Patent ID: 6398909
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
An apparatus for imprinting, drying, and reeling, a fibrous web, comprising:a hot press including: a pair of press members forming a nip therebetween for passage of the web therethrough; at least one clothing arranged to pass through the nip of the press with one side of the web in contact with a surface of the at least one clothing; a heat transfer device defining a heatable surface the heat transfer device being arranged to pass through the nip of the press with the opposite side of the web in contact with the heatable surface; and a heating device operable to heat the heat transfer device such that the heat transfer device heats and dries the web during contact therewith; and a reel-up including a rotatable reel spool onto which the web is reeled to form a finished roll of web material; wherein at least one of the clothing surface and the heatable surface comprises an imprinting surface for imparting a textured surface to the side of the web in contact therewith, and wherein the heat transfer device is arranged to support the web between the press and the reel spool.