Patent ID: 6214168
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: C04B,D21F

Abstract:
In a method in a paper machine for transferring a paper web from a wet wire in a former section to a pick-up fabric or an equivalent transfer fabric of a press section, including the steps of forming a pick-up point on the wet wire, separating an edge strip from at least one edge of the web prior to the pick-up point by means of at least one cutting device, and separating the web from the wet wire and passing the web onto the pick-up fabric at the pick-up point, the improvement comprising:applying a pressure difference to the at least one edge strip through the wet wire or the pick-up fabric at or after the pick-up point by means of blow boxes arranged within the pick-up fabric to blow onto the pick-up fabric and thereby prevent the at least one edge strip from following the pick-up fabric.