Patent ID: 7846300

Claim:
A rail for the compliant supporting of a mesh in a region of a machine for producing a web of fibrous material, the region corresponding to a double mesh zone of a double mesh section of the machine, said rail comprising: a movable head rail extending transverse to a running direction of the mesh and being that over which the mesh slides at least in a plurality of regions of the mesh during operation of the machine; a fixed structure; a movable bearer rail which is rigidly connected to said movable head rail, extends transverse to said running direction of the mesh, and is guided in said fixed structure; a fixed guide rail which is rigidly arranged in said fixed structure and extends transverse to said running direction of the mesh; a compliant pressing apparatus which is arranged between said movable bearer rail and said fixed guide rail in order to move said movable bearer rail together with said movable head rail between a resting position and an operating position in which said movable head rail can be pressed with a selectable force onto the mesh; a return element; and a compliant return apparatus for moving said movable bearer rail together with said movable head rail from said operating position to said resting position and for holding said movable head rail and said movable bearer rail in said resting position, said compliant return apparatus having, spread over a length of said movable bearer rail, a plurality of movable return hoops each of which has a first end and a second end, each said movable return hoop at said first end configured for being made to engage at least temporarily with said movable bearer rail and at said second end configured for being loaded at least temporarily by at least one said return element respectively arranged between said fixed guide rail and said movable return hoop.