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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841273 | Roller bearing in a roller press The aim of the invention is to simplify and to improve mounting of roller bearings in double roller machines, for example, roller presses for interparticle comminution of granular goods. The rollers and the bearing housing thereof are formed by means of slanting rol... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7383767 | Coupling construction and method for joining and locking the rolls of extended-nip press A yoke assembly for connecting and securing to each other rolls forming a nip in an extended nip press, whereby at least one of the rolls of the extended-nip press includes loading means for loading the endless-loop blanket of one roll against the other one of the e... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7371858 | Guanidinopyrimidinone compounds and phase change inks containing same Compounds of the formulae wherein, provided that at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is not a hydrogen atom, R1, R2, and R3 each, independently of the other, is h... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7326322 | Apparatus and method for degrading a web in the machine direction while preserving cross-machine direction strength An embossing system is provided for embossing a web having a first embossing roll having embossing elements and a second embossing roll having embossing elements, wherein at least a portion of the embossing elements of the first and second embossing rolls are substa... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314191 | Two roll sugarcane crushing mill An improved two roll sugarcane crushing mill has two roll mill modules in tandem, each has a pair of main crushing rolls having a bottom roll and a top roll. The bottom and top rolls are rotatingly mounted in a pair of main frames and a pair of top beams at the two ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7235157 | Method for controlling one or more surface quality variables of a fiber web in a shoe calender The invention relates to a method for controlling a surface quality variable (300) in one or more fiber webs (3) in a shoe calender (1) comprising one or more calender nips. In each calender nip of the shoe calender, the overall loading pressure... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234806 | Phase change ink imaging component with fluorosilicone layer An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a fluorosilicone material, and an optional heating member associated with the offset prin... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7175578 | Rotary die cutter with rectilinear split die cylinder translation A rotary die cutter having an anvil cylinder that is operable alternately with one of a pair of die cylinders includes a vertical support and rectilinear translation arrangement that permits selective repositioning of each of the die cylinders between an operative p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7128412 | Printing processes employing intermediate transfer with molten intermediate transfer materials A block of intermediate transfer material for use in a printing apparatus having an intermediate transfer member, said intermediate transfer member being equipped with a heater to heat said intermediate transfer member to a temperature of at least about 40° C., sai... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111243 | Customization of tab-order functionality in internet applications The present invention includes systems and methods for customization of internet applications. Multiple levels of customization are applied to both static and functional aspects of user interface elements including, for example, tab-order, tab-over, immediate access... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107681 | Heating roller, method of producing the heating roller, and heating device, fixing device and image forming apparatus using the heating roller A heating roller including a core of hollow cylinder form and wherein a thickness of the core is thicker in a center portion thereof than in both end portions thereof. Further, a heating device may have the heating roller, a fixing device may have the heating roller... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7087752 | Alkylated urea and triaminotriazine compounds and phase change inks containing same Compounds of the formulae wherein Z is OR1, SR1, or NR1R2, Y is OR3, SR3, or NR3R4, at ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7060161 | Method for restraining deformation of nip roll There is provided a method for restraining deformation of a nip roll, in which polygonal deformation of nip rolls that are in contact with each other is restrained, so that vibration produced by the deformation is decreased. The diameter ratio between the fir... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7022879 | Phase change ink formulations, colorant formulations, and methods of forming colorants The invention encompasses a compound having the formula: wherein R1, Z and the carbonyl can be comprised by a common ring, wherein R1 comprises a chromophore that absorbs light from the visible wav... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017477 | Method and arrangement for computing and regulating the distribution of a linear load in a multi-nip calender and a multi-nip calender A method and arrangement for computing and regulating distribution of linear load in a multi-nip calender. A material web is passed through the nips in a set of rolls including a variable-crown upper roll, a variable-crown lower roll and intermediate rolls positione... | 03/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6899023 | Extended-nip roll press for dewatering a fibrous web The invention relates to an extended-nip roll press for dewatering a fibrous web in a press nip which, on one side, is formed by a rotating mating roll and, on the other side, is formed by an extended-nip press roll, whose roll centers lie in a stack plane, and the ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6857356 | Calender and process for operating a calendar Calender including a roll stack having a plurality of rolls that rest against one another in a press direction. At least one of the rolls has an elastic surface. A vibration recording device determines in an uninterrupted manner a vibration of at least one of the ro... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851356 | Calender and process for arranging rolls in a roll stack of a calender Calender with a roll stack and process for arranging rolls in a roll stack of a calender, the calender comprising two end rolls in a press plane and a plurality of middle rolls between the two end rolls. At least one of the middle rolls has an elastic surface and ha... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6846385 | Suspension arrangement for a roll A vibration-minimizing suspension mechanism for a press roll is provided. The press roll and an opposing roll each having a rotational axis and cooperate to form a press nip for imparting a linear load on a web passing therethrough. The linear load is oriented throu... