Abstract: A flow management system and process for providing controlled separation and sizing of an incoming flow of wood chips. A flow management screen is provided in the form of a horizontal disk screen having a variable speed drive, with the drive controlled based upon the flow rate of wood chips to the screen. By controlling the rotational speed of the disks of the horizontal disk screen, the flow separation and sizing to subsequent screening stations can be predicted and controlled. As a result, more consistent output is provided, as well as improved system efficiency and ability to accommodate for varying operational conditions and wear.

Abstract: A support spindle apparatus is inserted into the central aperture of a coreless toilet tissue roll to support the coreless toilet tissue roll in a toilet tissue dispenser cabinet having side walls defining at least one elongated, generally vertically oriented slot. The support spindle apparatus includes a double-ended elongated spindle body frictionally engaged with the toilet tissue roll, a roll stop element fixedly attached to the elongated spindle body to positively prevent movement of the coreless toilet tissue roll relative to the support spindle apparatus in a single axial direction, and an enlargement fixedly attached to the elongated spindle body at one end of the elongated spindle body and having a bearing surface oriented toward the roll stop element.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for embossing paper products, such as paper towels or toilet tissue, in which the tensile strength extending in the machine direction is modified such that after embossing, the tensile strength in the machine direction is more nearly equal to the tensile strength in the cross-machine direction. During embossing, selected portions of the embossed pattern are embossed more deeply to fracture fibers extending in the machine direction, thereby modifying the tensile strength in the machine direction. An improved paper product is thereby formed having a machine direction:cross-machine direction tensile strength ratio which is more closer to 1:1.

Abstract: A creping system includes a Yankee dryer rotatable about its axis, a blade support mechanism which includes (a) a pair of guide rails, (b) a fixed attitude linear bearing engaging and translatable along each of the guide rails, each fixed attitude linear bearing being mounted on a block and (c) a combination linear-rotary bearing being carried by each block, the axis of each combination linear-rotary bearing being parallel to the generators of the surface of the Yankee dryer and collinear with the axis of the other combination linear-rotary bearing. A stub shaft engages each combination linear-rotary bearing, each stub shaft being translatable along, and rotatable about, the axis of its respective combination linear-rotary bearing. A blade holder is mounted between the stub shafts, and a blade mounted on the blade holder for engagement with the surface of the Yankee dryer.

Abstract: A composite integral sheet of wrap material which includes a first layer of absorbent material containing fibers bearing foraminous hydrophobic water-vapor-permeable pellicles, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. Additionally, the absorbent layer will include highly absorbent material formed by in-situ crosslinking of a partially pre-neutralized polyacrylic acid. The composite wrap material has a plurality of air pockets formed between at least one of the first or second layers and the polymer layer, by discontinuously bonding the first or second layers to the polymer material. A method of making the composite integral sheet.

Abstract: A motor starter minimizes transient asymmetrical current to an A.C. induction motor during start-up. Desired timing of closing each phase is calculated using the reactance/resistance ratio (X/R) of the motor and calculated capacitive (X.sub.C) and inductive (X.sub.L) reactances and resistances (R) of the motor circuit cable. A target closing angle of the first phase that crosses zero potential of the voltage cycle is determined based on the system X/R ratio, and that phase of the starter is closed individually. After the first phase is closed, the power frequency is used to determine closing of the other phases at 60 degrees intervals corresponding to the X/R-based target timing.

Abstract: Containers and a method for forming such containers having larger brims with reduced brim curl defects is disclosed including providing a plurality of container blanks for forming containers, forming a plurality of container shells from the plurality of blanks, accumulating the plurality of container shells at an accumulation station, subjecting at least an upper periphery of the shells to a humid atmosphere to precondition the shells with the atmosphere preferably including steam, successively removing the shells from the accumulator and subsequently forming a brim curl about an upper periphery of the shell with the shells being subject to the humid atmosphere for a predetermined time period sufficient to form defect-free brim curls by extending the forming strain limits of the paperboard material. This method being carried out by using an accumulator for accumulating the container shells for further processing.

