couch
1. The operation of transferring or laying sheets
of handmade paper from the mold to the felts for
pressing. 2. To press the newly made sheets of
paper on the felts. 3. To press a sheet on the
wire of a cylinder papermaking machine and
transfer it onto the felt for pressing and drying.
4. To press water from a sheet on a couch roll of
aFOURDRINIER
MACHINE , or extra water by means of a suction
couch preparatory to transferring it to a felt.
(140 , 197 )
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