Abstract: Process and device for drying paper webs, with the process being utilized for drying voluminous paper webs, destined in particular for use as toilet paper, with at least one heated press being used for drying the wet paper web, with the undesirable delamination of the paper web, when it leaves the compression gap, caused by the sudden expansion of the flash steam, being purposefully used in order to improve the volume and softness of the thus produced paper. Several devices are also set forth for implementing the process, these devices having both short and elongate compression gaps.

Abstract: A method for washing a fibre suspension including the steps of feeding the suspension into an annular displacement space, supplying a fluid through a permeable outer surface of the space, rotating the space to establish a fibre layer between the fluid supplied through the permeable outer surface of the displacement space and a remaining part of the fibre suspension.

Abstract: In order to improve a coating plant for workpieces, in particular for vehicle bodies, comprising a coat application section, a coat drier section following the application section and comprising a drier booth arranged at a higher level in relation to the coat application section, a skid conveyor on the inlet side passing through the coat application section, the skid conveyor moving workpieces mounted on skid frames through the coat application section at a process feeding speed for the application of the coating, and a drier conveying device following the skid conveyor and conveying the skid frames with the coated workpieces mounted thereon through the coat drier section, such that this is simpler in its construction than the known coating plants it is suggested that the drier conveying device be a drier conveyor following the skid conveyor and moving the skid frames at the process feeding speed along a skid frame path through the coat drier section, that the drier conveyor extend beneath the skid frame path

Abstract: A headbox for a paper machine is characterized by having: at least one machine-wide channel region which defines a main direction of flow; a region for the production of turbulence; a plurality of feed lines distributed over the machine width and discharging into the headbox channel region; an adjusting device in each feed line for controlling the quantity of flow; an angle .alpha. between the main direction of flow and the feed line; and the angle .alpha. being selected in such a manner that, regardless of the amount fed by the feed line, the total volumetric flow in the region directly downstream of the feed line remaining constant.

Abstract: Pinch valves having a flexible, constrictable sleeve are used to control a dilution headbox for a paper making machine. A variety of pinch valves may be used in the present invention with the pinch valves being actuated by pneumatic or hydraulic pressure or by mechanically pinching the valves' sleeves by means of rams driven by stepper or linear drive motors. For pneumatic control, dynamic differential pressure drops are measured across the valves to determine flow rate through the valves. A pinch valve, referred to herein as a torsional pinch valve, is disclosed for dilution headbox control. In one form, a first end of a sleeve is fixedly mounted in a support frame and the second end of the sleeve is mounted for rotation in the frame. A driver rotates the second end of the sleeve such that a flow path through the sleeve is controlled. The flow path is a maximum when no torsion is placed on the sleeve and is reduced to substantially zero by sufficient rotation.

Abstract: A trough assembly for the delivery of gob to mould cavities in a glassware forming machine comprises an upwardly facing trough and a downwardly facing deflector which are supported in the machine by a hanger. The hanger comprises a supporting member which can be fixed in the frame of the machine, a first flexible hanger member extending axially in a bore of the supporting member and a second rigid hanger member fixed to the first flexible member. The trough and the deflector are supported by the second hanger member and small adjustments of their position may be obtained by flexing of the flexible member and movement of the rigid member in the bore of the supporting member.

Abstract: Molded fibrous workpieces of various cross sectional configurations are coated with a polymeric latex foam coating material to encapsulate fibers and dust within the exterior surfaces of the workpieces. The foam coating is applied by passing the workpieces through a coating chamber filled with the polymeric foam so that the workpieces are totally immersed in the foam coating as the workpieces pass through the chamber. Openings for introducing the workpieces into and discharging the workpieces from the chamber have a configuration complementary to the transverse configuration of the workpieces. The foam coating is introduced into the chamber both above and below the path of the workpieces through the coating chamber to assure that the coating chamber remains fully charged with the foam coating. Brushes or wiper blades spread the foam coating over the exterior surfaces of the workpieces.

Abstract: A method for assembling a spaced flat panel display screen having a first plate and second plate, each with an internal facing surface that are opposing comprises the steps of positioning spacers on the internal facing surface of the first plate, positioning the second plate so that the internal facing surface of the second plate contacts the spacers, heating the spacers to a temperature causing soldering of the spacers to the plates, pulling the first and second plates apart to stretch the spacers to a predetermined distance, and cooling the spacers.

Abstract: In a compact frame assembly for a press having a top roll (5) and a bottom roll (4), the ends of which are supported in bearing housing members, each bearing housing member (16) for the bottom roll (4) has a head portion (53) of substantially T-shaped cross section, and each bearing housing member (17) for the top roll (5) has a foot portion (54) of inverted substantially T-shaped cross section. The foot portion stands on the head portion, and two sturdy channel bars (34, 35) are pivotally mounted laterally of the head portion and the foot portion, one on each side. The channel bars may be swung into clamping engagement with the cross bars (55) of the two tees to connect the head portion (53) to the foot portion (54).

