Patent · US Expired

Tissue forming fabrics

US6237644A · kind A · utility

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38Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 1999
Grant dateMay 29, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21F11/006
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fabric employed in a web forming apparatus to form a patterned fibrous web includes at least one layer of yarns oriented in first and second directions and being woven to provide a lattice that separates a plurality of systematically distributed woven areas of a predetermined configuration that is defined by the pattern of the continuous lattice and with the systematically distributed woven areas including at least three yarns oriented in each of the first and second directions.

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