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Extended nip press arrangement

US4561939A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 26, 1984
Grant dateDec 31, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21F3/045
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A paper machine press with a web being picked off a forming wire and passed through a first two roll nip sandwiched between upper and lower felts, the web transferred to the lower felt and then to a felt of a second press with the second double felted press being an extended nip type formed between an upper roll and a lower concave shoe with a relieved leading edge and a water impervious belt passing through the nip sliding over the shoe with the belt being guided on an annular stationary guide, the web transferred to the upper felt following the extended nip by a suction shoe within the felt and thereafter the web being transferred to a fifth felt.

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