Patent ID: 7384508

Claim:
An apparatus adapted to drain water from a cellulose web formed in a wedge-shaped space defined by two wires supported by respective chamber assemblies, the chamber assemblies including at least one water-receiving chamber, the wires being configured such that the water from the web flows therethrough into the at least one water-receiving chamber, said apparatus comprising: a reservoir configured as a sluice for collecting the water therein and adjustably draining the water therefrom; and at least one discharge pipe operably engaged with the at least one water-receiving chamber and adapted to channel the water therefrom into the reservoir, the at least one discharge pipe having a substantially vertical portion with a vertical drop extending between a top end and a bottom end thereof, the substantially vertical portion being configured to cooperate with the reservoir to provide a gravitational suction leg for pulling the water from the at least one water-receiving chamber.