Patent ID: 8070916

Claim:
A device for producing a tissue web comprising: at least one drying cylinder; a creping doctor arranged on the at least one drying cylinder; a winding device for winding up the tissue web; the winding device comprising a winding nip formed between a winding drum and a spool; a transfer device at least largely bridging an entire distance between the creping doctor and the winding device and moves around the winding drum of the winding device; a free web draw arranged between the creping doctor and the winding device; and a mechanism for at least one of controlling and measuring a line force in the winding nip, wherein the tissue web is supported only on its underside by the transfer device over an entire distance from where the tissue web first contacts the transfer device to the winding nip, and wherein the line force is less than or equal to 0.8 kN/m.