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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7340997 | Press comprising a correction of a press band course A press for pressing a material to form a structural component comprises at least one revolving press band and a control for controlling the course of the press band. The control is preferably carried out via rotating rods that engage the press band and that can be ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7314141 | Folding belt filter A belt filter for effecting separation of liquid from solids where, at the collection zone, a filter belt or belts is changed shape so as to provide a supporting shape to bold liquid, which is then fed into a nipping zone. In an embodiment there is a single belt use... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309055 | Apparatus for flushing fluids from a tube A tube flushing device has a shell having a first housing and a second housing connected on a side thereof so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position. A first pair of wheels are rotatably mounted in the first housing. A second pair of wheels ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7237479 | Device for successively transporting sheets in a platen press A device for successively transporting sheets in a platen press includes gripper bars with respective ends fixedly attached to two flexible of endless loop elements. Each loop element is engaged respectively with an intermittent drive wheel and at least one free whe... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7144481 | Endless steel band for a belt press Endless steel band for belt presses, especially double belt presses, with a thickness between 2 mm to 4 mm, preferably 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm, which is turned around on drums of the belt press, and whose surface has a maximum medium roughness up to RZ 50.5 μm, in which a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7096778 | Continuous press with roller bar journaling pins The roller bar chains of a continuous press for producing pressed board provided sufficient play for the roller bars relative to the link chains by having the journaling pins for the link chains extending through bushings which articulate the overlapping link plates... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6994023 | Compactor device A compactor device for the automatic compacting of empty containers (5), e.g. disposable bottles/cans of metal, plastic, glass or other suitable material, wherein the container (5) is essentially being pressed flat and possibly punctured, possibly crus... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6932888 | Flexible press cover and shoe press roll with such a flexible press cover A flexible press cover which has an additional strengthening element in at least one of its two end regions. As a result, in the end region, the tensile strength and the tensile rigidity in the circumferential direction are increased with respect to that hitherto kn... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6782810 | Continuous press The invention relates to a continuously operating press for pressing planar products. The press comprises facing platens (7, 7′) between which the product (1) to be pressed is passed in order to subject the same to compression. The press further incl... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6604566 | Laminator member with fluorocarbon silane coupling reagent A laminator member for color proofing comprising a belt substrate; and a surface layer, said surface layer comprising: a polyamic-imide organic polymer binder; a fluorinated resin polymer; and a perfluoroalkylsubstituted fluororesin-reactive compound havi... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6571694 | Device for stacking and compressing soft elements The claimed invention relates to a device for stacking and compressing a plurality of soft elements. One purpose of the invention is to avoid damage to the soft elements due to excessive pressure. The device comprises a stacking shaft, drive means and mov... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6571695 | Article compacting device An apparatus for the compaction of articles, e.g., disposable metal cans or disposable plastic bottles, includes a pair of mutually counter-rotatable, interacting squeeze rollers, wherein the first roller has a fixed support and wherein the second roller ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6530316 | Continuously operating press utilizing a phenyl-endblocked polydiorganosiloxane-polyphenylorganosiloxane random copolymer fluid In a first embodiment, this invention relates to a continuously operating press, preferably for the manufacture and/or printing, lamination or the like of a one or multiple layer board web of pre-manufactured material and/or raw material, wherein the lubr... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6475342 | Method of and arrangement for treating a fiber web The invention relates to a method and arrangement for moistening a substantially dry fiber web and subjecting the moistened web to heat and compression.... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6435247 | Laminator assembly having an endless two ply or half-lap belt A laminator assembly utilizing either an endless multi-ply belt (27) or a half-lap belt and another endless belt and a roller arrangement (43) to apply pressure to media (55) to be laminated and to convey the media (55) in a controlled manner to pressure ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6364959 | Process for cleaning a transport belt A process and apparatus for cleaning a transport belt of a machine for the production or processing a web. The apparatus includes at least one nozzle device composed of a rotatable nozzle head having at least one cleaning nozzle, a transport device includ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6042735 | Process and device to drain a fibrous pulp suspension Process and device for draining a fibrous pulp suspension. The process may include positioning two surfaces to converge in a downstream direction, feeding the fibrous pulp suspension between the two converging surfaces, driving at least one of the two con... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036029 | Device to drain a fibrous pulp suspension A device to drain a fibrous pulp suspension including an arched surface that is impermeable. The arched surface, moreover, is surrounded by a permeable belt. The belt and the arched surface are able to be moved such that there exists a relative velocity b... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6032446 | Densification method and apparatus for harvested cotton or other similar fibrous material A method and apparatus for densification of fibrous material such as harvested cotton, preferably by a movement of the cotton continuously through a compacting zone on the harvester. In one aspect of the invention, the fibers are locked by differential tr... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6003684 | Device for dewatering solid-liquid suspensions A device for dewatering solid-liquid suspensions, in particular pulp suspensions, in which the suspension is dewatered between two belts and a dewatering zone is formed in the shape of a wedge between the two belts. The wedge height at its end closest to ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996665 | Apparatus for transferring and extracting a blank of sticky material relative to a workstation, and a transforming press constituting an application thereof Transferring and extracting sticky blanks. The apparatus including a thin layer disposed under tension stress in contact with the top of the go length and extending in the travel direction of said length downstream beyond the zone in which said length ben... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5979145 | Method and device for compressing and packaging compressible products A method and apparatus for compressing and packaging compressible materials. The compression is carried out continuously between parallel plates which come closer to each other as they advance. As the plates advance, the materials are accompanied by a low... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5794527 | Converging passage can crusher A can crusher includes two endless belt assemblies arranged alongside each other with the mutually facing runs of said belt assemblies being arranged to define a converging gap therebetween in the direction of motion of the belt so that a can to be crushe... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5773045 | Device for working a dough strand into a thin dough sheet The device for working a dough strand into a thin dough sheet, comprises two superimposed endless conveyors the operative runs of which are facing one another and adapted to be driven in the same direction at the same speed. The operative runs confine a p... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5713271 | Method of and arrangement for applying a surface pressure to workpieces driven by a pressing band For applying a surface pressure and temperature to pressing band-driven workpieces a fluid pressure medium is accommodated in a pressure chamber which is limited between a pressing band and a workpiece as well as seals located therebetween, and the fluid ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5700495 | Continuous 3-D forming machine for forming three-dimensional products from thermoplastic materials Continuous 3-D forming machine using upper and lower revolving endless, flexible, forming belts produces three-dimensional patterned products from heated thermoplastic material. The mold belts revolve synchronously in elongated oval paths around their res... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5695599 | Continuous press assembly for making laminates Apparatus for making laminates such as a wood panel, in particular a chip board or a fiber board or the like, includes a prepress having an inlet for receiving particulate material such as wood particles and adapted to form a pressing zone in which the wo... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5695598 | Bonding press The invention concerns a bonding press for bonding, onto a cloth, a fusible interlining comprising a base fabric associated to one or more thermoadhesive and/or thermocross-linkable adhesive polymer layer(s). According to the invention, the interlining/cl... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5640900 | Cargo compacting apparatus and method A cargo consisting of stacked compressible bales, such as bales of straw, positioned on a flat cargo bed of a cargo vehicle is compacted and compressed laterally of the cargo bed to eliminate excessive overhang of the cargo beyond the sides of the bed by ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5638749 | Compression and baling device A compressing and baling machine has a compression compartment formed from an endless slat conveyor in the form of an endless mat, which is driven by a pair of rotatable plates interacting with the mat. The endless mat and the frame which it travels upon ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5626804 | Roller position controller for a continuous belt press The present invention provides a roller position controller for a continuous belt press whereby the positions of the rollers supporting the belts are monitored and controlled, so that their relative positions always remain staggered and fixed with respect... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5611743 | Device for guiding steel belt along axis of press A measuring and control device for guiding a steel belt along a longitudinal axis of a continuously operating press includes a driving drum and a reversing drum for guiding the steel belt. Two measuring columns are respectively anchored in a foundation an... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5558016 | Arrangement for applying a surface pressure to workpieces driven by a pressing band For applying a surface pressure and temperature to pressing band-driven workpieces a fluid pressure medium is accommodated in a pressure chamber which is limited between a pressing band and a workpiece as well as seals located therebetween, and the fluid ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5555799 | Non-stick laminating endless belt press A laminating press for wood products includes at least one pair of heated drums rotating on parallel axes and an endless belt running around the drums, and a device for pressing a stack of materials to be laminated against the belt between the drums, wher... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5543044 | Apparatus for preparing a material for high pressure deliquification A belt filter press having a wedge zone which can be adjusted during operation of the filter press to prepare a sludge or other material to be deliquified in the most efficient manner for high pressure deliquification also includes a sealing arrangement f... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5520530 | Continuous belt press for making panels A continuous belt press has a frame having horizontally extending and vertically spaced upper and lower plates defining a horizontally extending gap having an upstream end and a downstream end and vertically spaced upper and lower upstream drums rotatable... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5505599 | Continuous 3-D forming machine and endless flexible forming belts for forming three-dimensional products from thermoplastic materials Continuous 3-D forming machine using upper and lower revolving endless, flexible, forming belts produces three-dimensional patterned products from heated thermoplastic material. The mold belts revolve synchronously in elongated oval paths around their res... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5501140 | Double-press systems for a production line for tortillas and the like An apparatus for producing continuous tortillas which includes a double-press system with three conveyors. The two presses are arranged in series to eliminate production gaps as the tortillas proceed into the oven. The structure of the second press is pos... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5493961 | Continuous board-making press including press plate deformation safety device A press for making pressed board has a plurality of longitudinally spaced rigid frames, a lower press plate extending longitudinally through and secured to the frames, and a normally planar upper press plate extending longitudinally above the lower plate ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5458477 | Apparatus for continous three-dimensional forming of heated thermoplastic materials Continuous impression forming of three-dimensional products from heated, formable thermoplastic materials between top and bottom mold carriages each having a three-dimensional forming belt mold revolvable around the carriage. Each three-dimensional formin... | 10/17/1995 |
