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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Alan Hermans, Neenah, WI (US);
Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner, Appleton, WI (US);
Frank Stephen Hada, Appleton, WI (US);
Ronald Frederick Gropp, St. Catharines, CA;
Marek Parszewski, New London, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 5/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 5/18 ;
Abstract
The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust air from one or more throughdryers to further heat the web at various places in the process.