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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Hofmann, Hurtgenwald, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/00 ; D04H 1/300 ; D04H 3/00 ; D04H 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/00 ; D04H 1/300 ; D04H 3/00 ; D04H 5/00 ;
Abstract
A paper machine felt having at least one nonwoven layer made of plastic fibers, wherein there is present in the nonwoven layer or in at least one of the nonwoven layers a fiber combination in which a portion of the plastic fibers is made of a material A that has a water uptake of more than 10 wt % (saturation value, 23° C.) and in which the majority of the plastic fibers is made of a material B that has a water uptake of no more than 10 wt % (saturation value, 23° C.).