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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152964 | Press fabric for a machine for the production of web material The invention relates to a press fabric, especially a press felt, for a machine for the production of a fibrous web, especially paper or cardboard, which is fluid permeable and which includes an elastomer polymeric material. The invention is characterized in that th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8133357 | Panels including renewable components and methods for manufacturing same A panel includes about 0.1% to about 95% by weight of a ground renewable component. In an embodiment, the panel has at least one core comprising: from about 0.1% to about 95% by weight of the ground renewable component; from about 0.1% to about 95% by weight of one ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8118978 | Runnability component and a method for saving energy in a drying section of a paper machine or the like The invention relates to an arrangement and a method of a paper machine or the like for saving energy in the drying section. According to the invention, in the drying section of a paper machine or the like in connection with a pocket space (9) between two dry... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8105464 | Distribution device for feeding of cellulose pulp A device is provided for distribution of 2-13% cellulose pulp to a movable processing surface in a pulp processing device to form a pulp web thereon. An inlet box has an inlet and an outlet defined therein. A rotatable distribution means is arranged for distributing... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8080133 | Panels including renewable components and methods for manufacturing A panel includes about 0.1% to about 95% by weight of a renewable component. The panel has at least one of a CAC value of at least about 25, an NRC value of at least about 0.25 and an STC of at least about 25. A method for manufacturing such panels is also provided.... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7943011 | Paperboard material with expanded polymeric microspheres The present invention is related to a paperboard product having a basis weight in a range of 100 to 350 pounds per 3,000 square feet. The paperboard comprises at least one coated surface suitable for printing. The at least one coated surface comprising cellulosic fi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7935223 | Panels including renewable components and methods for manufacturing A panel includes about 0.1% to about 95% by weight of a renewable component. The panel has at least one of a CAC value of at least about 25, an NRC value of at least about 0.25 and an STC of at least about 25. A method for manufacturing such panels is also provided.... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7887673 | Paper machine and method for manufacturing paper Paper machine for manufacturing a fiber web of paper without through air drying (TAD) or pressing, comprising: a wet end, having a wire section with at least one forming wire, a clothing, being air and water permeable, and a dewatering unit for dewatering the fiber ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887674 | Methods of forming an extended nip in a web-treatment apparatus and controlling load in the nip, employing an elastic support body as one of the nip-forming elements A support body for an apparatus having an extended nip that is defined by a contact surface of the support body and an opposed surface, the support body having two side surfaces facing from each other and connecting to the contact surface, and a bottom surface facin... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7381295 | Pulp fractionation using centrifugal cleaners and power screens with multi-layer headbox and deaeration tank Virgin stock is conducted to a paper or board machine and further to a centrifugal cleaner installation (12) into its first centrifugal cleaner step (12a1). From the first centrifugal cleaner step (12a1) the a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381298 | Process for making a paperboard from a high consistency slurry containing high levels of crosslinked cellulosic fibers A process is described for manufacturing a paperboard from a high consistency slurry containing high levels of crosslinked cellulosic fibers by dispersing the fibers in a screen with a rotor in the screen and then passing the fibers through the screen basket with a ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7166189 | Method for making rolls of tissue sheets having improved properties The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7153389 | Method of manufacturing a soft crepe paper web A soft crepe paper machine comprises a wet section with a press section having a press defined by first and second press elements forming a press nip through which a press felt runs with a paper web. A suction roll is arranged in the loop of the press felt before th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144478 | Pollution control method for cylindrical dryer used in paper machine The invention provides a method of preventing contamination of a dryer of a paper machine so that predetermined effects of contamination prevention over the long term can always be ensured while maintaining satisfactory drying efficiency. With the method of preventi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7114422 | Method and device for producing a product made of strip tape, especially a medical product and/or a product containing active substances as well as fillable receptacles or pouches whose edges can be sealed A process for manufacturing a product from strip tape starting from a broad web of material includes the step of separating the web into individual strips with a vacuum roll, conveying each strip in a vacuum conveyor channel, turning the strips on their way to the c... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7067039 | Method and equipment in connection with a paper machine or a paper web finishing apparatus A variable representing runnability of a paper web to be manufactured with a paper machine or processed with a finishing apparatus is measured and the speed difference between operational groups of the paper machine and/or the finishing apparatus is adjusted on the ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059357 | Warp-stitched multilayer papermaker's fabrics A warp-stitched multilayer papermaker's fabric has a set of bottom warp yarns, a set of bottom weft yarns, a set of top weft yarns and a set of warp stitching yarn pairs. The bottom warp yarns are interwoven with the bottom weft yarns. The stitching warp yarns inter... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7032488 | Device for supporting a material web A support for a material web for use with a longitudinal cutting device for cutting the material web, includes a support shaft having an axis of rotation. At least one bearing mechanism positions the at least one support shaft, wherein the at least one bearing mecha... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6994771 | Method and apparatus for handling a paper or board web A method for treating a web of paper or board with a wetting substance or calendering the web prior to the cylinder dryer section of a paper- or boardmaking machine while the solids content of the web is still very low, typically in the range of 10–60%, wherein th... