Patents Assigned to Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
  • Patent number: 6077395
    Abstract: Head box for manufacturing a fibrous pulp web. The head box may include a pulp suspension inlet feed device that is sectioned across a width of the head box that feeds a pulp suspension in a feed direction, at least one device having a plurality of entrance ports that produces microturbulences, and an intermediate channel extending across the width of the head box and positioned in front of the at least one device. A plurality of partition units being positionably adjustable into the intermediate channel and being arranged parallel to the feed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Lehleiter, Hans Loser, Wolfgang Ruf
  • Patent number: 6071550
    Abstract: A device for the application of a liquid or viscous medium onto a running opposing surface includes a doctor blade that is mounted on a support beam, whereby the relative positions of the support beam and the opposing surface are adjustable by use of a regulating device. A flexible pressure tubing that is adjustable against the doctor blade is also provided on the support beam. In the process of controlling/regulating the device, the operating condition of the coating applicator is recorded, control values are established on the basis of the recorded results, and the regulating device and/or fluid pressure in the flexible pressure tubing is influenced on the basis of the established control values. Control/adjustments are made in such a manner that the angle of attack between the doctor blade and the opposing surface is maintained at a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Ueberschar, Thomas Klein, Franz Fischer
  • Patent number: 6068582
    Abstract: A roll for use in a paper machine including a bendable roll shell disposed around a continuous roll carrier. The roll shell is supported at least in the radial direction on the roll carrier only in an axial central region. Axially outside the central region, the roll shell and/or carrier are respectively shaped and positioned that there is radial spacing between them for allowing the roll shell to bend in relation to the roll carrier under the weight of the roll shell and the force exerted by the belt, web, or the like, partially wrapped around the roll shell. To improve the behavior of the roll, the roll shell is of such material and/or shaped so that beginning from the central region, the rigidity of the roll shell decreases toward the axial ends of the roll shell in such a way that loading resulting from the dead weight of the roll shell and the operational loading on the roll shell causes desired curvature of the bending line of the roll shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Grabscheid
  • Patent number: 6065396
    Abstract: Press device to treat a fibrous pulp web that may include a shoe press roll and a mating roll. The shoe press roll and the mating roll may be positioned to form a press nip, and at least one endless belt guided through the press nip and forming a substantially non-flexible and rigid drive element at least partially driving the press device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schiel, Andreas Schuette, Wolfgang Schuwerk, Joachim Grabscheid, Werner Leitenberger, Uwe Matuschczyk, Christian Steger
  • Patent number: 6063193
    Abstract: An applicator for direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty medium onto a traveling fiber material web includes a metering slot formed as open-jet nozzle between an approach-side lip and a departure-side lip. The approach-side lip or the departure-side lip features on its end directed toward the fiber web an angled flow guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hess, Zygmunt Madrzak
  • Patent number: 6063241
    Abstract: Consistency-controlled headbox for a paper machine with a common feed line for a pulp slurry, a plurality of feed line sections into which the common feed line branches, and a system for influencing the composition of the slurry flows in each of the plurality of feed line sections. At least one pulp consistency sensor is provided for sectional pulp consistency control, which may be located in a return portion of the pulp distributing line. A weight basis cross-sectional adjustment sensor and controller may also be used; with the pulp consistency controller arranged to operate with a significantly higher sensing rate than the weight basis cross-sectional adjustment controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Munch, Ulrich Begemann
  • Patent number: 6063192
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating a traveling layer of material, in particular paper and/or cardboard. An applicator implement applies a predetermined and proper amount of a liquid or pasty medium onto an outer surface of a first rotating applicator roller which in turn transfers the liquid or pasty medium onto a first side of the moving layer of material just as it is moving through a press nip. A second layer of coating medium is applied indirectly with a second applicator implement onto an outer surface of a second rotating applicator roller from where it is transferred onto the previously coated side of the moving material layer while the first coat of coating medium is still wet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Gottwald, Bernhard Kohl, Albrecht Meinecke, Benjamin Mendez, Michael Trefz, Martin Kustermann
  • Patent number: 6063450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for directly or indirectly applying a liquid or pasty application medium (2) onto one or both sides of a continuous surface (4), wherein the application medium (2) is applied to the surface (4) in a plurality of single application regions by means of a plurality of single application nozzles (12) spaced apart from one another side by side and/or in succession in the direction of width (B) and/or longitudinal direction of the surface (4) and clearly distanced (D) from the surface (4), the application medium (2) emerging from each of these nozzles, wherein adjacent single application regions each intersect (U) at least in part in their respective edge regions, causing a layer of application medium to be produced across substantially the entire width (B) of the surface (4) to be coated. The invention also relates to an apparatus for performing this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Bernert, Rudiger Kurtz, Martin Kustermann, Bernhard Kohl, Hans-Dieter Dorflinger, Benjamin Mendez-Gallon
  • Patent number: 6059929
    Abstract: A three layer headbox for producing a multilayer fiber web. The headbox has top and bottom walls inclined toward each other toward the outlet of the headbox. Top and a bottom separating blades in the headbox, the top blade defining a first chamber toward the top wall, the bottom blade being below defining a second chamber between the blades and also defining a third chamber between the bottom blade and the bottom wall. A respective pulp inlet to each of the three chambers. One of the top and bottom blades being hingedly supported at its upstream end to be adjustable in position for affecting the speed of pulp suspension in respective layers in the chambers affected by the orientation of the blade. The pulp suspension layers passing through a headbox are delivered to a paper machine forming section wire and the three streams from the headbox are combined directly before or upon impingement on the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Hans Dahl
  • Patent number: 6053986
