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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353670 | Tile sponge washing and conditioning apparatus A tile sponge washing and conditioning apparatus is disclosed for washing in water a sponge used during a ceramic tile laying operation. The apparatus includes a frame for disposition thereof within the water. The frame includes a first wall and a second wall which ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7178195 | Device for wringing a mop and floor cleaning system having the device A device for wringing moisture from a mop includes pressure elements between which a holder of the mop, together with a mop cover attached thereto, can be pressed. The mop cover projects beyond the holder, thereby forming a cushion at edges of the holder in order to... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6668600 | Distribution device for a device for dewatering pulp A device for washing and dewatering a fiber pulp suspension. The device has two hollow, circular-cylindrical screen members that contain evacuation chambers for conducting away liquid. The screen members rotate towards each other for the purpose of formin... | 12/30/2003 |
| 5901585 | Drum supported by support rollers for washing fibre material Apparatus for treating pulp, comprising a stand (1); a rotatably mounted drum (3); feeding and discharging members (6, 8) for the pulp; a wall member (2) which surrounds the jacket (40) of the drum in order to delimit therebetween a material space (5) wit... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5722264 | Single roll displacement wash press A single roll wash press comprising a housing and a drum rotatably mounted within the housing. The drum includes a perforated outer wall and a longitudinally extending centerline axis and is rotatable about the axis. The press further comprises a means fo... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5681427 | Apparatus for treating pulp produced by solvent pulping An apparatus and process for the solvent pulping and washing of pulp using vessels purged of oxygen free gas when the process is arrested or terminated. The washing is accomplished by first continuously passing the pulp to a pressure diffuser, then to a f... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5589035 | Liquid treatment device Apparatus for liquid treatment and dewatering of material suspensions is disclosed including a pair of rotatable liquid permeable press rolls within a vat and in which the vat includes a bottom defining the space directed towards the nip between the press... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5540773 | Apparatus for calendering and coating/filling sutures A method for calendering a suture includes passing the suture lengthwise between two pairs of calendering rollers each pair being oriented orthogonally to the other pair. The suture may be coated and/or filled by passing it through the contacting region o... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5460019 | Washer The invention concerns a drum washer. The washer has a shaft formed by two cones (46) placed with their bases against one another. The shaft can be used as a supporting structure for the drum. Vanes (48) can also be placed on it for assisting in collectin... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5428860 | Portable cleaning and wringing device for a mop A portable cleaning and wringing device for a mop having a mop head comprising a housing having an open top. A mop wringer mechanism is attached to the housing adjacent the open top. A component is for carrying the housing from place to place. An assembly... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5421176 | Drum washer The invention concerns a drum washer. The washer has two plates (14; 18) located after each other in parallel with the drum, and the pulp to be washed is conducted between these plates. Between the plates there is a gap (22) closed by a flap valve (25) by... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5255539 | Apparatus for treating a web A web passing around a drum or other countersurface is engaged by a working roll which is bendable along its length to conform to the countersurface and thereby provide uniform contact with the web. The working roller is supplied by one or more force tran... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5253495 | Apparatus for the multiple processing of a web An apparatus for selectively individually or combinatively effecting a number of operations on a web of material has a multiplicity of units disposed around a counterroller or drum providing a surface against which the web can be pressed, one of these uni... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5167667 | Process for treating polishing cloths used for semiconductor wafers In the chemo-mechanical polishing, in particular, of semiconductor wafers, he abrasion and the geometrical quality of the wafers decreases with increasing service life of the polishing cloth. This can be prevented by treating the polishing cloth in each ca... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5058402 | Apparatus for the continuous wet treatment of woven fabric and knitted fabrics An apparatus for the continuous wet treatment of woven fabrics and knitted fabrics comprising a casing providing with an entry slot and an exit slot for the fabric under treatment, a curved widening cylinder, a series of rollers covered with a rubber laye... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5046338 | Multiphase pulp washer Multiphase washing of pulp is accomplished on a fully pressurized drum filter by employing compaction baffles to increase the consistency of the pulp mat and by providing a separate pump for each wash zone so that there is no pressure difference between t... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4894121 | Pressure pulp washer A method and apparatus for forming on the outside of a permeable, rotatable drum by feeding a pulp slurry through a mat forming and pressing zone, followed by a mat washing zone. In the mat washing zone, the mat is washed with liquid from the first source... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4862713 | Apparatus for supplying liquid to an elongated liquid reservoir An apparatus for supplying liquid to an elongated liquid reservoir in a uniform manner over the length of reservoir comprises a trough, extending transversely over the width of a continuous fabric web, into which a liquid is poured from above, and a feed ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4827741 | Pulp washer discharging a pulp slurry at a controlled consistency An air-tight vat under pressure completely encloses a rotatable drum. The vat is constructed so that it may be completely submerged in liquid. The vat has a liquid filled take-off chamber. The pulp is fed to the vat through a pulp inlet. The pulp is forme... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4808265 | Method of washing pulp in a pressure pulp washer adding two washing liquids A pulp mat is formed on the outside of a permeable, rotatable drum by feeding a pulp slurry through a mat forming and pressing zone, followed by a mat washing zone. In the mat washing zone, the mat is washed with liquid from a first source and then washed... