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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Wolfgang Ruf, Herbrechtingen, DE;
Walter Holzer, Hofstetten, AT;
Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Abstract
Stock inlet of a paper machine that includes at least one stock suspension supply, a diffusor block having a plurality of tubular elements, dividing elements which extend across a width of the machine, and a stock inlet aperture having a top wall and a bottom wall. The dividing elements are located between the top wall and the bottom wall, so that a plurality of suspension conduits are formed, which extend across the width of the machine. Further, the stock inlet aperture is positioned one of adjacent one wire and between two wires. The suspension conduits include a first region and a second region disposed downstream of the first region, with respect to a stock flow direction. The first region is formed by flat boundary surfaces which extend across the width of the machine and converge in the stock flow direction, and each of the dividing elements has a sharper convergence of surfaces in the second region than in the first region. The plurality of tubular elements are associated with a turbulence generating element to produce secondary turbulence currents in partial suspension flows conveyed through the plurality of tubular elements. In this way, the secondary turbulence currents overlap a primary current of each partial suspension flow, and all of the dividing elements have a contour and an arrangement so that the second region for each suspension conduit is of equal length and has an identical cross sectional course.