, that is rotatable about a winding axis. A roller is disposed adjoining the rotary element. The roller and rotary element together define a nip. A guide shoe has a chute wall and a plenum. The chute wall is al... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936137 | Air clamp stabilizer for continuous web materials A device for non-contact support of a continuous moving web of material employs an air clamp stabilizer that includes a Coanda slot and a backstep that is located downstream of the direction of the airflow extending from the Coanda slot. This configuration permits a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923359 | Methods and apparatus for prescribing web tracking in processing equipment Methods and apparatus to reduce or eliminate misalignment, wrinkles, and creases in coated web product. A relationship between web outgassing pressure and surface roughness of the web and web transporting rollers is developed. This relationship allows for the contro... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6881362 | Process and apparatus for the relaxation of interlayer sheet A process for relaxation of interlayer sheet is provided which comprises heating the interlayer sheet, followed by leading the heated interlayer sheet over an air-cushion table with regulation of the tension on the interlayer sheet to induce interlayer sheet relaxat... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6659323 | Methods and apparatus for prescribing web tracking in processing equipment Methods and apparatus to reduce or eliminate misalignment, wrinkles, and creases in coated web product. A relationship between web outgassing pressure and surface roughness of the web and web transporting rollers is developed. This relationship allows for... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6635111 | Contactless guide system for continuous web Known devices for contactlessly guiding or treating continuous lines of material (1) have one chamber (2). A supply device (3) for a gaseous fluid is connected to said chamber (2), which has a gas-permeable wall (4). The outer surface (5) of said wall (4)... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6619583 | Device for contact-free guidance of a web material over a surface A device for contact-free guidance of a web material over a surface element whereon a first longitudinal fold is formed in the web material, the surface element decreasing in width continuously from a top crossmember to a bottom crossmember, and being def... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6604463 | Device to compensate for print misregister due to paper distortion on web offset printing presses A printing web distortion device for imposing a measured amount of distortion into a moving web of substrate, such as paper, to compensate for lateral stretching of the substrate during a printing operation includes a post, which can be vertically adjuste... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6543662 | Web transport system A method and apparatus for transporting a web having at least one table element including at least one inclined blowing device (4a-4d), at least one rounded hump (8), and at least one sucking device (6a-6c) between the at least one blowing device (4a-4d) ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6511015 | Method and apparatus for stabilizing the running of a web in a paper machine or a like A method and a device for stabilizing the web run in a paper machine or the like having a blow suction module (12) mounted above and/or below the web. The blow suction module comprises a blow nozzle unit (14) extending across the web, through which gas, s... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6505792 | Non-contact floating device for turning a floating web Air turn for supporting and optionally drying a web, comprising an arcuate surface having a plurality of apertures formed therein. Pressurized gas is supplied to the air turn plenum, and exits through the plurality of apertures to form a cushion of air to... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6502735 | Device for the suspension guidance of a travelling web A device (100) for the suspension guidance of a travelling paper or paper-like web (B) by air and which is especially useful for deflecting a damp travelling paper web. The device has a plurality of air ducts (13) extending over the width of the web and b... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6461671 | Paper coating apparatus and method for coating paper Apparatus and method for coating a moving paper web, in which the web to be coated is first guided to a coating station correctly aligned and a first side of the web is coated with a coat layer. Next, the web is guided upwards from the coating station and... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6454903 | Method and apparatus for the transfer of a lead strip of a paper web An apparatus transfers a lead strip of a paper web, in particular the beginning of a still wet lead strip or tail, from a press roll of a paper-making machine to a following section of that machine. An air jet device peels off the beginning of the tail fr... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443389 | Self threading air bar An air-bearing apparatus for aiding in conveying a web is taught comprising a central web support housing including a cylindrical surface and two sides. There is an end cap positioned adjacent each of the two sides, the end caps and the central web suppor... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6428246 | System and method of conveying, storing, and dispensing packing material A system and method for conveying and dispensing packing material, such as a chain of linked air bags which includes a pressurized pathway and an elongated hopper that conveys and dispenses the air bags. The hopper includes a plurality of air jets that tr... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425512 | Web handling process A process of transporting at least a portion of a web from a first structure to a second structure via an apparatus that includes at least two pulleys located at spaced locations from each other, an air-pervious endless belt positioned to run from the fir... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6394331 | Device and process for separating and transferring a leader strip Apparatus and process for separating and transferring a leader strip to be threaded into a machine for at least one of producing and treating a material web. The apparatus includes a separating device positioned to perform a separation process, a transfer... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6375801 | Method for improving stability of moving webs In manufacturing a moving web, such as a tissue sheet, the web is transported at very high speeds, often in an unsupported manner, which can result in unstable operations regarding handling and winding of the web. This is particularly true in the region b... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6328852 | Method and apparatus for improving stability of moving webs In manufacturing a moving web, such as a tissue sheet, the web is transported at very high speeds, often in an unsupported manner, which can result in unstable operations regarding handling and winding of the web. This is particularly true in the region b... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6325896 | Apparatus for transferring a fast running fibrous web from a first location to a second location An apparatus for transferring a fast-running, ready-dried fibrous web from a first location to another with minimal undesirable motion is described. The apparatus includes an air foil defining a web support surface which extends substantially continuously... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6270629 | Web handling apparatus An apparatus and process for transporting at least a portion of a web of flexible material between first and second structures spaced from each other. The apparatus includes at least two pulleys located at spaced locations from each other, and an air-perv... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6251477 | Paper coating apparatus and method for coating paper Apparatus and method for coating a moving paper web, in which the web (2) to be coated is first guided to a coating station (7) correctly aligned and a first side of the web (2) is coated with a coat layer. Next, the web (2) is guided upwards from the coa... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6250581 | Web winding device and method Web winding device for winding a material web into a winding roll. The device comprises a rotatably driven first support roller having a circumferential shell and opposed ends, the shell having an outer surface, an inner surface and further having a plura... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6228216 | Transfer of a cellulosic web between spaced apart transport means using a moving air as a support A gas stream directed at a velocity against a cellulosic web in a papermaking machine can act to transfer the web from a transport web moving at a first speed to a transport web moving at a second slower speed. The transport webs apply a linear velocity t... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6155518 | Blow box for levitated guidance of a material web Apparatus for levitated guidance of a material web moving in a travel direction, includes a blow box which defines an air chamber in communication with a source for supply of blowing air. The blow box has a planar surface portion positioned in facing rela... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6125754 | Web pressurizing channeled roller and method The present invention is a channeled roller, used in association with flexible webs, which is provided with a pressurized gas flow, and which may be used to remove web wrinkles, clean webs and rollers, brake rollers, and heat, cool, moisturize, and dry we... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6042307 | Controlled speed air conveyor for unstable articles The method and apparatus of this invention include first and second sets of louvers which extend through the conveying surface for creating downstream and upstream force vectors of air which serve the dual function of creating a low pressure area under un... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6003750 | Process for guiding a web Process for guiding a web from one treatment station to another in a web manufacturing or treatment process. The process includes guiding the web with at least one pneumatic support device and controlling air pressure in the at least one pneumatic support... | 12/21/1999 |
