Patent ID: 6017419
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: D21G

Abstract:
A method of storing, transporting and using a metering size press rod assembly in a paper-making machine, said method comprising the sequential steps of:assembling a plurality of metering size press rod assemblies, said assembling step for each said metering size press rod assembly including the non-sequential sub-steps of:placing a metering rod within a rod holding portion of a metering rod bed, said metering rod bed including a fluid channel associated with said rod holding portion;attaching a pair of end plates to respective opposite ends of said metering rod bed; andcoupling a rotational power coupling to an end of said metering rod;providing a storage and transport container at a shipping location, said container including a plurality of elongate openings therein, each of said elongate openings being spaced apart from and substantially parallel to each other, each said elongate opening having a cross sectional shape which is approximately the same as a cross sectional shape of each said metering size press rod assembly, and each said elongate opening having a cross sectional size which is larger than a cross sectional size of each said metering size press rod assembly by a predetermined clearance distance;loading each said metering size press rod assembly into a corresponding one of said elongate openings in said container;transporting said container to a user location;sequentially and individually removing said metering size press rod assemblies from said container, using said metering size press rod assemblies in said paper-making machine, and reloading said used metering size press rod assemblies in said elongate openings in said container; andtransporting said container with said used metering size press rod assemblies back to said shipping location.