Patent · US Expired

Soft-faced dryer fabric

US6207598A · kind A · utility

27Cited by

12References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ASTENJOHNSON, INC. · US

Inventors

Henry J. Lee · Summerville, US
Rex A. Treece · Summerville, US
Rachel H. Kramer · Charleston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 1999
Grant date	Mar 27, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T442/322
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multilayer papermaking fabric having interwoven machine direction (MD) and cross-machine direction (CMD) yarns, the CMD yarns defining at least upper and lower CMD yarn subsets which are interwoven with the MD yarns in a repeat pattern such that the MD yarns have substantially more interweavings with the upper CMD yarn subset than with the lower CMD yarn subset. The upper subset CMD yarns define sheetside floats over at least seven MD yarns and each MD yarn interweaves with only two upper subset CMD yarns in a given repeat.

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