Patent ID: 7905989

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a fibrous web, said apparatus comprising: a circulating permeable structured belt defining a sheet forming zone in which the fibrous web is formed; a circulating unstructured permeable supporting belt; a pressing section through which the fibrous web is led lying between said circulating permeable structured belt and said circulating unstructured permeable supporting belt; a Yankee cylinder having a surface and defining a press nip and a press nip region, wherein the fibrous web is led together with said structured belt through said press nip, the fibrous web in said region of said press nip being transferred from said structured belt to said surface of said Yankee cylinder; at least one doctor which doctors off said surface of said Yankee cylinder continuously; a coating device which recoats said surface of said Yankee cylinder so that a renewed coating material is always present in said press nip; and an air knife, said press nip being further defined by an outlet and an outlet pocket occurring at said outlet, said air knife acting on said outlet pocket between the fibrous web and said structured belt.