Patent · US Expired

Drying section

US6493962B2 · kind B2 · utility

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45Claims

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Assignee

Voith Paper Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Kahl · Gerstetten, DE
Markus Oechsle · Heubach, DE
Roland Mayer · Heidenheim, DE
Eddie Bowden · Heysham, GB
Robert Procter · Heysham, GB

Key dates

Filing date	May 11, 2001
Grant date	Dec 17, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 11, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD21F5/18
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Drying section of a machine for producing a material web. The drying section includes at least one web guidance device and at least one wire arranged to guide the material web through the at least one web guidance device. The at least one web guidance device is structured and arranged to direct pressurized gas at the material web so that, in a web travel direction, the material web is alternately lifted from the at least one wire and resting against the at least one wire.

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