Apparatus for preparing paper stocks

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR ALTERING THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF FIBROUS MATERIAL COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A HOUSING FOR A ROLL-ENCLOSING MATERIAL-RECEIVING CHAMBER AND HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH FOR ADMITTING THE FIBROUS MATERIAL INTO THE CHAMBER AND AN OUTLET THEREFROM FOR THE EXITING OF THE ALTERED STOCK FROM THE CHAMBER, AT LEAST FOUR HOLLOW COARSE GRANULAR-SURFACED POROUS MOISTUREPERVIOUS STOCK AGITATING ROLLS DISPOSED IN SPACED SIDE-BYSIDE U-SHAPED RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROLLS AT VARIABLE SPEEDS RESPECTIVE TO EACH OTHER, THE ROTATION OF SAID ROLLS EFFECTING SEPARATION OF THE MORE MOISTURE PENETRATED PORTIONS OF THE CHARGED FIBROUS MATERIAL FROM THE REMAINDER THEREOF, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING FLUIDS TO THE CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING THROUGH SAID ROLLS, THE CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING HAVING A FLUID INLET AND FLUID OUTLET FOR ALLOWING A FLUID FLOW THERETHROUGH THE MOISTURE-PENETRATED PORTIONS OF THE FIBROUS BEING TRANSPORTED BY THE FLUID FLOW THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF SAID HOUSING MATERIAL.