Pressing device

A pressing device comprising, an endless conveyor having a multiplicity of conveying links connected to one another to form an endlessly revolving track, adjacent ones of the conveying links are pivotally connected to one another in each case via a pin forming a pivot axes, and at least one pressing roll provided in a pressing zone in order to pressurize a pressing material to be conveyed on the endless conveyor between the pressing roll and the endless conveyor, adjacent ones of the conveying links of the endless conveyor have intermeshing fingers, the pin connecting said conveying links passes through said fingers, and the conveying links take up a pivoted position with respect to one another in the pressing zone such that an outside of the endless conveyor that faces the pressing roll and is configured to receive the pressing material forms a protrusion-less and recess-less surface that is convex relative to the pressing roll, the pressing zone is followed by a breaking-open zone in a revolving direction of the endless conveyor, and the endless conveyor is deflected such that the outside thereof is bent concavely in the breaking-open zone, a deflection roller is located in the pressing zone that the endless conveyor revolves about, the deflection roller or deflection roll and the pressing roll are at a smallest distance from each other in the pressing zone which is at a point or in a region that is arranged on a line or plane running through axes of rotation of said deflection roller or deflection roll and said pressing roll, and a clearing-out zone between the breaking-open zone and the pressing zone in the revolving direction of the endless conveyor, and the endless conveyor is deflected in said clearing-out zone such that the outside is bent convexly.