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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7678234 | Dewatering arrangement on the press section of a web-forming machine A dewatering arrangement in the press section of a web-forming machine having a press suction roll (10) and a press fabric (13) arranged to run via the press suction roll (10). The dewatering arrangement has a saveall (15), which is insta... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7384508 | Apparatus and method for draining water from a cellulose web An apparatus and a method are provided for draining water from a cellulose web which is formed in a wedge-shaped space defined by two wires, the wires being supported on chamber assemblies including at one time at least one water receiving chamber, the water flowing... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7351309 | Roll in a paper or board machine and a dryer group in a paper or board machine A roll in a paper or board machine has a roll frame or center shaft (15) with bearings mounted at its ends and a groove-like surface structure (10). There is a contact between the surface structure and the center shaft so that an essentially closed str... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7311805 | System for transferring an advancing web from a dryer across a draw to a reel section A system and method for transferring a continuously advancing paper web from a dryer to a reel section is provided. The system includes a first fabric defining a first moving conveyor. The first fabric may be a permeable fabric, which is positioned downstream from t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300553 | Arrangement for a wire section of a paper or board machine A web is formed between two wire loops (13, 14), in a wire section of a paper or board machine, in connection with which dewatering elements (12, 17, 15, 28) are placed and in which water is drained from a stock suspension from between the two wires ( | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294236 | Arrangement for controlling the web in a press section of a paper or board machine An arrangement is disclosed for controlling the web in a press section of a paper of board machine wherein the press section includes a press nip and two fabrics arranged to travel through it. In addition, the press section includes a suction roll with a suction app... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7189309 | Water draining device Water draining device for a paper machine or the like, in particular for a felted press of such a paper machine, including a receiving tank extending at least essentially over the machine width. The receiving tank includes a first chamber that receives arriving wate... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7144477 | Wear indicator for seal strip in a suction box of a paper machine A suction roll assembly includes a suction roll having a perforated shell, and a suction box positioned within the suction roll. The suction box includes a holder, a seal strip adjacent the shell and carried by the holder, at least one target carried by the seal str... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7112258 | Method and apparatus for making a tissue paper with improved tactile qualities while improving the reel-up process for a high bulk web A dry end section for a paper-making machine for producing a high-bulk tissue is provided. Such a machine comprises a through-air dryer adapted to finally dry a paper web and a through-air drying fabric configured to transport the web through the through-air dryer. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7067042 | Twin wire former The present invention relates to a twin wire former in a machine for the production of a fiber web, especially a paper or cardboard web from at least one fiber stock suspension, including a vertical twin wire segment having two wires running over a peripheral area o... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063772 | Apparatus for treating a fibrous web Apparatus for treating a fibrous web that includes at least one supporting surface arranged to support a surface of the fibrous web, and at least one sealing device positionable adjacent a surface of the web opposite the surface of the web supported by the at least ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7008511 | Wire section A wire section in a machine for the production of a fiber web including at least one twin wire former including a revolving continuous inner wire and a revolving continuous outer wire that converge in the area of a forming roll. After the forming roll, viewed in the... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7001486 | Vacuum device for paper web making apparatus A vacuum device for a paper web making apparatus has a housing having an outer web-facing surface and a vacuum channel extending within the housing and having an opening at the web-facing surface. A vacuum source is in fluid communication with the vacuum channel and... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6986830 | Method and a machine for the manufacture of a fiber web A method and machine for the manufacture of a fiber web, in particular of a tissue web or of a hygienic web, in which the fiber web is formed on a soft clothing with fine pores and the clothing is guided over a surface subject to suction and in which the fiber web i... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6984291 | Vacuum box with skimmer blade A process, and an apparatus, for improving sheet properties in a twin fabric paper making machine forming section whereby pressure pulse generation in the stock can be controlled. The pressure pulses are controlled by mounting a vacuum assisted skimmer blade (15 | 01/10/2006 |
| 6982025 | Adjustable resilient blade support An adjustable resilient blade support for use in the forming section of a papermaking machine. The blade support is adjustable, both to allow the attached blade to be moved from a position where it is out of contact to a position where it is pressed into contact wit... | 01/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6942760 | Arrangement in the wet end of a paper machine At the end of the twin wire zone of a paper machine former, a suction box (17) inside the upper wire loop (11) has a curved lid (17′) opposite a roll (18) within the lower wire loop (10). The lid is curved in a run situation so t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6936138 | Apparatus for incorporating feature substances into a paper web A method and apparatus for incorporating feature substances into a still moist but already sufficiently consolidated paper web provides for directing a feature substance suspension onto the surface of the paper web as a laminar jet with low jet pressure. A special p... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6855227 | Paper machine and method of dewatering a fiber web using displacement pressing and through air drying A method of dewatering a fiber web in a paper machine, includes the steps of: dewatering the fiber web in a forming section to a solids content of greater than approximately 10%; displacement pressing the fiber web in an air press assembly to a solids content of gre... | 02/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6740204 | Apparatus for treating a fibrous web Apparatus for treating a fibrous web that includes at least one supporting surface arranged to support a surface of the fibrous web, and at least one sealing device positionable adjacent a surface of the web opposite the surface of the web supported by the at least ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6733634 | Apparatus, system and method for transferring a running web An improved system, apparatus and method is disclosed for transferring a running web from a first carrier fabric to a second carrier fabric in the manufacture of webbed products, such as tissue, paper toweling, and the like. A multi-stage vacuum process applies a va... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6682632 | Roll for a paper or board machine The invention relates to a roll for a paper or board machine comprising axle journals on whose support the roll is arranged to revolve, end flanges with which the axle journals are connected, and a mantle which is connected with the end flanges. The mantl... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6669817 | Device for use in connection with a fabric in a paper machine A device (10) for use in connection with a fabric (F) in a former or a press section of a paper machine comprises sub-assemblies which accomplish at least two of the following functions: guiding, spreading and/or cleaning of the fabric (F). The device (10... | 12/30/2003 |
