Stock supply system for papermaking machines including control of stock consistency and stock flow

Claim 1

IN PAPERMAKING APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF CHESTS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAPERMAKING STOCK INCLUDING A CHEST FOR KRAFT STOCK, A PAPERMAKING MACHINE, A MAIN CONDUIT CONNECTED WITH THE PAPERMAKING MACHINE FOR SUPPLYING STOCK TO THE MACHINE, AN AUXILIARY CONDUIT FOR CONNECTING EACH OF SAID CHESTS WITH SAID MAIN CONDUIT, MEANS FOR PUMPING STOCK THROUGH EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY CONDUITS TO SAID MAIN CONDUIT SO THAT THE VARIOUS TYPES OF STOCK ROM SAID CHESTS ARE MIXED AS STOCK MOVES THROUGH SAID MAIN CONDUIT TO SAID MACHINE, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE RATE OF STOCK FLOW THROUGH SAID MAIN CONDUIT, MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE RATE OF STOCK FLOW THROUGH EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY CONDUITS AND BEING UNDER THE CONTROL OF SAID FLOW RESPONSIVE MEANS SO AS TO DECREASE THE RATE OF FLOW THROUGH EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY CONDUITS AS THE RATE OF STOCK FLOW THROUGH SAID MAN CONDUIT INCREASES, MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE CONSISTENCY OF STOCK IN EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY CONDUITS TO A REGULATED VALUE, MEANS INCLUDING A REFINER FOR CONTROLLING THE FREENESS OF THE STOCK FLOWING THROUGH THE SAID AUXILIARY CONDUIT WHICH IS CONNECTED TO SAID KRAFT CHEST, AND MEANS INCLUDING ANOTHER REFINER FOR CONTROLLING THE FREENESS OF THE COMPOSITE STOCK FLOWING THROUGH SAID MAIN CONDUIT TO SAID PAPERMAKING MACHINE.