摘要 |
<p>A press section for extracting water from a continuous traveling web such as paper in which the web is sandwiched between a traveling belt and a drum. The belt is wrapped partially about the drum and a pressure shoe exerts pressure on the belt in the wrap area to press the web. The belt includes a reinforcing structure for resisting longitudinal tension and a special transverse stiffening member including two layers of wire cords extending transversely with respect to the belt. The foregoing abstract is not to be taken as limiting the invention of this application, and in order to understand the full nature and extent of the technical disclosure of this application, reference must be made to the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description.</p> |