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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422661 | Equipment for leading a web threading tail in a paper machine Equipment for leading a web threading tail in a paper machine has at least two sequential surfaces (11) in the direction of travel of the web threading tail (10), between which a nozzle (12) is arranged to form a directed air blast and thus to t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7381304 | Method and system for threading a running paper web A method for threading a running paper web from a preceding section to a following section of a paper-making or paper-finishing machine, includes the steps of: providing a threading tail of the running paper web by cutting it from the running paper web at least one ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377999 | Arrangement in the on-line finishing of the paper machine An arrangement in the on-line finishing of a paper machine, which includes at least one finishing stage (12, 13) for the paper web produced, has cutting equipment (16) for forming the tail as well as tail threading equipment (15) for carrying th... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7264693 | Apparatus for leading a web threading tail over an empty space An apparatus for leading a web threading tail over an empty space formed between two surfaces, between which the apparatus (10) is arranged. The apparatus (10) includes a belt loop (28) permeable by air, which is supported by turnover rolls (... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7135091 | Arrangement for threading of web in a pulp machine The invention relates to an arrangement for threading a pulp web (W) from the press section (1) of a pulp machine to the dryer (2) of the pulp machine. The arrangement comprises a closing tail threading belt (3) or the like, which is arranged to... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6998021 | Arrangement for paper machine, and blow box In a paper machine which comprises process elements and a measuring beam, the measuring beam is arranged at least at one paper machine process element so that a measuring device for measuring quality properties of a paper web is arrangeable in the measuring beam. Th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6946059 | Threading arm assembly for a paper machine A paper machine for manufacturing a fiber web traveling in a machine direction and having a tail includes at least one rope defining a rope nip. A threading arm assembly is positioned in association with the rope nip. The threading arm includes a frame and a diverte... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942759 | Threading arm assembly for a paper machine A method of threading a fiber web tail movable in a machine direction, comprising the steps of: positioning a threading arm assembly in association with a rope nip, the threading arm assembly including a frame and a diverter carried by and movable relative to the fr... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6793773 | Method and system in a paper machine or the like passing a web from the press section to the drying section A paper web (w) is passed from the press section (10) to the drying section in a paper machine. The drying section has at least one transfer suction roll (16) for passing the web in a closed draw from the transport belt (12) of the press section... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6723206 | Method of threading A method for threading a material web (3) through a processing plant (1). The material web (3) is divided, by a longitudinal cut, into a first narrow part (31) and a second broad part (32), the first part (31) being passed t... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6712935 | Method and arrangement in tail threading in a paper machine A method and an arrangement in tail threading in a paper machine, in which the paper web is dried in production by means of a plurality of dryer groups consisting of a dryer section, and in which tail threading the threading tail is cut, taken as wetted to the finis... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6706149 | Web monitoring A process and device to detect the presence of a fibrous material web in machines for manufacturing the same, whereby the fibrous material web is guided by at least one continuously circulating belt. The process includes measuring at least one of (1) a temperature o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6482294 | Machine for manufacturing a material web Machine and process for producing material web having adjustable size cutting elements, to adjust entire width of material web, located adjacent a wire belt, adjustable sizing strips, to adjust a suction width of a pick-up suction roll, operatively associ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6482293 | Method and device in tail threading The invention relates to a method in tail threading, in which a lead-in strip, tail (T) separated from the edge of a paper web is guided between two elongated mobile means in a paper web conveying machine and transferred forward between these two means al... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6413374 | Threading device and method for threading the tail of the web A threading device and a method for threading a tail of a web, wherein, for guiding the path of a tail separated from a full-width web in a paper machine or a paper finishing device, the threading device comprises a suction channel, placed at least partly... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6395135 | Method and apparatus for threading of paper or paperboard web In the method for threading of a paper or paperboard web a narrower tail (T) separated from the paper or paperboard web (W) is conveyed between different holding points. On the travel path of the tail (T) there is at least one tension measuring device (1)... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6387220 | Vacuum conveyor Apparatus for transferring at least a portion of a running web from a first section of a web making machine to a second section of the web making machine includes at least two pulleys, in which at least one is a driven pulley, a suction box coupled to a v... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6379502 | Process and device for transferring a traveling material web Process and apparatus for transferring a traveling material web into a target region. The process includes positioning at least two cutting mechanisms at one of a same and different width positions between web edges of a traveling material web. The at lea... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6277244 | Machine for manufacturing a material web A machine for producing a material web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, includes a pick-up suction roll disposed between a wire section and a press section and wound around by an air-permeable endless belt. In the vicinity of the pick-up suction r... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6270629 | Web handling apparatus An apparatus and process for transporting at least a portion of a web of flexible material between first and second structures spaced from each other. The apparatus includes at least two pulleys located at spaced locations from each other, and an air-perv... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6235156 | Method for paper web transfer and transfer apparatus for paper web In the method for paper web transfer in a paper machine or finishing apparatus for paper, a paper web (W) is transferred in a first machine portion (A) at a first travelling speed. In a second machine portion (B) following the first one in the travel dire... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6231722 | Method and system for monitoring the process of separation of a web A method and system for monitoring a separation process of a web in a paper machine in which the web is separated from a roll and passed into a free draw, which is preferably the first free draw of the web in the paper machine. A separation point of the w... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6214168 | Method and 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... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6187146 | Mounting arrangement for wet end weight measurement system A mounting system for removably mounting a sensor array adjacent the wire of a papermaking machine. The mounting system comprises an elongate base member formed with a tongue or groove with a corresponding interlocking groove or tongue formed on the senso... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6080278 | Fast CD and MD control in a sheetmaking machine A system and method of providing fast machine direction (MD) and cross direction (CD) basis weight adjustments using a simultaneous multi-point water weight sensor which provides independent MD and CD measurements is described. The water weight sensor is ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6022452 | Apparatus fore cutting and threading a tail of a travelling web in a papermaking machine An apparatus for cutting a tail in a web sheet traveling through a nip between the queen roll and king roll of a calender includes a waterjet positioned adjacent the edge of the web upstream from the nip for directing a jet of water towards the web and th... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6003750 | Process for guiding a web Process for guiding a web from one treatment station to another in a web manufacturing or treatment process. The process includes guiding the web with at least one pneumatic support device and controlling air pressure in the at least one pneumatic support... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5932070 | Process and device for the removal of paper sheet remnants from a belt The present invention is directed to a device for removing at least one of paper sheet remnants and a paper sheet from a belt. The device may include a blow device including at least one blow opening extending lateral to a travel direction of the belt and... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5837101 | Device for threading a paper web A device for threading a paper web from a dryer section to a finishing device situated after the dryer section in the running direction of the web including a rope threading arrangement. A leader strip is separated from the edge of the paper web in the dr... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5762759 | Tail threading system for a papermaking machine A papermaking machine uses a low pressure water jet mounted on a pneumatic actuator for movement at least as fast in the cross machine direction as the paper web moves in the machine direction for a distance of 2 to 12 inches. The jet rapidly cuts a tail ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5622601 | Method and apparatus for effecting a clipped tail in a traveling paper web A clipped tail, which is the severed lead end of a paper web tail formed on a papermaking machine, is produced in the tail supported on a roll by combining the operation of a water jet, which projects a high pressure stream of water and is moved laterally... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5590577 | Device for cutting a paper web in a press end of a paper machine A cutting-off device and at least one tear detector are provided for cutting a web of paper in a press end of a paper machine, in response to a tear in the web of paper in a single-tier dryer end, the tear of the web of paper being recognized via a tear s... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5571381 | Method for cutting out an edge of a web in a paper machine The invention relates to a method and apparatus for cutting the edge of a fibre web (4) in a paper machine. In the method, water nozzles (13a, 13b) are Conducted in a transverse direction with respect to the edge of the fibre web (4) so that the place whe... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5232554 | Threading the web into a twin wire dryer group The dry end of a paper making machine includes a twin wire dryer group following a single wire dryer group. The paper web is continuously guided by a support belt which moves alternately between dryer cylinders and intermediate deflecting rolls in the sin... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5062923 | Rope system for a paper machine coating or size press section In a papermachine coating or size press section a rope system is provided for feeding the web through the machine either initially or after a break. In an abrasive environment continuously running ropes can lead to excessive wear on the ropes. In the pres... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5037509 | Apparatus for transferring a threading tail of a web An apparatus is disclosed for transferring a threading tail of a web from a press section to a dryer section of a papermaking machine. The apparatus includes a press roll for releasably supporting the web and a doctor blade which cooperates with the press... | 08/06/1991 |
