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Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONDENSING A TRAVELING WEB WHICH COMPRISES A SERIES OF SIDE BY SIDE ROTATABLE DISCS, A RECTILINEAR SHAFT UPON WHICH SAID DISCS ARE TILTABLY MOUNTED FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, GUIDING ELEMENTS FOR TILTING SAID DISCS SO THAT THEY DIVERGE AT ONE SIDE AND CONVERGE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID SERIES, MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID WEB ONTO THE PERIPHERAL SURFACES OF SAID DISCS AT THE DIVERGENT SIDE, MEANS FOR APPLYING FLUID PRESSURE TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID WEB AS IT PASSES OVER SAID DISCS FOR PRESSING SAID WEB UNIFORMLY AGAINST SAID PERIPHERAL SURFACES TO FORCE NARROW LONGITUDINAL PORTIONS THEREOF BETWEEN SAID SURFACES FOR CONDENSING THE SAME WITDTHWISE AS SAID WEB ADVANCES, AND A DISCHARGE COMB COMPRISING A SERIES OF MOVABLE MEMBERS HAVING PORTIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID DISCS AT THE CONVERGENT SIDE OF SAID SERIES FOR LIFTING SAID WEB THEREFROM.