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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367264 | Method and apparatus for treating sheets including a vacuum roller for retaining sheets in curved configuration An apparatus and method for retaining individual sheets of substrate in a curved configuration during coating or printing is disclosed. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7335280 | Method and equipment in the measurement of the flatness of the flow surface of the headbox of a paper machine A method in the measurement of the flatness of the flow surface of a headbox of a paper machine is disclosed. The flatness is determined by placing a measuring tool on the flat surface formed by the flow surface and measuring the position of the measuring tool at ea... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7152813 | Cap with a suction type spray head A cap with a suction type spray head includes an air guiding chamber, an intake passage, an outgoing passage, a liquid sucking mouth and an air pressure balancing aperture for a container with a sprayer. The liquid in the container can be sucked out due to air press... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7090746 | Process and device for removing water from a mechanical pulp, chemical pulp or paper sheet A process and apparatus for removing water from a mechanical pulp, chemical pulp or paper sheet, carried between top and bottom wires running through a dewatering machine having a first dewatering zone. The apparatus includes at least one suction box positioned down... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6962647 | Headbox for a paper machine, board machine, pulp machine or equivalent A headbox, for example, in a pulp or board machine, is suitable for high basis weights which are over 400 g/m2 and for high fiber suspension consistencies which are in a range of 2–5%. The headbox has a turbulence part (1), into which a fiber sus... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6846386 | Method of ensuring flatness of a vane in a headbox by means of a mounting arrangement, headbox with such a mounting arrangement, a mounting arrangement and vane therefor A method of ensuring the flatness of a vane that is mounted in a headbox by means of a mounting arrangement including engagement dowels for cooperation with a downstream support wall of a transverse groove, said vane being affected during operation by shearing force... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6521095 | Composite vane hinge in a headbox A bracket of graphite epoxy has a cylindrical portion which hingedly fits within a dovetail groove extending in the machine direction across the injection face of a papermaking headbox. The bracket has downstream portions defining a vane-receiving slot wh... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6491793 | Arrangement for fastening a turbulence vane to a headbox An arrangement for fastening a turbulence vane to headbox where in the headbox, a groove running parallel to the width of the headbox is formed in a plate delimiting a slice chamber, in order to fasten the turbulence vane to the plate. A fastener is fitte... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6475345 | Device for feeding a pulp suspension with eccentric shaft adjustment A device for feeding a pulp suspension to a tissue machine includes a headbox having top and bottom lips defining a slice gap forming a free flow jet of the pulp suspension. The device also includes at least one eccentric shaft for setting the slice gap b... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6471828 | Headbox Headbox for a machine and process for forming the same. The headbox includes a plurality of channels arranged in rows that extend across a width of the machine and in columns substantially perpendicular to the rows, at least one lamella positioned between... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6440272 | Device for mixing stock suspensions Process and device for the mixing of suspensions with possibly different natures and/or compositions in the stable section of a paper machine. In the process, a suspension, particularly of the backwater of the paper machine, is piped in a mixing tube with... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6372092 | Headbox and process for supplying a material suspension Headbox of a paper machine and a process of supplying a material suspension, The headbox includes at least one material suspension supplying system, and a headbox nozzle that includes a first dividing wall having a machine width and a second dividing wall... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6368464 | Device for feeding a pulp suspension to a dewatering installation The invention refers to a device for feeding a pulp suspension to a dewatering installation, particularly for a tissue machine. It is mainly characterized by one or several one-piece, wedge-shaped, steel lamella tip(s) being provided to separate the indiv... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6319363 | Sheet forming system and method for controlling the same A sheet forming system of a paper or cardboard machine. A headbox includes a headbox nozzle with to laterally extending side panels and first and second nozzle walls extending along a width of the machine. First and second screens converge in a region adj... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6261418 | Headbox with flexible support plates Headbox for a paper-making machine including a nozzle extending transversely to the machine running direction across the machine width. The nozzle has a lower and an upper continuous wall each extending across the machine width. The lower nozzle wall is s... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6248214 | Headbox Headbox for a paper machine having a feed part, a central part extending across the machine width, and a nozzle. The nozzle extends across the machine width and has at least one continuous wall that runs across the machine width transverse to the lengthwi... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6203665 | Process for setting a uniform characteristic cross-direction profile for a paper web Process for setting a uniform characteristic cross-direction profile for a paper web with regard to at least formation, basis weight, and fiber orientation in a paper machine. The paper machine can include a headbox with an adjustable die exit opening and... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6200417 | Process and device for mixing stock suspensions Process and device for the mixing of suspensions with possibly different natures and/or compositions in the stable section of a paper machine. In the process, a suspension, particularly of the backwater of the paper machine, is piped in a mixing tube with... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6197161 | Profile bar assembly for a headbox in a paper-making machine A headbox for a paper-making machine includes a plurality of side walls and an apron. A nozzle blade is connected to one of the side walls. The nozzle blade and the apron define a discharge nozzle therebetween. A profile bar is rigidly connected to an end... