Loading device for a shoe press

A loading unit for a shoe press, especially designed to apply a load to the shoe (70) of the shoe press, said unit comprising:

• a first cylinder part and a first piston part disposed in the cylinder part (6, 71),
• a first piston part (1, 114) arranged in the cylinder part, in which piston part the surface (2) facing towards the inner wall of the cylinder part is so shaped as to permit mutual tilting of the piston part and the cylinder part, the loading unit is arranged to be movable in the longitudinal direction (MD) of the machine,
• the piston part (1) and/or the cylinder part (6) are/is provided with means for arranging the loading unit (K) to be movable on the press shoe (70) and on a supporting beam (12) so that the loading unit (K) is movable in the space between the press shoe (70) and the supporting beam (12) at least in the machine direction (MD) when the press shoe (70) is supported by preventing its movement in the machine direction, and that the piston part (1) and/or cylinder part are/is provided with means (22) for reducing lateral forces between the loading unit and the shoe press supporting beam (12) and the loading unit (K) is at least partially supported on transfer means at least at one end, either on the side of the press shoe (70) or on the side of the supporting beam (12), in such manner that the transfer means (225, 226, 185) are locked at least when the compressive action of the loading unit is on.