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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083897 | Process and apparatus for producing a fibrous web Apparatus for producing a fibrous web that includes a smooth roll and at least one opposing element. The smooth roll and the at least one opposing element are arranged to form at least one press nip, a felt is structured and arranged to guide the fibrous web through... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7951268 | Machine to produce a fibrous web An apparatus for the production of a fibrous web, especially a tissue or hygienic web, the fibrous web runs through a press nip which is formed by a press unit and a backing roll and the web is subsequently run through a creping nip which is formed by the backing ro... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7718037 | Creping foil for redirecting dust A creping foil having a machine direction, cross machine direction, and Z-direction normal to a plane formed by machine direction and cross machine directions. The creping foil also has a front face, back face, and bottom side. The front face has one or more top con... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7618518 | Composite doctor arrangement A composite doctor arrangement for a web forming machine or web handling machine has a beam structure (10) with a mounting piece (13) fitted to it. A blade holder (11) is fitted to the mounting piece, with a blade (12) fitted to the blade... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7311804 | Universal doctor blade with indicia Doctor blades are provided for multiple positions within a paper or board making machine. A single doctor blade of a standard length or a reel of doctor blade material has markings which permit a variety of doctor blade sizes to be readily cut. If a standard length ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309402 | Doctor blade purge system A doctor blade holder comprises upper and lower mutually spaced jaw components defining a slot. A doctor blade is removably retained in the slot, and nozzles in one of the jaw components are arranged to direct fluid under pressure into the slot for application to th... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300552 | Method for maximizing water removal in a press nip The present invention is a method for maximizing water removal from an absorbent web in a press nip. The present invention uses a pressing unit having a blanket with a void volume and with a pressure profile that maximizes water removal in the press section or on th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291249 | Apparatus for the manufacture of a structured fiber web An apparatus for the manufacture of a structured fiber web including an imprinting fabric, a first pressure field device, a second pressure field device and a drying cylinder. The fiber web is formed and carried on the imprinting fabric with an initial dry content o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7244340 | Creping blade A blade for creping has been described. The blade according to the invention has a ceramic top layer covering the working edge of the blade, as well as the surface upon which the web impacts during creping. The ceramic top layer is a ceramic composition having a con... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241364 | Papermaking machine for forming tissue employing an air press A web of tissue is formed in a twin wire former, followed by an air press for water removal in the pressing section, passing onto a Yankee dryer. A headbox injects stock between upper and lower dryer fabrics brought together on a breast roll. The fabrics moves over ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7185537 | Nip and loading analysis system A nip characterization system which has as inputs the pressure applied to the nip by the hydraulic loading devices, and loads applied at the end bearings and/or the loads applied to the roll support beam, and in addition directly measures nip load, has more than suf... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7160418 | Wet crepe throughdry process for making absorbent sheet and novel fibrous products An improved process for making sheet from a fibrous furnish includes: depositing the furnish on a foraminous support; compactively dewatering the furnish to form a nascent web; drying the web on a heated cylinder; creping the web therefrom and throughdrying the web ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7056421 | Underflow waterbox The specification discloses a waterbox for applying an aqueous mixture, such as a starch mixture, to a web in a calender stack. The waterbox includes a spillway disposed adjacent a calender stack having a bottom plate, substantially parallel front and rear walls, an... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048826 | Method for targeted application of performance enhancing materials to a creping cylinder A method for target application of a Performance Enhancing Material to a creping cylinder in order to improve a tissue making operation is described and claimed. The method involves dividing the creping cylinder into Zones and then applying the desired Performance E... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048828 | Crimper with crimping wheels mounted on linear bearings A tissue paper crimper of greater rigidity is provided by mounting crimper disks to linear bearings which in turn are mounted to a carriage which can be positioned in the cross machine direction on a frame. The crimper disks are pressed against anvil roll pneumatic ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7005037 | Device for detaching a paper web from a wire The invention relates to a device for detaching a paper web 9 from a wire 4, where the pulp suspension is fed in between a wire 4 and a felt 5 by a headbox 2, the wire 4 and felt 5 are guided together over a forming r... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998018 | Method and apparatus for making a creped tissue with improved tactile qualities while improving handling of the web A creped tissue paper is made by creping a tissue paper from a drying cylinder with a creping doctor, receiving the creped web on a carrying fabric, carrying the creped web on the carrying fabric through a compression nip that compresses the web to substantially red... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6977028 | Method of drying a web A method of drying a paper web is provided. The method utilizes a dryer, such as a through-dryer, having a first dryer section and a second dryer section. Within the first dryer section, a relatively wet paper web is dried at an elevated temperature, such as between... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6953516 | Process for making throughdried tissue by profiling exhaust gas recovery The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust gas from one or more throughdryers prior to throughdrying to profile the consistency of the web. ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6921460 | Modified conventional wet pressed tissue machine A tissue sheet is made using a modified wet pressed tissue machine employing an integrally sealed air press. The apparatus includes: a forming roll; a drying cylinder positioned downstream of the forming roll; an air press positioned between the forming roll and the... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6896770 | Arrangement within a yankee cylinder or the like and a roller of a paper machine A Yankee cylinder or the like at the dry end of a paper machine has at least a drying cylinder, a hood covering the drying cylinder, a web guiding means, and a roller. After the drying cylinder at the dry end of the machine, seen in the machine direction, a covered ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6867155 | Non-abrasive composite doctor blade A multiplayer composite doctor blade has a side edge configured for application to the surface of a rotating roll in a paper making machine. The doctor blade has an inner core and intermediate layers preferably enclosed by outer layers. The inner core is predominant... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6863777 | Papermaking machine for forming tissue employing an air press A web of tissue is formed in a twin wire former, followed by an air press for water removal in the pressing section, passing onto a Yankee dryer. A headbox injects stock between upper and lower dryer fabrics brought together on a breast roll. The fabrics move over v... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6821391 | Former and process for producing a tissue web A former for producing a tissue web and a process of making a tissue web using the former. The former includes a forming element, an inner dewatering belt, and an outer dewatering belt. The inner and outer belts converge to form a stock inlet nip. The inner and oute... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6797115 | Method and apparatus for making a creped tissue with improved tactile qualities while improving handling of the web A creped tissue paper is made by creping a tissue paper from a drying cylinder with a creping doctor, receiving the creped web on a carrying fabric, carrying the creped web on the carrying fabric through a compression nip that compresses the web to substantially red... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6613194 | Papermaking machine for forming tissue employing an air press A web of tissue is formed in a twin wire former, followed by an air press for water removal in the pressing section, passing onto a Yankee dryer. A headbox injects stock between upper and lower dryer fabrics brought together on a breast roll. The fabrics ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6585861 | Device for producing an extensible paper having a three-dimensional pattern Device for producing a paper having a three dimensional pattern which has been given the paper web in connection with drying the paper web. The device comprises at least one press nip (12) comprising a rotatable heated roll (13) and a counter means (11,14... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6500307 | Apparatus for increasing bulk of foreshortened fibrous web An apparatus for increasing bulk of a foreshortened fibrous web comprises a working surface designed to receive a foreshortened web thereon, a means for adding moisture to at least selected portions of the web thereby relaxing the crepe in the selected po... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6458246 | Papermaking machine for forming tissue employing an air press A web of tissue is formed in a crescent former, followed by an air press for water removal in the pressing section, passing onto a Yankee dryer. A headbox injects stock between upper and lower dryer fabrics brought together on a breast roll. The fabrics m... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6423186 | Apparatus and process for making structured paper and structured paper produced thereby An apparatus and process for imprinting a web. A yankee drum and pressure roll are juxtaposed to form a nip. An imprinting member, such as through air drying belt or other patterning belt is interposed in the nip. A felt is also interposed in the nip, con... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6361636 | Process to manufacture a back-adhering material for an inner book In the manufacture of a hardcover book, a laminated sheet is fed to the inner book spine with a wide roll machine, and the sheet consists of a paper-laminated gauze. The laminate is subsequently treated and has a flat fine creping with a lengthwise elasti... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6361654 | Air knife assisted sheet transfer A system and method for transferring a nonwoven web in a wet papermaking process to a fabric is disclosed. The system includes a vacuum shoe that operates in conjunction with a transfer shoe. The vacuum shoe is contacted against a carrier fabric which is ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6328852 | Method and apparatus for improving stability of moving webs In manufacturing a moving web, such as a tissue sheet, the web is transported at very high speeds, often in an unsupported manner, which can result in unstable operations regarding handling and winding of the web. This is particularly true in the region b... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6319364 | Method and apparatus for dividing a paper web A method of dividing a formed paper web into at least two partial-width webs during production of creped paper in a paper machine having a cylinder with an adhesive coating to which the web adheres. The web is divided in conjunction with the cylinder by o... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6287425 | Apparatus for increasing bulk of foreshortened fibrous web An apparatus for increasing bulk of a foreshortened fibrous web includes a working surface designed to receive a foreshortened web thereon, a means for adding moisture to at least selected portions of the web thereby relaxing the crepe in the selected por... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6287426 | Paper machine for manufacturing structured soft paper A paper machine for manufacturing a structured soft paper web are described, which machine has a wet section, a press section, a drying section and a web-carrying clothing running around a suction device close to a smooth impermeable belt in the press sec... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6274000 | Method and device in threading of paper web The invention relates to a method in a paper machine in threading of paper web, in which method a narrower tail (T) is separated from the edge of the paper web and transferred to threading guiding means arranged in connection with the moving parts of a ma... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6231723 | Papermaking machine for forming tissue employing an air press A web of tissue is formed in a crescent former, followed by an air press for water removal in the pressing section, passing onto a Yankee dryer. A headbox injects stock between upper and lower dryer fabrics brought together on a breast roll. The fabrics m... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6228216 | Transfer of a cellulosic web between spaced apart transport means using a moving air as a support A gas stream directed at a velocity against a cellulosic web in a papermaking machine can act to transfer the web from a transport web moving at a first speed to a transport web moving at a second slower speed. The transport webs apply a linear velocity t... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6042693 | Extended life doctor blade and method of forming the same A creping doctor blade and method of forming such blade including a thin flexible generally planar creping member having an elongated flexible, substantially prismatic body having a relieved substantially planar engagement surface adapted to bear against ... | 03/28/2000 |
