Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7198697 | Supporting and wiping device for machine wire systems A supporting and wiping device is assigned to the machine wire in a paper-making system. The supporting and wiping device has supporting and wiping strips firmly held on a carrying frame or the like and extending transversely with respect to a direction of movement ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175744 | Apparatus for treating a wire or a felt band in a papermaking installation An apparatus for the treatment of, in particular for vacuum action upon, the at least one wire or at least one felt band in a papermaking plant. The wire or felt band is moved in circulation by the apparatus, which, if appropriate, is connected to a vacuum source. T... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169262 | Method and apparatus for forming a paper or tissue web A method and apparatus for transferring vibrational forces to a wire of a papermaking machine for forming a web on the wire and for dampening vibrations imparted to the papermaking machine. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a vibrational device including a vibra... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169264 | Wire foil for a paper production installation A wire foil for a paper production installation has a supporting strip and plates fixed to the latter. The plates are mutually adjoining ceramic plates. The supporting strip and the plates of ceramic material are formed, on the mutually contacting surfaces, with mut... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7101462 | Method and apparatus for forming a paper or tissue web A method and apparatus for transferring a vibrational force to the wire of a papermaking machine in order to re-align the fibers of the web forming on the wire or to clean press section felts. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a vibrational device including at l... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6869507 | Variable frequency dewatering assembly A variable frequency foil (VFF) box assembly and mechanisms for moving individual foils/foil beams and individual foil beam sets relative to each other to adjust the frequency of a paper making machine, and method of use are provided. The VFF box assembly allows for... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6802940 | Variable frequency dewatering assembly A variable frequency foil (VFF) box assembly and mechanisms for moving individual foils/foil beams and individual foil beam sets relative to each other to adjust the frequency of a paper making machine, and method of use are provided. The VFF box assembly allows for... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6752909 | Machine for producing a fibrous web from a fibrous suspension as well as a process and system for monitoring a drainage element The present invention is a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web from a fibrous suspension, with a sheet forming area that exhibits at least one suction box, which includes a main box with at least one suction box cover that is formed from at least two drainage el... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6712941 | Forming board for papermaking machine with adjustable blades A forming board for a papermaking machine includes: a support; a transversely-extending lead blade attached to the support, the lead blade; a plurality of transversely-extending trailing blades; a mounting unit for each of the plurality of trailing blades, the mount... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6471829 | Variable frequency fourdrinier gravity foil box A variable frequency foil (VFF) box assembly and mechanisms for moving individual foils/foil beams and individual foil beam sets relative to each other to adjust the frequency of a paper making machine, and method of use are provided. The VFF box assembly... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6444094 | Papermaking apparatus with variable pulse turbulation blades Papermaking apparatus is disclosed having variable dewatering devices with moveable elements which engage the conveyor carrying paper stock and are adjustable to vary their operating characteristics. A variable pulse turbulation blade with an adjustable i... | 09/03/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6274002 | Papermaking machine with variable dewatering elements including variable pulse turbulation blades adjusted by computer control system in response to sensors of paper sheet characteristics An automatic control system for a papermaking machine having a plurality of variable dewatering devices with moveable elements which engage the conveyor carrying the paper stock and are adjusted by electrical operating devices, such as servo motors or sol... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6221215 | Suction device and process for conditioning and/or drainage of an endless felt Suction device and process for at least one of conditioning and drainage of an endless felt. The device includes a housing having at least one vacuum chamber, and a plurality of suction slits located on a suction surface of the housing that is adapted to ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6146502 | Paper making machine with a traveling deckle board A machine for adjustably placing a low dam moving along each lateral edge of a Fourdrinier fabric so as to contain the paper-making slurry on the fabric without leaking over the edges of the fabric while the moving fabric is subjected to sufficient suctio... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6030501 | Paper forming activity blade A papermaking apparatus such as a Fourdrinier table which includes a long blade and a trail blade. In the first aspect of the invention, the long blade includes an upper undulated surface with vents passing from the upper undulated surface to the lower su... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5932072 | Paper forming activity blade with mounting buttons A papermaking apparatus such as a Fourdrinier table which includes a long blade and a trail blade. In the first aspect of the invention, the long blade includes an upper undulated surface with vents passing from the upper undulated surface to the lower su... | 08/03/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5643417 | Method and apparatus for sheet formation In a method for forming a sheet from a fiber-water suspension, the fiber-water suspension is supplied on a traveling bottom wire at a first zone thereof to dewater the fiber-water suspension. Subsequently, the suspension is introduced between the bottom w... