Patent ID: 6425980
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A press device for treating a material web, comprising:a first shoe press and a second shoe press, said first and said second shoe press comprising double felted presses with felts arranged to sandwich the material web and being successively arranged in a web run direction; a transfer suction roll positioned between said first shoe press and said second shoe press and structured and arranged to at least partially suction the material web and to guide the material web in a closed draw through at least one of said first and said second shoe presses; a transport felt being guided through said first shoe press and said second shoe press, whereby said transport felt comprises one of the felts of said double felted presses, wherein said first shoe press comprises a shoe press roll and said second shoe press comprises a second shoe press roll and said first and said second shoe press rolls are positioned on a same side of the material web, and said transport belt is positioned on said same side of the material web as said first and second shoe press rolls.