Patent ID: 7422661

Claim:
Equipment for leading a web threading tail in a paper machine comprising: a first cellular element having a first surface for conducing a threading tail in a direction of travel; a second cellular element having a second surface sequential in the direction of travel with respect to the first surface, the second surface for conducing the threading tail, the first surface and the second surface defining a gap therebetween, the gap forming a nozzle directed over the second surface; wherein the first cellular element and the second cellular element are sequential and are arranged in a staggered manner relative to each other to form the gap between the first cellular element and the second cellular element; wherein the first surface is a wall of the first cellular element on a first side of the gap and the second surface is a wall of the second cellular element on a second side of the gap; and wherein the first cellular element and the second cellular element are arranged to form a duct for distributing pressurized air form the first element to the second element and any further element.