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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1997
James S White, Shaftsbury, VT (US);
Edward C Kirchner, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Morrison Berkshire, Inc., North Adams, MA (US);
Abstract
A finishing assembly which includes an outside treatment roll for treating both sides of an endless web without having to remove, turn inside out and reload the endless web onto the finishing assembly. The outside treatment roll is movable and adapted to contact the endless web within an opening defined between a pair of cantilever beams such that the 'minimum loop length' of the endless web is preserved. The finishing assembly includes a movable non-contacting treatment assembly which is adapted to be arranged between the cantilever beams such that the non-contacting treatment assembly may be used with or without the outside treatment roll to facilitate different finishing processes.