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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
May. 12, 2004
Stewart Lister Hay, Ramsbottom Lancashire, GB;
Stewart Lister Hay, Ramsbottom Lancashire, GB;
Voith Paper Patent GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A paper machine fabric has a paper side warp layer and a machine side warp layer. The fabric comprises at least one set of paper side wefts interlaced with the paper side warps and at least one set of machine side wefts interlocked with the machine side warps. The fabric further comprises at least one pair of interchanging weft binders, the members of each weft binder pair together forming one continuous weft path on the paper side, each of said members of all of said weft binder pairs interweaving with at least one paper side warp and at least one machine side warp. At least one weft binder yarn of at least one binder pair interlocks in an unlocked position with at least one warp yarn of the machine side of the fabric.