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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Holden, Blackburn, GB;
Assignee:
Voith Fabrics Heidenheim GmbH & Co KG, Heidenheim, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 2/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 2/302 ;
Abstract
A seam construction for a woven dryer fabric comprises a helical spiral or array of loops ( ) stitched or woven into the fabric by means of loop engaging yarns ( ) extending the machine direction of the fabric, the neutral plane ( ) of the fabric being displaced towards the paper contacting side of the fabric, by reason of yarns ( ) in the paper contacting side of the fabric being of smaller diameter than the yarns ( ) on the machine side of the fabric, and a pair of cross-machine yarns ( ) of equal diameter being located as terminal yarns adjacent the loops ( ).