Patent ID: 6899023

Claim:
An extended-nip roll press for dewatering a material web in a press nip, the extended-nip roll press comprising: a rotating mating roll; an extended-nip press roll, the mating roll and the extended-nip press roll having parallel roll centers that lie in a stack plane and being located circumferentially adjacent to each other such that the press nip is formed therebetween; a stationary support; a flexible, tubular roll cover positioned so that the roll cover can rotate about the stationary support to define the extended nip press roll; and a press shoe mounted on the stationary support and having an upper surface slidable supporting the roll cover at the press nip, and an internal hydraulic cylinder that displaces the entire press shoe with respect to the support in a loading direction, such that the press shoe can be displaced radially about the roll center of the mating roll to form a loading plane which intersects the stack plane at the center of the mating roll and at an acute angle to the stack plane to displace the point of applied force in the press nip.