Paper machine pickup and crepe-setting press section

Claim 1

In a pickup and press section of a paper machine, suction pickup roll and felt means for transferring a web away from a wire while supporting the web during transfer thereof, first suction press roll and felt means situated next to said suction pickup roll and felt means and defining therewith a first press nip to which the web is transferred by said suction pickup roll and felt means while being continuously supported thereby, second suction press roll and felt means and a lower roll and felt means situated next to said second suction press roll and felt means for defining therewith a second press nip, said lower roll of said lower roll and felt means at said second press nip having a recessed exterior surface and said felt means of said lower roll and felt means at said second press nip and said first suction press roll and felt means at said press nip being formed by a felt common to said first suction press roll and said lower roll at said second press nip, and said common felt supporting the web as it travels beyond said first press nip to said second press nip, first plain press roll means situated next to said second suction press roll and felt means and defining therewith a third press nip, said second suction press roll and felt means transferring the web beyond said second press nip to said third press nip while continuously supporting the web, whereby the web after being picked up by said suction pickup roll and felt means travels with closed conduction through at least three press nips the first two of which are double-felted while the third is single-felted, thus avoiding open draw of the web at least up to said third press nip, and conveyor means formed in part by said first plain press roll means for conveying the web beyond said third press nip along a predetermined path away from said third press nip, said conveyor means including a pair of additional rolls situated along said predetermined path beyond said first plain roll means of said third press nip and a felt cooperating with one of said additional rolls and defining with the other of said additional rolls a crepe-setting press nip to which the web travels along said predetermined path when conveyed beyond said first plain press roll means of said third press nip, said conveyor means including a second plain roll means situated next to said first plain roll means of said third press nip and defining with said first plain roll means a fourth press nip to which the web is conveyed by said first plain roll means while travelling beyond said third nip and while continuously supported by said first plain roll means, so that the web first travels through and beyond said fourth press nip before travelling along said predetermined path to said pair of additional rolls, and creping doctor means cooperating with said first plain press roll means subsequent to said fourth press nip for providing a creped web travelling along said predetermined path to said crepe-setting press nip where crepe-setting is performed by said pair of additional rolls and said felt cooperating with one of said additional rolls.