Patents by Inventor Luiz Carlos Silva

Luiz Carlos Silva has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Press Section and Permeable Belt in a Paper Machine
    Publication number: 20080210397
    Abstract: A belt press for a paper machine, the belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and a permeable belt. The permeable belt has a first side and is guided over a portion of the exterior surface of the roll. The permeable belt has a tension of at least approximately 30 KN/m, the first side has an open area of at least approximately 25% and a contact area of at least approximately 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Thoroe Scherb, Hubert Walkenhaus, Jeffrey Herman, Luiz Carlos Silva
  • PRESS SECTION AND PERMEABLE BELT IN A PAPER MACHINE
    Publication number: 20080196855
    Abstract: A permeable belt, a belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and the permeable belt, and a method of drying or pressing a web with the permeable belt. The permeable belt can be tensioned to at least 30 KN/m. A side of the permeable belt has an open area of at least approximately 25% and a contact area of at least approximately 25%. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: VOITH PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey HERMAN, Thomas Thoroee Scherb, Luiz Carlos Silva, Hubert Walkenhaus
  • Patterned press fabric
    Publication number: 20080163998
    Abstract: A press fabric having a plurality of surface pressing plates on a sheet side of the fabric imparts an impression onto a sheet of paper web during a pressing process. The surface pressing plates are preferably resin pressing plates, and form at least one of a random pattern of dots, a predetermined pattern of dots, a grid pattern of dots, a regular grid pattern of lines, an irregular grid pattern of lines a plurality of squiggly lines, a plurality of wavy lines, a plurality of straight lines, words and pictures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Crook, John Jeffery, Lippi A. Fernandes, Anthony Morton, Justin Payne, David Ponton, Luiz Carlos Silva
  • PAPER MACHINE DEWATERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080128104
    Abstract: A paper machine dewatering system includes a first fabric, a second fabric, and an airflow device. The first fabric carries a fibrous web on a side thereof. The second fabric is in at least partial contact with the fibrous web, the fibrous web being between the first fabric and the second fabric. The airflow device moves air successively through the first fabric, the fibrous web, and the second fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Thoroe Scherb, Jeffrey Herman, Luiz Carlos Silva
  • Method of dewatering a fibrous web with a press belt
    Patent number: 7351307
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Jeffrey Herman, Luiz Carlos Silva
  • Dewatering apparatus in a paper machine
    Patent number: 7297233
    Abstract: A dewatering system in a paper machine includes a dewatering fabric and a press. The dewatering fabric includes a woven permeable fabric and a polymeric layer having openings therethrough, the polymeric layer is connected to the permeable fabric. The press applying pressure to a portion of the dewatering fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Luiz Carlos Silva
  • Press section and permeable belt in a paper machine
    Patent number: 7294237
    Abstract: A belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and a permeable belt having a side in pressing contact over a portion of the exterior surface of the roll. The permeable belt having a tension of at least 30 KN/m applied thereto. The side of the permeable belt having an open area of at least approximately 25%, and a contact area of at least approximately 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Luiz Carlos Silva