Patent ID: 7850825

Claim:
An apparatus for producing a fibrous web, the fibrous web being a tissue web, the apparatus comprising: a circulating permeable structured belt; a circulating non-structured supporting belt, the fibrous web passing in lying position between said circulating structured belt and said circulating non-structured supporting belt in a press zone; a supporting surface having a substantially smooth surface, wherein said non-structured supporting belt runs onto said substantially smooth surface upstream from where said fibrous web contacts said non-structured support belt; and a Yankee cylinder having a press nip through which the fibrous web is passed in lying position together with said circulating permeable structured belt, said permeable structured belt including a plurality of raised and depressed regions constructed and arranged relative to each other such that a maximum of 35% of said structured belt is pressed in said press nip, the fibrous web being between said circulating permeable structured belt and said Yankee cylinder, said press zone being limited on a side adjacent said supporting belt by said substantially smooth surface, said circulating non-structured supporting belt not being brought together with the fibrous web and said circulating structured belt until being proximate to said press zone.