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Headbox with a vertical partition between perforated rolls

US5423948A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 1993
Grant dateJun 13, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21F1/02
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A headbox for a paper machine, with a main chamber through the lower part of which flows fiber suspension in the longitudinal machine direction. The main chamber has on the upstream end a first perforated roll and a machine-wide feed channel as well as on the downstream end a second perforated roll and a machine-wide nozzle type outlet channel. Provided between the perforated rolls is a vertical partition which is vertically adjustable, creating between the bottom of the main chamber and the partition a machine-wide channel section which is variable in its height. The downstream outside surface of the partition has a plurality of abutted curved surfaces, in a fashion such that the clearance of the channel section increases in the direction of flow.

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