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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
May. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Sanjay Patel, Summerville, SC (US);
Jeff Herman, Cynwyd, PA (US);
Inventors:
Sanjay Patel, Summerville, SC (US);
Jeff Herman, Cynwyd, PA (US);
Assignee:
Voith Paper Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 7/08 (2006.01); D03D 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A through-air dryer (TAD) fabric formed by interweaving of a warp yarn system with a weft yarn system. The TAD fabric has a paper side with a contact area between 20% and 30%. The warp yarn system includes flat warp yarns and/or the weft yarn system includes flat weft yarns which have not been subjected to a sanding process after weaving of the fabric and which have an aspect ratio of 1.15:1 to 1.35:1.