Patent ID: 7767061

Claim:
A portion of a swing paper machine capable of manufacturing wet creped paper and dry creped paper, the portion of the swing paper machine comprising: (a) a Yankee dryer including a creping doctor; (b) at least one carrier web arranged to receive wet creped paper, having a moisture content of no less than about 20%, from the Yankee dryer during manufacture of wet creped paper; (c) an after dryer that receives the wet creped paper from the at least one carrier web; (d) a wet creped paper winding reel that receives wet creped paper from the after dryer; and e) a dry creped paper winding reel arranged to receive dry creped paper, having a moisture content of no greater than about 15%, from the Yankee dryer during manufacture of dry creped paper, the dry creped paper winding reel being a different reel than that of the wet creped paper winding reel; (f) wherein the wet creped paper bypasses the dry creped paper winding reel during manufacture of wet creped paper; (g) wherein the Yankee dryer, the at least one carrier web, the dry creped paper winding reel, and the after dryer maintain a fixed operational position relative to each other during changing between manufacture of wet creped paper and manufacture of dry creped paper.