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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2002
James Loy Brewster, Waskom, TX (US);
John M. Thomas, Shreveport, LA (US);
Jeffrey Bruce Herman, Bala Cynwyd, PA (US);
Stewart Lister Hay, Ramsbottom Bury, GB;
Voith Fabrics Heidenheim GmbH & Co. KG, Heidenheim, DE;
Abstract
A multilayer, woven fabric for use in a papermaking machine includes a self-sustaining top layer including a plurality of top machine direction yarns interwoven with a plurality of top cross-machine-direction yarns and a bottom layer including a plurality of bottom pairs of machine direction yarns interwoven with a plurality of bottom cross-machine-direction yarns. Each of the bottom cross-machine-direction yarns substantially vertically underlies a respective top cross-machine-direction yarn and each of the bottom pairs of machine direction yarns substantially vertically underlies a respective top machine direction yarn, with at least one of the machine direction yarns in at least some of the bottom pairs of machine direction yarns interweaving the bottom cross-machine-direction yarns to each other and to the top cross-machine-direction yarns of the top layer.