Patent ID: 7311805

Claim:
A system for transferring an advancing web from a dryer to a reel section, comprising: a first conveyor having a bottom run configured to receive a tissue web from a dryer at a pick-up point on the bottom run; a second conveyor having a top run overlapping the first conveyor at an overlap area disposed apart from the pick-up point, the top run of the second conveyor being disposed below the bottom run of the first conveyor, the first and second conveyors being configured to receive the tissue web between the conveyors proximate the overlap area; a lead-in roll rotatably disposed against the first conveyor a predetermined distance from the dryer such that a fixed open draw is formed between the dryer and the lead-in roll, the lead-in roll being interposed between the dryer and the second conveyor, the lead-in roll cooperative with the first conveyor such that the advancing tissue web is attracted from the dryer across the open draw in a direction toward the overlap area onto the bottom run of the first conveyor and in a direction of a reel spool; and a second vacuum box disposed adjacent the second conveyor proximate a reel in a direction away from the lead-in roll, the reel rotatably disposed against the second conveyor, the reel and the second conveyor cooperating to advance the tissue web to the reel spool for winding the tissue web.