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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Robert A. Hansen, Stuttgart-Birkoch, DE;
Inventor:
Robert A. Hansen, Stuttgart-Birkoch, DE;
Assignee:
Albany International Corp., Albany, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 1/12 (2006.01); D21F 7/10 (2006.01); D03D 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An on-machine-seamable industrial fabric includes rings in the seam region. In one principal embodiment, the rings are between the seaming loops at the two ends of the fabric and enclose at least one cross-machine-direction (CD) yarn. As such, the rings strengthen the seam region by involving the CD yarns as a reinforcement. In another principal embodiment, the rings are used instead of a seaming spiral.