Abstract:
A PORTION OF A PAPER MAKING MACHINE IS DISCLOSED WHERE PAPER STOCK DISCHARGED FROM A HEADBOX IS DEPOSITED UPON A FOURDRINIER TYPE WEB FORMING WIRE PROVIDED WITH DRAINAGE FOILS BENEATH THE WIRE (SUBSTITUTED FOR TABLE ROLLS), AND A FOIL IS SUPPORTED BENEATH THE WIRE BY A SUPPORT MECHANISM INCLUDING A WEDGE TYPE CAM WHICH WHEN WITHDRAWN FROM A SUPPORT ENGAGING POSITION QUICKLY LOWERS THE FOIL TO AN INOPERATIVE POSITION AND WHEN
REINSERTED IN A SUPPORT ENGAGING POSITION QUICKLY RAISES THE FOIL TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION, WITHOUT UPSETTING THE ANGULAR AND SPACING ADJUSTMENT OF THE FOIL RELATIVE TO THE WIRE WHEN THE FOIL IS IN ITS OPERATING POSITION.
Abstract:
A PORTION OF A PAPERMAKING MACHINE IS DISCLOSED WHERE PAPER STOCK DISCHARGE FROM A HEADBOX IS DEPOSITED UPON A FOURDRINIER TYPE WEB FORMING WIRE PROVIDED WITH DRAINAGE FOIL ASSEMBLIES BENEATH THE WIRE (SUBSTITUTED FOR TABLE ROLLS), AND A FOIL ASSEMBLY IS SUPPORTED BENEATH THE WIRE BY A SUPPORT MECHANISM CARRIED ON RAILS BENEATH AND PARALLEL TO THE EDGES OF THE WIRE. THE ASSEMBLY INCLUDES A BODY WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT MECHANISM AND A FOIL CAP MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE FOIL BODY. THE FOIL BODY AND FOIL CAP ARE PROVIDED WITH A DOVETAIL CONNECTION THEREBETWEEN, A CLAMP BAR OVERLAPPING BOTH THE BODY AND CAP AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE BODY, AND A FLUID PRESSURE INFLATABLE TUBE BETWEEN THE BAR AND BODY ON A SIDE OF THE PIVOTAL CONNECTION OPPOSITE THE CAP, THE SECURELY CLAMPING THE CAP TO THE BODY UPON INFLATING THE TUBE.