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A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435315 | Arrangement for stabilizing a web The object of the invention is an arrangement for stabilizing a paper web (3) in a paper machine, which arrangement comprises at least three cylinders (4, 5, 6) which have been arranged so that a pocket space is formed between them, a blow box (7 | 10/14/2008 |
| 7363725 | Device for drying paper webs, especially tissue paper webs The invention relates to a device for drying paper webs, especially tissue paper webs, with a dryer cylinder 1 and a dryer hood 2, 3 for blowing hot air onto the paper web. It is mainly characterised by the inlet air parts of the dryer hood 2, 3... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7325331 | Method and equipment for drying a pulp web using hot air of different temperatures The invention relates to a method for drying a fibre-based pulp web (2), and to a drying box (1) used in the method. According to the invention, the drying box (1) contains drying zones (9a-9e), to each one of which h... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7249472 | Device for treating textile or similar in a continuous stream The invention relates to a device for treating web-type textiles, nonwovens or paper in a continuous stream, uses a gaseous treatment agent that circulates in the device. The product lies on the exterior face of a permeable drum (5), which is subjected to an ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182813 | Production apparatus of multilayer coating film The coating construction has flexibility corresponding to the number of layers of multiple coating layers, by which a multilayer coating film can be produced with small film thickness without adherence of dust to a film surface, a drying fault such as unevenness ind... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7114267 | Device for treating web-type goods with a flowing or pressure medium There are known drum jacket constructions that consist solely of perforated sheet metal. There are also known constructions, which, in order to increase the distance between the drum and the surrounding perforated sheet-metal wire gauze, consist of sheet metal with ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107907 | Flow-restricted printing cylinder for a removable printing sleeve A printing cylinder for accepting an axially-removable printing sleeve includes a cylinder body having an outer surface, the outer surface having at least one hole and a supply line in the cylinder body for supplying fluid to the at least one hole. The supply line h... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7063772 | Apparatus for treating a fibrous web Apparatus for treating a fibrous web that includes at least one supporting surface arranged to support a surface of the fibrous web, and at least one sealing device positionable adjacent a surface of the web opposite the surface of the web supported by the at least ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060163 | Device for continuous drying of a pulp sheet The invention relates to a device for continuous drying of a pulp sheet 10, particularly a tissue web, with a drying drum 1 and an air circulating system. It is mainly characterised by the drying drum 1 having a shell 12 with a perforated... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040038 | Apparatus for processing permeable or semi-permeable webs An air processing cylinder useful in drying, curing, thermal bonding, cooling, and web transferring materials such as fabrics, papers, and the like. Air is exhausted out of the cylinder surface through a plurality of conduits equipped with distribution means for pro... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021089 | Laundry appliance A laundry appliance such as a washing machine includes an outer housing and a drum rotatably mounted therein. The drum has an inner wall and an outer wall separate from the inner wall, the inner and outer walls being perforated to allow washing liquid to flow into a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6993278 | Fixing device transport for a digital printer or copier machine A digital printer or copier machine (1) is proposed for the single-sided or double-sided printing of a substrate (11), with at least one fixing device (3) for fixing toner onto the substrate (11), whereby the fixing device (3) has ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6953516 | Process for making throughdried tissue by profiling exhaust gas recovery The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust gas from one or more throughdryers prior to throughdrying to profile the consistency of the web. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6944966 | Steam blower box A steam blower box for the application of steam on a material web, particularly paper, which travels past the steam blower box includes a housing wall which faces the material web and extends transversely of the web travel direction. A plurality of steam outlet open... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6910283 | Method and system for heat recovery in a throughdrying tissue making process A throughdrying process and system for the manufacture of a tissue web conveys a fibrous web of cellulose fibers through a throughair drying station that includes one or more throughair dryers. The throughair drying station is supplied with a heated drying medium fr... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6869506 | Apparatus for dewatering a paper web and associated system and method An apparatus for decreasing heat emission and enhancing a vacuum system in a papermaking machine is provided. Such an apparatus includes a drying device having an inlet for receiving heated air for removing moisture from a paper web and an outlet for exhausting the ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6772533 | Arrangement in the drying section of a paper machine A multi-cylinder dryer of a paper machine, has at least one drying cylinder (10) and at least one roll (11, 12) located at a different height to the cylinder and at a distance to it in the machine direction. A paper web (14) travels from the dry... