Patent · US Expired

Compact press section with closed draw of the web in a paper machine

US5393383A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
15References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 2, 1993
Grant dateFeb 28, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 2, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21F3/04
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a closed press section in a paper machine and comprises a compact combination of press rolls. Several of the rolls define press nips with each other, between which nips the web has a closed draw supported by the face of a fabric. The press section has a center roll in connection with which a press nip or press nips are provided. A closed loop of a transfer band is passed around the center roll. The web is transferred on an outer face of the transfer band after the last press nip in the compact combination of rolls as a closed and constantly supported draw onto a drying wire in a drying section following after the press section. The transfer band loop is made of a transfer band fabric that substantially does not receive water and does not rewet the web. The web-adhesion properties of the outer face of the transfer band fabric are chosen so that, after the last nip, the web follows the transfer band fabric, and so that the web can be transferred as a fully closed draw onto the drying wire. In connection with the loop of the transfer band fabric, means for conditioning of the band and/or safety devices are provided, by whose means an adequate operation of the …

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.