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US 7,351,307 B2Granted
Method of dewatering a fibrous web with a press belt
AssigneeVoith Paper Patent GmbH
InventorsThomas Thoröe Scherb, Jeffrey Herman, Luiz Carlos Silva
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Abstract
A method of dewatering a fibrous web in a paper machine including the steps of carrying the fibrous web on a side of a first fabric; contacting the fibrous web with a side of a second fabric, the fibrous web being between the first fabric and the second fabric; and passing air successively through the first fabric, the fibrous web and the second fabric.
Claims34
A method of dewatering a fibrous web in a paper machine, comprising the steps of:
- carrying the fibrous web on a side of a first fabric;
- contacting an other side of said first fabric with an extended nip press belt, said extended nip press belt being permeable;
- contacting the fibrous web with a side of a second fabric, the fibrous web being between said first fabric and said second fabric, said first fabric being between said extended nip press belt and the fibrous web;
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- passing air successively through said extended nip press belt, said first fabric, the fibrous web and said second fabric.
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A method of manufacturing a fibrous web in a paper machine, comprising the steps of:
- forming the fibrous web in contact with a side of a first fabric;
- carrying the fibrous web on said side of said first fabric;
- contacting an other side of said first fabric with an extended nip press belt, said extended nip press belt being permeable;
- contacting the fibrous web with a side of a second fabric, the fibrous web being between said first fabric and said second fabric, said first fabric being between said extended nip press belt and the fibrous web;
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- passing air successively through said extended nip press belt, said first fabric, the fibrous web and said second fabric.
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