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Refining segment for a rotatable refining disc, and a refining apparatus comprising a refining disc with such refining segment

US6957785B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 2001
Grant dateOct 25, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21D1/306
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for use as a portion of a refining surface of a rotatable refining disk is disclosed. The apparatus includes a refining segment having a periphery and being mountable on a rotatable refining disk in juxtaposition with an opposing refiner disk for treating lignocellulosic material in the gap between the disks, and at least one cleaner protruding from the periphery of the refining segment between that periphery and the refiner housing surrounding the refiner whereby lignocellulosic material is cleared from the outer periphery of the refining disk upon its rotation.

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