Patents by Inventor Helmut Steib

Helmut Steib has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Drying section with an adjacent finishing roller
    Patent number: 5551164
    Abstract: A drying section of a papermaking machine includes several drying groups with at least one drying screen each. At the end of one drying group and/or at the beginning of the next following drying group, a finishing roller is utilized. A finishing nip is formed between one of two finishing rollers and a finishing roller and a drying cylinder of an adjacent drying group. Only the paper web is conveyed through the finishing nip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Brunnmair, Alfred Bubik, Harald Hess, Herbert Holik, Werner Leitenberger, Thomas Merath, Johann Moser, Helmut Steib, Elmer Weisshuhn