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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363813 | Temperature and moisture probe A probe for measuring the temperature and moisture of a gas has an aspirated flow passage with a configuration that causes the gas to have turbulent flow and, therefore, to mix. A dry bulb thermometer and a wet bulb thermometer positioned in the flow passage downstr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7067039 | Method and equipment in connection with a paper machine or a paper web finishing apparatus A variable representing runnability of a paper web to be manufactured with a paper machine or processed with a finishing apparatus is measured and the speed difference between operational groups of the paper machine and/or the finishing apparatus is adjusted on the ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6998021 | Arrangement for paper machine, and blow box In a paper machine which comprises process elements and a measuring beam, the measuring beam is arranged at least at one paper machine process element so that a measuring device for measuring quality properties of a paper web is arrangeable in the measuring beam. Th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6802658 | Transfer assembly and a dryer operationally associated with the transfer assembly A dryer for drying photographic material and a transfer assembly for transferring processed photographic film from a processor to the dryer. The dryer comprises a path through which the photographic material extends wherein at least one slack loop is provided in the... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6746163 | Slack loop dryer for drying photographic material A photographic processor and a dryer for drying photographic material. The dryer comprises a path through which the photographic material extends wherein at least one slack loop is provided in the photographic material. An adjustable roller is provided along the pat... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6705778 | Photographic processing apparatus for photosensitive material A photographic processing apparatus includes a photographic paper processing bath train. A drier, positioned downstream from the train, heats air and dries the photographic paper. Feeding racks feed the paper in a predetermined travel path which begins on an upstrea... | 03/16/2004 |
| 5383289 | Textile drying system A drying system for drying textiles. The textile drying system includes an enclosed dryer having heating elements located therein, a feed system for continuously feeding textiles through the dryer, and a dehumidifier for directing conditioned air into the... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5377428 | Temperature sensing dryer profile control A drying control system and method for obtaining a substantially uniformly dried low moisture content web efficiently with reduced energy usage in a papermaking process is provided. The drying rate of the web in this process is precisely controlled by det... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5341580 | Method for drying wood strands A method for drying wood strands and the like is shown and described. In a preferred embodiment, the strands are fed onto a conveyor which then moves the strands as a bed through a dryer housing. The housing may be partitioned into various zones and level... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5219109 | Level control method for spliced strip materials having different unit weights In a level control method of controlling levels of a series of mutually joined materials when the materials pass through a catenary zone, whenever the joint travels a given length in the catenary zone, a plurality of optimum catenary curves are calculated... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5203092 | Drying apparatus and its control device for rotary printing press In the drying apparatus for rotary printing press for drying the ink on the printed paper which has a direct fired deodorizing apparatus (8) and a heat recovery apparatus (9) for heating the hot air circulating in a drying apparatus (1) by using the exhau... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4999667 | Method of controlling drying in photographic processing apparatus A drying control method in a photograph processing apparatus for controlling the drying conditions through feed control of a photosensitive material in a photograph processing apparatus which is comprised of a printing section to print an image on the pho... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4914835 | Method of and apparatus for drying photographic light-sensitive material in photographic processing machine In a method of drying a photographic light-sensitive material by use of drying air, the amount of light-sensitive material which can be processed within a predetermined time at a set temperature of the drying air is compared with the totalized amount of t... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4663862 | Web tension control device provided at a vertical drier for cloth web The present invention relates to a web tension control device provided at a vertical drier for cloth webs, in which the cloth web is guided by means of conveyor means located in front of the lower cloth web inlet and after the lower cloth web outlet and b... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4521931 | Method for threading filaments on rollers of oxidizing furnace and apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for threading acrylic filaments on rollers of an oxidizing furnace, wherein (a) the atmospheric temperature in the furnace is maintained at 180° C. to the oxidizing temperature, (b) the tips of said filaments are fastened to a fila... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4495712 | Paper making machine dryer section drive A plurality of electrical driving motors for the rolls in cooperative upper and lower tiers of a paper machine dryer section are coupled with respective dryer rolls in what may be a one-motor-to-one-roll relation, the rolls of each tier being wrapped and ... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4154004 | Apparatus for monitoring the draw-in procedure and the tearing-off of sheets of material in dryers, particularly jet dryers This invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus for monitoring the drawing-in operation and the tearing-off of a sheet of material in a dryer, wherein a sheet of material to be dried is guided over continuously-rotating screen-type conveyor belts... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4135310 | Apparatus for the treatment of webs of material An apparatus for the treatment of material in the form of webs, usually textile webs, with a heated treating fluid, e.g. hot air for the drying of the material, comprises a drum having a perforated periphery adapted to receive the web from a so-called flo... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4069775 | Yarn tension compensating mechanism The invention provides a roll over which a sheet of dyed and dried yarns passes from a drying chamber. During operation of the apparatus, the roll is maintained in a position diverting the yarns out of a straight path, creating a surplus in the path. When... | 01/24/1978 |
