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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2005
Applicant:
Gregory D. Zilker, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Inventor:
Gregory D. Zilker, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Assignee:
Albany International Corp., Albany, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 11/06 (2006.01); D21F 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for use in a cylinder machine having a shoe with a concavely-shaped pressure surface that forms a substantially mating relationship with a cylinder mould or sieve. The concavely-shaped pressure surface of the shoe increases the amount of wrap that a making fabric has on a cylinder mould or sieve thereby increasing the amount of friction generated between the making fabric and the cylinder mould or sieve. The increased friction results in an improved torque transfer between the making fabric and the cylinder mould or sieve.