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5421961 | Forming board position control system The instant device is a forming board position control system. A forming board fitted with the instant invention is positioned at various distances from and with virtually perfect constant parallelarity to the lie of the frontal plane of a headbox in appo... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5262010 | Dewatering device with adjustable force elements for the web-forming section of a papermaking machine A dewatering device for the web-forming or wet section of a papermaking machine comprises foils arranged transverse to a forming wire, that is to say, extend in the cross-machine direction. Force or powering elements act upon the foils so as to exert a fo... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5185064 | Means for controlling wires in a paper machine or cardboard machine A means for controlling wires in a twin-wire section in a paper or cardboard machine where the wires run over the other for dewatering stock that is present between the wires, where a dewatering box is provided on one side of the wires and where a number ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5089090 | Continuous controlled drainage A process and apparatus for improving stock formation on an open surface paper making machine is described. By the use of both a path for the forming fabric which introduces a controlled level of agitation into the stock, and a low level of vacuum in a su... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5080760 | Pressurized forming board A paper making machine forming board is described wherein the rate of drainage of the stock through the forming fabric is curtailed and controlled by applying a low positive air pressure (above ambient atmospheric) to the machine side of the forming fabri... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5078835 | Ledge for resiliently supporting a drainage wire of a paper making machine A ledge for resiliently supporting a paper making machine wire has a head ledge which extends across the direction of travel of the wire and over which the wire can slide. The head ledge is rigidly connected to a movable support ledge which also extends a... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5019214 | Twin-wire former for the production of a web of paper A twin-wire former for the production of a web of paper from a fiber suspension. An upper endless loop of wire belt having a lower horizontal run and a lower endless loop wire belt having an upper horizontal run. Guide rolls support the wire belts to defi... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4968387 | Papermachine deckle means The lateral edges of a papermachine forming fabric pond are contained by a deckle board having a bottom edge positioned above the forming fabric upper surface elements but below the fabric supported stock pond surface. Lateral edges of the forming fabric ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4885059 | Edge curling device for Fourdrinier fabric A roller device attachable to the frame of a Fourdrinier paper-making machine near the lateral edges of the forming fabric in the sheet forming zone to press against each of the lateral edges of the forming fabric and cause them to curl upwardly so as to ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4857279 | Apparatus for extracting fats and oils Edible fats and oils are extracted from oil-bearing materials by loading the raw materials onto an inlet end of a flat and fixed conveying surface having elongate slits therein. The materials are conveyed from the inlet end to the outlet end of the convey... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4784725 | Vat paper machine A vat paper machine is disclosed, the machine including a cylinder-vat unit having a rotatable cylinder mold, a vat and a headbox for providing a continuous supply of stock to the vat. The vat has a special wall structure and is arranged upstream of the c... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4769111 | Support apparatus for a dewatering unit in the web forming section of a paper machine The present invention relates to a support apparatus of a dewatering unit (30) below a bottom wire of the twin wire forming section of a paper or board machine. The problem in known, corresponding arrangements has been insufficient crosswise stiffness of ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4738751 | Fabric edge support apparatus for fourdrinier paper machine A Fourdrinier-type paper machine having a wet end with a headbox for storing a mixture of pulp and water, this pulp mixture being jetted onto a fabric having two side edges, this fabric forming an endless belt the upper surface of which is caused to conti... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4734164 | Horizontal web-forming apparatus with curved nose forming board A system for forming a web from a dilute, aqueous slurry of fibers wherein a thin, horizontally-extending aqueous stream of fibers is projected onto a travelling foraminous forming wire. The forming wire is disposed to travel over a forming board which ha... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4718983 | Forming board structure having an adjustable leading forming board strip An improved papermaking apparatus of the type in which a headbox directs a jet of papermaking slurry onto the upper surface of the wire which moves longitudinally over and is supported by a forming board. The improvement is means for adjusting the length ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4659432 | Vat paper machine A vat paper machine is disclosed, said machine including a cylinder-vat unit having a rotatable cylinder mold, a vat and a headbox for providing a continuous supply of stock to the vat. The vat is arranged upstream of the cylinder mold in such a manner th... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4623429 | Twin-wire forming section of a paper machine A lower wire loop of a paper machine has an initial single-wire portion of a dewatering zone defined by an initial portion of the wire of the lower wire loop, succeeded by an upper wire unit defining a twin-wire dewatering zone with a coinciding upper run... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4523978 | Forming shoe for a former in a paper machine A forming shoe in a two-wire forming section of a paper making machine has a curved guiding surface which guides a joint run of the wires and web interposed therebetween over a curved path of travel wherein the web is dewatered under the effect of the pre... | 06/18/1985 |
