Patent ID: 6210534
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: D21F,Y10T

Abstract:
A paper-making machine for making a fiber web, comprising:a wire for carrying the fiber web; anda trim squirt comprising:a nozzle cutter directed toward and transverse to said wire, said nozzle cutter being structured and arranged to trim a respective lateral side edge of the fiber web on said wire; andan accumulator tank including an inlet for receiving a pressurized fluid and an outlet fluidly connected with said nozzle cutter, said tank being structured and arranged to define an air attenuation pad therein, a means for defining the air attenuation pad comprising a downwardly extending pipe mounted in said tank, said pipe having a lower end and an upper end, said lower end thereof setting an approximate liquid level in said tank, said upper end thereof being exposed to ambient pressure.