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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7143525 | Through-air dryer assembly A through-air dryer is disclosed. The through-air dryer includes a cylindrical deck made from a plurality of deck plates that support a throughdrying fabric. The deck plates are supported by opposing hubs. Each of the hubs is in communication with a bearing that is ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6928784 | Beam assembly in a tarpaulin handling machine A tarpaulin can be connected by clamp devices to a beam assembly for transfer of the beam through a tarpaulin handling machine. The beam assembly has a number of parallel, through beam rods and on each beam rod a number of beam tubes, which are alternatingly rigidly... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6877246 | Through-air dryer assembly A through-air dryer is disclosed. The through-air dryer includes a cylindrical deck made from a plurality of deck plates that support a throughdrying fabric. The deck plates are supported by opposing hubs. Each of the hubs is in communication with the bearing that i... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6874250 | Clothes dryer A clothes dryer has a first four pole motor that rotates a rotatable drum in the dryer through a transmission system. The clothes dryer has a second two pole self speed regulated induction motor connected to a blower fan in the air passageway of the dryer. The secon... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6860970 | Patterned paper machine clothing A papermaking belt for use in making paper. The papermaking belt may be used in conjunction with a single-wire draw or twin-wire draw of a papermaking machine. The papermaking belt includes a woven reinforcing element and a patterned framework. The framework defines... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6601318 | Dryer unit A drier unit (10) for drying printed products has a plurality of drier rails (12), which comprise in each case a supporting body (14) manufactured from a hollow section (16). The clear outer contour of the cross-sectional area of the supporting bodies (14... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6449876 | Clothes dryer A drum made from a wire mesh is axially rotatable whereby wet clothes in the drum tumble when the drum is rotated. A motor is mounted on a platform beneath the drum. The motor has fan blades mounted on its shaft that provide a flow of air to the drum when... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6416631 | Pressing apparatus having semipermeable membrane An apparatus for processing a continuous web having a first side and a second side includes a plurality of rollers are arranged for cooperative rotation. The plurality of rollers are positioned to define a corresponding plurality of nips. The continuous w... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6161303 | Pressing apparatus having chamber end sealing An apparatus for processing a continuous web includes a plurality of rollers arranged for cooperative rotation. Each of the plurality of rollers have a first circular end surface, a second circular end surface and a cylindrical middle surface. The plurali... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6128827 | Steam-heated roll and process Steam-heated roll apparatus and process. The steam-heated roll may include a roll, a heating chamber arrangement within the roll, a feeding connection arrangement coupled to the heating chamber arrangement that is adapted for charging the heating chamber ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6108930 | Apparatus for controlling widthwise expansion of a conveyed web Apparatus for controlling widthwise contraction of a conveyed web has opposing first web carrier belts and opposing second web carrier belts forming a generally serpentine transport path for supporting opposite lateral edges of the conveyed web.... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6079115 | High temperature Yankee hood A Yankee hood is disclosed for use in drying wet paper webs. The Yankee will provide a manufacturer to operate at supply temperatures above 1000° F. at lower total energy costs and at increased production. All major components, supply fans, flow concentr... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6029365 | Machine for producing a sheet A machine for producing a sheet, e.g., paper or cardboard, in which the machine may include a plurality of rolls having a bearing pin located at each end and a bearing device retaining each bearing pin. The bearing device may be utilized to guide the bear... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6024836 | Process and device for production of a pulp web A process and device for producing a pulp web utilizes several independently driven aggregates (i.e., discrete groups) to attain a median web dry content of, e.g., 60%. The number of driven aggregates may depend upon an initial wet strength of the wet pul... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6000143 | Machine to manufacture a material a sheet, in particular paper or cardboard sheet A machine is proposed for the production of a material sheet, in particular a paper or cardboard sheet, with a dryer section which exhibits at least one double-row dryer group consisting of two rows of heated dryer cylinders, each of which has been assign... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5980244 | System for connection of an annular tire or hoop and a rotary drum or tube, such as a rotary kiln or furnace A system for the connection of an annular tire (1) to a rotary drum (10) comprising blocks (2a, 2b) bearing upon the side faces of the tire and held in place by retaining elements fastened to the drum, said blocks comprising a portion (8) inserted underne... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5900120 | Drying cylinder bearing support in a paper-making machine A paper making machine for the production of a fiber material web includes a drying cylinder, first and second bearing assemblies, a fixed rigid support, a fixed structure and a flexible device. The drying cylinder has two longitudinal ends, a longitudina... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5829159 | Paper machine frame installation The dryer section of a paper-making machine is fabricated as a number of subsections arranged end-to-end throughout the length, the subsections each including a pair of prefabricated large vertical side frames which provide support for the dryer cans, fel... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5829158 | Dryer section with attached drive mechanism The invention is directed to a dryer section for an apparatus to produce a continuous material layer, such as paper, carton or cardboard. At least one dryer group has a plurality of dryer cylinders and guiding rollers. The dryer cylinders and guiding roll... