Paper web transfer system carrying the web from forming wire to press section

Claim 1

An improved press section in a web forming machine of the type having at least two traveling endless felts for contacting and carrying the web, which includes a pick-up roll urging a pick-up felt against the web for transferring the web to the felt, said pick-up felt passing around said pick-up roll and through a press nip for the pick-up felt defined between a press roll and said pick-up roll, a second press roll opposedly positioned to said pick-up roll and defining a second press nip between said pick-up roll and said second press roll through which the web, said pick-up felt and a support felt pass, the web being carried through said second press nip between said felts; a paiR of further press rolls located at a distance from said pickup roll, said pair of press rolls defining therebetween a third press nip through which said support felt and said web pass, the distance between said second press nip and said third press nip serving to eliminate slipping of the felt and stretching of the web; said support felt supporting the web between said second and third press nips; one roll of each of said second and third press nips constituting a guiding roll for said support felt, and roll means for separating the web from the felt after said third press nip.