Apparatus and method for dewatering a fabric
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMichael Alan Hermans, Frank Stephen Hada
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Abstract
A fabric dewatering apparatus for use after a fabric cleansing apparatus in a paper machine including: an endless wicking substrate disposed for rotation about a dryer roll; the endless wicking substrate and the fabric brought into surface contact as the fabric traverses at least a portion of the dryer roll's circumference; and a wicking substrate dewatering apparatus disposed along the wicking substrate's travel path after the dryer roll.
Claims24
A fabric dewatering apparatus for use after a fabric cleaning apparatus in a paper machine comprising:
- at least one endless wicking substrate disposed for rotation about a dryer roll;
- the endless wicking substrate and the fabric brought into surface contact as the fabric traverses at least a portion of the dryer roll's circumference;
- and
- a wicking substrate dewatering apparatus disposed along the wicking substrate's travel path after the dryer roll.
The fabric dewatering apparatus of claim l wherein the endless wicking substrate is a capillary membrane.
A fabric dewatering apparatus for use after a fabric cleaning apparatus in a paper machine comprising:
- an endless first wicking substrate wrapped about a first dryer roll;
- an endless second wicking substrate wrapped about a second dryer roll, said second dryer roll forming a nip with the first dryer roll such that the first and second wicking substrates are positioned within the nip;
- a fabric disposed in the nip between the two wicking substrates;
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- a wicking substrate dewatering apparatus disposed along the wicking substrates'travel path after the dryer rolls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.