Nonwovens forming or conveying fabrics with enhanced surface roughness and texture
US6790796B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/3976
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An industrial fabric used in the form of an endless fabric belt to form and convey a nonwoven fiber web during the manufacture of a nonwoven fabric has a web-supporting surface which includes rough-surface yarns which inhibit movement, namely, slippage, of the nonwoven fiber web relative to the web-supporting surface. Preferably, the rough-surface yarns make long floats in one or both directions, that is, lengthwise and/or crosswise, on the web-supporting surface.
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