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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7321806 | Combined trimming and skiving of stock Cutting and skiving patterns to be used in the production of product rolls from a master roll are selected so as to optimize trim efficiency. The product rolls have widths ordered by customers. In selecting these cutting and skiving patterns, cutting patterns that c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7195585 | Cushioning conversion machine and method with stock usage monitoring A method of determining a total amount of stock material passing through a cushioning conversion machine over a period of time during which a plurality of three-dimensional cushioning products are made. The method includes the acts of providing a sheet stock materia... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6709549 | Multi-reel apparatus in a paper machine A multi-reel apparatus for use in a drying section of a papermaking machine allows a web to be continuously wound without interruption. The apparatus includes a web support and a pair of vertically stacked reeling stations located along an inclined portion of the we... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6474205 | Device for cutting off and conveying streaks and method for cutting off and transferring a threading streak The invention relates to a device for cutting off and conveying strips, for a machine. The device is used for producing a continuous web, especially of paper or card, for a threading strip, and has a knife. Finally the device is characterized in that it h... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6440268 | High bulk tissue web A partially unwound roll is moved for splicing with a subsequent parent roll, and the united web is rewound. The torque transmitting means include side clamping mechanisms engaging only the end surfaces of the parent rolls. In one aspect, an automated off... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6355139 | Processed tissue webs A high bulk tissue web is made by depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers onto a forming fabric to form a web, drying the web, winding the dried web to form a plurality of large diameter parent rolls wound on a core, and transporting the pa... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6030496 | Making a web A method of making a tissue web is disclosed for forming a wet web, drying the web, winding the dried web to form a plurality of parent rolls, unwinding the parent rolls using center drive unwind means, moving the partially unwound roll to effect splicing... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5681428 | Method of manufacturing an inorganic board An inorganic board consisting of a cured base mat and a cured surface mat is manufactured by forming a surface mat by the dry method on a base mat formed by a paper making method, embossing the composite mat, and curing the embossed composite mat. Ridges ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5491020 | Molded boards of calcium silicate and process for producing the same A board of calcium silicate crystals, characterized in that the board is composed of a plurality of layers of laminated thin sheets, each of the thin sheets having a thickness of 2 mm or less, each layer comprising secondary particles of calcium silicate ... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5427723 | Intermittent, machine-direction fluff contouring method A distinctive method for contouring a fibrous web includes the steps of (a) providing a fibrous web which defines an interconnected series of appointed article segments along a length dimension of said web, and (b) conveying said web at a selected speed a... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5411793 | Molded boards of calcium silicate and process for producing the same A board of calcium silicate crystals, characterized in that the board is composed of a plurality of layers of laminated thin sheets, each of the thin sheets having a thickness of 2 mm or less, each layer comprising secondary particles of calcium silicate ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5383778 | Strength control embossing apparatus A apparatus for embossing paper products, such as paper towels or toilet tissue, in which the tensile strength extending in the machine direction is modified such that after embossing, the tensile strength in the machine direction is more nearly equal to ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5288220 | Intermittent, machine-direction fluff contouring roll A distinctive apparatus for contouring a fibrous web includes a supplying mechanism for providing a fibrous web which defines an interconnected series of appointed article segments along a length dimension of the web. A conveying mechanism moves the web a... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5045378 | Paperboard sheets with a scribed grid and a method for making the same A scribed paperboard sheet and a method for its manufacture is characterized by scribing a plurality of parallel guidelines in a finished paperboard web while the web is being tensioned. Adjustable scribing knife assemblies are provided for simultaneously... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4095512 | Winding of uniform diameter tubes The winding of tubes of substantially uniform diameter from sheet stock which varies in thickness comprises slitting the stock along one edge as it is unwound from a supply roll to form a web of predetermined width and subsequently cutting the web transve... | 06/20/1978 |