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6740204 | Apparatus for treating a fibrous web Apparatus for treating a fibrous web that includes at least one supporting surface arranged to support a surface of the fibrous web, and at least one sealing device positionable adjacent a surface of the web opposite the surface of the web supported by the at least ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6694640 | Calender humidity control system and method A calender, a system, and a method of regulating the humidity in a calender. The calender includes a housing having at least two side pieces and a roll stack located at least partially between the side pieces, wherein a space is formed by the roll stack a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6694639 | Sheet material and method and apparatus for drying therefor A sheet material, a production method therefor and a drying apparatus is provided wherein a heating gas comprising mainly superheated steam is blown directly to reach the sheet internal water content via a permeable belt for restricting free shrinkage of ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6637128 | Heating apparatus for a transversely stretched nonwoven fabric A transversely stretched nonwoven fabric is manufactured by transversely stretching a nonwoven fabric. First, an original web comprising a plurality of un-oriented filaments is heated to a temperature higher than its stretch suitable temperature by 5° C.... | 10/28/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6551461 | Process for making throughdried tissue using exhaust gas recovery The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust air from one or more throughdryers to further heat the web at various places in the process.... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6523279 | Drying roll for drying a material web Roll and drying section of a machine for producing a material web and process for drying a material web. The roll includes a jacket having a plurality of throughput openings, a device for supplying gas through the jacket, and a second jacket located withi... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6484418 | Yankee drying hood and method comprising angled impingement nozzles A method, system and apparatus is disclosed for drying a wet web quickly and efficiently on the surface of a steam heated drying cylinder in a continuous papermaking process. A steam-heated drying cylinder having an exterior surface is rotated under a dry... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6485612 | Air press assembly for use in a paper-making machine A press assembly for use in a paper-making machine includes a roll, a first air press backing assembly and a second air press backing assembly. The first air press backing assembly and the second air press backing assembly each include an inner wall, an o... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6473997 | Method and drying section for dewatering a fibrous web The invention relates to a method and a drying section for dewatering a fibrous web (9), the drying section preferably being intended to dry fibrous webs in a paper machine, and the drying section comprising a number of drying cylinders (8), by which an i... | 11/05/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6449874 | Method for blowing steam against paper web, and steam box of paper machine A method for blowing steam against a paper web, whereby the steam is blown by a steam box having several profiling chambers in the cross direction of a paper machine. The cross-profile of the paper web is controlled by the steam supplied by the profiling ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6442865 | Drying section Drying section of a machine for producing a material web. The drying section includes a support roll with an associated impingement dryer, and at least one straight or curved section forming at least a part of a closed path between a last nip of a press s... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6412189 | Steam box of a paper machine A steam box in a paper machine, the steam box including a main steam zone and at least one side steam zone through which steam is blown to a paper web. The side steam zone is placed in a side section of the steam box and arranged to form a curtain in orde... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6408534 | Steam box A steam box includes a elongated steam-distribution chamber, regulator chambers set in a row next to the elongated steam-distribution chamber and covered on one side with a continuous perforated screen. Operating devices distribute the steam from the dist... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6393719 | Process and apparatus for removing water from fibrous web using oscillatory flow-reversing air or gas A process and an apparatus for removing water from a fibrous web are disclosed. The process comprises providing a fibrous web having a moisture content from about 1% to about 99%; providing an oscillatory flow-reversing impingement gas having a pre-determ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6378226 | Screen drum for drying permeable webs of goods Each screen drum design has, in front of the rotating screen drum which transports the web, a stationary screen cover whose purpose is retention of the dry air coming from the fan, uniform throughput of the air through the screen cover, and a uniform dryi... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6247247 | Blow box for the drying section of a papermaking machine, method for sealing a pocket with a blow box in the drying section of a papermaking machine, and arrangement in a papermaking machine A blow box used in the drying section of a papermaking machine and a method for sealing a pocket provided with a blow box, and a blow nozzle. The blow box is arranged to eject air away from the space between a wire and the blow box and/or maintain an unde... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6237248 | Convection drier and method of use for manufacturing a material web A dry end of a machine for manufacturing a material web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, includes at least one convection drier, having at least one drying section. The material web passes through the at least one drying section, and is guided bet... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6210268 | Air mixer for static mixing of two air streams The air mixer defined herein serves for static mixing of a heated air stream in a flow channel of a circulated air stream upstream of a heat treatment chamber for drying textile goods or tissue webs for example. For this purpose the air mixer is provided ... | 04/03/2001 |
