Patent · US Expired

Multiple shoe press for a paper making machine

US5709778A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 30, 1996
Grant dateJan 20, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 30, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21F3/0218
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to a shoe press for removing water from a traveling fiber web. The shoe press includes a planar backing surface, and a shoe assembly disposed adjacent to the backing surface. The shoe assembly and the backing surface form a press nip therebetween extending in a running direction of the traveling fiber web. Four felts extend through the press nip and carries the fiber web through the press nip. The shoe assembly includes a plurality of shoes disposed adjacent to each other in the running direction of the fiber web, with each shoe being configured to apply a selected and independent compressive force against the at least one felt and the fiber web.

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