US 12,000,088 B2
Papermaking machine with press section
James E. Sealey, II, Belton, SC (US); Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Easley, SC (US); Marc Paul Begin, Simpsonville, SC (US); and Theodore D. Kennedy, San Mateo, FL (US)
Assigned to STRUCTURED I, LLC, Great Neck, NY (US)
Filed by STRUCTURED I, LLC, Great Neck, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,522.
Application 17/872,522 is a continuation of application No. 16/932,903, filed on Jul. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,466,404.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/933,577, filed on Nov. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/876,173, filed on Jul. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0356646 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D21F 1/06 (2006.01); D21F 1/66 (2006.01); D21F 3/02 (2006.01); D21F 9/00 (2006.01); D21F 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC D21F 1/66 (2013.01) [D21F 3/0272 (2013.01); D21F 9/00 (2013.01); D21F 11/006 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A papermaking machine comprising:
(A) a dewatering fabric;
(B) a press section for pressing a partially dewatered paper web, the press section comprising:
(i) a first press element with an inside surface of the dewatering fabric in contact with the first press element;
(ii) a structuring belt with an inside surface of the structuring belt in contact with a suction element; and
(iii) a first nip, formed between the dewatering fabric in contact with the first press element and the structuring belt in contact with the suction element, in which the partially dewatered paper web is pressed and transferred to the structuring belt; and
(B) a drying section for drying the partially dewatered paper web to form a dried web, the drying section comprising:
(i) a second press element with the inside surface of the structuring fabric in contact with the second press element;
(ii) a steam heated cylinder; and
(iii) a second nip, formed between the structuring fabric in contact with the second press element and the steam heated cylinder, in which the partially dewatered paper web is pressed and transferred to the steam heated cylinder,
wherein the dried web is creped off the steam heated cylinder.