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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357847 | Device for drying a paper web A device for drying a paper web includes a structured fabric for carrying the paper web rests during the drying process. A single roll unit includes a suction roll for dewatering the paper web and a press roll for securing the paper web to the structured fabric. The... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7320187 | Device for blowing a fluid on at least a surface of a thin element and associated blowing unit The invention relates to a device for blowing a fluid onto at least one face of a thin element of the band type, comprising, within a containment (2) having a horizontal longitudinal axis (XX′) corresponding to the axis of travel of the band, at least one r... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7241003 | Media drying system having a heated surface and a directed gas flow A drying system and method are provided. The drying system includes a plenum and a gas source in fluid communication with the plenum. A gas flow guide is attached to the plenum and is operable to direct gas flow provided by the gas source. A support includes a surfa... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7062864 | Device for blowing a fluid on at least a surface of a thin element and associated blowing unit The invention relates to a device for blowing a fluid onto at least one face of a thin element of the band type, comprising, within a containment (2) having a horizontal longitudinal axis (XX′) corresponding to the axis of travel of the band, at least one r... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6813846 | Drying device A photosensitive material is dried by radiating heat from a guide plate, having high emissivity, which is disposed along a conveying path and is heated by a ceramic heater. Further, the photosensitive material is dried by a warm air, which is heated by a heater, blo... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6418638 | Dryer control system A control system and method for a dryer used to dry a line of gypsum boards. The control system automates control of the dryer by measuring the amount of water used at the mixer to produce board segments and determining a desired amount of water to be eva... | 07/16/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6280576 | After-dryer in a paper machine A method and arrangement for drying a paper to be surface-treated, in particular fine paper, in an after-dryer in a paper machine. The paper web is first dried in a forward dryer section of the paper machine by one or more groups with single-wire draw tha... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6185836 | Steam-heated roller with cooling system A roller or roll heated by a gaseous heat carrier medium, preferably steam, having axially parallel peripheral passages for use in the pressing or smoothing station of paper making machines is connected to a device for the feeding and draining of the heat... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6119369 | Vacuum preheater for web heating and drying A vacuum-assisted hot plate is used to precondition webs, such as paper webs used in the manufacture of corrugated paperboard. The vacuum-assisted preheater has a web supporting and heating surface separated into four sections, namely: an input section, a... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6110095 | Apparatus for heating corrugated paperboard An apparatus and related method for forming a double face paperboard web are disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention includes a heating section upstream from a drawing section. The heating section includes at least one heating plate having an up... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6088928 | Cloth dryer for a water jet loom To reduce the heating temperature and electric power consumption, maintain the quality of cloth and thoroughly dry the cloth, the cloth is heated and dried while it travels over a press roller, is wound round a surface roller through a pressure contact po... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6050316 | Single facer preheater A single facer including a preheater for conditioning a paperboard web. The preheater is positioned upstream form a corrugating nip and includes an arcuate surface facing the web. A plurality of primary channels are disposed internally within the preheate... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5902502 | Corrugated paperboard manufacturing apparatus and related methods An apparatus includes a take-up downstream from a heating surface for advancing corrugated paperboard sheet along a path of travel adjacent the heating surface; an initial sheet feeder for initially feeding a leading portion of the corrugated paperboard s... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5899002 | Method and arrangement for utilizing energy of drying apparatus for fiber web The drying apparatus comprises two endless bands (1, 2) that are impermeable to air and that have a good thermal conductivity. A fibre web (5) runs between the bands (1, 2) with at least one felt or wire (3, 4). The metal band in contact with the fibre we... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5851288 | Apparatus for marking a continuous substrate A system and a method for marking a continuous substrate, such as a sheathed wire, are disclosed. An aqueous-based ink is deposited onto a continuous substrate passing through an ink deposition means. A gas, heated by a heater and directed by a blower acr... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5847362 | Corrugated paperboard manufacturing apparatus providing controllable heat and related methods An paperboard making apparatus includes at least one heating plate having opposing first and second surfaces; at least one electrically powered heater positioned adjacent the first surface of the heating plate; and a take-up for advancing a corrugated pap... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5839203 | Impulse dryer A method and apparatus for drying a fiber web is provided by pressing the web, preferably by impulse drying and then introducing the web into a gas pressurized zone followed by reducing the pressure in the zone, the reduction preferably being effected wit... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5822880 | Method and arrangement for utilizing condensation water of drying apparatus for fibre web A method and an arrangement for utilizing condensation water of an apparatus for drying a fibre web. The drying apparatus comprises two endless bands (1, 2) that are impermeable to air and that have a good thermal conductivity. A fibre web (5) runs betwee... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5815943 | Method and arrangement for utilizing energy of drying apparatus for fibre web A method and an arrangement for utilizing energy of an apparatus for drying a fibre web. The drying apparatus comprises two endless bands (1, 2) that are impermeable to air and that have a good thermal conductivity. A fibre web (5) runs between the bands ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5779758 | Method and apparatus for forming continuous glass fibers An apparatus is provided for producing a glass fiber package. The apparatus includes a heated bushing for supplying streams of molten glass to be drawn into continuous fibers, a rotatable member adapted to draw the streams into fibers and to wind the fibe... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5589321 | Method of and apparatus for controlling drying of photographic material A method of and an apparatus for controlling drying of a photographic material in which, by controlling respective temperatures of a contact-heating device and warm air, temperatures can be controlled to the minimum temperature necessary to provide the ph... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5487224 | Device for the heat treatment of moving yarns Device for the heat treatment of moving yarns, during, for example, a texturizing stretching operation. The yarn is subject to two successive treatments, one at a high temperature, the other at a normal treatment temperature. The device is one wherein the... | 01/30/1996 |
| 4932139 | Method of and an apparatus for drying a fibre web A method of and an apparatus for a drying fibre web (8) between two metal band (1, 4) moving in the same direction substantially in parallel with each other, whereby the fibre web (8) is led together with a felt (7) between the bands (1, 4), and the band ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4476636 | Boundary air layer modification structure for heat transfer roll The invention relates to a simple mechanical system to effect removal, reduction or change in composition of boundary layered atmosphere associated with web passage around a heat transfer roll. In effect, the purpose of the invention is to eliminate the l... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4420108 | Apparatus for the controlled feeding and taking-off of a thread into and out of a thread treatment section There is described and shown apparatus which is for the controlled feeding and taking-off of a thread 12 into or out of a thread treatment section 2 (for example a heating zone of a heat setting arrangement), and which comprises an externally-driven taper... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4236323 | Heating apparatus for false twist yarn crimping machine A yarn heating apparatus is provided which is adapted for use in a false twist yarn crimping machine or the like. The heating apparatus comprises an arcuately curved heater plate mounted in a generally vertical orientation within a channel in an insulated... | 12/02/1980 |
| 3938261 | Apparatus for improving printing surface of printing material An apparatus for improving the surface of a web of printing material for coating or printing including means to "drag" under pressure the web of material over a surface thereby flattening and aligning in a uniform pattern the fibers of a web of printing m... | 02/17/1976 |
