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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:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Reijo Pietikäinen, Järvenpää, FI;
Henri Vaittinen, Järvenpää, FI;
Heikki Kettunen, Espoo, FI;
Markku Kojo, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Reijo Pietikäinen, Järvenpää, FI;
Henri Vaittinen, Järvenpää, FI;
Heikki Kettunen, Espoo, FI;
Markku Kojo, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Metso Paper, Inc., Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21G 1/00 (2006.01); D21G 9/00 (2006.01); B05B 1/24 (2006.01); B05D 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and assembly is disclosed for moistening a web of paper or paperboard, the assembly comprising a steam blow cavity open toward a moving web (). The steam blow cavity houses spray nozzles () at least for injecting steam into the cavity so as to form a steam atmosphere therein. Additionally, the steam blow cavity houses spray nozzles () for spraying a mist of a heated liquid onto the web () within the thus formed steam atmosphere.