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6840165 | Method and assembly for opening calender nips The present invention relates to a method and assembly for opening the nips (9,10) of a calendar comprising at least two elements (1, 2; 3, 4) brought to a nip contact with each other, especially for performing the nip opening at a break or damage occu... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6786144 | Wringer roller system A roller system includes a frame, an upper roller assembly, a lower roller assembly and an actuator. In one embodiment, the upper roller assembly includes a first rotatably supported cylindrical member. The lower roller assembly is movably supported by the frame bel... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6782811 | Extended-nip roll press for dewatering a fibrous web Extended-nip roll press for dewatering a material web comprises a rotating mating roll and an extended-nip press roll. The extended-nip press roll has a stationary support and a flexible roll cover which rotates about the support. A press shoe is arranged on the sup... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6776366 | Drive assembly for dual coacting rollers A drive assembly for a dual coacting roller machine having a driven sprocket mounted onto a first roller shaft, a drive sprocket mounted onto a second roller shaft, and a pair of idler sprockets connected by a belt to the driven sprocket and drive sprocket, wherein ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6764578 | Suspension arrangement for a roll A vibration-minimizing suspension mechanism for a press roll is provided. The press roll and an opposing roll each having a rotational axis and cooperate to form a press nip adapted to impart a linear load on a fiber web passing therethrough. The linear load is orie... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6758134 | Method for rebuilding a calender A calender having a supporting frame and a set of rolls attached to vertical portions of the supporting frame so as to form a stack of rolls in which adjacent rolls placed one above another form calendering nips therebetween. The stack including a top roll, a bottom... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6698341 | Calender roll and process for operating a calender roll A process for operating a calender roll that cooperates rotatingly with at least one other calender roll of a roll stack, at least one calender roll of the roll stack being provided with an elastic cover. The process includes operating the calender roll; ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6612228 | Calender and method for rebuilding a calender A calender having a supporting frame and a set of rolls attached to vertical portions of the supporting frame so as to form a stack of rolls in which adjacent rolls placed one above another form calendering nips therebetween. The stack including a top rol... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6601499 | Apparatus for marinating, tenderizing, strip cutting cube cutting and progressively flattening meat An apparatus for flattening pieces of meat without piercing nor shredding the meat including a first roller set, each roller in the first roller set having non-sharpened outer edges; a second roller set, each roller in the second roller set having non-sha... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6513424 | Device and method for processing powder and granular material A pair of compression rollers 38a and 38b parallel with each other are provided and powder grains are supplied to a powder grain introduction/compression part 50 formed between the rollers 38a and 38b and, thereby, compression moldings of the powder grain... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6377776 | Cam control mechanism A mechanism for applying pressure load force in a reproduction apparatus fuser device having at least one heated fuser member and a pressure member in nip relation to permanently fix a marking particle image to a receiver member. The pressure load force a... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6349637 | Calender with magnetic device for adjusting the contact pressure between the rolls A magnetic calender comprises a pair of rotatable parallel rolls (1, 2) and an electromagnet provided with two pole pieces (6, 7) extending parallel to the rolls (1, 2) and joined to a common base (5) through a plurality of magnetic cores (8) having an ar... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6325960 | Calender for fibrous material webs and method of operating same Calender for a fibrous material web and method of operating a calender for a fibrous material web. The calender includes a first roll stack and a second roll stack each arranged in a common plane on a stanchion, each roll stack having a top deflection adj... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6305151 | Method and device for shaping and portioning a soft, pasty product The invention relates to a method and a device for shaping and portioning a soft, pasty product within a tubular casing made of foil material, the encased product being supplied to a shaping and portioning station. The product leaves said shaping and port... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6257132 | Method and apparatus for preparing meat A meat preparing machine having two vertically stacked columns of two or more non-sharpened edge stainless steel rollers, or of various other materials such as plastic or aluminum, adjacent to one another in an aluminum or stainless steel frame. The stack... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6248215 | Calender and method for treating material webs in the calender Calender and method for treating a material web. The calender includes a plurality of rolls in which each roll has a rotational axis. The rotational axes of the plurality of rolls are arranged to be substantially located in a press plane, and a plurality ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6199477 | Calender for treatment of a product web The invention relates to a calender for treatment of a product web, having at least one roll stack comprising rolls arranged in a calender frame, the ends of which rolls are guided in roll mountings, which can be fastened to the calender frame by means of... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6171629 | Methods and apparatus for joining dough blocks An apparatus for joining dough blocks to form a continuous dough sheet. The dough blocks are cut from a dough mass and drop into a space between first and second groups of rollers. The first and second groups of rollers include horizontally-paired rollers... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6158334 | Process of initiating a calendar The invention relates to a method for operating a calender, comprising a cylindrical heated roll and a flexible belt surrounding a stationary support beam which supports at least one actuator which may urge a concave load shoe against the heated roll by m... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6006843 | Contact cleaning roller oscillated by a barrel cam A contact cleaning roller (CCR) system includes a shell having an electrostatically active outer surface and being supported by a close-fitting rotatable shaft. The shaft within the shell is provided with a cam groove extending from a first axial location... | 12/28/1999 |
