Dupont Teijin Films U.S. Ltd.

Jos Marnach

Gilles Petitjean

Luc Marie Hubert Andre Nicolai

A segmented vacuum roll comprising an inner assembly on which a plurality of cylindrical sleeve tubes ( ) having apertures over their circumference are rotatably and coaxially mounted side by side, each of said sleeve tubes being individually rotatable and one or several first chambers ( ) formed in said inner assembly and partly defined by a first portion of circumference of said sleeve tubes, said inner assembly comprising linking channels ( ) for linking a vacuum source to said chambers so that said first portion of circumference of said sleeve tubes may be submitted to vacuum. Said inner assembly comprises an inner tube ( ), at least one outer tube ( ) surrounding said inner tube and a plurality of longitudinal walls extending between said inner tube and said outer tube so as to form longitudinal channels ( ).

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Jos Marnach