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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Laurie Coulson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Kari Juppi, Palokka, FI;
Jaakko Kallioniemi, Muurame, FI;
Pekka Koivukunnas, Järvenpää, FI;
Antti Komulainen, Keuruu, FI;
Juha Lipponen, Kerava, FI;
Petri Norri, Turku, FI;
Assignee:
Metso Paper, Inc., Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/00 ; F26B 1/330 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 3/00 ; F26B 1/330 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a dryer section, comprising at least one dryer group (R) that makes use of single-wire draw and/or twin-wire draw and at least one suction roll ( ) with which the web (W) to be dried is in direct contact. The surface construction of the suction roll ( ) is of a fine structure so that the web (W) can be passed to run over the suction roll ( ) in direct contact with the roll so that the web (W) is not damaged.