Abstract: In a cylindrical screen, a screen body has a height greater than its diameter, and is formed of a plurality of portions spaced apart from each other in a direction of the height. Each portion has slits laterally and vertically spaced apart from each other. At least one annular member is situated between two of the plurality of the portions of the screen body to be located radially inside an outer surface of the screen. The annular member has an annular concave formed in a middle thereof extending toward an inner side of the screen from the outer surface of the screen, and a width extending in the direction of the height. The width is greater than a distance of the slits vertically spaced apart from each other. Accordingly, a mat formed on the screen can be easily peeled off.

Abstract: A refiner for separating and beating a material includes a conical type stationary shell including a first beating section; a ring-shaped stationary disc provided on an outer edge of the conical type stationary shell and including a second beating section; a rotational shaft; a conical type rotor attached to and supported by the rotational shaft including a third beating section facing the first beating section to create a gap between the first beating section and the third beating section for the material to pass through; and a ring-shaped rotor disc provided on an outer edge of the conical type rotor and including a fourth beating section facing the second beating section to create a gap between the second beating section and the fourth beating section for the material to pass through.

Abstract: A refiner includes a driving source, a rotating shaft rotated by the driving source, a conical-type rotor attached to the rotating shaft, stators disposed in a casing to face the conical-type rotor. The conical-type rotor has a substantially cone-shape first conical portion and a substantially cone-shape second conical portion, and bottom portions of the first and second conical portions are joined together. The rotating shaft passes through top portions of the first and second conical portions, and the conical-type rotor is attached to the rotating shaft.

Abstract: A screen apparatus includes a casing, a material supply path for supplying a paper-making material into the casing, a plurality of screens disposed in the casing, and a plurality of agitating members provided to the respective screens. The casing is divided into an inflow side of the paper-making material communicating with the material supply path and an outflow side of the cleaned papermaking material. The screen apparatus further includes a papermaking material discharge path for discharging the paper-making material passing through the plural screens and provided on the outflow side, and a foreign material discharge path for discharging foreign material which does not pass through the screens and provided at the inflow side. The screen apparatus can be made compact.

Abstract: In a cylindrical screen of the invention, screen bars are disposed in parallel with intervals therebetween, and the screen has a cylindrical shape having a height larger than a diameter. The screen bars adjacent to each other form each longitudinal slit, and the screen bars are stopped by a ring. In the screen bars, the longitudinal slits are divided in the middle by a member having a width larger than a thickness of the ring in a direction transversely crossing the longitudinal direction of the screen bar. Accordingly, in the cylindrical screen of the invention, a mat formed on the screen can be easily peeled off.

Abstract: A pulp heating apparatus has a heater main body 1 which has a pulp introduction port for introducing pulp, a vapor introduction port for introducing vapor, a disperser for dispersing the pulp introduced via the pulp introduction port under a high temperature and a pulp exhaust port for exhausting the pulp dispersed by the disperser and is arranged in a horizontal direction. The disperser has a spiral vane section which continues spirally around a rotational shaft and discontinuous vane sections around the rotational shaft. The pulp introduction port is provided at a bottom section of the heater main body and is connected to an introduction passage. A screw conveyor is provided on the introduction passage. A forward end of the introduction passage faces towards the spiral vane section.

Abstract: A screen apparatus of the invention is provided with a tank for receiving a papermaking material; a screen situated inside the tank for dividing the tank into a first chamber and a second chamber to separate a foreign substance from the papermaking material; a first supply passage for supplying the papermaking material into the tank; a second supply passage for supplying the papermaking material into the tank; a stirring member disposed between an inner wall of the tank and the screen to stir the papermaking material introduced in the first chamber; a screened papermaking material discharge passage communicating with the second chamber for discharging a screened papermaking material outside the tank; and a foreign substance discharge passage communicating with the first chamber for discharging a foreign substance outside the tank.

Abstract: A screen apparatus is formed of a tank for receiving a papermaking material, a cylindrical first screen for partitioning the tank into a first chamber and a second chamber, an annular second screen disposed in the first chamber, and a rotating member disposed in the first chamber. The first screen has a closed end at one side, an open end at the other side, and a plurality of first openings in a circumferential portion thereof. The annular second screen has second openings in a plate portion and a large opening at the center thereof. The annular second screen is disposed adjacent to the first screen at the side of the closed end, and the rotating member faces the large opening of the second screen and the closed end of the first screen. Also, the rotating member includes first agitating members facing the second screen, and second agitating members facing the second screen.

Abstract: A paper-making screen apparatus for separating foreign matters from paper-making raw materials is formed of a screen having a first annular end plate located at an end; a second annular end plate located at the other end thereof, having a plurality of openings for male screws; a plurality of interval keeping members secured to the first and second end plates to keep an interval therebetween, and having female screws on the side facing the second end plate; a plurality of male screws engaging the female screws; and a plurality of rod-shaped members connected to the first and second end plates, and annularly arranged parallel to each other at certain intervals.

Abstract: A papermaking screen apparatus is formed of a tank, cylindrical first and second screens and a stirring unit, which are disposed inside the tank. The tank holds a papermaking material, and includes a papermaking material inlet at a peripheral portion and a screened material outlet for removing a screened material from a center portion of the tank. The first screen is situated inside the tank to form an inner compartment therein connected to the outlet. The second screen is situated inside the tank and located outside the first screen to thereby form an outer chamber between an inner periphery of the tank and the second screen, and an inner chamber between the first and second screens. The second screen is at least partly overlapped with the first screen along an axial direction. The stirring unit is rotatably situated inside the tank and includes a first stirrer situated in the inner chamber adjacent to the first screen, and a second stirrer situated in the outer chamber adjacent to the second screen.

