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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2000
Wim Van Steenlandt, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Guido Heirbaut, Temse, BE;
N.V. Bekaert S.A., Zwevegem, BE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a single-bed weft-knitted textile structure comprising stainless steel fibre bundles, in which a reinforcing multifilament insert yarn with a titre of less than 180 Tex is incorporated with tuck stitches into the textile structure in a regular pattern. The insert yarn is, for example, a multifilament stainless steel yarn, or a multifilament glass fibre yarn. In addition, the invention relates to the use of such a textile structure for covering moulds and tempering or press rings which are utilized in the process of forming glass plates, or for the covering of transportation means for glass plates during their forming process.