Patent ID: 6899792

Claim:
A method of removing water from a surface of a flexible rotatable roll jacket of a shoe press roll in a shoe press unit in a wet section of a paper-making machine, the shoe press unit including a counter roll cooperating with the shoe press roll to form an extended press nip for pressing water from a wet fiber web transported thererthrough by a press felt forming a loop about the shoe press roll, the shoe press roll rotating in a direction of travel so as to advance the press felt and the wet fiber web through the extended press nip, said method comprising: directing a spray of a liquid medium from a spray device, disposed within the loop and adjacent to the shoe press roll, toward the roll jacket surface and at least partially against the direction of travel of the shoe press roll, the spray being configured such that the liquid medium contacts the roll jacket surface, collects any water pressed from the wet fiber web remaining on the roll jacket surface, and then rebounds from the roll jacket surface; and collecting the rebounded liquid medium and water from the roll jacket surface with a liquid-receiving device disposed adjacent to and upstream, with respect to the direction of travel of the shoe press roll, of the spray device, the liquid-receiving device having a lip element operably engaged therewith and capable of being extended therefrom toward the roll jacket surface so as to direct the rebounded liquid medium and water from the roll jacket surface toward the liquid-receiving device.