Papermakers fabric with enhanced cmd support and stacking
US5887630A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/3724
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A woven papermakers fabric having a first system of yarns interwoven with a second system of yarns. The second system of yarns define a five float repeat on the paper carrying side of the fabric while maintaining vertical alignment of the first system yarns in the respective first and second layers of the first system. Preferably, the first system yarns are cross machine direction (CMD) yarns which repeat with respect to eight pairs of stacked machine direction (MD) yarns.
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