Abstract: A papermaking screen of the invention is formed of first and second annular supporting members having a plurality of first and second recesses, and space holding members fixed to the first and second annular supporting members to establish a predetermined distance therebetween. In the invention, one or more elongated member groups having a plurality of elongated members are disposed between the first and second annular supporting members. The elongated members are disposed in the recesses and arranged parallel to each other to form a space between two elongated members situated adjacent to each other. Also, one or more intermediate supporting members may be situated between the first and second annular supporting members. The elongated member group may be situated between the first and second annular supporting members, between the intermediate supporting members, and between the intermediate supporting member and the first or second annular supporting member.

Abstract: A double-disc refiner of the invention is formed of a driving shaft having one free end, a rotating disc fixed on the driving shaft and having a first rotating blade provided on one surface and a second rotating blade provided on the other surface thereof, and a crushing chamber surrounding the rotating disc, and first and second a material supply passages. On an inner wall of the crushing chamber, a first stationary blade is disposed to face the first rotating blade, and a second stationary blade is disposed to face the second rotating blade. An end surface of the one free end of the driving shaft is located in the first paper material supply passage, and includes projections to closely face a portion of the first paper material passage to prevent the material flowing through the first material supply passage from entering between the portion and the projections.

Abstract: A refiner is formed of a plurality of first disc members provided on a casing and divided along a circumferential direction thereof; a plurality of first connecting members for fixing the first disc members to the casing; a plurality of second disc members provided on a runner with a rotating shaft, the second disc members facing the first disc members and divided along a circumferential direction thereof; and a plurality of second connecting members for fixing the second disc members to the runner. The refiner also includes engaging members provided on outer peripheral surfaces except for blade faces of the first disc members or the second disc members; and engaged members provided on at least one of the casing or the runner. When the rotating shaft is rotated, loads applied to the first connecting members or the second connecting members can be reduced greatly.

Abstract: A refiner for crushing materials is formed of a main portion, a cover openably provided to the main portion, a partition of the main portion, a rotating shaft provided in the main portion, a circular plate provided to the rotating shaft, annular rotating discs provided to both sides of the circular plate, and fixed discs provided to the cover and the partition, respectively. The refiner also includes a cylinder for holding the rotating shaft, and a feed screw shaft for moving the rotating shaft along an axis thereof. When the cover is opened and the circular plate is moved, the fixed discs and the rotating discs can be easily and quickly attached or detached.

Abstract: A strainer for paper making capable of accomplishing maceration and screening of a paper feedstock with high efficiency and being simplified in structure and manufacturing. The strainer is arranged in proximity to a rotor and formed with a plurality of recesses on a surface thereof opposite to the rotor. Also, a screening apparatus for paper making which uses such a strainer is disclosed.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a paper making screen plate, a plurality of first and second longitudinal members is prepared. Each first longitudinal member has a plurality of first cylindrical projections and at least one first cylindrical recess situated between the first cylindrical projections. The first and second longitudinal members have circular shapes in cross section throughout substantially entire lengths thereof. Both ends of the respective first and second longitudinal members are disposed on and fixed to first and second support members. The first and second longitudinal members are arranged alternately and parallel to each other so that the cylindrical projections of the first longitudinal members abut against the second longitudinal members and the first cylindrical recess forms a slit relative to the second longitudinal member facing thereto.

Abstract: A papermaking screen of the invention is formed of a first annular supporting member having a first annular recess formed at one side, and a second annular supporting member having a second annular recess at one side. The second annular recess has a size corresponding to that of the first annular recess and orients toward the first annular recess. A plurality of space holding members is fixed to the first and second annular supporting members to establish a predetermined distance therebetween. Also, a plurality of elongated members is situated in the first and second annular recesses and arranged parallel to each other between the first and second annular supporting members. At least one of two elongated members situated adjacent to each other has a space forming device thereon relative to the other of the two elongated members. When the elongated members are arranged parallel to and contacted to each other, a space is formed between the elongated members situated adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A paper making screen plate 1 includes first and second support members 31, 32, a plurality of longitudinal members 33 each having an end fixed to the first support member 31 and the other end fixed to the second support member 32, respectively and annularly disposed parallel with each other with gaps t defined therebetween, an intermediate support member 35 interposed between the first support member 31 and the second support member 32, having openings 36 for causing the longitudinal members 33 to pass therethrough and supporting the longitudinal members 33 by being abutted thereagainst, a first interval keeping member 381 having an end abutted against the first support member 31 and the other end abutted against the intermediate support member 35, respectively, and a second interval keeping member 391 having an end abutted against the intermediate support member 35 and the other end abutted against the second support member 32, respectively.

Abstract: A basket for a paper-making screen is formed of a plurality of rod-shape members with a circular cross section, a first supporting member having a plurality of first receiving portions arranged annularly in predetermined constant intervals, and a second supporting member having a plurality of second receiving portions arranged annularly in predetermined constant intervals. The first and second supporting members are located on longitudinal end portions of the rod-shape members and fixed thereto. A space between the rod-shape members includes wide entrance and exit portions, and a narrow middle portion to thereby properly select paper materials through the spaces.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and determining the average value of the foreign materials contained in pulp suspension includes a pulp suspension introducing passage connected to a separating device including a primary chamber and a secondary chamber separated by a screen, the pulp components in the pulp suspension passage pass through the primary chamber, screen, and secondary chamber; a circulation passage connected between the primary chamber's inlet and outlet for circulating the pulp suspension containing the foreign materials in the primary chamber therethrough; and a device for detecting and determining the average value of the foreign materials contained in the circulated pulp suspension, the detecting device being located in the circulation passage.