Patent · US Expired

Dehydration machine for pulp, sludges or similar fibrous materials

US4544447A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 27, 1983
Grant dateOct 1, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 27, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21F9/003
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an improvement in a dehydration machine for wood pulp, sludges, or similar fibrous material, composed of a lower strainer operating as a support strainer and an upper strainer operating as the cover strainer, which loop support and reversing rolls and are adapted to pass jointly with the material to be dehydrated coming from a material feed through a wedging section and through pairs of pressing rolls in a pressing section, the improvement comprising a laterally sealed wedging section arranged substantially vertically or at an incline, followed directly by a reversal means provided with a lateral seal, and the pressing section including a group of rolls which at the beginning contains a pair of first and second pressing rolls mounted next to each other, with a pressing roll contacting the second pressing roll.

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