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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Glenn Kornett, Bonneau, SC (US);
Assignee:
Albany International Corp., Albany, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 7/10 ; D21F 7/08 ; D03D 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 7/10 ; D21F 7/08 ; D03D 3/04 ;
Abstract
A one-and-a-half layer monofilament fabric for use as a low-caliper seamed press fabric on a papermaking machine. The fabric is endless woven with seaming loops formed by adjacent unstacked MD wefts. The seaming loops are oriented perpendicular to the plane of the base fabric for easier connection and seaming. When the fabric is placed under load, the loops collapse back to produce a seam area having the same low caliper as the base fabric. Further, this unstacked fabric structure produces a larger web cake than other fabrics having a similar caliper.