Abstract: Coreless paper roll products are formed by slitting a paper web to form web segments having side edges. The web segments are then wound about an elongated winder shaft. During winding of the paper web, liquid is applied to the web segments only at the side edges thereof while maintaining the web segments free of liquid between the side edges. When the rolls are formed and stripped from the winder shaft, the openings located at the ends of the roll at the roll central aperture will be well defined and allow ready insertion of a dispenser spindle. All the material of the roll can then be dispensed.

Abstract: Roll support spindle apparatus for rotatably supporting a coreless paper roll for dispensing. The spindle apparatus includes relatively movable spindle members, at least one of which is locked against rotation to exert a braking force on the coreless paper roll to prevent free-wheeling of the coreless paper roll during unwinding.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a moving web of sheet material. The apparatus includes a Coanda nozzle having an elongated, curved foil and a slit for directing gas at a high rate of speed along the foil. The gas from the foil impacts a layer of air entrained by the web of sheet material flowing in an opposed direction. Impact occurs within a gap formed between the foil and the web which becomes increasingly restricted in the direction of movement of the web. The entrained layer of air is caused to reverse direction within the gap and is mixed with the gas from the nozzle under turbulent conditions to clean the web and remove particulate material such as dust therefrom.

Abstract: A paper web in a paper machine including a yankee dryer is dried and the moisture profile thereof controlled by arraying a plurality of gas burners in a cross-machine direction within the hood of the yankee dryer to direct heat toward different incremental width portions of the paper web. The burners are independently controlled by a scanning moisture gauge.

Abstract: A system of wrapping and securing together the components of a bulk package including a bottom tray element and a top cap element with an integral web of plastic material. The plastic material, while in a rope-like configuration, is looped about only a single pair of diagonally opposed corners of each of the top cap element and bottom tray element. The tail or terminal end of the web is secured in place by being positioned between a wrap convolution and the bulk package.

Abstract: A beverage cup lid is disclosed that comprises a circular closure panel, circumscribed by a side wall that terminates in a resilient, restricted diameter edge for capturing a brim of a beverage cup, and a frustro-conical skirt connected around the restricted diameter edge for increasing the hoop strength of the edge, and an extended diameter flange circumscribing the free edge of the skirt for further increasing the hoop strength of the restricted diameter edge such that the edge retains the brim with a force of at least 1 pound. The invention is particularly applicable to beverage cup lids formed by a plastic web machine that applies heat to only those areas that are deformed into structural components on the lid (such as the side wall, restricted diameter edge, and skirt), and which consequently results in some amount of wall thinning in the skirt, and hence some reduction in the hoop strength that the skirt gives to the restricted diameter edge that retains the cup brim.

Abstract: A paper toweling which provides a combination of strength, bulk and absorbency while presenting an attractive appearance. Included are a single ply paper towel having areas of light and heavy embossing perforations which form diamond shaped islands of heavy embossing perforations surrounded by intersecting bands of light bosses.

Abstract: An adiabatic saturator receives a sample of exhaust air exiting a yankee dryer hood to determine the humidity of the exhaust air. The humidity is determined by temperature readings of the exhaust air, saturated air exiting the interior of a saturator cell, and water supplied to the saturator cell interior. An air distributor in the saturator cell interior promotes saturation of the exhaust air and a backflush mechanism backflushes the saturator cell interior to keep the water in the cell interior clean.

Abstract: A system of forming a coreless roll paper product in which an elongated coreless paper roll is cut into segments by a saw. Prior to being cut from the elongated coreless paper roll, each roll segment is positioned on a support shaft located on a rotatable turret. The roll segment is severed while being supported by both an elongated mandrel and the support shaft, the blade passing through a space between the mandrel and support shaft. The turret has a number of spaced support shafts projecting therefrom, and rotation of the turret simultaneously brings the support shafts to various locations so that various steps in the operation are performed seriatim and simultaneously.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for rotatably mounting a paper roll product having a central core defining a passageway on a coreless paper roll spindle. The apparatus includes a doubled-ended, elongated adapter spindle of readily deformable material defining a cavity for receiving the coreless paper roll spindle. A projection is affixed to the adapter spindle to restrict axial movement of a paper roll product mounted on the apparatus.