Abstract:
A multi-ply bias laid ribbon is formed by an apparatus and a method in which at least one web is spirally wound onto a flat, vertically disposed mandrel as the web discharges at a helix angle from a web guiding and folding bar means. The latter is carried in a circular path about the mandrel and shifted vertically at substantially the speed of travel of web receiving mandrel belts during application of the web onto the mandrel belts.
Abstract:
An apparatus for making molded pulp products is disclosed wherein foraminous molds disposed over openings in a liquid impervious belt are moved through a channel beneath the surface of a flowing furnish and suction is applied to draw liquid through the molds and deposit a layer of pulp on each mold. A stationary boundary surface of the furnish channel has an arcuate configuration conforming to the catenary of the belt, and includes suction grooves oriented to subject the molds to continuous suction as the molds are moved along the boundary surface.
Abstract:
Condensate rimming the inner surface of the shell of a rotary dryer is removed with steam exiting from the interior of the shell through a plurality of orifices into an exhaust manifold within the shell, whence it is exhausted to the exterior of the shell. To assist in removal of the condensate, a plate attached to the manifold forms a plurality of flow channels substantially parallel to the surface of the condensate. The cross-sectional area of the flow channels decreases in the direction of flow of the steam so that steam driven from the interior of the shell is accelerated along the surface of the condensate over a substantial distance to shear water from the inner surface of the shell and entrain the water in the steam as the steam passes through the orifices into the manifold.
Abstract:
A MULTI-PLY RIBBON IS FORMED BY APPARATUS IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE WEB OF MATERIAL IS WOUND SPIRALLY ABOUT A MANDREL AND THEN STRIPPED AND FLATTENED. TO REDUCE INERTIA AND GYROSCOPIC FORCES ENCOUNTERED WHEN UNWINDING A WEB PARENT ROLL ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS WHILE IT IS SPINNING RELATIVE THE MANDREL ABOUT ANOTHER AXIS, THE PARENT ROLL IS MOUNTED IN A ROTATABLE CARIER AT ONE END OF THE MANDREL WITH THE RESPECTIVE AXES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR. THE MANDREL MAY BE SUSPENDED FROM THE CARRIER AND DRIVEN IN A DIRECTION REVERSE TO THAT OF THE CARRIER SO THAT THE MANDREL REMAINS STATIONARY RELATIVE TO NIP ROLLS. THE PREFERRED RIBBON IS FORMED OF BIAS LAID, SUPERIMPOSED PLIES OF CREPED TISSUE AND HAS THE SURFACES OF THE RIBBON TEXTURED BY SPACED DEPRESSIONS AT WHICH FIBERS IN ONE PLY ARE INTERLOCKED WITH FIBERS IN AN ADJACENT PLY.
Abstract:
A REINFORCED LAMINATED NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND WEB PILES OVERLAID WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE MACHINE DIRECTIONS DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND WITH RESPECT TO THE LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS OF THE FABRIC. THE FIRST AND SECOND WEB PILES ARE REINFORCED BY RESPECTIVE FIRST AND SECOND PILES OF FLUIDIZING MEDIUM, THE EXOTHERMIC-TYPE CRACKING GAS AND AN INERT GAS TO MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE REACTION ZONE BETWEEN ABOUT 1100*C. AND 1250*C.
Abstract:
AN ADHESIVELY LAMINATED KRAFT PAPER PRODUCT OF IMPROVED RESISTANCE TO RUPTURE IS FORMED FROM AT LEAST TWO SUPERPOSED KRAFT PAPER WEBS BONDED ONE TO THE OTHER WITH AN ADHESIVE DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID WEBS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SELECTED PATTERN OF LINES. THE WEBS ARE BONDED TOGETHER IN LIMITED REGIONS BY SUBSTANTIAL UNBONDED REGIONS. EACH WEB IS IN A DIFFERENT CONDITION OF STRESS IN A COMMON DIRECTION IN THE PLANE OF THE PRODUCT.