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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314003 | Electrostatic printing apparatus and electrostatic printing method An electrostatic printing apparatus according to the present invention rubs powdery ink into a screen having a predetermined printed pattern formed therein, and applies a voltage between the screen and an object so as to attach the powdery ink to the object. A plura... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7125473 | Apparatus and method for conditioning a web on a papermaking machine An apparatus and method for conditioning a moving porous web on a papermaking machine is disclosed. The web has a first and a second surface and a high temperature gaseous boundary layer adjacent at least the second surface. The apparatus contains means for conveyin... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6960372 | Coating film drying method, coating film forming method, and coating film forming apparatus The present invention uniformly dries, in a clean room in which down flow is constituted, a coated film formed on a surface of a substrate held in a state that the coated surface faces down. In a coating apparatus including an absorption board holding a substrate in... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6785982 | Drying apparatus and method for drying coated webs A method and apparatus for drying a coated web is taught that reduces dryer induced mottle. The apparatus comprises a plurality of ducts positioned in series within an enclosure, the coated web travelling through the enclosure in a direction of travel, each duct inc... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6775925 | Water spray web cooling apparatus for web dryer Apparatus and a method for the evaporative cooling of a web within a dryer in a compact manner. Excess fluid overspray is controlled, thereby avoiding problems with fluid depositing on internal surfaces of the dryer, which can cause mineral build-up and can result i... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6699365 | Method of wetting webs of paper or other hygroscopic material This invention relates to a three-stream atomizing nozzle for use with a rewet shower. The nozzle has an air stream divider that separates the atomizing air from the source into three streams. The first stream is a straight air stream staying closest to a... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6591518 | Integral expander support brackets for air knife drier cassettes A method and apparatus for is provided for supporting and connecting drier cassettes of an air knife type of drier. The drier cassettes exhaust air on traveling printed matter and are joined and supported by expander units that also exhaust air on the pri... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6581301 | Paper drying machine A paper drying apparatus to dry a paper web carried on a fabric sheet includes a first rotatable drum to carry a paper web. A second rotatable drum is positioned downstream of the first drum with respect to the paper web carried by the first and second ro... | 06/24/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6470598 | Deckel edge profiler An adjustable deckel profiler is disclosed, for use in apparatus for drying a moving paper web. The profiler is a slidable member which interacts with impingement air to control and adjust the air against the moving web. Means are provided for adjusting a... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6427360 | Method for convectively heating permeable material A method for preheating a permeable, thermoformable material having first and second sides includes supplying heated fluid to a fluid distribution system; regulating flow of the fluid such that fluid having a first temperature flows at a first velocity, a... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6368459 | Method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper or board A method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper or board from on sides with at least one coat layer. The coat is applied to the web by means of a film transfer coater (12) and next the web is passed to a dryer cylinder group (4) via an air-cushio... | 04/09/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6298578 | Apparatus and method for drying a ground surface A method and apparatus for drying a tennis court or other surface removes water from the tennis court and heats the surface of the tennis court to facilitate evaporation of water from the court.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6207020 | Method for conditioning paper and paperboard webs The invention relates to of a process and related apparatus for conditioning a fibrous web in order to improve the efficiency of drying and calendering thereof. In the process, a moving fibrous web is conditioned after the drier unit of a papermaking mach... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6192602 | Method for contact-free drying of a paper web or equivalent Method for drying and/or cooling a web in which a web is passed over an arcuate circumference of a blow device, a gas is directed from an interior of the blow device at the web through first openings formed in a mantle of the device to form a support zone... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6108936 | Method and device for contact-free drying of a paper web or equivalent Method for one of drying and cooling a web in which a web is passed over an arcuate circumference of a blow device, a gas is directed from an interior of the blow device at the web through first openings formed in a mantle of the device to form a support ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6018886 | Effect of air baffle design on mottle in solvent coatings Apparatus for drying coated web material and preferably moving web material comprises a nozzle, means for supplying air to the nozzle and means to distribute the air through said nozzle substantially uniformly across the web width, said nozzle arcing from... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5987777 | Dry end The invention relates to a dry end for drying a material web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, having at least one drying group with a plurality of drying cylinders and web guiding rollers and at least one nozzle device for transporting the threadi... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983597 | Method and device for feeding sheet material A method and device for feeding sheet material, whereby the sheet material is fed in a given traveling direction along one face of a plate by a fluid bed movable along the face in the traveling direction; the fluid bed being formed by at least one jet of ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5879738 | Method for fluid transport for the surface treatment of planar substrates An apparatus and method for treating the walls of apertures passing through a planar substrate with a fluid treatment solution. The method comprises placement of a pressurized fluid wedge beneath, above, or both beneath and above a planar substrate as it ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5822835 | Method and apparatus for web treatment A process for treatment of a web by means of impingement by high velocity gaseous fluid is provided. The process constitutes the provision of a web to two separate treatment zones. In the first treatment zone the web is subjected to the imposition of high... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5390428 | Film transport means for use in a film dryer The emulsion surface of a film may be damaged as it is pushed into or pulled through a dryer unit. Described herein is a transport arrangement for transporting a film through a dryer which comprises a conveyor belt for transporting the film, and air jets ... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5347726 | Method for reducing chill roll condensation An apparatus for dispersing contaminants from the surface of a web moving in a processing direction within a web processing system, the web processing system including a web processing structure, the apparatus including a chill roll air bar disposed proxi... | 09/20/1994 |
| 4928409 | Mobile earth mover bowl with loading rotor An earth mover comprising at least one wheeled axle; a supported frame movable by the axle, said frame further including means for pushing up soil, comprising an elongate scraper blade with a ground-facing sharp longitudinal edge being substantially right... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4765067 | Steam-shower apparatus and method of using same Disclosed is a steam-shower apparatus and method including a supply of steam which is fed through a Coanda nozzle and along a path running adjacent one surface of the apparatus which is heated to a temperature in excess of 212 degrees Fahrenheit. The shee... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4551926 | Nozzle box for heat treatment of veneering The invention provides a nozzle box for the heat treatment of veneering in a veneer dryer, where hot air is fed via nozzles on the side of the nozzle box disposed toward the veneering onto the surface of the passing veneering. The edges of the nozzle hole... | 11/12/1985 |
