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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132338 | Energy-efficient yankee dryer hood system A paper machine configured as a swing machine capable of producing both light and heavy grades providing a Yankee hood split into a wet end half and a dry end half, at least one hood half being a flex-hood half wherein the supply for that half is capable of being ru... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7404875 | Modified creping adhesive composition and method of use thereof A modified creping adhesive composition, comprising an adhesive component and at least one terpene modifier, and its use in the production of creped paper products by a process which includes the steps of adhering a paper web to the surface of a drying cylinder and ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7171763 | Dryer control method and dryer using the same A dryer and a dryer control method using a sensing unit and a timer to vary drying operations depending on the state of drying laundry are disclosed. The method for controlling an automatic dryer having a drying part including a heater, a fan, and a drum includes th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7080634 | EGR cooler An EGR cooler has tubes and a shell for enclosing the tubes. Cooling water is supplied into and discharged from the shell and exhaust gas from a diesel engine is guided into each of the tubes so as to conduct heat exchange of the exhaust gas with the cooling water. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7055262 | Heat pump clothes dryer A drying apparatus for drying articles such as clothing is provided. The drying apparatus includes a chamber for containing articles to be dried and a system for supplying heated dry air at a first temperature to the chamber. The air supplying system comprises an ai... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6942758 | Method and equipment for tail threading in the dryer section of a paper machine or a similar machine A method and equipment for tail threading in a paper machine in which tail threading is carried out in stages: the web is guided to the broke treatment at a selected dryer, a cut is formed in the web to separate a ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920704 | Drying method for a printer The invention provides a method for drying a web of media in a printer such as a wallpaper printer. The method includes the step of loading the web in a path that traverses a compartment in a dryer in the printer. The compartment has an opening across the top. The w... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6869506 | Apparatus for dewatering a paper web and associated system and method An apparatus for decreasing heat emission and enhancing a vacuum system in a papermaking machine is provided. Such an apparatus includes a drying device having an inlet for receiving heated air for removing moisture from a paper web and an outlet for exhausting the ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6773551 | Device for determining the characteristics of a running material web Method and apparatus for determining characteristics of a running material web, the apparatus including at least one measuring device. The at least one measuring device is movable and has at least two degrees of freedom of movement. Each of the at least two degrees ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6732453 | Method and apparatus for arranging exhaust air and supply air in a drying section A method and an apparatus for arranging exhaust air and supply air in a drying section covered with a hood (14) in a paper machine, having drying cylinders (10) or the like and devices operating by negative and positive pressure. The exhaust air from t... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6725569 | Device and method for ventilating an offset pocket space in a papermaking machine The device (10) and method are used for ventilating an offset pocket space (12) located in a drying section of a papermaking machine by injecting air from a heated dry air supply inlet (11). The offset pocket space (12) is situated betwee... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6718654 | Device and method in connection with the manufacturing of paper or cardboard Device for a drying section useful in the manufacture of paper or paperboard as a fibrous web. The drying section includes a drying drum rotatable about a first axis of rotation and arranged such that the fibrous web runs in contact with a surface of the drying drum... | 04/13/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6668469 | Removal device Device and process for removing a fibrous material web from a drying section of a machine for producing and/or refining the fibrous material web and into a catch device. The drying section includes heated drying cylinders, guidance rolls, and at least one... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6662468 | Dryer section of a paper or board machine A high speed dryer section has single-wire draw drying groups (R1, RN). A paper or board web (W) is supported by a wire (F) as it meanders over drying cylinders (20) in an upper row and reversing cylinders/rolls (21) in a lower row. ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6615509 | Apparatus and a process for drying a paper web An apparatus for drying a fibre web of paper or paperboard is provided. The apparatus includes an adjustable heated press nip including at least one pressure device. The pressure device includes a roll, supporting one side of the web and at least two pres... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6609310 | Method and apparatus for safety control of the drying cycle in hydrocarbon-solvent dry-cleaning machines The method for safety control of the drying cycle in hydrocarbon-solvent dry-cleaning machines, comprising, in the first step of the drying cycle, when the temperature of the mixture of hot air and solvent at the outlet of the drying drum reaches values w... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6581301 | Paper drying machine A paper drying apparatus to dry a paper web carried on a fabric sheet includes a first rotatable drum to carry a paper web. A second rotatable drum is positioned downstream of the first drum with respect to the paper web carried by the first and second ro... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6490813 | Drying and smoothing unit for webs of fibrous material A process and a device for drying and smoothing a web. The process uses an apparatus including at least one dryer section having a plurality of heated cylinders and a calender having a plurality of smoothing nips, and includes guiding the web over the plu... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6446356 | Method of controlling the drying process in a drying section of a paper machine or the like A method for controlling the drying process taking place in the dryer section of a paper machine. The dryer section comprises at least one drying cylinder unit and at least one air impingement unit. Optimal evaporation is first compiled in a manner known,... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6397493 | Machine for producing and/or treating a material web An apparatus for at least one of producing and treating a material web is provided including at least one wire; an outer sealing belt, which is wider than said at least one wire, comprising a pair of lateral edge regions; at least one heatable unit, havin... