Apparatus for processing paper stock

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR PROCESSING, AND REDUCING THE TEMPERATURE, OF WATER-BORNE PAPER STOCK WHICH COMPRISES AN ANNULAR STATOR MEMBER, A DISC-LIKE ROTOR MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITHIN AND ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE STATOR MEMBER, THE PERIPHERY OF THE ROTOR MEMBER BEING SPACED FROM THE STATOR WALL TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR PASSAGE THEREBETWEEN, A DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FLARED HOLLOW FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ABOVE THE STATOR MEMBER, THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT BUT SPACED FROM THE UPPER INNER PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE STATOR MEMBER, SAID STATOR, ROTOR AND FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER FORMING AN UNOBSTRUCTED PROCESSING CHAMBER ABOVE THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE ROTOR MEMBER, MEANS TO SUPPLY WATER-BORNE PAPER STOCK THROUGH SAID FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER TO THE CENTER OF THE ROTOR MEMBER, MEANS TO ROTATE THE ROTOR MEMBER TO DRIVE THE STOCK IN SHEET FORM OVER THE SAID PASSAGE BETWEEN THE ROTOR AND STATOR MEMBER AND UPWARDLY OVER THE INNER SURFACE OF THE STATOR MEMBER, THE STOCK ENGAGING SURFACES OF THE ROTOR AND STATOR MEMBERS BEING GRANULAR, THE INNER WALL OF THE STATOR MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY DIRECTED, GENERALLY V-SHAPED, GROOVES TO DISCHARGE THE STOCK AGAINST THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER WHEREBY THE STOCK EMERGING FROM THE GROOVES PASSES IN PART UPWARDLY ALONG THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER AND THE REMAINDER OF THE STOCK IS DIRECTED BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE ROTOR MEMBER, AND MEANS TO PROPEL AIR THROUGH SAID PASSAGE BETWEEN THE PERIPHERY OF THE ROTOR AND THE STATOR MEMBERS AND INTO AND THROUGH THE SHEET OF STOCK AS IT PASSES OVER SAID PASSAGE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR PROCESSING, AND REDUCING THE TEMPERATURE, OF WATER-BORNE PAPER STOCK WHICH COMPRISES AN ANNULAR STATOR MEMBER, A DISC-LIKE ROTOR MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITHIN AND ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF THE STATOR MEMBER, THE PERIPHERY OF THE ROTOR MEMBER BEING SPACED FROM THE STATOR WALL TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR PASSAGE THEREBETWEEN, A DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FLARED HOLLOW FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ABOVE THE STATOR MEMBER, THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT BUT SPACED FROM THE UPPER INNER PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE STATOR MEMBER, SAID STATOR, ROTOR AND FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER FORMING AN UNOBSTRUCTED PROCESSING CHAMBER ABOVE THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE ROTOR MEMBER, MEANS TO SUPPLY WATER-BORNE PAPER STOCK THROUGH SAID FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER TO THE CENTER OF THE ROTOR MEMBER, MEANS TO ROTATE THE ROTOR MEMBER TO DRIVE THE STOCK IN SHEET FORM OVER THE SAID PASSAGE BETWEEN THE ROTOR AND STATOR MEMBER AND UPWARDLY OVER THE INNER SURFACE OF THE STATOR MEMBER, THE STOCK ENGAGING SURFACES OF THE ROTOR AND STATOR MEMBERS BEING GRANULAR, THE INNER WALL OF THE STATOR MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY DIRECTED, GENERALLY V-SHAPED, GROOVES TO DISCHARGE THE STOCK AGAINST THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER WHEREBY THE STOCK EMERGING FROM THE GROOVES PASSES IN PART UPWARDLY ALONG THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE FRUSTOCONICAL MEMBER AND THE REMAINDER OF THE STOCK IS DIRECTED BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE ROTOR MEMBER, AND MEANS TO PROPEL AIR THROUGH SAID PASSAGE BETWEEN THE PERIPHERY OF THE ROTOR AND THE STATOR MEMBERS AND INTO AND THROUGH THE SHEET OF STOCK AS IT PASSES OVER SAID PASSAGE.