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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7146745 | Apparatus and process for servicing underground electrical power distribution cables An apparatus and a process of removing moisture in situ from a generally tubular outer insulation jacket about an underground electrical power distribution cable having opposite end zones in combination with a mating terminator in fluid sealing relation on one of th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6557269 | Method and device for reducing the volume or pressure of a fluid which is driven through an opening by moving surfaces The invention relates to a method and device for reducing the volume or pressure of a fluid which is driven through an opening (3, 17) by moving surfaces. According to said method, the opening (3, 17) is divided in at least two flow channels (5, 6, 14) by... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6257520 | Noncontact web transporting apparatus A tension determining apparatus that is arranged above cylindrical air chambers determines tensions at both edges of a web before the web enters helical routes of the cylindrical air chambers. Middle direction changing air chambers among three direction c... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6161370 | Transport belts for transporting yarn An endless transport belt made of thermoresistant synthetic filaments for transporting yarn is described, which yarn is wound around a plurality of transport belts in the form of loops, said transport belts being arranged polygonal in cross section. In or... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6076281 | Web finishing section in a paper machine A web finishing section in a paper machine including a dryer section having one or more dryer groups, a calender and a reel-up. The calender is placed at least partly underneath the reel spool storage space of the reel-up so that the reel-up is placed sub... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5235758 | Cable drier A device for force-drying an instrumented, multi-strand cable such as a seismic marine cable, consists of a reel having a slotted core around which the carcass of a cable is wrapped. A source of warmed, dehumidified air is blown into the interior of the c... | 08/17/1993 |
| 4788777 | Dry kiln wood spacing sticker A sticker for spacing wood products apart vertically in a dry kiln is formed as an elongated, hollow, internally reinforced extruded rectangular profile of synthetic resin reinforced with glass fiber. The internal reinforcement is provided by one or more ... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4478625 | Apparatus for producing and collecting glass fibers Apparatus for producing and collecting continuous glass filaments is provided comprising: feeder means for supplying a plurality of streams of molten glass to be drawn into filaments; means for applying a liquid to said filaments; a rotatable member adapt... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4414756 | Method and apparatus for treating strand-like material An improved method and apparatus for treating strand-like material is described. The method comprises conveying loops of such strand-like material supported by conveyor means through a heating zone wherein provision is made for causing certain portions of... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4199870 | Method for preventing sticker marks on architectural grade plywood and lumber Herein disclosed is an improved method of kiln drying architectural grade plywood and lumber which has been treated with a water borne agent. The improved method utilizes coated wire mesh as the kiln stickers. Use of the coated wire mesh stickers greatly ... | 04/29/1980 |
