Method and apparatus for transporting a sheet from a dryer to a reel

A system for transferring an advancing web from a dryer to a reel section comprising:

• a first felt conveyor configured to receive the web from the dryer at a pick-up point on the first felt conveyor;
• a second felt conveyor overlapping the first felt conveyor at an overlap area disposed apart from the pick-up point, the first and second felt conveyors being configured to receive the web between the conveyors proximate the overlap area;
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• a lead-in roll rotatably disposed against the first felt conveyor a predetermined distance from the dryer such that a draw is formed between the dryer and the lead-in roll, the lead-in roll cooperative with the first felt conveyor such that the advancing web is transferred from the dryer in a direction toward the overlap area.

A system for transporting an advancing paper web comprising:

• a pick-up fabric conveyor configured to receive and transport the web across an open draw between a dryer and the pick-up fabric conveyor;
• a delivery conveyor disposed in partial moving engagement with the pick-up fabric conveyor along a length of each of the delivery and pick-up fabric conveyors, the delivery and pick-up fabric conveyors being configured to receive the web between the conveyors;
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• transferring means for transferring the web from the draw to the pick-up fabric conveyor, the transferring means disposed against the pick-up fabric conveyor and at least partially between the dryer and the delivery conveyor, the transferring means cooperative with the pick-up fabric conveyor for transferring the advancing web from the pick-up fabric conveyor to between the conveyors in the direction of a reel assembly.

A method for transporting a web from a dryer to a reel section comprising the steps of:

• continuously advancing the web from the dryer to a first fabric belt, the first fabric belt arranged to run across pick-up means disposed proximate the dryer for picking up the web;
• receiving the web on the first fabric belt by the pick-up means;
• advancing the web on the first fabric belt in a direction of a downstream reel spool;
• guiding the web between the first fabric belt and a second fabric belt;
• threading a continuously advancing leading end portion of the web from the second fabric belt onto the reel spool adjacent a reel drum;
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• continuously winding the threaded web into a parent roll on the reel spool.

A system for transferring a continuously advancing tissue web from a dryer to a reel section comprising:

• a first permeable conveyor positioned downstream from the dryer, the first permeable conveyor configured to continuously move the web;
• a second permeable conveyor configured to continuously move the web, the first permeable conveyor overlapping the second permeable conveyor for a predetermined distance, the first and second permeable conveyors being configured to receive the tissue web between the conveyors;
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• a web attraction device disposed proximate the first permeable conveyor and further disposed relative to the dryer to form an open draw therebetween, the web attraction device configured to attract the web to the first permeable conveyor for transferring the advancing web into the predetermined distance where the first and second permeable conveyors overlap.