Patent ID: 6936139

Claim:
A shoe press apparatus for a papermaking machine, said shoe press apparatus having a press part which comprises a shoe, a pressing member cooperating with, and in opposed relationship to, said shoe, said shoe press apparatus further comprising a belt sandwiched in said press part between said shoe and said pressing member and movable relative to said shoe in a first direction from an upstream side of the shoe toward a downstream side of the shoe, said belt being arranged to come into contact with the shoe at a location on said upstream side, and a lubricant supply means arranged to supply lubricant to said shoe and belt on the upstream side of the shoe, wherein the improvement comprises a lubricant holding section formed in the surface of the shoe at least in part on the upstream side of said location, said lubricant holding section comprising at least one groove, each groove of the lubricant holding section being elongated in the direction of belt movement and having upstream and downstream ends, and at least a part of each groove of the lubricant holding section being provided in an area of the shoe that is not contacted by said belt.