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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381931 | Thermal roll, and drying apparatus and method A drying apparatus includes a thermal roll for contacting and heating aluminum web in a continuous sheet form. The thermal roll includes a roll surface, having a static friction coefficient μ defined by contact with the web. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7272894 | Drum dryer A drum dryer provided with a liquid splash and scatter preventing equipment, which enables continuous operation by preventing a scattering liquid from making dry powder in the case in which the equipment is provided above a neighborhood of a liquid concentration sec... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7254902 | Sheet dryer A sheet dryer includes sprockets and a delivery chain, at least one heat-resistant glass plate, at least one lower-surface drying lamp, a guide plate, a plurality of first discharge holes, and a plurality of second discharge holes. The sprockets and delivery chain c... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7059066 | Method and apparatus for the production and treatment of a material web A method and an apparatus for the production and processing of a material web, specifically a paper or cardboard web are described, whereby the material web is first wound and subsequently unwound for a subsequent finishing process and whereby the material web after... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7013799 | Calender Calender that includes at least one supporting bracket, and a roll stack having at least two rolls. At least one axial end of each of the at least two rolls are supported by the at least one supporting bracket. A connection arrangement includes a fluid connection co... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6746573 | Method of drying fibrous structures A method for drying fibrous webs utilizing a limiting orifice medium with a plurality of pores. The web is disposed on a supporting fluid permeable carrier. The web is pressed between the supporting carrier and the limiting orifice medium. A vacuum greater than the ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6314659 | Device and method for protecting a carrying fabric A device and method for extending the useful life of a carrying fabric in a dryer by maintaining the edges of the fabric at a temperature below that at which thermal degradation occurs. This is achieved by applying a cooling liquid to the edges of the car... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6195909 | Infrared dryer with air purge shutter A combination infrared/air convection dryer or oven for travelling webs. A shutter assembly is provided between the infrared radiation source and the moving web in order to selectively expose the web to infrared radiation, and to create a sealed air chamb... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5938893 | Fibrous structure and process for making same A differential micro-regions single lamina fibrous web comprises at least two pluralities of micro-regions disposed in a non-random and repeating pattern: a first plurality of micro-regions comprising fibers interconnected with a fiber-bonding substance, ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5935381 | Differential density cellulosic structure and process for making same A differential density single lamina web of cellulosic fibers comprises at least two pluralities of micro-regions disposed in a non-random and repeating pattern: a first plurality of high density regions and a second plurality of low density regions. The ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5878974 | Device for winding a textile web A device to wind and unwind a textile web onto and from a spool, when it comes into or out of a wet-processing group is disclosed. The device includes a guide and tension roll supported at the free ends of winding arms and resting on the spool. A moisture... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5669159 | Method and apparatus for drying a fiber web at elevated ambient pressures A method and apparatus for drying a fiber web is provided by pressing the web, preferably by impulse drying and then introducing the web into a gas pressurized zone followed by reducing the pressure in the zone, the reduction preferably being effected wit... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5647144 | Combination air bar and hole bar flotation dryer Apparatus and process for the non-contact drying of a web of material. The apparatus includes air flotation nozzles for floating the web, and direct air impingement nozzles for enhanced drying of the web. A plurality of air flotation nozzles or air bars a... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5642671 | Method and apparatus for printing a material web A method of printing a material web includes the steps of applying ink to the material web, subsequently drying the material web with the use of heat and subsequently drying the material web, and, after cooling and prior to further processing, moistening ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5638610 | Heat setting chamber for the continuous heat setting of yarns In the case of a heat setting chamber for the continuous heat setting of yarns, entry and exit openings are provided, through which transport belts are fed and onto which transport belts the yarns are placed in loops. In the area of the entry and exit ope... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5619807 | Method and apparatus for processing a web of material A method and apparatus for processing a web of material, which is dispensed from a roll and fed through at least one roller gap of a roller-gap system which includes a processing station, an unrolling station on the input side of the processing station, a... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5598642 | Method and apparatus for drying a fiber web at elevated ambient pressures A method and apparatus for drying a fiber web is provided by pressing the web, preferably by impulse drying and then introducing the web into a gas pressurized zone followed by reducing the pressure in the zone, the reduction preferably being effected wit... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5588223 | Restrained paper dryer Methods and apparatus are disclosed for restrained paper drying in order to produce high performance paper with enhanced stiffness and, in the process, substantially improve paper properties and reduce fiber usage. The paper web is held in a restrained po... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5569438 | Apparatus for sterilizing a continuous packaging material web In an apparatus for treating, for purposes of sterilization, a continuous material web a first treatment station is provided and includes a device for bringing a material web into contact with liquefied hydrogen peroxide. A second treatment station is als... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5560123 | Method and device for ensuring the run of the web in the multi-cylinder dryer of a papermachine The multi-cylinder dryer of a papermachine comprises a first tier of cylinders, wherein a web travels supported by a first dryer wire on the cylinders of the first tier of cylinders, as well as a second tier of cylinders, wherein the web travels supported... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5424034 | Method and an apparatus for sterilizing a continuous packaging material web The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for treating, for purposes of sterilization, a continuous material web (16) by bringing the entire web or parts thereof intended for sterilization into contact with liquefied hydrogen peroxide and therea... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5353488 | Yarn conditioning apparatus An automated yarn conditioning apparatus is provided. This device allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conveyor. Yarn conditioning is ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5319863 | Dryer section A dryer section of a machine for manufacturing fiber webs, which includes a plurality of heatable drying cylinders arranged to form at least a first dryer group and a second dryer group, and arranged in horizontal cylinder rows, and including a plurality ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5269052 | Yarn conditioning process A process for conditioning a yarn package enclosed within a conditioning chamber by introducing low temperature steam at approximately 140° F. for two seconds, thereby setting the twist of the yarn after spinning and winding.... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5205051 | Method of preventing condensation of air borne moisture onto objects in a vessel during pumping thereof A pressure sealed chamber such as a load lock for a apparatus for processing substrates is operated with a guide plate spaced from a substrate supported therein so as to form a gap which covers the substrate surface to be protected from contamination by m... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5134787 | Catalytic dryer A dryer apparatus and a drying method are set forth for drying an object coated with a solvent which volatilizes to form a VOC. The object is fed through an enclosure. It is heated to volatilize the VOC while it is in the enclosure. A catalytic oxidation ... | 08/04/1992 |
