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US4544447A
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Dehydration machine for pulp, sludges or similar fibrous materials
Assignee: Andritz AG
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Filing: 1983-07-27
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Granted: 1985-10-01
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Expires: 2003-07-27
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to an improvement in a dehydration machine for wood pulp, sludges, or similar fibrous material, composed of a lower strainer operating as a support strainer and an upper strainer operating as the cover strainer, which loop support and reversing rolls and are adapted to pass jointly with the material to be dehydrated coming from a material feed through a wedging section and through pairs of pressing rolls in a pressing section, the improvement comprising a laterally sealed wedging section arranged substantially vertically or at an incline, followed directly by a reversal means provided with a lateral seal, and the pressing section including a group of rolls which at the beginning contains a pair of first and second pressing rolls mounted next to each other, with a pressing roll contacting the second pressing roll.
Inventors
- 👤 Reinhard Pinter
- 👤 Franz Petschauer
- 👤 Johann Sbaschnigg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-03 04:06
CPC Classifications
F; F26; F26B; F26B5/00; F26B5/14; B; B30; B30B; B30B9/00; B30B9/02; B30B9/24; B30B9/246; B30B9/248; D; D21; D21F; D21F9/00; D21F9/003
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
211 words
In a dehydration machine for pulp, sludges or similar fibrous material, composed of a lower sieve acting as a support sieve and of an upper sieve operating as a cover sieve, which sieves revolve about support and reversing rolls and are guided jointly through a wedging section arranged vertically or inclined at an acute angle and leading from the bottom to the top, with subsequent reversal of the sieve belts and of pairs of rolls through which is passed the material to be dehydrated coming from a material feed, the improvement wherein said wedging section is formed as a laterally closed support surface as a guide means and, followed directly by a reversal means provided with a lateral seal, and followed by a pressing section provided with a group of rolls comprising first and second pressing rolls arranged next to one another with a third pressing roll mounted above and in contact with said second pressing roll, and including a pressing system for the first pressing roll which selectively makes possible areal pressing from the first pressing roll with an ensuing pressing nip at the second and third pressing rolls, or two linear pressings, one at the first and second pressing rolls, the other at the second and third pressing rolls.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
211 words
In a dehydration machine for pulp, sludges or similar fibrous material, composed of a lower sieve acting as a support sieve and of an upper sieve operating as a cover sieve, which sieves revolve about support and reversing rolls and are guided jointly through a wedging section arranged vertically or inclined at an acute angle and leading from the bottom to the top, with subsequent reversal of the sieve belts and of pairs of rolls through which is passed the material to be dehydrated coming from a material feed, the improvement wherein said wedging section is formed as a laterally closed support surface as a guide means and, followed directly by a reversal means provided with a lateral seal, and followed by a pressing section provided with a group of rolls comprising first and second pressing rolls arranged next to one another with a third pressing roll mounted above and in contact with said second pressing roll, and including a pressing system for the first pressing roll which selectively makes possible areal pressing from the first pressing roll with an ensuing pressing nip at the second and third pressing rolls, or two linear pressings, one at the first and second pressing rolls, the other at the second and third pressing rolls.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The improvement according to claim 1, in which the wedging section guide means is provided with openings and stiffening strips at the outside of said guide means, which strips act as drains.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The improvement according to claim 1, in which the reversal means lateral sealing is implemented by a pair of V-belts revolving in belt pulleys.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The improvement according to claim 1, in which the material feed means comprises a cross-spreader which includes a slide-piece, with the lower and upper sieves abutting said slide-piece under pre-tension.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The improvement according to claim 2, wherein some of said stiffening strips pass about the reversal means.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1988-09-30 | 1989-04-01 | 1989-10-01 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-09-30 | 1993-04-01 | 1993-10-01 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-09-30 | 1997-04-01 | 1997-10-01 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |