Patent ID: 6425981
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
An apparatus for drying a wet web of tissue paper, said apparatus comprising:a drying section for drying the wet tissue paper web; a single continuous fabric forming a loop such that only the single fabric passes through the entire drying section, the fabric loop being configured to receive the wet tissue paper web at a web-receiving region of the fabric loop located before the drying section, the fabric being configured to support and transport the web along an upper portion of the fabric loop through the drying section in such a manner that the web is generally on an upper surface of the fabric, the fabric loop further including a web-transfer point at which the web is separated from the fabric and a return run over which the fabric travels from the web-transfer point to the web-receiving region; and a cleaning section for cleaning the fabric, the cleaning section being located along the return run of the fabric loop and being disposed such that the cleaning section is not above the upper portion of the fabric loop on which the web is supported.