Patent ID: 7377999
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: D21F,D21G

Abstract:
1. A paper machine incorporating on line finishing, and defining an upstream direction and a downstream direction wherein a paper web formed on the paper machine is arranged to travel in the downstream direction, comprising: at least one finishing stage arranged within the paper machine for finishing a paper web produced on the paper machine, the at least one finishing stage having a downstream end; cutting equipment arranged within the finishing stage, the cutting equipment arranged to form a tail from a full width paper web; tail threading equipment extending from the cutting equipment through the at least one finishing stage, and a single-contact draw point formed of only a single dryer cylinder and a single drying wire wrapping an upper portion of the single dryer cylinder, the single drying cylinder and single drying wire forming a path to broke treatment after the single drying wire leaves the single dryer cylinder, the single-contact draw point arranged to tension and hold a paper web, the single-contact draw point arranged at the downstream end of the finishing stage and downstream of the cutting equipment.