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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6957474 | Suction device for use in a textile machine, especially a water jet weaving installation A suction device for use in a textile machine, especially a water jet weaving installation has a slot between two glide strips for a transport device transporting the textile material that terminates radially inwards in a stationary suction tube into the thicker wal... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6842996 | Segmented air distribution bar An air-knife is described in the form of a segmented air distribution bar equipped with control valves along the length of the bar to enable a user to incrementally adjust the air distribution across the width of an inking roller of a printing press. ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6581298 | Nozzle for fabric dryer A nozzle for a fabric dryer whose cross sectional area tapers from the proximal end thereof to the distal end thereof. The nozzle has a fabric side that is juxtaposed relative to the fabric. The fabric side of the nozzle is provided with a slot that exten... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6427360 | Method for convectively heating permeable material A method for preheating a permeable, thermoformable material having first and second sides includes supplying heated fluid to a fluid distribution system; regulating flow of the fluid such that fluid having a first temperature flows at a first velocity, a... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6397495 | Web steering air flotation device for printing equipment An air bar for steering a web of material has a hollow interior subjected to an air bar supply pressure. At least one air jet exit is connected to the hollow interior of the air bar. A metering device is assigned to the hollow interior of the air bar for ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6202323 | Apparatus for treating material webs Apparatus for treating material webs. For the purpose of treating material webs (10), especially drying them, these are acted on by a (heated) gaseous medium via slot nozzles (13, 14) in the area of a drying chamber (11). Depending on the operating condit... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6199301 | Coating thickness control An air knife mouth arrangement for use in an air knife assembly having a laterally extending mouth through which pressurized fluid passes to operate on a coating applied to a surface of a sheet material passing the mouth in a longitudinal direction to con... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6088931 | Interstation infrared heating unit A dryer is disclosed in a compact design for interstation use on printing presses, particularly lithographic presses. High velocity air is combined with intense infrared radiation to heat, evaporate and scrub vapor from freshly printed substrates. Air und... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6018886 | Effect of air baffle design on mottle in solvent coatings Apparatus for drying coated web material and preferably moving web material comprises a nozzle, means for supplying air to the nozzle and means to distribute the air through said nozzle substantially uniformly across the web width, said nozzle arcing from... | 02/01/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5829166 | Air-cushion nozzle for drying apparatus An air-cushion nozzle for an air-treatment device has a hollow housing having an upper wall formed by a pair of end plates and a central plate. The end plates form with the central plate a pair of generally parallel slots directed upwardly generally towar... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5345696 | Device for hot-air drying of a film printed in a rotogravure machine A device (1) for the hot-air drying of a printed film in a rotogravure machine, comprising a support structure (3) to house a blowing group (4) which blowing group (4) will feed hot air towards a film (2) to be dried, a plurality of pinions (5) mutually d... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5254166 | Strip coating device having jet strippers to control coating thickness A jet stripping apparatus includes two dual-nozzle assemblies (12) which, when in use, are disposed one on either side of an ascending, substantially vertical steel strip (10) which is to be partly stripped of a molten zinc or aluminium/zinc alloy coating... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5022167 | Photosensitive material drying apparatus An apparatus for drying a photosensitive material in the form of a web is provided wherein a slender box-shaped housing defines an interior space having a rectangular slit-shaped transverse cross section in which its thickness dimension is substantially s... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4641504 | Yarn heating chamber A yarn heating chamber is disclosed which comprises a rigid outer housing of U-shaped cross section and including transversely spaced apart side walls, and three plates mounted between the two side walls. A contact pressure gap is formed between the side ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4622761 | Drying apparatus for sheets of material A drying apparatus for sheets of material. The apparatus includes a drying chamber through which a sheet of material which is to be dried is conveyed, and in which the sheet of material is contacted by flowing drying gas. The apparatus also includes a fee... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4609344 | Yarn heating chamber A yarn heating chamber is disclosed which is adapted for thermally processing an advancing yarn. The chamber comprises first and second members each having a discontinuity in the form of a groove, shoulder or the like in a surface thereof, and the members... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4565524 | Sealed yarn heating chamber A yarn heating chamber is disclosed which is adapted for thermally processing an advancing yarn. The chamber comprises first and second members each having a discontinuity in the form of a groove, shoulder or the like in the surface thereof, and the membe... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4280869 | Suction dewatering system with cam actuated adjustable slot A suction dewatering system including a suction device adapted to be connected to a suction source and having a longitudinal opening therein through which suction is applied. A cover is provided for the device including at least two spaced lands to be mou... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4278497 | Suction dewatering system with automatically adjusting suction slot A suction dewatering system which includes a suction device adapted to be connected to a source of suction and having at least one longitudinal opening therein to which suction can be applied. The opening is positioned substantially perpendicular to the d... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4271602 | Air nozzle for a jet dryer An air nozzle for a jet drier has a nozzle slot extending transverse to a moving material web during use and has an elongated nozzle lip which together with the material web forms the boundary of a channel for drying air. The elongated nozzle lip has a pl... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4153236 | Preheating furnace A preheating furnace having a furnace chamber for preheating an extended metal piece, comprising a transportation means for the metal arranged in the furnace chamber, at least one treatment chamber in the furnace chamber for containing and treating the me... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4146361 | Apparatus for hot gas heat transfer particularly for paper drying Regenerative compression-combustion-expansion cycle engines are utilized to generate hot, high pressure gases for heat transfer use. The gas generation equipment includes temperature modulation by water injection, recycle of spent gas, and injection of tu... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4135312 | Film dryer A film dryer is described which has a central vertical film feeding section for downward movement of the film which is introduced at the top and delivered at the bottom, vertical air delivery sections on each side of the film feeding section, each of the ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4125948 | Dryer for printed webs A dryer for a freshly printed web from a gravure printing press achieves greatly improved performance as compared with prior art dryers by the use of the following novel structure and operating features: (1) Air drawn into the dryer housing through the web inl... | 11/21/1978 |
| 3971235 | High production steamer The disclosure relates to an apparatus for steam processing tubular knitted fabric, as in a spreading or calendering operation. The steamer apparatus of the invention is characterized by its ability effectively to impart steam to the fabric at much higher... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3938468 | Apparatus for wiping liquid from a strip This application discloses "wiping" of a liquid, molten zinc, for example, across the surface of a strip to which it adheres. A wiping fluid, such as steam, is directed from an orifice at the strip. A valve, preferably an elongated relieved bar is positio... | 02/17/1976 |
