Patents Represented by Law Firm Swabey, Mitchell, Houle, Macoux & Sher
  • Anti-static dryer fabric
    Patent number: 4427736
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of dissipating the static charge that is built up by a dryer fabric opeating in the dryer section of a paper making machine, thereby preventing adhesion of the paper to the fabric when it is transferred from one fabric to another. More particularly the invention relates to the addition of an anti-static agent to the coating material which is applied to the dryer fabric. The invention also relates to a dryer fabric coated with a coating material which includes 0.2 to 10% by weight of an anti-static agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: JWI Ltd.
    Inventors: Oliver J. Beacom, Hugh A. Moger