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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7323087 | Anti-rewet felt for use in a papermaking machine An anti-rewet fabric is used for carrying a fiber web through an air press. The ant-rewet fabric includes at least one air distribution fabric layer, one air distribution fabric layer being configured for contacting the fiber web, and a perforated film layer and/or ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7134388 | Calender for a sheet of paper A calender for a sheet of paper comprising a metal roll which is rotated by a first driving unit. The calender further comprises a rotatable cylindrical jacket, a pressurizing shoe, and a plurality of support members. The cylindrical jacket is disposed opposite the ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7060161 | Method for restraining deformation of nip roll There is provided a method for restraining deformation of a nip roll, in which polygonal deformation of nip rolls that are in contact with each other is restrained, so that vibration produced by the deformation is decreased. The diameter ratio between the fir... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6998022 | Paper machine and press section thereof 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... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6942761 | Press device and method of using the same Press device and method of using the same for treating a fibrous material web that includes a shoe press unit that includes a flexible press belt that revolves around a non-rotating carrier, a counter roll that includes a deflection compensation roll with a roll jac... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6905575 | Arrangement for the web threading of a multi-roll calender In a paper/board or finishing/converting machine, a calender (1) comprises a number of rolls (2, 3) formed into a roll stack, and a number of lift-out rolls (4), which are arranged in such a way that the web (W) being treated travels from one ca... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6875310 | Roll configuration for an air press of a papermaking machine An air press for use in a paper machine removes liquid from a fiber web. The air press includes a plurality of rolls, with each roll having a peripheral surface. The plurality of rolls include at least one pair of adjacent rolls defining a nip therebetween. Each rol... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6827009 | Multiple-nip calender and calendering arrangement A supercalender for calendering a paper web and a calendering arrangement for producing matte-quality paper web has a multiple-nip calender in which at least one of the calendering nips of the multiple-nip calender is an extended nip (N9) formed between a... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6708423 | Device for dewatering a fibrous material web Device and process for dewatering a fibrous material web by expelling water via gas pressure. The dewatering device includes at least four rolls arranged to radially limit at least one pressure chamber and sealing units arranged to axially limit the at least one pre... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6692008 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement for closing off an end of a chamber formed between a plurality of rollers of a pressing apparatus, comprises a seal member made of a hard seal material such as carbon fiber material. The sealing arrangement is preferably a self-loade... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6589390 | Press section and process for guiding a fiber material web through the press section Press section of a machine for producing a fiber material, web and process for guiding a fiber material web through the press section. The press section includes at least two double-felted presses arranged in series in a travel direction of the fiber mate... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589393 | Press arrangement and press roll for such a press arrangement A press arrangement for treating a fibrous web, especially a paper or board web, comprises at least two press rolls to form at least one press nip. At least one press roll is mounted on at least one roll end by means of a floating bearing, whose bearing r... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589394 | Controlled-force end seal arrangement for an air press of a papermaking machine An air press for pressing a fiber web includes a plurality of rolls and a pair of end seal arrangements. Of the plurality of rolls, each pair of adjacent rolls forms a nip therebetween. Further, each roll has a pair of roll ends, the plurality of rolls to... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6562198 | Cross-directional interlocking of rolls in an air press of a papermaking machine An air press for pressing a paper web is composed of a plurality of rolls including at least a first roll and a second roll. The first roll and the second roll are positioned adjacent one another and form a first nip therebetween. Further, the first roll ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6416631 | Pressing apparatus having semipermeable membrane An apparatus for processing a continuous web having a first side and a second side includes a plurality of rollers are arranged for cooperative rotation. The plurality of rollers are positioned to define a corresponding plurality of nips. The continuous w... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6383340 | Press arrangement and process Press arrangement and process for treating a fibrous material web that includes two shoe press rolls and a counter-roll, associated with the two shoe press rolls, positioned to form a first and a second press nip with the two shoe press rolls. The first a... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6381868 | Device for dewatering a material web Apparatus and process for dewatering a material web. The apparatus includes at least one pressure chamber formed by at least four substantially parallel rolls, a device arranged to introduce a pressurized gas into the at least one pressure chamber, and th... