CA1042250A - Felt conditioner for a paper making machine - Google Patents

Felt conditioner for a paper making machine

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CA1042250A
CA1042250A CA189,693A CA189693A CA1042250A CA 1042250 A CA1042250 A CA 1042250A CA 189693 A CA189693 A CA 189693A CA 1042250 A CA1042250 A CA 1042250A
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Prior art keywords
guide rod
belt
slot
pocket
upstanding portion
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CA189,693A
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French (fr)
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CA189693S (en
Inventor
John Blott
Walter Mann
William Chegwin
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Plasma and Flame Coatings Ltd
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Plasma and Flame Coatings Ltd
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Classifications

    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21FPAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F7/00Other details of machines for making continuous webs of paper
    • D21F7/08Felts
    • D21F7/12Drying
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21FPAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F1/00Wet end of machines for making continuous webs of paper
    • D21F1/48Suction apparatus
    • D21F1/52Suction boxes without rolls
    • D21F1/523Covers thereof

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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

Felt belts normally used in paper making are condition-ed after the newly formed paper is removed, by passing the belts over a narrow slot in a box under vacuum which extracts moisture and/or contaminants so that the belt is ready for reuse. Stain-less steel rods or the like are provided on each side of the slot and act as support guides for the belt, but these rapidly become worn and the sharp edges formed when the rods become worn, cut the belt which is a relatively expensive item in paper making machinery.
The present invention consists of holders detachably secured to the top of the box with the holders detachably supporting steel rods covered with a hard ceramic coating which resists wear. Fur-thermore, the rods are designed to be repositioned when the coating does wear, in order to provide the use of more than one working sur-face thus extending the life of the rods.

Description

BACKGROU~D O~ ~
In conventional paper making processes, the paper is form-ed upon high speed endless belts which absorb the moisture to the ............. extent where the sheet of partially formed paper can be separated from the belt and further processed, The felt belts are then nor-mally passed over conditioning boxes which extract the moisture and any contaminants which may be on the belts, thus preparing the belts for further use immediately, i'.' ., tending Felt conditioning boxes usually include an enclosure ex-. 20 /the full width of the belt, said enclosure being provided with a - ' .
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; narrow transverse slot and a source of reduced air pressure. or vacuum is connected to the box thus drawing air downwardly through the belt passing over the slot and removing the moisture at the same time. -. ''' ".
The belt is supported and guided across the slot .
by stainless steel rods, but due to the high speed of the belt and the relative abrasive quality of the material used in the manufacture of the belts, the steel rods rapidly become worn and the sharp edges formed by this wear, initiates severe dama~
ge to the belts which are, of course, relatively expensive.
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SUMMARY OF TEE INVENTION
One aspect of the invention for use in a felt conditioner box used in the manufacture of paper with the box being connected to a source of vacuum and having an elongated air entrance slot extending across one side thereof with the ` conventional felt belt travelling across said slot, the im- : :
provement comprising a guide rod on each side of said slot for supporting the belt passing thereacross, and guide rod su- -port means detachably secured to said box on each side of said j, ~0 slot, said guide rod support means including a rod receiving -pocket formed therein and means extending through said guide. ~:
rod support means to detachably hold said guide rod in said pocket, said guide rod support means being formed from syn- .~` .
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the~ic plastic, said guide rod comprising a stainless steel rod and a relatively thin, hard, wear-resistant ceramic coat-., ~ ing bonded to said rod by flame spray coating application.
, , , . ~ , ~, Still another object of the invention is to pro-vide a device of the character herewithin described which i3 simple in construction, economical in manufacture and other-wise well suited to the purpose for which it is designed.

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With the foregoing objects in view, and other ~!
such objects and advantages as will become apparent to those sXilled in the art to which this invention relat~s as this specification proceeds,our invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts all as hereinafter more particularly described, reference being had to the ac-l companying drawings in which:

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS -Figure 1 is a cross sectional partially schematic view of the invent~on situated ~pon a felt conditionir~g box.

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Figure 2 shows a cross sectional view of the upper portion of an alternative conditioning box with the invention -secured thereto.

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Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary isometric view ;~, 5 of one of the holders with the improved support rod in place.
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Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of a further ~, .,, embodiment of the holders.
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Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional ~
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Figure 6 is an enlarged end view of a conventional ', .~ ~ , , .
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Proceeding therefore to describe the inventi on in de-tail, reference character 10 illustrates in oross section, a conventional conditioning box shown schematically and consisting 5 o~ an enclosure 11, being connected to a souree o~ reduced air pressure or vacuum, by means of connection 12.
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~xtending across the upper side 13 o~ the box is a relatively narrow slot 14, it being understood that this slot extends ~rom one end to the other o~ the box which is the width o~ the ~elt belt 15 passing thereover and it should also be ap-preciated that the belt and box may be anywhere ~rom 12 to 30 feet in width, dPpending upon the design of the paper making machinery being used.
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The belt, which is an endless belt, travels at a fairly high speed in the direction of arrow 16 and passes over the slot so that air is drawn downwardly in the direction of arrow 17, ~.
said air passing through the belt immediately over slot 14 so that any moistura or the like is drawn from the belt which is then ready ~or ~urther use. :~

Stainless steel rods 18 (see Figure 6) are normally used to support the belt as it passas over slot 14, but due t-o the abrasive quality o~ the belt and the high speed, the belt engages the rod and wears same into a ~lattened configuration ~ .'''' ' .

