Patents Assigned to Voith Paper Patent GmbH
  • Publication number: 20070062652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for loading a fibrous suspension containing cellulose fibers with calcium carbonate with the following steps of the method: Introduction of calcium hydroxide in liquid or dry form or of calcium oxide into the fibrous suspension introduction of gaseous carbon dioxide into the fibrous suspension and precipitation of calcium carbonate in spherical agglomerations (49) of crystals by the carbon dioxide. To this end, an arrangement for loading the fibrous suspension containing cellulose fibers is also created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Klaus Doelle
  • Patent number: 7192485
    Abstract: A device (510) for the direct or indirect application of liquid or pasty application medium (516) by means of an applicator unit (512) to a material web (520), in particular of paper or board, comprises a device (570) upstream of the applicator unit (512) in the running direction (L) of the substrate (U) in order to attenuate the air boundary layer (G) carried along by the substrate (U). The attenuation device can in this case comprise a sealing element (570) which is pressed in a sealing manner against the substrate (U) and rolls on the latter substantially without slippage, and/or can comprise an electrode arrangement and/or can comprise an ultrasound source and/or can comprise a resilient diaphragm element acting without contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bernert Richard, Méndez-Gallon Benjamin, Ueberschär Manfred
  • Patent number: 7192507
    Abstract: Machine for producing a fibrous material web and process for guiding the web through the machine. The machine includes a wire section, a drying section, arranged downstream of the wire section with regard to a web travel direction, having at least one free web draw, a first and second shoe press separated in the web travel direction, and an upper felt and a lower transfer belt arranged to guide the fibrous material web through the second shoe press. The lower transfer belt is structured and arranged to transfer the fibrous material web to the drying section, and the material web is guided in a closed draw from the wire section to a first free web draw, with regard to the web travel direction, in the drying section. At least one high-performance drying device is positioned before the first free web draw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Begemann
  • Publication number: 20070057019
    Abstract: A heatable roll having a smooth, hard surface for the production and/or treatment of a fibrous web, in particular a paper, board or tissue web, comprises a base tube made of weldable steel, to which at least one welded layer which has a higher hardness than the base tube is applied. Moreover, a process for the production of such a roll is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Baumeister, Peter Wiemer, Hans-Rolf Conrad, Ralf Beckers, Christian Loeffler, Jochen Autrata, Heiko Linder, Olaf Dries, Andreas Essling, Franz-Josef Michelkens
  • Patent number: 7189309
    Abstract: Water draining device for a paper machine or the like, in particular for a felted press of such a paper machine, including a receiving tank extending at least essentially over the machine width. The receiving tank includes a first chamber that receives arriving water and is under ambient pressure, and a second chamber that is connected to the first chamber and is under vacuum, into which the water collecting in the first chamber is aspirated and from which the water is eventually drained. A water receiving device of improved efficiency is also provided by forming a water receiving device by at least one suction channel projecting into the wedge-shaped area between the upper press roll and the dewatering belt, and extending transverse to the pulp web, which suction channel is connected to a source of reduced pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Steiner, Robert Wolf, Hans Prinzing, Gerhard Kotitschke, Jürgen Banning
  • Publication number: 20070051250
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (12) which is used to press a pressure shoe (10) against a counter surface, comprising at least one at least partially flexible pressure body (16) which is supported on the bearing body (14), said pressure body comprising at least one cavity (18) which can be impinged upon by pressure fluid in order to produce a predetermined pressing force over a corresponding pressure body volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Mueller, Ewald Welp, Andreas Schuette, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Ralf Pfifferling, Wolfgang Meyer-Grevendick
  • Patent number: 7182721
    Abstract: Deflection controlled roll that includes a rotating roll jacket, a rotationally fixed yoke arranged to axially pass through the roll jacket, and at least one hydrostatic support element arranged on the yoke to exert a supporting force on an inner side of the roll jacket. The at least one hydrostatic support element includes a pressure space, a hydrostatic pocket, and at least one restrictor or capillary coupled to the at least one hydrostatic pocket. The pressure space is structured and arranged to receive pressure fluid to charge the at least one hydrostatic support element, and the at least one restrictor or capillary is structured and arranged to convey pressure fluid to the at least one hydrostatic pocket. The pressure space and the at least one hydrostatic pocket are structured and arranged to be separately supplied with pressure fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf van Haag
  • Patent number: 7179347
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of fiber stock for the production of paper or cardboard, including the steps of: a) Supplying fibers in the form of a suspension that has a predetermined solids content, b) Loading of the fibers with a precipitation product, without refining the stock, c) Refining of the fibers after completion of the loading process, in order to improve the freeness value and/or to alter the fiber characteristics, and d) Transporting of the fiber stock suspension in direction of the paper machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: VOITH Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Rheims, Oliver Heise, Klaus Doelle, Ronald Sigl, Werner Witek
  • Publication number: 20070029231
    Abstract: An apparatus and method serves, e.g., to deaerate, clean or screen a fibrous suspension and is provided with a closed housing and a rotor arranged centrally therein. The rotor puts at least a part of the fibrous suspension guided into the housing into a rotational flow. The fibrous suspension flowing into the housing through the inlet is put into rotation by a guide element acting hydraulically. This increase the efficiency of the apparatus and prevents disturbing turbulences in the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: VOITH PAPER PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin BINDER, Axel GOMMEL, Anton SELBHERR
  • Patent number: 7169258