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6368466 | Press section of a paper making machine employing an extended nip press A press section of a paper making machine for dewatering a paper web (W) formed in a preceding forming section in which dewatering felts (11, 28) are applied to both surfaces of the paper web (W) as the paper web (W) travels in a closed draw from the form... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6361658 | Press section Press section for drainage of a fibrous material web that includes a shoe press roll, a cylindrical counter roll, at least one nip, a first nip of the at least one nip formed by the shoe press roll and the cylindrical counter roll, and at least one press ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6334932 | Press arrangement and process A press arrangement and process for treatment of a fibrous material web. The press arrangement includes a press shoe unit, a press suction roll, at least one first press nip elongated in a web travel direction, the first press nip being formed between the... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6332955 | Press arrangement and method for treating a fibrous web A press arrangement and method for the treatment of a fibrous material web (10) which includes a lower shoe press roll (20), with which two upper press rolls (22, 24) are associated, with which the shoe press roll (20) forms in each case a press nip (S1 o... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6325895 | Paper-making machine with an air press belt run A device for processing a continuous fiber web includes a membrane, a pressurized enclosure, a tension roll and a guide roll. The pressurized enclosure includes at least a first roll and defines an air press chamber. The first roll partially defines the a... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6325894 | Press section and method of using the same Press section and method of using the same for drainage of a fibrous material web that includes a shoe press roll, a cylindrical counter roll, at least one nip, a first nip of the at least one nip formed by the shoe press roll and the cylindrical counter ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6294052 | Efficient press section for paper manufacturing Embodiments of a new press section for paper manufacturing are disclosed, each having a combination of rolls which form at least two press nips, with one roll of each combination being common to two press nips. Also, said embodiments further include two c... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6287427 | Pressing apparatus having chamber sealing A roller unit for a pressing apparatus for processing a continuous web includes a roller having a first circular end, a second circular end and a cylindrical middle surface. An elastic sealing sleeve having a plurality of pressurizable fluid cavities is p... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6248215 | Calender and method for treating material webs in the calender Calender and method for treating a material web. The calender includes a plurality of rolls in which each roll has a rotational axis. The rotational axes of the plurality of rolls are arranged to be substantially located in a press plane, and a plurality ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6245198 | Arrangement of threading in a calender The invention concerns an arrangement of threading of a paper web (W) in a supercalender, which comprises an upper roll (12), a lower roll (13), and a stack of rolls consisting of intermediate rolls (14 . . . 23) and fitted between said upper and lower ro... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6228222 | Press arrangement and method thereof A method for the treatment of a material web and a press arrangement with a plurality of press gaps. A roll has a flexible press jacket supported from an inside, and forms a respective press gap with each of at least two further driven rolls. The drive po... | 05/08/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6210530 | Press section and method for pressing with different shoe press lengths Press section of a machine for producing a fibrous web and process for pressing a fibrous web. The press section may include at least two shoe press units including at least one press shoe and a revolving flexible press belt, a counterpart face, at least ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6200424 | Method and arrangement for calendering a board web An arrangement and method for calendering a board web including a calender providing a hot and hard calendering nip formed by two calender rolls and through which the board web passes. At least one of the calender rolls is arranged to be heated to such a ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6197159 | Paper making machine and method for web transfer In a paper making machine for manufacturing a material web (10), such as in particular a paper or cardboard web, the material web (10) to be manufactured is transferred on the surface of a transfer means (24) to a take-off position (30) in the region of w... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6190506 | Paper making apparatus having pressurized chamber Apparatus and method for forming a continuous web on a forming fabric includes providing a pressurized chamber, processing the forming fabric through the pressurized chamber, and distributing a pressurized flow of a slurry having a first composition in th... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6183603 | Calendering system using hard and soft nips This invention relates to calendering systems. Such structures of this type, generally, employ the use of hard and soft nips to provide excellent smoothness without gloss mottle.... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6136154 | Press section Press section of a machine for manufacturing a fibrous pulp web. The press section may include a press roll, at least one flexible circulating press belt, at least one press shoe, and at least one extended press nip formed to extend in a web run direction... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5989393 | Method and device for guiding a leader of a web in a paper machine The invention relates to a device and method in a paper machine for guiding a web and in particular in guiding a leader of the web. The device operates in a paper machine in the area between a center roll of the press section and a separate press nip in t... | 11/23/1999 |
