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Method and apparatus for opening a nip in an extended-nip press

US5496442A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 1994
Grant dateMar 5, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21G1/022
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for opening a nip in an extended-nip press in which a nip is formed by a pair of rolls. A loading shoe of the loading members of an extended-nip press roll in the nip is shifted to an open position and apart from the glide-belt mantle when the nip is opened. An inner end-flange part of the end flange is operatively coupled with bearing means of a glide-belt mantle and is rotated in a direction parallel to the face of a central axle of the extended-nip press roll, whereby the glide-belt mantle is removed from contact with a back-up roll since a central axis of the end-flange part is located at a distance from a central axis of the extended-nip press roll.

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