Paper machine clothing

US7249615B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Voith Fabrics Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Arved Westerkamp · Neuffen, DE
• Johann Boeck · Neumarkt am Wallersee, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 31, 2007
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D21F1/0045
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Paper machine clothing, such as a forming fabric formed by a large number of repeating units, wherein each repeat unit includes a paper-side woven structure having paper-side warp and weft threads and a machine-side woven structure having machine-side warp and weft threads, such that the paper side and the machine side woven structures are connected to each other by binding threads, and each repeat unit being formed by at least 26 warp threads and the paper machine clothing having a total thickness of 0.78 mm and less.