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4750340 | Apparatus for treating a fibre suspension An apparatus for treating a fiber suspension, comprises a drum rotatably journalled to a stand and having an envelope surface to support a fiber web formed from the fiber suspension. A curved wall plate which is concave in the direction to the envelope su... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4686932 | Apparatus for applying a modifying ingredient to open-celled polyurethane material An apparatus for applying a modifying ingredient to a mass of open-celled polyurethane foam includes the application of an excess of a liquid solution or dispersion of the modifying ingredient to the mass of foam. A fixed frame mounts a plurality of space... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4674437 | Size applicator The size applicator includes first and second spaced-apart squeeze rolls supported for rotation on a common horizontal axis and having their lower peripheral surface portions at least partially submerged in size solution contained in an open top pan. A si... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4532782 | Apparatus for pad batch dyeing of tubular knitted cotton fabrics The disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for pad batch dyeing of tubular knitted fabrics of substantial cotton content, typically 50% or more. One or more connected strings of tubular knitted fabric are advanced toward the dyeing apparatus, where... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4441882 | Continuous laundering method Continuous laundering apparatus having a continuous conveyor carrying the goods to be laundered through the apparatus. Devices additional to, and separate from, the conveyor are provided for agitating the goods as they are carried by the conveyor. The con... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4361018 | Continuous laundering Continuous laundering apparatus having a continuous conveyor carrying the goods to be laundered through the apparatus. Devices additional to, and separate from the conveyor are provided for agitating the goods as they are carried by the conveyor. The conv... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4321808 | Apparatus for treatment of yarn in package form A method and apparatus for dyeing of yarn in package yarn form wherein a yarn package of a given initial density is compressed axially to a second density and thereafter a metered quantity of a yarn treating agent is introduced into selected portions of t... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4248066 | Apparatus for the continuous wet treatment of strand-like textile materials An apparatus for the continuous wet treatment of strand-like textile material wherein a treatment liquid flows countercurrent with respect to the direction of movement of the continuously conveyed textile material, and the textile material is squeezed at ... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4217170 | Pulp washer discharging a low consistency pulp slurry A substantially air-tight vat completely encloses the rotatable cylinder. The pulp slurry fed into the vat is compacted to form a mat of high consistency. The differential pressure across the circumferential wall of the rotatable cylinder washes the mat w... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4183233 | Apparatus for fluid treatment of textiles The disclosure is of apparatus and its use to treat textiles with fluids such as dyes, resist chemicals and like agents. The apparatus is particularly useful for space-dyeing textiles such as skeins of textile yarn. The apparatus comprises an enclosure ha... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4176531 | Apparatus for the wet treatment of tension-free guided material An apparatus for the wet treatment of fibrous materials includes a container filled with a treatment liquid, a liquid-permeable support for the material arranged with a supporting surface at least partially underneath a first liquid level within the conta... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4158298 | Device for continuous wet treatment of textile webs A device is provided for the continuous treatment of relatively wide textile webs in a treatment medium, wherein the web and the treatment medium move through a trough having squeezing rollers associated therewith for intensifying the treatment of the web... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4098642 | Pressure pulp washer with inlet pivot A high consistency pulp slurry is prevented from floccing by at least one pivotable member located in the vat at the area where the pulp slurry leaves the inlet box and enters the vat. The pivotable member is located with respect to the inner surface of t... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4095443 | Apparatus for washing rugs and the like Method and apparatus for washing rugs and the like which includes conveying a rug upwardly along an inclined path, with the nap of the rug facing upwardly, then compressing the rug, preferably by a roller, at a location extending transversely to the incli... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4093507 | Method of liquid treating cellulose fibres with elastic pressure shocks Cellulose fibers are treated by providing the fibers in a 10-90% concentration in liquid, and applying elastic pressure shocks to the fibers for a duration not exceeding one second and of a magnitude causing the pressure in the interior of the fibers to e... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4085003 | Pressure pulp washer with pivoted baffle At least one longitudinal baffle extends from an area within the forming zone into the compaction zone. In the forming zone the baffle is pivotally connected to the vat and also has a pivotal structure in the area where the forming zone changes into the c... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4078403 | Apparatus for the lingering treatment of textile webs Apparatus for treating textile webs in a treatment fluid such that the material lingers in the treatment fluid for a period of time, in which a support bottom in the form of a trough extending transverse to the textile web and a swinging or oscillating me... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4067211 | Device for the even continuous impregnation of textiles in rope form A device for the even, continuous impregnation of textile rope wherein at least two vertically spaced spray tubes spray impregnating liquor onto the rope which then passes to double conical shaped impregnation element disposed below the sprays; transport ... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3950802 | Process of continuously washing textile web The invention relates to a novel process for continuous washing of a textile web in flattened condition by guiding the web along a zig-zag-shaped path over a plurality of guide rolls arranged in two vertical parallel rows in a vessel, while maintaining in... | 04/20/1976 |