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986830 | Method and a machine for the manufacture of a fiber web A method and machine for the manufacture of a fiber web, in particular of a tissue web or of a hygienic web, in which the fiber web is formed on a soft clothing with fine pores and the clothing is guided over a surface subject to suction and in which the fiber web i... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6972073 | Method for conveying and guiding a lead-in strip of a web in a paper machine The invention relates to a method for conveying and guiding a lead-in strip in a paper machine, in which method a lead-in strip is directed over a run of a conveyor in the paper machine and a longitudinal vacuum effect is produced across the run of the conveyor in t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6916405 | Process and device for drying of a material web Process and apparatus for drying a material web. The process includes guiding the material web to at least one heated area having a jacket surface of a cylinder having a diameter of between about 4-10 meters, setting the material web, having a dry content of between... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908983 | Synthesis of high solids resins from amine terminated polyamides The present invention contemplates a process for forming polyaminoamide polymers formed by the reaction of a dibasic acid/ester with excess amounts of an amine; the intermediate polymer resulting therefrom; a process for synthesizing effective, high solids resins re... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6863774 | Polishing pad for use in chemical-mechanical planarization of semiconductor wafers and method of making same A polishing pad for use in chemical mechanical polishing of substrates that being made of fibrous matrix such as cellulose with a binder consisting of thermoset resin material, such as phenolic resin. The polishing surface is ground to form asperities. The polishing... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6860969 | Papermaker's forming fabric A papermaker's fabric includes top MD yarns, top CMD yarns, bottom MD yarns, bottom CMD yarns and stitching yarns. The fabric is formed in a plurality of repeating units, each of the repeating units including a set of top MD yarns, a set of top CMD yarns interwoven ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6858113 | Pollution prevention method for cylindrical dryer used in paper machine The invention provides a method of preventing contamination of a dryer of a paper machine so that a predetermined anti-fouling effect can always be ensured over a long term while maintaining satisfactory drying efficiency. With the method of preventing contamination... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6849159 | Device and method in the transfer of the paper board web in the paper or board machine The invention concerns an equipment and a method in the transfer of a paper/board web in a paper or board machine. In an embodiment of the invention, the dryer section comprises at least one group of drying cylinders in which, instead of a conventional wire draw, a ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6746571 | Highly-oriented fibrous mats A mat containing highly machine direction oriented (90% or greater), discontinuous reinforcement fibers, is produced on inclined wire or rotary paper making machinery. Fibers are first uniformly dispersed in an aqueous medium containing thickeners and wetting agents... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6736937 | Method and apparatus for controlling the operation of the short circulation of a paper, paperboard or the like production machine The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for controlling the operation of the short circulation of a paper, paper board or the like production machine. The method and apparatus according to the invention are especially preferably suitable for us... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6733627 | Method for manufacturing paper having variable characteristics A method for manufacturing paper having a variable characteristic in a crossmachine direction including the steps of feeding a slurry to a distributor and delivering the slurry from the distributor to a headbox through a plurality of delivery lines. The delivery lin... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6716308 | Method for calendering an uncreped throughdried tissue sheet A method of compressively modifying, such as by calendering, an uncreped throughdried tissue sheet is disclosed. The dried tissue sheet, initially supported by the throughdrying fabric, is removed from the throughdrying fabric and compressively modified. Thereafter,... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6667384 | Methyl acrylate-diamine based polyamide resins and processes for producing the same The present invention contemplates poly(aminoamide) pre-polymers, polyamide polymers, a multi-step process for the synthesis of these pre-polymers and polymers using acrylates and at least one monomer containing at least two primary amines, and the resins... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6638395 | Paper machine and process Machine and process for at least one of producing and finishing a fibrous material web. The machine includes a press section, for dewatering the fibrous web, with a press nip, a former, located before, relative to a web travel direction, the press section... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6607635 | Process for increasing the softness of base webs and products made therefrom A process for increasing the tactile properties of a base web without adversely affecting the strength of the web is disclosed. In general, the process includes the steps of placing a base web in between a first moving conveyor and a second moving conveyo... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6533900 | Device in a paper machine for transfer of the web from the former section to the press section A method in a paper machine for transferring a paper web from a wet wire in a former section to a pick-up fabric or an equivalent transfer fabric of a press section, including the steps of forming a pick-up point on the wet wire and separating an edge str... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6533899 | Device for conveying and guiding a lead-in strip of a web in a paper machine The invention relates to a device for conveying and guiding a lead-in strip in a paper machine, which device comprises a conveyor belt (20) which is permeable to air and in whose connection devices (15) are fitted by whose means a vacuum effect can be pro... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6494992 | Vacuum conveyor Process for transferring at least a portion of a running web from a first section of a web making machine includes rotating an endless conveyor belt by driving at least one driven pulley, creating a negative pressure at an inner surface of endless conveyo... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6482295 | Process and device for drying of a material web Process and apparatus for drying a material web. The process includes guiding the material web to at least one heated area, maintaining the material web in uninterrupted contact with the at least one heated area at least until the material web achieves a ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6481313 | Protective cover attachable to a working part which is mobile in at least one plane A protective cover for a zone of a machine tool, within whose area a working part of the machine moves along an operating path. The cover comprises a plurality of cover elements consisting of a fixed cover element which can be attached to the machine, a m... | 11/19/2002 |
