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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Mark J. Levine, Hendersonville, TN (US);
John Vanhandel, Appleton, WI (US);
Inventors:
Mark J. Levine, Hendersonville, TN (US);
John VanHandel, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Albany International Corp., Albany, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/00 (2006.01); D21F 3/00 (2006.01); B65G 15/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fabric having one or more guides attached to a wear surface of the fabric so to encapsulate fifty percent or more of the fabric caliper. Advantageously, the encapsulation of the fabric by the guide, and not the chemical affinity of the materials, is the mechanism that attaches the guide and fabric. Consequently, the bond strength is equal to the tear strength of either the fabric or guide material alone.