Patent ID: 7951268

Claim:
A papermaking machine for the production of a fibrous web, the fibrous web being one of a tissue web and a hygienic web, the machine comprising: a shoe press unit comprising a shoe press roll having a flexible roll shell; a backing roll engageable with said shoe press unit, said shoe press unit and said backing roll forming a press nip through which a fibrous web may be passed, said backing roll being equipped with a dedicated drive; a creping roll, pressable against said backing roll and adapted to, said creping roll being equipped with a dedicated drive; a textured belt wrapped around a portion of said creping roll; said creping roll and said backing roll forming a creping nip through which said fibrous web may be passed, and brought into engagement with said textured belt; a pivoted lever rotatable about a pivoted axis, said creping roll being pressable against said backing roll by way of said pivoted lever, said pivoted axis of said pivoted lever being parallel to an axis of said creping roll and an axis of said backing roll, the axes being arranged so that a connecting line between said pivoted axis and said axis of said creping roll forms an angle α of approximately 90° with a connecting line between said axis of said creping roll and the said axis of said backing roll when viewed in a vertical plane relative to these axes; a drying cylinder, subsequent to said creping nip in a direction of travel of the fibrous web, adapted to receive the fibrous web; and a press roller engageable with said drying cylinder, said press roller and said drying cylinder forming a transfer nip therebetween, the fibrous web being transferred to said drying cylinder proximate to said transfer nip, said press roller being equipped with a dedicated drive.