Appeal No. 96-0089
Application No. 08/027,060
of 37 CFR 1.142(b) and 1.146 as being drawn to a non-elected
invention or species and, therefore, are not before us.
The claims on appeal relate to a section of a paper
machine where an air-transfer device is positioned to produce
a reduced pressure in an opening outlet nip defined between a
transfer roll and a straight run of a press felt; the straight
run extending from the transfer roll to a press nip. For
purposes of this appeal, claim 1 is representative:
1. A device in a paper machine for guiding a leader of a
paper web, comprising
a first press nip defined by a center roll and a press
roll,
a transfer roll located after said center roll in a
running direction of the web,
a second press nip defined between a separate pair of
rolls and arranged after said transfer roll in the running
direction of the web,
a press felt on which the leader of the web is received
over said transfer roll and carried through said second press
nip, said press felt having a substantially straight run from
said transfer roll to said second press nip, the web first
touching said press felt as said press felt runs over said
transfer roll to thereby define a closing inlet nip prior to
contact between the leader of the web and said press felt, and
air-transfer means arranged exterior to said transfer
roll and at an initial end of said straight run of said press
felt in an area between said first press nip and said second
press nip, said air-transfer means being positioned proximate
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