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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325331 | Method and equipment for drying a pulp web using hot air of different temperatures The invention relates to a method for drying a fibre-based pulp web (2), and to a drying box (1) used in the method. According to the invention, the drying box (1) contains drying zones (9a-9e), to each one of which h... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7268323 | Heat treating apparatus and heat treating method for sheet-like article To be provided are a heat treatment apparatus having blocking members which block gaps between the side walls of nozzle boxes provided with slit nozzles, whose size in the lengthwise direction is greater than the width of a sheet, and the side walls of a heat treatm... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7074458 | Method of drying a web coated with a solution A coating device for coating a coating solution on a web has a roller and a weir which partially constructs a solution store space. In the solution store space the coating solution is stored. When the web sequentially moves in a direction, the roller rotates and the... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6936137 | Air clamp stabilizer for continuous web materials A device for non-contact support of a continuous moving web of material employs an air clamp stabilizer that includes a Coanda slot and a backstep that is located downstream of the direction of the airflow extending from the Coanda slot. This configuration permits a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6799382 | Method and apparatus for heating nonwoven webs A process for drying/heat-treating nonwoven webs in which the web is partially dried under tension in a first drying zone and further heat treated under low tension or in a substantially tensionless state a second drying zone. The process significantly reduces the o... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6598315 | Nozzle arrangement in airborne web-drying and method for improving heat transfer in airborne web-drying A nozzle arrangement in an airborne web-drying apparatus for drying a coated paper web (10) or the like. The nozzle arrangement comprises at least one overpressure nozzle (14), which is arranged to blow drying air both in the web's travel direction and ag... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6578287 | Substrate cooling system and method A method and apparatus is disclosed for staging or cooling a substrate between high temperature thermal processing steps. In the disclosed embodiment, one or more cooling stations are located off-line within a wafer handling chamber, outside the thermal p... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6493962 | Drying section Drying section of a machine for producing a material web. The drying section includes at least one web guidance device and at least one wire arranged to guide the material web through the at least one web guidance device. The at least one web guidance dev... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6481118 | Dryer with integrated cooling unit and method of operation A dryer for a material web having a surface to which ink is applied, including a housing subdivided into sections, through which a web travel plane extends wherein the material web is transportable, and a cooling and conditioning unit integrated in the ho... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6421932 | Method and apparatus for drying substrate plates While being transferred in substantially horizontal state along a predetermined path of transfer by a conveyer means, a substrate plate is dried by a jet of compressed air which is spurted out from a slit-like mouth of an air knife nozzle crosswise of the... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408537 | Substrate cooling system A method and apparatus is disclosed for staging or cooling a substrate between high temperature thermal processing steps. In the disclosed embodiment, one or more cooling stations are located off-line within a wafer handling chamber, outside the thermal p... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6345453 | Method and apparatus for drying a fiber web The invention relates to a method and apparatus of drying a fiber web (5) which is dried between two tight bands (1, 2) that move in parallel and turn around turning rolls (6a, 6b, 7a, 7b), the first band (1) being heated and the second band (2) being coo... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6293031 | Method and apparatus for drying a coated paper web or the like Method and apparatus for drying a coated paper web (W) or the like web. The apparatus (10) comprises sequentially in the running direction of the web--a turning device (16) arranged on the first side of the web and provided with blow nozzles (20), with wh... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6131306 | Method and apparatus for drying a fiber web An apparatus for drying and smoothing a fibre web between two tight bands that move in parallel and run around turning rolls, the first band being heated with hot steam and the second band being cooled with water, and the fibre web being conducted through... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6073366 | Substrate cooling system and method A method and apparatus is disclosed for cooling a substrate between high temperature thermal processing steps. In the disclosed embodiment, one or more cooling stations are located off-line within a wafer handling chamber, just outside the thermal process... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5987777 | Dry end The invention relates to a dry end for drying a material web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, having at least one drying group with a plurality of drying cylinders and web guiding rollers and at least one nozzle device for transporting the threadi... | 11/23/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5771602 | Method and device for drying a coating on a paper web or equivalent A method and device for drying a coating on a paper web or equivalent in which the direction of running of the paper web is turned, free of contact, by blowings produced by a turning device and the coating on the paper web is dried free of contact by blow... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5765294 | Method and apparatus for feeding and drying a printed paper web A wide printed paper web is longitudinally separated into at least two partial paper webs after the last printing unit of a printing press and before being dried. The plural partial paper webs are dried in a drying device on separate or the same level. Th... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5630285 | Methods for drying a paper web A method and device for drying a paper web in a dryer section having a number of successive dryer groups with a single-wire draw, and being situated after a press section of the paper machine. Each dryer group includes contact-drying cylinders arranged in... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5619927 | Method of printing a material web A method of printing a material web includes the steps of applying ink to the material web, subsequently drying the material web with the use of heat and subsequently drying the material web, and, after cooling and prior to further processing, moistening ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5557861 | Device for drying a material in strip form, in particular paper in strip form Device for drying a material in strip form (1), in particular paper in strip form, including on a frame (2) two series (S1, S2) of drying nozzles (3), delimiting in a plane (P) a corridor for the passage of the material in strip form... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5494529 | Treatment method for cleaning and drying printed circuit boards and the like A method of treating printed circuit boards or other items is provided, wherein a drying apparatus is specifically provided, generally for use as part of a cleaning or other treatment apparatus, but which can be separately provided, if desired. The drying... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5471766 | Method in contact-free air-drying of a material web as well as a nozzle-blow-box and a pulp dryer that make use of the method The invention relates to a method for air-drying material webs, in particular material webs of relatively high grammage such as pulp webs. The invention also relates to a nozzle-blow-box and a pulp dryer that make use of the method. Air blowings in a dire... | 12/05/1995 |
| 4242807 | Paint line flotation oven Heat treating apparatus for continuous painted strip, comprising an elongated, convective heating oven through which painted strip is passed while jets of hot gas are directed against the top and bottom surfaces of the strip to dry and cure the paint film... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4169321 | Waste heat recycling system A heat exchanger heats fresh air moving to a product dryer by running the fresh air around hot exhaust tubes which are discharging from the dryer. Detergent sprays may be positioned to direct cleaning fluid into the tubes. The fresh air is introduced into... | 10/02/1979 |
