Patent ID: 6926806

Claim:
A pressing section in a papermaking machine comprising: a first press nip formed between a press suction roll and a pressing member; a first water-receiving press felt engaged with the press suction roll, and passing through the first press nip; a second water-receiving press felt engaged with the pressing member and passing through the first press nip, wherein the first press felt separates from the second press felt after leaving the first press nip; a web passing through the first press nip between the first press felt and the second press felt, and following the first press felt when the first press felt separates from the second press felt; a means for creating an under pressure in a suction zone of said press suction roll to cause the web to follow the first press felt where the first press felt separates from the second press felt; and a second press nip formed between a second press roll and a second pressing member, wherein the first press felt and the web pass through the second press nip; wherein the first press nip and the second press nip are separate; and wherein the first press nip of the press section is an extended nip in which the pressing member is a shoe roll provided with a hose shell and a press shoe system.