Patent ID: 6926805

Claim:
A method for pressing a paper web (W), comprising the steps of: guiding a paper web through a nip (N) formed between a flexible moving element ( 1 a ) forming an endless structure, and a counter roll ( 2 ), of which the moving element is a flexible shell or a belt loop, the moving element ( 1 a ) being supported in the area of the nip against the counter roll ( 2 ) by means of a shoe element ( 3 ) which determines the shape of the nip, and adjusting nip length and/or width is by positioning the shoe element ( 3 ) as one entity at least in the part which is bordered by the supporting surface that guides the moving element ( 1 a ); wherein at least one side edge of the supporting surface of the shoe element ( 3 ) extends obliquely in the machine direction.