Dual-chamber vacuum box

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5618568
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08382252

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A dual-chamber vacuum box for pinning a thermoplastic web to a cooling roll includes a primary vacuum chamber connected to a first vacuum source. The primary vacuum chamber has a first side located proximate a surface of the web at a line of contact between the web and the cooling roll and a second side opposite the first side. A secondary vacuum is chamber connected to a second vacuum source and is positioned adjacent the second side of the primary vacuum chamber. Apparatus is disposed between the primary and secondary vacuum chambers for creating a pressure variation along the line of contact between the web and the cooling roll.

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U S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION60 LIVINGSTON AVENUE ST PAUL MN 55107

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Krupa, Vernon J Chippewa Falls, WI 6 60
Pitsch, Brian M Jim Falls, WI 5 19
Seckora, Jeffrey M Chippewa Falls, WI 1 8

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