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High support papermakers fabric

US6077397A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 1996
Grant dateJun 20, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/50
  • 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 having a repeat which defines three successive knuckles 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 by defining a single knuckle on the machine side of the fabric in each repeat. 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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