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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2000
Wolfgang Ruf, Herbrechtingen, DE;
Hans Loser, Langenau, DE;
Thomas Dietz, Königsbronn, DE;
Klaus Lehleiter, Steinheim, DE;
Konstantin Fenkl, Rammingen, DE;
Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Abstract
Headbox for a machine and process for forming the same. The headbox includes a plurality of channels arranged in rows that extend across a width of the machine and in columns substantially perpendicular to the rows, at least one lamella positioned between adjacent rows, a fixing point for the at least one lamella, and lamellar supports positioned after the fixing point, relative to a headbox flow. This includes arranging a plurality of headbox channels into rows and columns, positioning a lamella between adjacent rows, fixing an end of the lamella at a fixing point, and arranging lamellar supports downstream of, relative to a headbox flow direction, the fixing point.