    Abstract: A device treats a fiber stock suspension with at least one additive, the fiber stock suspension being used for production of at least one of paper and cardboard. The fiber stock suspension includes a suspension medium and a fiber material. The fiber material has fiber surfaces, the fiber surfaces being moistened by the suspension medium. The device includes a fluffer having an inlet for receiving at least one of the fiber stock suspension and the at least one additive. The fluffer is coupled to the inlet, the fluffer being configured for separating the fiber material and enlarging a specific surface of the fiber surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Rheims, Klaus Doelle, Oliver Heise, Werner Witek, Shawn Flanigan, Robert J. Matz
  • Patent number: 7169101
    Abstract: Deflection compensation roll and process for reducing vibrations in deflection roll. The roll includes antifriction bearings, a roll jacket supported in an area of its axial ends on the antifriction bearings, and hydraulic supports arranged to hydraulically support the roll jacket parallel to a working plane. A damping device, positioned next to each antifriction bearing, is structured and arranged to act essentially perpendicular to the working plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf van Haag
  • Patent number: 7166194
    Abstract: A water jet cutter for separation of a trim strip from a moving paper, cardboard, tissue or other type of fiber web, in a machine for the production and/or conversion of the fiber web, including at least one nozzle whose water jet is directed onto the fiber web. An advantage of the present invention is to simplify the construction of the device while maintaining at least equal operational reliability, and to enable installation above a pulper in order to eliminate the necessity for removal and extraction systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Straub, Michael Sollinger, Ralf Pfifferling
  • Patent number: 7162953
    Abstract: Roll arrangement that includes a deflection controlled roll and a counter roll. The counter roll and the deflection controlled roll are arranged to form at least one nip. The deflection controlled roll includes a rotating roll jacket, a carrier axially passing through the roll jacket, and support elements arranged between the roll jacket and the carrier. A plurality of the support elements, located at a nip side of the deflection controlled roll, are structured and controllable so that at least some of the plurality of support elements assume a position retracted from the roll jacket during a start-up operation of the deflection controlled roll. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Eugen Schnyder, Joachim Hinz, Dirk Cramer
  • Patent number: 7152634
    Abstract: Method and device for removing wires or tapes from pressed bales of raw material, in which the wires or tapes are arranged to form at least one point of intersection on at least two opposite bale sides. The method includes bringing the bales into an unwiring position, automatically determining a position of the at least one point of intersection, positioning a coiling device over the at least one point of intersection, severing the wires or tapes, and removing the wires or tapes from the bale by coiling the wire or tapes. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Peters, Eduard Gabanski, Alfred Pickel
  • Patent number: 7151380
    Abstract: Sensor and process for measuring mass of water on a sheet forming fabric. The sensor includes a microwave element positionable to couple an electromagnetic field into a stock layer to be measured, and a microwave signal generator coupled to the microwave element to generate, in the microwave element, a microwave signal having a frequency lower than a relaxation frequency of water. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Pekka Typpö, Rudolf Münch, Thomas Ischdonat, Oliver Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 7150110
    Abstract: A method an apparatus for manufacturing a fiber web, in particular a web of tissue or hygiene material, provided with a three-dimensional surface structure, whereby the fiber web is pressed at a dry content of <25% onto an imprinting fabric by way of a first pressure field and is thereby pre-imprinted and is subsequently once more pressed onto an imprinting fabric by way of a further pressure field for further dewatering and drying in order to fix the three-dimensional surface structure and strength. Moreover, the dry content is achieved by a favorably priced apparatus instead of by a TAD drying apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, David A. Beck, Thomas Thoröe Scherb
  • Patent number: 7149650
    Abstract: A system for computer assisted monitoring of a cross profile of a quality parameter of a material web, especially a paper or cardboard web during its production and/or conversion, which includes a measuring system for measuring the cross profile, at least one computer based operations and logic unit for the determination of the standard deviations of at least two interference profiles that are representative for different interferences in the form of different peak groups in the measured cross profile. The different peak groups differentiate in that their peaks have different width ranges. Elements for storage, display and/or further processing of the determined standard deviations are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Grabscheid, Klaus Hermann, Thomas Augscheller, Florian Wegmann, Roland Mayer, Georg Kleiser
  • Publication number: 20060273208
    Abstract: A pulper to pulverize and suspend paper stock. The pulper includes a container open at the top with a cylindrical side wall and a driven rotor that is arranged in an off-center manner to the center of the container. The base of the container can be inclined toward the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Naoyuki IWASHIGE
  • Patent number: 7144348
    Abstract: A web unit for planet gear sets for the mounting of planet gears including a first web element and a second web element, which are tightly connected and can be tensioned in axial direction by transmission or connecting elements progressing in axial direction and describing a theoretical connecting axis. Each transmission or connecting element has regions of differing radial dimensions, the front faces of the regions, thus formed and facing the individual web elements, form a first and a second contact surface, resting either directly or through an intermediate element against the contact surfaces in contact regions, formed by the front faces of the web elements facing each other. At least one element forming a contact surface of a contact region includes a profile. The profile is characterized in the radially external region by at least one region of greater axial extension in the direction of the theoretical connecting axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Tillmann Korner, Gerhard Meier-Burkamp, Konrad Langenbeck, Timm Schwammle, Christian Gloggler
  • Patent number: 7146279
    Abstract: A device for measuring at least one property of a material web, in particular a paper or board web, includes movable measuring probes provided on both sides of the web, which can be pressed against the web with preferably at least substantially equal force, forming a respective air pad, elements for measuring the air pads, in particular the air pad thickness, on both sides, and at least one property sensor, in particular a paper property sensor, fitted to a measuring probe supported by an air pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Pekka Typpoe, Rudolf Muench, Thomas Ischodonat