Abstract: A method and device in the regulation of a headbox. The headbox includes a pulp inlet header, after the pulp inlet header, seen in the pulp flow direction, a distributor manifold whose pipes are opened into an intermediate chamber. The headbox comprises an attenuation chamber placed in connection with the intermediate chamber and, after the intermediate chamber, a turbulence generator having tubes which are opened, at their outlet end, into a discharge duct and, at their inlet end, into the intermediate chamber. In the method, into different positions along the width of the headbox, a pulp suspension flow is introduced, the concentration of this flow is adjustable by combining two component flows. In the method, in the regulation of the concentration of the flow passed into the pulp suspension, two component flows are combined by into the pulp suspension flow introducing an additional flow. The mixing ratio of the combined flow is regulated by adjusting the additional component flow.

Abstract: A control for a glass forming machine having at least one controlled mechanism which will generate position feedback signals representative of its position, comprising control profile means for generating a profile for each mechanism to be controlled, means for transforming the profile either into control signals for the mechanisms to be controlled or into simulated position feedback signals, a screen, and display means for receiving either the position feedback signals or the simulated position feedback signals and for generating display signals for the screen, and means for commanding operation either in a machine mode wherein the transforming means will transform the profile into the control signals and the display means will receive feedback position signals from the controlled mechanisms or in a simulation mode wherein the transforming means will transform the profile into the simulated feedback position signals and the display means will receive the simulated positoin feedback signals.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for temporarily separating a web from one of the two wire belts in a twin wire zone in a paper making machine. In the twin wire zone, the negative pressure from a suction box is applied to the first wire belt for temporarily deflecting and separating the first wire belt and the web from the second wire belt and the wire belts then returning to contact the web following the suction box. The wire belts are then successively separated from the web by an appropriate guide and take up device. The take up device may comprise a press which includes a press nip defined by one of a suction roll over which the second wire in the web is passing or another type of roll or a flexible support device like a rotating press jacket. A smooth surface, such as that of a roll, forms a press nip with the support device for the second wire belt and after that press nip, the web adheres to the smooth surface to be transported further through the machine.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for continuous galvanizing of a linear element wherein controlled flow of molten zinc onto the linear element is effected through one or more nozzles, whereby galvanizing may be accomplished without immersion of the linear element in molten zinc. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus of the invention comprises an annular nozzle having a central opening through which the linear element is axially advanced. The nozzle is configured to provide a converging, generally frustoconical curtain of molten zinc flowing continuously onto the exterior surface of the linear element.

Abstract: A process and an apparatus for recovering clay and fiber from papermaking sludge. The sludge is dried, milled, and separated into distinct clay and fiber components. The fiber component of the sludge is then used as an alternative fuel source. The clay component can be used as recycle into the papermaking process, a masonry additive, or for any other suitable purpose.

Abstract: An intermittent coating apparatus for intermittently coating a continuously running base member with a coating material includes a nozzle for discharging the coating material toward the base member and an absorption unit for controlling a flow of the coating material. The nozzle has a slit opened toward the base member and a manifold connected to the slit. The absorption unit includes a head having an inlet, an outlet, and a passage connecting the inlet and the outlet. The head is located in a housing. The absorption unit also includes a driving unit for sliding the head in the direction of a shaft located in the housing. By the sliding operation of the head, an absorption space is formed between an end face of the head and the manifold. In order to stop the coating operation, the supply of the coating material from an external supply opening to the inlet of the head is stopped by the sliding movement of the head.

Abstract: A spraying system comprises a conveyor for conveying a series of boards through a spraying station, spray nozzles at the spraying station and a mechanism for controlling spraying from the nozzles onto the board located at the spraying station. The control mechanism comprises a sensor for sensing the speed of the conveyor, a photoelectric cell for sensing the presence of a board on the conveyor and a logic unit which is positioned and arranged for calculating the length of the board in response to signals from the sensor and photoelectric cell. The logic unit is arranged to activate a supply of liquid flux to the nozzles when the leading edge of the board reaches the spraying station and the nozzles are reciprocated across the conveyor as the board is advanced. Sensors control the nozzles so that spray is delivered only onto the board and is stopped as the nozzles reach the side edges of the board.

Abstract: The problem of unevenness of bottle temperatures at the entry of slow annealing furnace due to the variation of time periods necessary for respective bottles discharged from an IS bottle manufacturing machine to reach the annealing furnace has been solved by an equalization of the time periods. For this purpose, the bottle discharging order from the IS bottle manufacturing machine is controlled and use is made of two conveyors having different running speeds and/or direction of running. As a result, a precise temperature control in the Hot-End-Coating apparatus provided upstream from the annealing furnace can be carried out owing to the equalized temperatures of bottles entering into the annealing furnace.

Abstract: A throttle device for stock suspensions in a paper machine including a feed line, a drain line and a spatially variable cavity connecting the feed line and drain line with each other. The cavities provided with a plurality of nestable walls in which the nesting effects a lengthening of the flow path.

Abstract: An operating mechanism for a glassware forming machine is located on a horizontal table of the machine. A locating sleeve is secured to a lower face of the table and serves to determine the vertical alignment of the operating mechanism while a clamping device determines the vertical location of the mechanism.

Abstract: An individual section glassware forming machine in which each section comprises a section module, which supports operating mechanisms of the machine, and a piping module through which the necessary air supplies are passed to the section module. The two modules are both mounted for movement into and out of operative position. When in operative position the section module is connected to the piping module and the piping module is connected to a transverse manifold which conveys the air supplies to all the sections.