Auto-joinable triple layer papermaker's forming fabric
US6379506B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/3195
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Auto-joinable triple layer papermaker's forming fabrics which exhibit relatively low caliper values, good mechanical stability, and relatively high permeability. In one embodiment of the present invention, triple layer papermaker's forming fabrics having both top and bottom sets of machine direction and cross machine direction yarns are provided in which each yarn in the set of bottom machine directions yarns alternatively pairs with the two yarns in the set of bottom machine direction yarns that are woven immediately adjacent to it.
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