    Abstract: A device to clean a transport belt of a machine for manufacturing a material web, in particular paper or cardboard web, is provided which includes at least one nozzle that can impart a medium under pressure and is designed to rotate on a rotational axis. The device is characterized in that the rotational speed of the nozzle for a gentle cleaning of the transport belt lies in the range of from about 2500 rpm to about 4000 rpm, and for an intensive cleaning of the transport belt in the range of from about 1000 rpm to about 2500 rpm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Oechsle, Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6053978
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator for direct or indirect application of a coating medium onto a traveling material web, notably of paper or cardboard, including a dosing apparatus with a dosing slot configured as an open-jet nozzle and formed between two lips. The applicator also includes a coating edge delimiting apparatus with at least two coating edge delimiting elements that are arranged between the two lips and close off the dosing slot on its side edges, substantially sealing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Bernert
  • Patent number: 6051076
    Abstract: A device for cleaning a transport belt of a machine for manufacturing a material web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, is provided which includes at least one cleaning nozzle working in conjunction with a suction chamber. Thus, the transport belt can be imparted upon with a cleaning medium; and a suction device that is connected to the suction chamber also acts on the transport belt. The device includes at least one auxiliary nozzle from which a treatment medium, preferably fluid, serving to clean the suction device can be introduced into at least one of the suction chamber and a suction line of the suction device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Oechsle, Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6051068
    Abstract: A system for selective treatment of a traveling web, preferably of paper or cardboard, by surface treatment or impregnation in which at least one coater is in the case of web treatment arranged after a dryer group for treatment of the one side of web. At least one further coater for treatment of the other side of the web is arranged before a further dryer group. Noncontact web deflectors are arranged after the coaters and noncontact dryers can be installed retroactively in existing dryer sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Kohl, Stefan Reich, Wilfried Kraft
  • Patent number: 6050392
    Abstract: A device for cleaning a conveyer belt, in particular a dry or wet sieve belt or a felt belt, of a machine for manufacturing a material web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, is disclosed. At least one nozzle that can be directed toward the conveyer belt for spraying this conveyer belt with a gaseous or liquid agent is provided, and the device also includes a bell-shaped cleaning hood surrounding the cleaning nozzle in a sleeve-shaped manner. At least one additional nozzle is provided in peripheral regions of the bell-shaped cleaning hood. A process for cleaning a conveyor belt of a machine utilizing the above device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Karlheinz Straub
  • Patent number: 6036820
    Abstract: Shoe press unit and method for treatment of a fibrous pulp web. The shoe press unit includes at least one press shoe, an opposing surface, a flexible press belt guided over the press shoe, and at least one force element composed of a cylinder/piston unit supported on a carrier. The at least one force element presses the press belt against the opposing surface to form a press zone elongated in a web run direction, and the cylinder/piston unit include a pressure chamber having at least one pair of cylinder/piston subunits successively positioned in the web run direction. Pressure fluid lines are coupled to respective ones of the at least one pair of cylinder/piston subunits to separately supply pressure fluid to each cylinder/pressure subunit to impart a tilting moment long a tilt axis substantially perpendicular to the web run direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schiel, Joachim Grabscheid, Wolfgang Schuwerk, Rudolf Hasenfuss
  • Patent number: 6033477
    Abstract: An apparatus for joining at least one actuator to at least one oblong working unit of a coating system allows translatory and/or rotatory adjustment. The apparatus includes, in one variant, at least one coupling system joining the actuator and the working unit. The coupling system is configured as a force transmission element which, in at least one axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal expanse of the oblong working unit, is bending-elastic. The coupling system is substantially resistant to tension and compression with respect to the actuating direction of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Ueberschar
  • Patent number: 6029927
    Abstract: A reeling machine for winding a web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, for the formation of a wound web roll on a reel-spool, with a reeling drum, which forms a winding nip with the wound web roll and with at least one separating mechanism, which separates the web in a separating area. In the reeling machine, the separating mechanism is advanced before the separating process--as seen in vertical direction--from above to the separating area, which lies at a short distance to the outer periphery of the new reel-spool and/or--as seen in run direction of the web--to the winding nip between the reeling drum and the new reel-spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Wohlfahrt, Thomas Martin, Zygmunt Madrzak, Roland Thomas
  • Patent number: 6029570
    Abstract: Press jacket for a press device that drains a material web in a press nip having a press nip length. The press jacket includes blind holes for water absorption that open to a jacket surface of the press jacket and channels extending at least sectionally in a web run direction being coupled to the blind holes. The channels have a length in the web run direction greater than a length of the press nip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Matuschczyk
  • Patent number: 6030502
    Abstract: Press arrangement for a machine for treating a fibrous pulp sheet. The press arrangement may include a shoe press roll having a flexible press sleeve, a mating roll having a mating roll axis, and a press nip extended in a run direction of the fibrous pulp sheet and formed between the shoe press roll and the mating roll. The press arrangement may also include a non-rotating carrier substantially extending across a machine width inside the flexible press sleeve, a press unit including at least one press shoe supported on the non-rotating carrier via at least one associated force element. The press unit exerts a force against the flexible press roll sleeve. The flexible press sleeve may be arranged to circulate around the non-rotating carrier and to be guided around the at least one press shoe in a press nip area. A portion of the flexible press sleeve, located outside of the press nip area, may circulate in a substantially circular-cylindrical path around a sleeve axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Meschenmoser
  • Patent number: 6029365
    Abstract: A machine for producing a sheet, e.g., paper or cardboard, in which the machine may include a plurality of rolls having a bearing pin located at each end and a bearing device retaining each bearing pin. The bearing device may be utilized to guide the bearing pin on all sides, enabling a base of the bearing device to be arbitrary positioned at an angle 0.degree.<.alpha.<90.degree. with respect to a horizontal reference, e.g., the ground or a base surface. The plurality of rolls may include dryer cylinders and/or sheet guide rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Schmitt, Thomas Mack