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Pocket ventilator device and method

US9605381B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 2015
Grant dateMar 28, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21F5/042
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and a method for ventilating an offset pocket space located in a drying section of a papermaking machine, the offset pocket space being situated between three axially parallel drying cylinders over which a paper web consecutively runs, a first and a third of the drying cylinders being vertically spaced from a second of the drying cylinders, the method comprising creating a positive pressure zone between the body and the felt between the third cleft and the second cleft.

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