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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Joseph Gerald O'connor, Hopedale, MA (US);
Maurice Paquin, Plainville, MA (US);
Dana Burton Eagles, Sherborn, MA (US);
Francis L. Davenport, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Joseph Gerald O'Connor, Hopedale, MA (US);
Maurice Paquin, Plainville, MA (US);
Dana Burton Eagles, Sherborn, MA (US);
Francis L. Davenport, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Albany International Corp., Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an industrial fabric comprising the steps of knitting a first fabric strip portion having two widthwise edges and a width that is narrower than the industrial fabric to the desired length of the industrial fabric, forming the first fabric strip portion into an endless loop by joining the widthwise edges with a CD seam, placing the first fabric strip portion around two rotatably mounted rolls and knitting a second fabric portion to the desired length of the industrial fabric, where knitting of the second fabric portion proceeds along the first edge of the first fabric portion and is a knitted continuation thereof. Alternatively, knitted fabric strips can be joined together in a spiral fashion to create a full width industrial fabric.