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5770015 | Drying section of a paper machine The invention is directed to a drying section of a paper machine for drying a fiber web. The drying section includes a plurality of drying groups, with each drying group having a plurality of heatable drying cylinders and a continuous hold-down belt. The ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5743024 | Single-tier drying section tailored for compensating stretching and shrinking of paper web A paper making machine comprises a press followed by an adjoining drying section having a plurality of dryer groups. Each dryer group comprises only one row of dryer cylinders and one row of suction rolls then therebetween. The press section in each of th... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5729910 | Rotary drying drum A rotary drying drum for a moving web includes a stationary heater drum positioned coaxially within the drying drum such that the drying drum rotates around the heater drum. The heater drum may be supplied with steam via a hollow drying drum shaft without... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5588224 | Chill roll assembly A chill roll assembly is disclosed having plural harmonic drives for rotationally driving corresponding plural sets of chill rolls. The harmonic drives are independently controllable to support either synchronous or asynchronous chill roll assemble operat... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5505006 | Device for drying a running web A device for drying a running web, particularly a drying section of a paper manufacturing or processing machine. In the drying section, at least one drying cylinder, which can be heated and comes into contact with the web, is provided in each of successiv... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5467534 | Procedure for drying a paper web and a drying part for a paper machine A process for drying a paper web and a drying section of a paper making machine. The drying section includes at least one drying group comprised of a plurality of drying cylinders, each at least partially wrapped by a web to be dried. The drying cylinders... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5355593 | Device for transferring a fiber web A device for transferring a paper web from the press section into the dry end of a paper making machine. The web contacts a rotatable press surface, e.g. on a press roll, and travels with the press surface through a press nip against a backing roll, and t... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5311672 | Dry end of a machine for the production of a fiber web A paper making machine comprises a press followed by an adjoining dry end having a plurality of dryer groups I to VI. Each dryer group comprises only one row of dryer cylinders and one row of reversal suction rolls which alternate with the dryer cylinders... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5226243 | Belt conveyor plant for wood panel drying A plant (10) for the drying of wood panels and in particular veneer comprises two conveyor belts (12,13) overlying substantially in contact along a sinuous path between guide rollers (16) inside a drying chamber (11). The wood panels are conveyed between ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5217374 | Roller drive system for roller hearth kiln There is disclosed herein a drive system and a coupling system for each roller in a roller hearth kiln. The drive system is modular and encased and includes a plurality of aligned drive worms that engage driven gears that in turn rotate a drive shaft. The... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5012594 | Web drying unit A web drying unit, e.g. for a paper making machine, has several drying cylinders, over which a web to be dried can pass, and also several guide rolls for at least one endless supporting belt for pressing the web to be dried against the drying cylinders. O... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4908958 | Drive of a felt guide roll A drive for the guide roll of a drying felt or wire in the drying group of a paper machine, or the like. A gear transmission drives a selected one of the paper web guide rolls, which may be a drying cylinder, in a first group of rolls. The felt or wire is... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4854053 | Transfer apparatus A transfer apparatus is disclosed for transferring a web from a press section to a dryer section. The apparatus includes a plurality of rotatable rolls which are disposed between the press section and the dryer section. A transfer felt is movably supporte... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4753693 | Method for forming a vacuum bonded non-woven batt A method of forming a vacuum bonded non-woven batt includes the steps of blending at least first and second staple polymer fiber constituents. One of the fiber constituents has a relatively low predetermined melting temperature and the other a relatively ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4664322 | Tube mill The invention relates to a tube mill in which the cylinder of the drying chamber and the transition wall which it supports are divided centrally or a number of times in the axial direction so that this cylinder and the transition wall can be replaced with... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4597310 | Drive arrangement for cylinders in a paper machine A drive arrangement for cylinders, such as drying cylinders, in a paper machine of the type which comprises a number of cogwheels, such as gears, which intermesh to constitute a gear transmission. The cogwheels of the gear transmission are fitted within a... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4511266 | Arrangement for mounting a bearing ring on a rotary cylinder A rotary kiln construction of the type where a cylindrical kiln is supported for rotation on an annular bearing ring wherein the ring has an inner circumference larger than the outer circumference of the kiln cylinder and a plurality of spacing plates are... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4495712 | Paper making machine dryer section drive A plurality of electrical driving motors for the rolls in cooperative upper and lower tiers of a paper machine dryer section are coupled with respective dryer rolls in what may be a one-motor-to-one-roll relation, the rolls of each tier being wrapped and ... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4495711 | Dryer section drive arrangement for paper making machines A paper making machine dryer section and a method of operating and controlling the same, wherein the dryer rolls are freely rotatable and are rotatably actuated entirely by a dryer felt drive. In a preferred arrangement, there are two tiers of cooperative... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4450630 | Paper machine drying section A dryer section of a paper machine includes a frame having vertical frame members and upper side members spaced to receive endless or looped wires therebetween for supporting the web, with one of the upper side members having a removable block portion nea... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4320586 | Rotary drum A rotary drum comprising a bearing ring loosely arranged on the drum shell and spacer plates arranged between the ring and the shell, a pair of elements for axially holding a spacer plate in position being provided at one end of each spacer plate, one ret... | 03/23/1982 |
