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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis C Cronin, Rockton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Beloit Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
162306 ; 1623581 ; 162363 ; 162374 ;
Abstract
A curved suction box apparatus is disclosed for guiding a web towards a nip of a nip press. The apparatus includes an initial shoe which is disposed upstream relative to the nip, the shoe defining a convex surface for guiding the web. A box is disposed downstream relative to the initial shoe for guiding the web from the initial shoe. The box is connected to a partial vacuum.