Method and apparatus for transferring a paper web

An apparatus for transferring one of a paper web, a cardboard web and an insertion tail which is part of a continuous fiber web, from a web-discharging web-guiding surface to a web conveying apparatus, in a machine for one of producing and processing the web, said apparatus comprising:

• at least one border nozzle for detaching one of the web and the tail from the web-discharging web-guiding surface, the web having a plurality of borders, said at least one border nozzle is provided proximate to at least one of said borders;
• a severing arrangement operatively associated with at least one said border nozzle, said at least one border nozzle additionally configured to perform a severing function for transversely severing one of the web and the tail and a function of performing a new start of one of the web and the tail which is fed into the web conveying apparatus, said at least one border nozzle configured for briefly expelling a high-energy air jet between the web-discharging web-guiding surface and one of the web and the tail;
• a low-pressure chamber connected to the web-discharging web-guiding surface;
• at least one high-pressure chamber located adjacent said low-pressure chamber for facilitating a movement of a cut web;
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• a mechanical severing arrangement for completely severing the tail transversely when the web is of a relatively high grammage, said mechanical severing arrangement being rotary, said mechanical severing arrangement including a dedicated drive located within said low-pressure chamber.