Patent ID: 7387601

Claim:
A web draw-in device comprising: a web folding apparatus including a superstructure; at least one former located in said web folding apparatus after, in a direction of paper web travel, said superstructure; a transverse cutting device adapted to transversely cut webs of material transported in said superstructure and folded at said former, said transverse cutting device being located after, in said direction of web travel, said at least one former; at least one guide rail adapted to receive paper web leading end holding devices and being usable to guide said paper web leading end holding devices along a route of travel of the webs of material in said web folding apparatus to draw in the webs of material through said web folding apparatus, said guide rail extending through said superstructure, past said former and, in said direction of web travel, to at least an inlet to said transverse cutting device; and at least one twisted guide rail section in said guide rail, said at least one twisted guide rail section in said guide rail being located adjacent said at least one former.