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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Scapa Group PLC, Blackburn, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/04 ;
Abstract
In a seam, for example, for paper machine clothing, interdigitating seaming loops (,) embrace deformable yarns (,) inserted between the last cross-machine direction yarns (,) and the opposed seaming loops (,). Alternatively, an insert may be in the form of a ladder-like member (,) comprising one or more cross-machine direction members (,) and a multiplicity of machine direction members (,) extending beyond the members (,) to locate the seaming loops. Also possible is the use of a strip or tape of foamed or foamable material.