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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:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G. Wilson, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Kevin John Ward, Nova Scotia, CA;
Assignee:
Weavexx Corporation, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 1/16 ; D03D 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 1/16 ; D03D 3/04 ;
Abstract
Auto-joinable triple layer papermaker's forming fabrics which exhibit relatively low caliper values, good mechanical stability, and relatively high permeability. In one embodiment of the present invention, triple layer papermaker's forming fabrics having both top and bottom sets of machine direction and cross machine direction yarns are provided in which each yarn in the set of bottom machine directions yarns alternatively pairs with the two yarns in the set of bottom machine direction yarns that are woven immediately adjacent to it.