Shoe press

US6126789A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Christian Schiel · Heidenheim, DE
• Andreas Schuette · Sielsdorf, DE
• Wolfgang Schuwerk · Leutkirch im Allgäu, DE
• Joachim Grabscheid · Gerstetten, DE
• Werner Leitenberger · Schlier, DE
• Uwe Matuschczyk · Geislingen, DE
• Christian Steger · Konstanz, DE
• Wolf-Gunter Stotz · Ravensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2000
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D21F3/0218
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A shoe press, in particular for a paper machine, comprising a pair of rolls, with one roll having a flexible roll sleeve that rotates around a stationary carrier and support devices, the flexible roll sleeve having axial end areas and being mounted on a carrier in a radially rotatable manner at each of its axial end areas over the support devices, each roll having a shoe with a flat support surface, the support surface of the shoe of one roll supporting an interior side of the roll sleeve, the support surfaces being arranged essentially parallel to each other to create a press opening therebetween, and at least one of the support devices being radially flexible, and in particular elastic.