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6368459 | Method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper or board A method and apparatus for coating a moving web of paper or board from on sides with at least one coat layer. The coat is applied to the web by means of a film transfer coater (12) and next the web is passed to a dryer cylinder group (4) via an air-cushio... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6351896 | Method and apparatus for drying a fiber web A method and apparatus for drying a fiber web, in which the fiber web is dried between two tight bands moving in the same direction and turning around turning rolls. The first band is heated and the second band is cooled by a cooling chamber. The cooling ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6209224 | Method and apparatus for making a throughdried tissue product without a throughdrying fabric A method for making throughdried tissue products includes a throughdryer which functions without a throughdrying fabric. The tissue web is formed in a conventional manner and dewatered to a high consistency prior to being transferred to the surface of the... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206995 | Moving-web slack reducing system including a deformable tension roller A moving-web slack reducing system including a deformable tension roller, such as a brush-type tension roller having an outer surface defined by the ends of a plurality of bristles. The slack reducing system may be deployed in a preheater assembly for a m... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6154978 | Apparatus and method for confirming initial conditions of clothes drying equipment prior to start of drying cycle A method and apparatus for confirming the initial conditions of a clothes dryer prior to the start of the drying cycle is provided. The clothes dryer comprises a drying chamber with air inlet and outlet ports. A blower powered by a first motor is arranged... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6090243 | Process for preparing a web of paper fibers Improved method of removing water from a wet web of paper includes the steps of (a) passing the web and its supporting fabric above and in sliding contact with a surface of a meniscus separator unit having a plurality of spaced cells in contact with the i... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6038789 | Method for controlling the curl of paper and a paper or board machine line that applies the method A method for controlling the curl of paper in which steam treatment and/or moistening of the paper web is/are carried out after the calendering process being performed in the calender. In processes in which calendering is not employed, the curl is control... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6021581 | Method of drying a paper web in a paper-making machine at speeds greater than 6000 feet per minute A method of drying a fiber web in a paper-making machine includes the step of providing a heated dryer roll which carries the fiber web. The dryer roll has a shell consisting essentially of compacted graphite cast iron. The dryer roll is rotated such that... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6003245 | Method for optimizing of evaporation drying of paper, runnability, and of paper quality as well as dryer section that makes use of the method in a paper machine A method and arrangement for evaporation drying of a paper web in which the web is dried in three successive stages I, II and III that are carried out in the direction of progress of the web as follows: in the first stage (I), the web is heated in a short... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5950329 | Method of and apparatus for drying a fiber web The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for drying a fiber web, whereby the fiber web (5) is dried in a cylinder drying unit (12) and in a band drier unit (11). The cylinder drying unit (12) and the band drier unit (11) are arranged one abov... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5933978 | Method of and apparatus for drying a fiber web The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for drying a fiber web, whereby the fiber web is dried in a cylinder drying unit (12) and in a band drier unit (11). The fiber web (5) is led from the cylinder drying unit (12) to the band drier unit (... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5933980 | Method for controlling curl with dryer aircaps The dryer section in a papermaking machine has a single tier of all top felted dryer rolls six to nine feet in diameter. Air caps are employed over the dryer rolls to simultaneously dry both sides of the web to prevent curl and to increase drying rates. T... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5875530 | Tentering process Fiberglass mesh is tentered by conveying the mesh in sliding relation over counter-rotating heated rollers or oscillating heated bars. The mesh is pulled over the rollers or bars and is slit and tightly wound, all in-line.... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5799411 | Steam blast box method for the zone-wise temperature control of a traveling paper web A steam blast box for applying steam to a web of paper conducted over a roll of a paper machine. The box has a closed steam blast chamber which extends along the roll transverse to the direction of travel of the web and to which steam can be fed. The fron... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5758556 | Method and arrangement for cutting a leader of the web in a paper or board machine in the drying section of the machine A method for cutting the leader of the web in a paper or board machine in the dryer section of the machine by a jet of pressurized water. The web is placed against the drying wire when it is being cut, and the jet is directed at the web from the free side... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5746009 | Temperature control in a paper machine dryer A process and apparatus for controlling the surface temperature of a drying cylinder of a paper machine, in which air may be admixed with the steam introduced into the drying cylinder to adjust the partial steam pressure. The mixture ratio of air and stea... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5718060 | Method of and apparatus for controlling moisture content of a web product at the time of changing the grade of the web product on a paper machine A paper-making process control system is provided for a paper making machine to simulate a web drying operation performed by the drying sections of the paper machine, in order to enhance the reliability of controlling operation in the web product grade ch... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5699626 | Capillary dewatering method Disclosed is a method for reducing the moisture content of a paper web in a papermaking process from in the range of 10% to 32% dry to the range of 33% to 50% dry wherein the embryonic web is supported on a knuckled through drier fabric and lightly presse... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5636452 | Paper drying machine and method for drying a paper web in a paper drying machine A paper drying apparatus including a first rotatable drum, wherein the first rotatable drum has an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter and a second rotatable drum having an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter. A fabric sheet for carrying a paper web... | 06/10/1997 |
