solid lines by this change in the angles a and b the place of detachment of the paper web from the lower felt is moved even closer to the place of emergence from the press nip in this way remoistening is reduced to a minimum the process described above will now be explained again in more detail with reference to fig2 this figure shows two press rolls 10 39 and 11 39 which together form a press nip and once again the paper web 15 the upper belt 16 and the lower felt 17 the travel paths which the two felts 16 and 17 assume in normal continuous operation are shown in solid double lines while the travel paths during the licking up process are each shown by a dash dot line it can be seen that by increasing the angle of emergence a of the upper felt 16 the point at which the upper felt 16 separates from the press roll 10 39 is moved from a point a to a point a 39 in this way as already mentioned above the air wedge which is present between the press roll and the upper felt extends substantially closer to the press nip than before in this way the paper web 15 is prevented from.