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6174413 | Device for detecting and correcting a fiber orientation cross direction profile change Process and a device for detecting a change in the fiber orientation cross-direction profile of a paper or cardboard web in the manufacturing process on a paper or cardboard machine. It is recognized that a change in the fiber orientation cross-direction ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6165324 | Multi-layer headbox and separator vane therefor A headbox for discharging a jet consisting of one or more stock layers to a forming zone in a former comprising at least one separator vane separating two stock channels in order to keep the stocks on each side of the separator vane separated from each ot... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6146501 | Cross-machine direction stiffened dividers for a papermaking headbox Improvements in the internal dividers of a papermaking headbox are provided by stiffening the dividers only in the cross-machine direction. These cross-machine stiffened dividers provide for a smooth and thin divider that is flexible in the machine direct... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6139690 | Former with a floating upper lip A former with a sieve, preferably with a cylinder mold, is provided with an adjustable discharge aperture for a fibrous material suspension exiting from a chamber that is formed between the sieve and an upper lip formed by a flow guide plate. The upper li... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6117271 | Slice lip apparatus A slice lip apparatus is disclosed for guiding a flow of stock from a headbox so that the stock flows between a first and a second wire of a former. The apparatus includes a lip which is disposed adjacent to the first wire. A movable lip is spaced relativ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6106671 | Intelligent gap control for improved paper machine profile control Apparatus and method for controlling the size of a gap through which material is metered. The gap is defined by a rigid surface and a flexible surface connected to at least one actuator for deforming the flexible surface. A plurality of sensors are positi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6068736 | Slice lip clamp assembly for a slice lip of a headbox A headbox for a paper-making machine includes an inlet for receiving a fiber suspension. An apron and an upper wall converge relative to each other and define a machine wide discharge nozzle and an outlet therebetween. The discharge nozzle terminates at t... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6017421 | Headbox with baffle A headbox of a paper machine for distributing stock suspension over the machine width of the paper machine onto a forming or wire section includes a headbox nozzle that extends over the machine width and that has spaced apart top and bottom lips that grad... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5863387 | Ultrasonic device for deflocculating fiber suspension in a paper-making machine headbox nozzle A paper-making machine for making a paper web from a fiber suspension includes a headbox having a plurality of walls defining a chamber, and an inlet connected to at least one of the walls and disposed in fluid communication with the chamber. The inlet is... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5853546 | Sealed titanium slice lip for a headbox A headbox for a paper-making machine includes an inlet for receiving a fiber suspension and an outlet for discharging the fiber suspension. The headbox has a plurality of walls including an apron and a pair of side plates. The side plates are disposed at ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5843281 | Headbox of a paper machine with edge feed arrangements A headbox of a paper machine which is provided with a dilution profiling system which uses a feedback-connected regulation system to control the cross-direction basis weight profile of the paper web produced by the paper machine. The dilution profiling sy... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5820734 | Trailing element for a headbox A graphite composite trailing element for a headbox of a paper making machine is described. A protective layer is provided at or around pondside edges of a trailing element. The protective layer reinforces the pondside edges of the element to protect the ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5820735 | Under felt inclined flat former to produce multilayer or monolayer sheet of paper The present invention refers to an under felt inclined flat former for making multilayer or monolayer sheets of paper comprising a plurality of forming units arranged along a production line. Each of the forming units is supported on corresponding rigid s... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5804037 | Multiply headbox nozzle with heavy end convergence A nozzle of a multilayer headbox wherein the headbox includes a nozzle for distributing the stock suspension on a wire. The nozzle is subdivided by at least one machine-wide fin, the fin forming with the nozzle at least two machine-wide nozzle ducts. At l... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5766420 | Under felt inclined flat former to produce multilayer or monolayer sheet of paper An under felt inclined flat former for making multilayer or monolayer sheets of paper comprising a plurality of forming units arranged along a production line. Each of the forming units is supported on corresponding rigid supports and is provided with a r... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5736011 | Wet end assembly for a paper making machine The invention is directed to a wet end assembly disposed at a wet end of a paper making machine for forming a fiber web from a fiber suspension. A headbox including a plurality of inner walls defines a chamber. The headbox further includes an inlet in com... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5688374 | Headbox and manifold system for producing a multi-ply paper web The present invention involves a headbox and manifold system for producing a multi-ply paper which includes a plurality of mixing systems for generation of stock suspension flows of differing concentrations and a distribution manifold for providing a diff... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5645689 | Multilayer headbox A multilayer headbox for the introduction of at least two fiber suspension streams to the forming section of a paper manufacturing machine includes a nozzle chamber further defined by two stream guide walls which end at an outlet gap and by two side walls... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5622603 | Influencing the jet velocity in the multilayer headbox The invention concerns a method of controlling the relative flow speed of the layers in a multi-layer headbox with laminae mounted torque-free between upper and lower lips which are stationary when in operation. The invention is characterized in that a di... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5599428 | Headbox nozzle with heavy end convergence A nozzle of a multilayer headbox wherein the headbox includes a nozzle for distributing the stock suspension on a wire. The nozzle is subdivided by at least one machine-wide fin, the fin forming with the nozzle at least two machine-wide nozzle ducts. At l... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5578172 | Slice beam support plate The invention is directed to a headbox for a machine used in the production of a fiber material web from a fiber suspension. The headbox includes a bottom and a plurality of walls defining a main chamber. A slice beam, defining a width of the outlet chann... | 11/26/1996 |
