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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Structured I, Llc, Great Neck, NY (US);
Inventors:
Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Easley, SC (US);
Justin C. Pence, Anderson, SC (US);
James E. Sealey, Belton, SC (US);
Taras Z. Andrukh, Greenville, SC (US);
Shane Ervin Hayes, Anderson, SC (US);
Assignee:
STRUCTURED I, LLC, Great Neck, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/00 (2017.01); D21F 1/00 (2006.01); D21F 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0059 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/112 (2017.08); D21F 1/0027 (2013.01); D21F 1/0063 (2013.01); D21F 11/006 (2013.01); B29L 2031/733 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.