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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7351309 | Roll in a paper or board machine and a dryer group in a paper or board machine A roll in a paper or board machine has a roll frame or center shaft (15) with bearings mounted at its ends and a groove-like surface structure (10). There is a contact between the surface structure and the center shaft so that an essentially closed str... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7059244 | Method for aqueous gravure printing and apparatus therefor This invention provides a method for aqueous multicolor gravure printing which can print at a high speed without color drift, which is formed of plural printing unit processes, each of which contains a printing process, a drying process and a cooling process, wherei... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6916404 | Method and apparatus for web threading in a drying section of a paper machine or similar A method and an apparatus for web threading in a drying section of a paper machine or the like. A leader (24) and a so called run-down strip are formed by cutting in the web coming to the drying cylinder in the drying section. An underpressure box (18)... | 07/12/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6910282 | Method and apparatus in the drying section of a paper machine or the like A web (16) running from an opening nip (K1) between a cylinder (10) and a supporting fabric (18) toward a roll (14), is supported by a negative pressure created by a blow box (30). In an intensified negative pressure region ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6725569 | Device and method for ventilating an offset pocket space in a papermaking machine The device (10) and method are used for ventilating an offset pocket space (12) located in a drying section of a papermaking machine by injecting air from a heated dry air supply inlet (11). The offset pocket space (12) is situated betwee... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6668469 | Removal device Device and process for removing a fibrous material web from a drying section of a machine for producing and/or refining the fibrous material web and into a catch device. The drying section includes heated drying cylinders, guidance rolls, and at least one... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6523278 | Dryer section The invention concerns a dryer section, comprising at least one dryer group (R) that makes use of single-wire draw and/or twin-wire draw and at least one suction roll (10) with which the web (W) to be dried is in direct contact. The surface construction o... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6513263 | Ventilator for offset pocket and method of ventilating the same The ventilator is used to ventilate an offset pocket in the drying section of a papermaking machine. The papermaking machine comprises a row of spaced-apart upper drying rolls and a row of spaced-apart lower drying rolls. It also comprises two rows of spa... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6412192 | Device and method for ventilating an offset pocket space in a papermaking machine The device (10) and method are used for ventilating an offset pocket space (12) located in a drying section of a papermaking machine by injecting air from at least one heated dry air supply inlet (11). The offset pocket space (12) is situated between thre... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6381868 | Device for dewatering a material web Apparatus and process for dewatering a material web. The apparatus includes at least one pressure chamber formed by at least four substantially parallel rolls, a device arranged to introduce a pressurized gas into the at least one pressure chamber, and th... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6365004 | Method and apparatus for drying a paper web A method and apparatus effect drying of a paper web using a plurality of heated drying cylinders and at least one air impingement module having a hood. The paper web is brought into operative contact with the heated drying cylinders, and at least one of t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6260287 | Wet web stability method and apparatus A sheet stabilizer is provided for a dryer section of a paper-making machine which conveys a wet sheet of paper by way of a felt or fabric, the dryer roller including a leading upper dryer roller, a lower dryer roller, and a trailing upper dryer roller. T... | 07/17/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6105277 | Process and system for promoting complete web support within the dryer section of a papermachine A system (20) and associated process for use in the dryer section (18) of a papermachine for promoting complete support of the paper web (32) by the carrier fabric (34) as the fabric and web are transferred between adjacent drying cylinders (22, 24) by wa... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6076280 | Method and device for drying a fiber web A web drying apparatus, e.g., for a paper web, includes several heatable drying cylinders arranged in at least one row with at least one respective endless loop drying wire and preferably arranged in two rows of cylinders with two respective wires. A wire... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6032385 | Method for pocket ventilation and sheet support in a papermaking machine dryer section A dryer section in a papermaking machine has two reversing rolls to form a pocket between each pair of dryers in a dryer tier. The first reversing roll is a vacuum roll and the second reversing roll is a grooved roll. A blow box is disposed between the tw... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5974691 | Method for dewatering a sheet of cellulose material using hot air caused to flow therethrough by means of a high vacuum, device therefor and resulting material A method for drying a cellulose web, in particular a moist paper web evincing a dry-state specific surface weight of between 10 and 80 g/m2 and initially a solids content between 8 and 30% approximately, and including supporting the web on a pe... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5933981 | Device and method for stabilizing a continuous paper web in a paper-making machine in the vicinity of a roll In the device disclosed, a paper web is carried on a belt and stabilized by an underpressure produced by a box opposite the roll, the paper web being sucked by the underpressure against the belt. Located in the box, immediately following the underpressure... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5864965 | Web drying When drying a paper web (4) in a dryer section (1) of a paper machine provided with drying cylinders (2, 3) and drying wires (5, 6), shrinkage of the paper web in cross direction is counteracted by applying forces at its edge portions (11). According to t... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5845415 | Method for impingement drying and/or through-drying of a paper or material web A method and apparatus for impingement drying and/or through-drying of a paper or material web in which the web is dried by blowing hot air and/or superheated steam and/or equivalent from an impingement drying device in a direction substantially perpendic... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5829164 | Method and machine for drying a material web with guide rollers A machine for producing a material web, e.g., a paper or cardboard web, with a dryer section including at least one dryer group having a plurality of dryer cylinders and a plurality of web guide rolls, e.g., suction web guide rolls. At least one web guide... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5729913 | Dryer for paper machine An improved two-tier, single-felted dryer section has an upper tier of spaced apart dryer drums and a lower tier of spaced apart dryer drums. The section includes at least one dryer drum group consisting of a first and second adjacent drum in one tier, a ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5539996 | Multiple zone limiting orifice drying of cellulosic fibrous structures, apparatus therefor, and cellulosic fibrous structures produced thereby A limiting orifice through-air-drying apparatus for papermaking or other absorbent embryonic webs. The apparatus has a first zone and a second zone. The first zone is maintained at a differential pressure less than the breakthrough pressure, while the sec... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5438765 | Method and apparatus for eliminating the flutter of a paper web in the dryer section of a papermaking machine between two single felt configurations therein The present invention is a method and apparatus for eliminating the flutter of a paper web in the dryer section of a papermaking machine between two single felt configurations in which the web is transferred from a dryer fabric of a first configuration on... | 08/08/1995 |
| 4932138 | Method and device for threading a web around drying cylinders Method and device in a drying group or groups provided with a single wire draw, in a multi-cylinder dryer of a paper machine for securing the threading of the web. The multi-cylinder dryer has drying cylinders heated by steam or equivalent, with the web t... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4669198 | Blow box for a dryer A blow box (40) is disclosed which is disposed within a pocket (26) defined by a web (W) and felt (F) travelling together from a first dryer (12) to and around a second dryer (14) and onto and around a third dryer (16). The blow box (40) includes a wedge-... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4602439 | Method and apparatus for supporting a web in high-speed paper machines A method and apparatus for inhibiting or preventing fluttering in a running paper web in a drying section of a paper machine, such as in the area of a twin-wire draw. Air jets are blown into pockets defined by a wire guide roll and wire itself, such air j... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4516330 | Method and apparatus for the drying section of a paper machine The surfaces of cylinders or fabrics moving in the press or drying section of a paper machine induce layers of air along with them, which layers of air produce positive and negative pressures at the pits or nips defined by the fabrics or web and the surfa... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4202113 | Paper machine drying section and method for operating same A paper machine drying section and method for operating the same are provided for reliably maintaining a web in engagement with a drying fabric at locations where the fabric is situated between the web and drying cylinders. Those drying cylinders which ar... | 05/13/1980 |
