US2366564A

US2366564A - Method of treating sized paper stock

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Publication number: US2366564A
Application number: US350956A
Authority: US
Inventors: Van L Shaw
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1940-08-03
Filing date: 1940-08-03
Publication date: 1945-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1962-01-02

Description

Jan. 2, 1945.

v. L. sHAw METHOD OF TREATING SIZED PAPERL STOCK Fild Aug. s, 1940 xkuww wk TM @Megzfom Patented Jan. 2, 1945 UNITED OFFICE METHOD OF TREATING S IZED PAPER STOCK Van L. Shaw, Chicago, 111. Application August 3, 1940, Serial No. 359,956

4 -Claims.

flhis invention relates to the drying of paper subsequent to sizing treatment.- One object of the invention is to expedite and improve the' penetration of the sizing material into "the fiber of the paper. Another-object.is to'deliv'er the sized paper stock to the dryer at a high temperature to accomplish a more rapid drying action therein. And it is also an object to secure an improved quality in the surface of the paper as a result of the sizing and drying operation when conducted in accordance with this invention. The invention consists in certain features and elements of the apparatusiand in certain steps of the process herein described and illustrated in V the drawing, as indicated by the claims.

In the drawing:

, Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation with to be evaporated from the surface of the paper.

before it has properly penetrated the body of the fiber, and before it has become uniformly distributed. The evaporation cools the sizing mixture, increasing its viscosity and retarding or arresting penetration and distribution into the fbody' of the paper. As a result,.the sizing operation is imperfectly performed, and in the case of sizing which' tends to produce a cockle surface the pattern is likely to be quite coarse and l rather uneven. The present invention inte'rposes between the sizing tub and the dryer a substantially closed chamber through which the sized stock travels directly from the sizing tub, and in which a relatively high temperature is maintained. Preferably, the paper is exposed in this chamber to radiant heat. which has the effect of keepingthe sizing in fluid condition during the movement of the paper through the chamber, and thus affording more time and a better opportunity for the sizing to penetrate the fiber and distribute itself with uniformity over the entire area of the paper. I

Figure 1 illustrates diagrammatically an apparatus adapted to perform these related steps in accordance with the invention, and indicates a supply reel of paper at A, with the paper web P feeding overan idler roll B and thence into the sizing tub C in which the paper is guided over a roll D,'and from which it emerges to pass between the rolls D and E, and thence into the closed treating chamber which is characteristic of this invention. The enclosure F may be unextending to the floor and to the ceiling, or pro 'vided with a top wall G, as shown. Portions of the side walls may bemade removable or hinged for convenience of access to the apparatus within the chamber, but, normally, during operation thereof they will be kept closed. web enters near the top of the chamber through a small opening H and passes over guide rollers .1 near the top of the chamber, and cooperating rollers K near the bottom, which guide the paper alternately downward and upward as it progressesthrough the chamber F. Between the vertically extending portions of the web P. there are mounted fixed radiator sections M which may be of any convenient design or type to provide radiant heat directed against the exposed, surface 20 of'the paper web as it travels pastthem. For purposes of illustration the radiator units M may be understood as heated by steam, and, as indicated in Figure 2, each section M is shownas consisting of headers M and M connected by" 2:; horizontal tubes M An inlet pipe N is connected to the upper portion of the header M and a partition 1w in said header at about the middle of its height forces the steam to travel horizontally through the upper tubes M and to the header M, and to return through the lower tubes M into the lower half of the header M which is" connected to the outlet pipe 0. The several inlet pipes N are connected to a common supply pipe Q, and, if desired, this passage may be fitted with a thermostatically controlled supply 'valve R with a thermally responsive element shown at S, within the chamber F, to maintain a substantially uniform temperature therein.

The rolls J and K are indicated only 40 matieally in the drawing, but it may be understood that they may be of substantially the same design as the rolls of a. standarddryer in which thepaper web is thus fed back and forth while its excess moisture is being evaporated. But inthe chamber F substantially no evaporation takes place because the humidity of thechamber is maintained fairly close to the saturation point. Thus, although suflicient heat is supplied by the radiators M to produce and maintain a tempera 5o ture of about 200 F., within thechamber F, the

sizing solution which has been applied to the; paper web P in the tub Cwill not dry while the paper web is passing through the chamber F;

The usual temperature of the size tub is from 66 129 to F., and the further heating of the.

derstood as including vertical walls on four sides,

The paper.

diagramsizing solution as it is carried on the paper Web into the chamber F maintains it in thoroughly fluid condition, and, at the same, time, causes it to penetrate more deeply into the fiberof the paper stock and to distribute itself more uniformly.

Through a small opening T the paper web emerges from the chamber F and travels over idler rolls U and V onto the rolls of a typical dryer W. The temperature of this section will not usually exceed 150 or 160 F., but the sensible heat of the paper emerging from the heater section at F, vat 200 F..or more, acts to increase the temperature of the air in the immediate vicinity of the paper web as it travels over the dryer and increases the capacity of this air to absorb moisture, thus hastening the evaporation of the moisture fromthe paper itself,- In some cases it has been found that the eificiency of the dryer is increased as much as twenty percent by the addition of the chamber F with its radiant heater units M installed in accordance with this invention.

Whilethere is shown anddescribed herein certain specificstructure embodying the invention,

together with certain procedure, it will be manieludes passing the paper stock through a liquid sizing mixture, then subjecting it to'radlant heat of sufilcient intensity to increase its temperature and in a substantially saturated atmosphere to prevent evaporation of the sizing material during this step of the process, and finally applying relatively dry heated air to' the surface of the paper to absorb surplus moisture therefrom.

2. The process of finishing paper' which includes treating the paper stock with a liquid size,

then moving the paper web through a relatively moist atmosphere and simultaneously past a source of radiant heat suflicient-ly intense to substantially increase the temperature of the web a substantially closed chamber having an atmosphere of relatively high humidity and then exposing the heated web to comparatively dry air to remove its surplus moisture.

51. The process of finishing paper which includes treating the paper stock with a liquid