Patent ID: 6395136
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A press for imprinting and drying a wet fibrous web, comprising:a press device; a rotatable, cylindrical roll body arranged to form a press nip with the press device; an endless clothing arranged to run through the press nip in contact with the wet web; and a heating system for heating the wet web in the press nip, the heating system comprising: a heatable sleeve encircling the roll body and in driven engagement therewith such that the sleeve passes through the nip along with the web and endless clothing, the sleeve having an external mantle surface that faces the web in the press nip; and at least one heating apparatus for heating the sleeve; wherein the external mantle surface of the sleeve comprises a plurality of imprinting elements arranged in a pattern for imparting in the wet web a pattern imprint corresponding to that of the imprinting elements.