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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Albany International Corp., Rochester, NH (US);
Mark J. Levine, Appleton, WI (US);
Robert Hansen, North Muskegon, MI (US);
Vivek Goel, Summerville, SC (US);
Erin Lynn Camponeschi Brotherson, Avondale, PA (US);
Albany International Corp., Portsmouth, NH (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an extruded industrial fabric. A method of manufacture of the industrial fabric is crosshead extruding a first layer polymeric matrix material with linear components. The linear components crosshead extruded with the polymeric matrix material may be continuous systems oriented in the machine direction. A nonwoven layer of material is provided on a surface of the first layer of polymeric matrix material and a second layer of polymeric matrix material is extruded onto the nonwoven layer of material. The first layer of polymeric matrix material at least partially encompasses the linear components. A faceside of the industrial fabric may be smooth or may include a texture or pattern. A backside may be smooth (planar), have a variable roughness, or include needled fibers that are incorporated into the structure of the fabric.