Abstract: The invention provides a novel impact angle changing shower for spraying a fluid upon a moving belt surface while the belt travels at a selected belt velocity. The shower includes nozzles journaled to rotation about an axis in a plane normal to the belt surface and transverse to the belt direction. The nozzles are continuously supplied with pressurized fluid and direct a fluid stream at a selected nozzle velocity and nozzle angle relative to the plane. The orientation of the nozzles is selected to optimize the desired function namely, to clean the belt surface without damaging the belt fabric or felt, or to penetrate the belt to increase fluid absorption by the belt. The fluid stream nozzle velocity can be decomposed using vector mathematics into two vector components: a belt velocity vector component parallel to the belt direction; and a belt impact velocity vector oriented at an impact angle defined relative to the normal transverse plane.

Abstract: A dryer roll of a paper machine is provided with a doctor assembly, including a doctor blade. A contaminant removal assembly includes a hood mounted in a cantilevered manner to a support extending parallel to the axis of rotation of the dryer roll, and the hood extends downstream from the support and is in sealing contact with the upper surface of the doctor blade to form a channel between the doctor blade, the hood, and the surface of the dryer roll. Air amplifiers are provided at both ends of the hood for creating an airstream extending longitudinally of the hood and exhausting at one end thereof to remove fuzz picked up by the doctor blade on the surface of the dryer roll.

Abstract: A shower for conditioning a press felt or dryer fabric in a paper making machine, including a fixed housing extending laterally of the felt or fabric, and an oscillating conduit assembly in the housing including a plurality of nozzles spaced apart in series on the conduit assembly with each nozzle having a solenoid valve associated therewith and each solenoid valve being independently controlled to selectively open or shut the solenoid valves such that selective spraying of the press felt or fabric can be provided for.

Abstract: This invention relates to a doctor blade assembly which is an improvement of the assembly as taught in U.S. Pat. No. 3,859,690, as well as to an improved pressure finger which can be used in the assembly. The improved finger includes a bearing part on which the finger can be pivotably mounted. Extending forwardly of the bearing part are two spaced apart jaws having inner facing surfaces which define, between them, mounting slots for the doctor blade. The inner surfaces comprise a plurality of parallel, spaced, transverse grooves, with respective ones of the grooves in one surface being aligned with respective ones of the grooves in the other surfaces. The aligned grooves form vertical sets of grooves, and all fingers on the assembly are disposed so that respective sets of one finger are aligned with respective sets in all other fingers to define a plurality of transverse channels or passages.

Abstract: A pressure finger for doctor blade assemblies is reduced in bulk and weight and deflection of a jaw of the finger which is attached to a pressure plate is avoided by the provision of at least one upstanding elongated, symmetrically arranged stiffening flange.