presse-pâten.
/ˈprɛspat/, U.S. /ˈprɛsˌpæt/ Now rare.
A machine used in the early stages of making some types of paper and board, in which the pulp is strained, excess water is extracted, and the web of pulp passed through rolls. Also called half-stuff machine.
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presse-pâte1888
1888 C. F. Cross & E. J. Bevan Text-bk. Paper-making vi. 96 The presse-pâte system, originally adopted for the treatment of straw, has of late years been extensively applied to esparto. The presse-pâte..is furnished with sand-tables and strainers.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 728/2 The [esparto] pulp is next passed over what is known as a ‘presse-pâte’..or ‘half-stuff’ machine.., consisting of strainers fitted with coarse-cut strainer plates, a short wire and a pair of couch and press rolls.
1937 E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper 191/2 Presse-pâte..is a machine practically identical with the wet end of the paper-machine... It serves to extract ‘loose’ water from the (wood) pulp, which is allowed to accumulate on a press roll or round an iron rod.
1963 R. R. A. Higham Handbk. Papermaking ii. 62 The pulp may either be concentrated on deckers, or presse-pâtes, or left in slush form.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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