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US 2026/0275635 A1Published application
Dewatering apparatus and process
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsEric James WATKINS, Victoria Grace STRAIN, Roger Scott TELVICK
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Abstract
A capillary dewatering apparatus and/or process, may include a framework with a plurality of apertures, and a flexible member disposed around an exterior surface of the framework, in which an inner surface of the flexible member may be in contact with at least a portion of the exterior surface of the framework and in which the flexible member and the framework may not be bonded.
Claims18
A capillary dewatering process comprising:
- moving a wet web on a top side of a first belt, the first belt further comprising a bottom side;
- contacting the wet web with a top side of a flexible member, such that liquid flows from the wet web through a thickness of the flexible member;
- and
- contacting an exterior surface of a framework with a bottom side of the flexible member, such that the liquid flows from the flexible member to an interior portion of the framework;
- wherein the flexible member is porous;
- wherein the framework comprises a plurality of apertures;
- and
- wherein the flexible member is configured to move independently of the framework.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.