Patent ID: 6178661
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A steam blower box for the application of steam onto a material web to be dewatered passing through a press section of a paper-making machine, said steam blower box comprising:a blower box extending, transverse to a web travel direction of the material web, over an entire width of the material web, said blower box comprising a plurality of zone chambers, arranged side by side over the width of the web, and connected to a plurality of steam lines, said plurality of steam lines to be connected to a corresponding plurality of supply lines connected to a steam source;a connecting nipple having a stop provided to each of the supply lines at ends of the supply lines to be connected to the steam lines;a support plate to which said plurality of steam lines is routed, said support plate having openings formed therein into which said connecting nipples can be inserted from one side of said support plate until said stops contact said one side of the plate, said steam lines connecting to said openings on a remaining side of the plate; andat least one retaining strip which works in conjunction with the stops to lock down the supply lines to the support plate, said at least one retaining strip being movable parallel to said support plate behind said stops so that said stops are held on said one side of the plate by said at least one retaining strip.