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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. 27, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34117 ; 34119 ; 34123 ; 34124 ;
Abstract
Machine for producing a material web, e.g., paper or cardboard, that may include a dryer section with at least one dryer group and the at least one dryer group may have at least one dryer cylinder, a dryer screen, and a metal belt. The machine may also include a cooling device associated with the metal belt. The material web, the dryer screen and the metal belt may be guided in a meandering path around an outside of the at least one dryer cylinder, and the dryer screen may be positioned between the material web and the metal belt. Further, at least one of the metal belt and the dryer screen may be intensely prestressed.