; as indicated by reference character 19 and the sharp corners 20 formed by this flattened portion damage the underside of the belt.
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In the present invention, elongated plastic guide xod supports 21 are provided and are secured to the side 13 of the box by means of bolts 22 or the like, it being understood that " : , ., : . , .
there is a support 21 upon either side of the slot 14 as clearly ,-` shown.

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The upper side 13 of the felt conditioning box 10 may ~
10 be either planax as shown in Figure 1, or cruved as shown in ;
Figure 2 and the preferred construction of the holder is shown in Figure 3 in which the base portion 23 of the holder is pro-vided with an arcuately curved under surface 24 having a curva-;:i ,,, ~ .
ture similar to the curvature of the side 14 of the box illus- ;

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a box with a planar side 13 as shown in Figures 1 and 4, then ~- the plastic holder can be provided with a flat base thus making ~ -,.j .
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`' 20 An upstanding portion 25 is provided upon the base por-tion 23 and the front side 26 of this planar portion is semi , !.'::
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" cylindrically curved and blends into the upper side of the base portion 23 thus forming a semi-cylindrical pocket within which ,.; , . .
the guide rod 18A of the present invention may rest, :
,~' '' This guide rod or the like 18A is manufactured from stainless steel and is cylindrical in cross sectional and is cover-ed with a ceramic coating 27 which is applied by conventional means : thus providing a relatively friction free extremely hard surface to the guide rod, However, the term "rod" includes both cylind-rical and square cross sectioned members as, for example, shown on the left hand side of Figure 5. ~ .-:, .
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The guide rod 18A is normally held within the pocket by -;
means of a plurality of bolts 28 extending through the upstanding ~
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~ port!ion 25 and screw threadably engaging apertures 29 formed : through the rod 18A diametrically, This means that when the cer- .
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i worn ceramic surface to the belt 15 being guided thereby.
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The upper curved portion 29 of the guide rod 18A extends :-~ slightly above the plane of the upper surface 30 of the upstanding `~i portion 25 so that the felt belt 15 is supported upon the two rods, .
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The preferred formation of the upper portion 25 isshown in Figures 4 and 5, and this upstanding portion is indi-cated by reference character 25A. ,~

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. However, the upstanding portion 25A is provided with the semi-cylindrical pocket inset within the upstanding portion :
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an outer side 30 and a slot bounding side 31 as clearly shown ~ :
. in Figure 4. The gude rods 18A are held within the pockets ~: formed in the holders with the upper surfaces 29 extending '~
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This means that the bounding sides 31 of the slot 14 . are relatively narrow thus concentrating the suction upon the ~-,, portion of the belt passing thereabove. ..

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This suction tends to draw down the portion 15A of the belt passing across the slot 14 as shown in Figure 5 and this ~` wears the relatively soft plastic to the curve illustrated by j ~, reference character 32 in Figure 5 thus forming a smooth tran- : :
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sitional curve from the upper surface 29 of the guide rods to the inner corners 33 of the bounding portion 31. This maintains a relatively narrow gap of the slot 14 and assists in maintain-ing good suction through the portion 15A of the belt passing : , '.

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In the drawings, the rod 18 is shown with a construction which permits it to be reversed end to end in order that a new , working surface is presented. However, it should be appreciated il that other holes could be provided or other fastening means used, , which will permit a plurality of working surfaces to be used when l wear takes place.

1 15 Since various modifications can be made in my invention `l as hereinabove described, and many apparently widely different em-I bodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims I without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that -! I
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Claims

WHAT WE CLAIM AS OUR INVENTION IS:
(1)In a felt conditioner box used in the manu-facture of paper, said box being connected to a source of vacuum and having an elongated air entrance slot extending across one side thereof with the conventional felt belt travelling across said slot; the improvement comprising a guide rod on each side of said slot for supporting the belt passing thereacross, and guide rod support means detach-ably secured to said box on each side of said slot, said guide rod support means including a rod receiving pocket formed therein and means extending through said guide rod support means to detachably hold said guide rod in said pocket, said guide rod support means being formed from synthetic plastic, said guide rod comprising a stainless steel rod and a relatively thin, hard, wear-resistant cera-mic coating bonded to said rod by flame spray coating appli-cation.

(2) The improvement according to Claim 1 in which said guide rod may be detachably held in said pocket in a plurality of positions thereby presenting a plurality of surfaces for supporting said belt.

(3) The improvement according to Claim 1 in which said guide rod support means includes an arcuately curved base and an upstanding portion upon said base, said pocket being formed within said upstanding portion.

(4) The improvement according to Claim 2 in which said guide rod support means includes an arcuately curved base and an upstanding portion upon said base, said pocket being formed within said upstanding portion.

(5) The improvement according to Claim 3 in which said pocket is formed in said upstanding portion thereby dividing said upstanding portion into an outer side and a slot bounding side, the upper side of said rod extending above the upper side of said upstanding portion, said belt, when in use, being supported by said upper side of said rod and being drawn downwardly by said source of vacuum into contact with said slot bounding side.
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