Device for drawing in material webs through a drier with a guide that can be closed-off

A device for drawing in a printing stock web through a drier arranged downstream of a web-fed rotary printing machine, the device comprising at least two cylinders arranged downstream of the drier so as not to contact one another;

• a draw-in member having a draw-in tip;
• power transmission means for transmitting a driving force to the draw-in tip and from the draw-in tip to a start of the printing stock web;
• a guide member having a longitudinally running opening in which the power transmission means runs;
• and means for shifting the guide member toward the center of the at least two cylinders, the printing stock web being guided between the at least two cylinders in an S-shaped manner after passing through the drier and being laterally displaced as the guide is shifted closer to the center of the at least two cylinders along the path of the guide between the at least two cylinders, the printing stock web being held on a circumferential surface of the at least two cylinders by friction created by the web being looped around the cylinder so that the at least two cylinders exert a transverse traction on the printing stock web to correct the lateral displacement of the printing stock web caused by oppositely directed lateral traction exerted by the draw-in member in a direction of the guide.